Salt 2: Shores of Gold

by Lavaboots Studios

The Developer Says...

Salt 2 is an open world pirate game focused on exploration, survival, and crafting. Set sail across an infinite procedural world with just you and your ship. Explore islands filled with quests, caves, towns, pirates, and secrets. Level up skills, craft, hunt, fish, loot, and decorate your ship.

Players Like...

❤ Exploration Mechanics

Players begin adrift in an infinite ocean, using a compass and sextant to chart their course across procedurally generated islands. Each landmass potentially harbors hidden caves, ancient ruins, pirate camps, and mysterious dungeons waiting for discovery. The navigation system transforms maritime exploration into an engaging puzzle of coordinate mapping and curiosity.

❤ Sailing and Ship Customization

Your ship becomes a personalized floating home, allowing placement of over 100 unique decorations. Gamers can strategically position crafting stations, skulls, candles, and trophies anywhere on deck. Dynamic weather systems create breathtaking transitions from sunny afternoons to treacherous thunderstorms, making each voyage feel like a living adventure.

❤ Crafting and Progression System

The RPG-style progression lets players unlock 12 distinct skill trees through active gameplay, craft gear with randomized talents and stats, discover 50+ cooking recipes offering unique passive benefits, progressively access more challenging world tiers with increasingly rare equipment, and level up skills through direct action, like improved archery through consistent use.

❤ Combat and Survival Elements

Engaging combat mechanics include charge attacks and parry systems, bow hunting with stealth damage bonuses, varied enemy encounters featuring pirates, skeletal warriors, and wildlife, and forgiving food management with gradual ingredient spoilage.

❤ Quest and Progression Structure

Adventurers can pursue multiple questlines through 4 different guilds, complete 170+ hand-crafted, procedurally generated dungeons, solve underwater puzzles in mysterious submerged locations, and engage with diverse NPCs offering unique mission opportunities.

❤ Key Player Attractions

Players are drawn to deeply relaxed, exploration-focused gameplay, intricate crafting and progression systems, meditative sailing experiences, and complete freedom from competitive multiplayer pressures.

❤ Current Development Trajectory

Community feedback consistently suggests implementing naval combat mechanics, introducing marine ecosystem diversity, developing cooperative multiplayer options, and expanding enemy and environmental variations.

❤ Conclusion

This adventure offers a unique maritime exploration experience, prioritizing personal discovery, crafting, and peaceful progression over traditional combat-focused gameplay.

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