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[HyperDuckKev]

I miss this project where you go!

[Scut Fabulous]

I've been working a lot over summer to save up for a trip.  Also, seeing as I don't currently have a programmer to work with on The Salvage I've been spending more of my creative time on other things.


I have neglected to post some concept art, so here you go, enjoy!

[oyog]

The art's fantastic, as always.  Hope you find a capable programmer if you keep working on this project and enjoy the trip!

[Core Xii]

I love this thing. Not a clue what it is, but I love it.

[Christian Knudsen]

Reminds me a bit of the crystal spaceship from Superman. Just made from rocks instead of crystals.

[Bones]

My guess is that each of those objects, are the artifacts which the main character will be searching for within the game.

I hope you find a programmer again sometime soon Scut
Was enjoying the movement demo you released a while back, so it makes me want the game more.

God speed Scut.

[Pemanent]

I absolutely love your art! If it were put into a game I would probably die.

[Theon]

This here thing...
This is ridiculous.
It's stupid.
It's fucking retardedly pretty.

I hate you.

[Belimoth]

If I could choose only one unfinished game on TIG to play some day, this would be it.

I don't hope it will get finished, I know it will because it is too awesome not to be. If you die before then, I will steal your identity and every asset here and hire people to finish it posthumously.

So you'd better not because I don't think we'd do a very good job.

Thank you for being inspirational This is worth the wait.

[Scut Fabulous]

Thanks for the encouragement, I'm actually a little surprised that there's still a good amount of interest in the project.  The Indiegames Weblog stuck a link to my blog in their weekly roundup, not an article, just a thumbnail image of my pixel art and a link, and over a few days it got over two thousand hits: http://indiegames.com/2011/09/indie_game_links_salvaging_the.html

I find that sort of thing both encouraging, but also a touch irksome.  I know there's a million game ideas out there that never get made, but this one to me really feels like it could have legs if I could just find a solid programmer to team up with.

Anyway, a few weeks back I did a digital painting of the protagonist of the Salvage.  It was just for fun, to help me learn more raw techniques.  I spent some time retouching it.

http://scutanddestroy.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/salvage-suit-painting-retouch-01.jpg

[Geti]

There _is_ an alternative to working with a programmer. Learn to code yourself.

You could easily prototype the "core" of this in something like flixel or flashpunk to try out what works and what doesn't. The tools are free, there are a lot of tutorials to get you on your feet, and it means at the very least we start to see something playable.

I'm sure you could even post code issues here and someone would help out if they have the time. "I have xyz problem getting FlxState to behave" "here's how I'd tackle it are you sure you're doing abc solution?"

It'd be great to see this get made as close to your vision as possible, too

[HyperDuckChris]

Geti is right, somebody I work with called Dean Dodrill could only do art before he sat down for 6 months and built his first build of Dust: An Elysian Tail. That thing went on to win Grand Prize at Dream Build Play!

Saying that, you gotta have the time to give into it. However Kevin & I, as you know, would love to see this project start to produce builds. I think many others would too, considering the response from a little revival of this devlog by Kevin

[Scut Fabulous]

http://scutanddestroy.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/salvage-hulk-01.png

I’ve been getting back into The Salvage recently, and wanted to tackle the issue of ‘treasure chests’ that virtually every game contains in some form.  Part of the texture I want players to encounter is that each dig site has been visited in the past, seemingly with bad luck for the visitors.  Occasionally players may encounter the hulk of some old craft, and within its hull might be preserved a useful trinket or supply.

[JobLeonard]

  Sounds good

[r0ber7]

Get this man a programmer! Stat!