The Salt Keep
A text adventure (RPG meets CYOA) in a world of medieval fantasy and horror.
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The Salt Keep is developed and provided by smallgraygames.
Version1.0.10
Rating4
CategoryAdventure
Package namecom.smallgraygames.thesaltkeep
Downloads100+
The Salt Keep Description
- THE STORY -
Set in a high fantasy world with low fantasy stakes, the character-driven story of The Salt Keep follows a struggling merchant named Doyle who stumbles into a life-or-death mystery. During the last legs of a months-long journey as a traveling salesman, Doyle stops in the seemingly deserted village of Cardwyke to meet a friend who has promised to help keep him financially afloat, but what he finds is even more dangerous than the crushing weight of debt.
- THE SETTING -
The world of The Salt Keep should be familiar to any fan of fantasy — it has breastplates, and swords, and other fun stuff like that — but is shaped by the vaguely industrial and creeping decline of feudalism. Sprawling merchant conglomerates and faceless business structures pull the levers of power as much as the dukes and knights.
The world is meant to be both a reflection of traditional fantasy settings (the England-coded sword and sorcery and D&D-style locations we're used to) and an answer to some of their most frustrating tropes. It's not a world of prophesied heroes doing Great Man Theory or of grimdark anti-heroes exposing the essential evil of humanity, but of ordinary medieval schlubs trying to survive within alienating and oppressive political systems.
In other words, it's not a world a character like Doyle has any hope or intention of changing; he only means to survive.
- THE GAMEPLAY -
The Salt Keep is a text-based game, so the action is described through text and the player navigates and makes choices via button inputs. Through these basic mechanics, you'll be able to:
- Guide Doyle through the village and the towering keep that looms above it as he searches for a means of escape.
- Collect items and discover their uses.
- Equip gear to improve Doyle's ability scores.
- Succeed or fail at percentage-based challenges.
- Earn experience and level up based on those challenges.
- Talk to and work with NPCs to make progress.
- Uncover secrets and missable areas.
- Risk grievous bodily harm.
Despite the prevalence of choices and risks, there is no chance of death or dead-ends. The story always moves forward. In turn, you'll change the outcome of Doyle's story (as well as those of the NPCs) not just through the things you choose to do, but through the things you fail to do, and the things you choose to ignore.
- THE DEMO -
If you want to spend some time in the world of The Salt Keep before you commit, you can play a demo in the browser here:
https://smallgraygames.itch.io/the-salt-keep
The demo includes the prologue and first chapter of the game, and any progress you make can be transferred to the full version.
- CONTACT -
To be notified of updates on the game or future games, consider following on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/smallgraygames
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/smallgraygames
Screenshots were created using screenshots.pro.
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Is The Salt Keep safe for my device?
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Yes, The Salt Keep follows the Google Play content guidelines to ensure safe use on your Android device.
What is an XAPK file, and what should I do if the The Salt Keep I downloaded is an XAPK file?
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A file with .xapk extension is a compressed package file. It is a container file format that incorporates APK and additional associated files required for the installation.
The XAPK format was introduced to package the APK file and OBB file together for a seamless delivery and installation process.
XAPK format can help reduce the package size of application.
On mobile phones, users need to install the XAPK installer first, and then install XAPK files through that installer.
But on PC client, you just need to put the file on LDPlayer.
Can I play The Salt Keep on my computer?
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Yes, you can play The Salt Keep on your computer by installing LDPlayer, an Android emulator. After installing LDPlayer, simply drag and drop the downloaded APK file into the emulator to start playing The Salt Keep on PC. Alternatively, you can open the emulator, search for the game or app you want to play, and install it from there.
