Jess Campbell ✨
@jessanight.bsky.social
Northern Irish art witch, nature and mythology enthusiast 🐉
Art Director @saltstonestudios.bsky.social 🌊
Portfolio: jessanight.com 🎨
She/they 🌈
Art Director @saltstonestudios.bsky.social 🌊
Portfolio: jessanight.com 🎨
She/they 🌈
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Jess Campbell ✨
@jessanight.bsky.social
· Sep 10
We've teamed up with @saltstonestudios.bsky.social to announce The Hearth & Harbour, set in the world of The Pale Beyond 🎉
Lead a rundown restaurant in this narrative adventure, using food to create bonds that will impact your customers, and the city at large 🤝
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
Lead a rundown restaurant in this narrative adventure, using food to create bonds that will impact your customers, and the city at large 🤝
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
Our team have been working so hard on this, very very excited for it to finally be announced to the world!! ❤️
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Ever wondered how hand drawn animation is made for games?
Let’s go through the process of animating a character for our new game The Hearth and Harbour - from start, to finish!
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Let’s go through the process of animating a character for our new game The Hearth and Harbour - from start, to finish!
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Ever wondered how hand drawn animation is made for games?
Let’s go through the process of animating a character for our new game The Hearth and Harbour - from start, to finish!
(Thread 1/10)
Let’s go through the process of animating a character for our new game The Hearth and Harbour - from start, to finish!
(Thread 1/10)
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Some of the important characters in the game animate when the player interacts with them - this makes them feel alive and responsive!
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Some of the important characters in the game animate when the player interacts with them - this makes them feel alive and responsive!
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Cyril, your chef companion, might be the character you interact with the most! Cyril is a down-to-earth and loyal, but very tired, man, given that he works for you, and is also father to five hooligan kids.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Cyril, your chef companion, might be the character you interact with the most! Cyril is a down-to-earth and loyal, but very tired, man, given that he works for you, and is also father to five hooligan kids.
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The first step is to bully our dev director @thislop.bsky.social into posing for @jessanight.bsky.social to help figure out how best to get Cyril’s personality across.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
The first step is to bully our dev director @thislop.bsky.social into posing for @jessanight.bsky.social to help figure out how best to get Cyril’s personality across.
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For this kind of animation, Cyril has to start and end in the same position. Using his sprite as a base, we roughly sketch out the key frames - important poses in an animation.
The iso characters are small on screen, and we use limited animation techniques to stay within scope.
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The iso characters are small on screen, and we use limited animation techniques to stay within scope.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
For this kind of animation, Cyril has to start and end in the same position. Using his sprite as a base, we roughly sketch out the key frames - important poses in an animation.
The iso characters are small on screen, and we use limited animation techniques to stay within scope.
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The iso characters are small on screen, and we use limited animation techniques to stay within scope.
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We use anticipation and overshoot frames at the start and end of a movement to imply the characters are moving a little more than they actually are.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
We use anticipation and overshoot frames at the start and end of a movement to imply the characters are moving a little more than they actually are.
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The next step is tie-down - tightening anatomy and making sure each part of Cyril moves in a smooth arc and doesn’t jitter around.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
The next step is tie-down - tightening anatomy and making sure each part of Cyril moves in a smooth arc and doesn’t jitter around.
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This is also when we’re animating the fabric to help sell the overall motion - it follows a frame or so after he does, which adds weight to the animation.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This is also when we’re animating the fabric to help sell the overall motion - it follows a frame or so after he does, which adds weight to the animation.
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Then, after the colour pass, one final step - when I’m happy with it, I flatten the whole thing, and keyframe distort transforms onto it to add more squash and stretch. Because transforms can tween, this pushes the animation further and hides that he only has 9 frames total.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Then, after the colour pass, one final step - when I’m happy with it, I flatten the whole thing, and keyframe distort transforms onto it to add more squash and stretch. Because transforms can tween, this pushes the animation further and hides that he only has 9 frames total.
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Now he’s ready to be implemented into the game, where he can be tired of the players antics as they get up to no good in The Hearth and Harbour.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Now he’s ready to be implemented into the game, where he can be tired of the players antics as they get up to no good in The Hearth and Harbour.
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You will like The Hearth & Harbour if you played these games! @saltstonestudios.bsky.social
🧊 The Pale Beyond
🌱 Strange Horticulture
🐻 Bear and Breakfast
⛴️ Spiritfarer
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
🧊 The Pale Beyond
🌱 Strange Horticulture
🐻 Bear and Breakfast
⛴️ Spiritfarer
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
You will like The Hearth & Harbour if you played these games! @saltstonestudios.bsky.social
🧊 The Pale Beyond
🌱 Strange Horticulture
🐻 Bear and Breakfast
⛴️ Spiritfarer
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
🧊 The Pale Beyond
🌱 Strange Horticulture
🐻 Bear and Breakfast
⛴️ Spiritfarer
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
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Fanart for The Pale Beyond from @birbwell.bsky.social , one of the talented artists in our community!
“The ogham on this piece says Eat :)”
The whole team gets hype every time Birb posts 💙 You can find more of its lovely work here on bluesky, and also on Tumblr: birbwell.tumblr.com
“The ogham on this piece says Eat :)”
The whole team gets hype every time Birb posts 💙 You can find more of its lovely work here on bluesky, and also on Tumblr: birbwell.tumblr.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Fanart for The Pale Beyond from @birbwell.bsky.social , one of the talented artists in our community!
“The ogham on this piece says Eat :)”
The whole team gets hype every time Birb posts 💙 You can find more of its lovely work here on bluesky, and also on Tumblr: birbwell.tumblr.com
“The ogham on this piece says Eat :)”
The whole team gets hype every time Birb posts 💙 You can find more of its lovely work here on bluesky, and also on Tumblr: birbwell.tumblr.com
Reposted by Jess Campbell ✨
We're sharing work by our community over on the dev log, and on our socials! We're so grateful for all the passion and support :>
saltstonestudios.com/blog/
If you're creative and you would like your work featured, contact our art director:
Email: jess@saltstonestudios.com
Discord: @jessanight
saltstonestudios.com/blog/
If you're creative and you would like your work featured, contact our art director:
Email: jess@saltstonestudios.com
Discord: @jessanight
Blog
Welcome to the Saltstone Studios Developer Blog! Here we share news, announcements, and behind-the-scenes insights into development. Subscribe to join the mailing list – stay updated when we …
saltstonestudios.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We're sharing work by our community over on the dev log, and on our socials! We're so grateful for all the passion and support :>
saltstonestudios.com/blog/
If you're creative and you would like your work featured, contact our art director:
Email: jess@saltstonestudios.com
Discord: @jessanight
saltstonestudios.com/blog/
If you're creative and you would like your work featured, contact our art director:
Email: jess@saltstonestudios.com
Discord: @jessanight
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The Pale Beyond is currently on its biggest ever GOG discount for Blue Monday! Cure those winter blues with more winter (but also good crew and company) 🩵
❄️ www.gog.com/en/game/the_... ❄️
❄️ www.gog.com/en/game/the_... ❄️
January 20, 2026 at 9:55 AM
The Pale Beyond is currently on its biggest ever GOG discount for Blue Monday! Cure those winter blues with more winter (but also good crew and company) 🩵
❄️ www.gog.com/en/game/the_... ❄️
❄️ www.gog.com/en/game/the_... ❄️
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NEW BLOG POST!! 🎺
Please enjoy the first half of an interview with Ethan, our game designer, and James, our game director, about the design of our upcoming game, The Hearth and Harbour 🥘
saltstonestudios.com/2026/01/13/g...
Please enjoy the first half of an interview with Ethan, our game designer, and James, our game director, about the design of our upcoming game, The Hearth and Harbour 🥘
saltstonestudios.com/2026/01/13/g...
Game Design Deep Dive PART 1
An Interview with the game designer and game director about our upcoming game, The Hearth and Harbour Hello everyone! Welcome to a new year! On our first day back to work, I sat down with James, ou…
saltstonestudios.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
NEW BLOG POST!! 🎺
Please enjoy the first half of an interview with Ethan, our game designer, and James, our game director, about the design of our upcoming game, The Hearth and Harbour 🥘
saltstonestudios.com/2026/01/13/g...
Please enjoy the first half of an interview with Ethan, our game designer, and James, our game director, about the design of our upcoming game, The Hearth and Harbour 🥘
saltstonestudios.com/2026/01/13/g...
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This weekend I wanted to get better at texture painting and using Trim Sheets.
I painted over some photo references of Belfast alleyways and got the UVS of all these models to work off one texture.
Safe to say I love working with Trim Sheets now :) :)
I painted over some photo references of Belfast alleyways and got the UVS of all these models to work off one texture.
Safe to say I love working with Trim Sheets now :) :)
January 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This weekend I wanted to get better at texture painting and using Trim Sheets.
I painted over some photo references of Belfast alleyways and got the UVS of all these models to work off one texture.
Safe to say I love working with Trim Sheets now :) :)
I painted over some photo references of Belfast alleyways and got the UVS of all these models to work off one texture.
Safe to say I love working with Trim Sheets now :) :)
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Hi! 👋
I'm ACY, a composer from Belfast, and I'm out here making vibey music for cool games and your stereos 💿✨
Here's a bit about what I do
Any and all shares greatly appreciated! 💝
I'm ACY, a composer from Belfast, and I'm out here making vibey music for cool games and your stereos 💿✨
Here's a bit about what I do
Any and all shares greatly appreciated! 💝
January 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Hi! 👋
I'm ACY, a composer from Belfast, and I'm out here making vibey music for cool games and your stereos 💿✨
Here's a bit about what I do
Any and all shares greatly appreciated! 💝
I'm ACY, a composer from Belfast, and I'm out here making vibey music for cool games and your stereos 💿✨
Here's a bit about what I do
Any and all shares greatly appreciated! 💝
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As you voyage through the crashing waves, you see the harbour city of Lewthport rise in the distance 🚢 @saltstonestudios.bsky.social
A new land of opportunity awaits...
Wishlist #TheHearthandHarbour on Steam today!
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
A new land of opportunity awaits...
Wishlist #TheHearthandHarbour on Steam today!
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
January 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
As you voyage through the crashing waves, you see the harbour city of Lewthport rise in the distance 🚢 @saltstonestudios.bsky.social
A new land of opportunity awaits...
Wishlist #TheHearthandHarbour on Steam today!
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
A new land of opportunity awaits...
Wishlist #TheHearthandHarbour on Steam today!
🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
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WIP rough pass for a little Wilbur & Harold short I've been working on the last couple of months! 😼
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
WIP rough pass for a little Wilbur & Harold short I've been working on the last couple of months! 😼
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January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Take a little break and enjoy the peace of Lewthport under a dusting of snow (remind you of anywhere Pale?) ❄️
Happy holidays everyone 🩵
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#indiegames #thehearthandharbour
Happy holidays everyone 🩵
~~~
#indiegames #thehearthandharbour
December 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Take a little break and enjoy the peace of Lewthport under a dusting of snow (remind you of anywhere Pale?) ❄️
Happy holidays everyone 🩵
~~~
#indiegames #thehearthandharbour
Happy holidays everyone 🩵
~~~
#indiegames #thehearthandharbour
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I love art. I love artists. I'm so glad I get to experience art
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I love art. I love artists. I'm so glad I get to experience art