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Saltwake Downloads

Stable releases and developer snapshots for Saltwake.

Use the stable release for everyday tides, or choose a developer snapshot when you want the newest features and fixes before they reach a stable release. Windows and macOS builds are portable: unzip and run, no installer required.

On Linux, choose the Linux AppImage download. It runs on any modern distribution, including Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch, and openSUSE. Mark the file executable, then run it. The game updates itself in place from inside the AppImage. The Linux tarball remains available if you prefer a folder you unzip yourself.

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Stable release

Saltwake v0.2.2

Published August 12, 2026

Release notes

Added

  • The player's manual ships with the game. Releases now carry
    docs/Manual.html next to the executable — the loop, every key, all six
    contests, and the tips worth knowing — so game managers that offer a
    game's documentation, like AGNow, find something a player would actually
    read.

Changed

  • The manual is the only document a release offers a player. A game
    manager scanning the install folder used to list numpy's
    entry_points.txt, setuptools' vendored lorem ipsum and thirty-odd
    dependency licenses buried in _internal alongside the manual. The
    packaging bookkeeping is gone. The licenses still ship — they have to —
    merged into a single extensionless Third-Party-Licenses file at the
    bundle root, where the MIT license now also sits as LICENSE: present
    for anyone who looks, never offered as something to read.
  • Design notes moved from docs/DESIGN.md to DESIGN.md at the
    repository root, leaving docs/ player-facing by contract. The README's
    How to play section now points at the manual instead of duplicating it.

Latest nightly builds

Nightly build 2026-08-08

Published August 8, 2026

Full nightly build: Nightly build 2026-08-08

Release notes

Automated developer snapshot of the main branch, for players who want the newest features before the next stable release. Expect rough edges; your save files stay compatible whenever possible, but back them up first.

Changes since the previous snapshot
  • chore(release): v0.2.1
  • Achievements: one mark for the prologue, every mark earnable
  • Tests: never write to the developer's real saves directory
  • Clipboard: correct line endings per platform

Nightly build 2026-07-25

Published July 25, 2026

Full nightly build: Nightly build 2026-07-25

Release notes

Automated developer snapshot of the main branch, for players who want the newest features before the next stable release. Expect rough edges; your save files stay compatible whenever possible, but back them up first.

Changes since the previous snapshot
  • chore(release): v0.2.0
  • feat(linux): AppImage self-update end to end
  • feat(linux): ship a single-file AppImage, smoke-tested on Fedora

Nightly build 2026-07-03

Published July 3, 2026

Full nightly build: Nightly build 2026-07-03

Release notes

Automated developer snapshot of the main branch, for players who want the newest features before the next stable release. Expect rough edges; your save files stay compatible whenever possible, but back them up first.

Changes since the previous snapshot
  • Keepsakes: the sea returns what was somebody's
  • The Lantern Jane post-game strand: story that knows whose hull you sail
  • docs: setting-and-era canon note and a full How to play section
  • ci: release gate — nightlies snapshot dev, checks before every build
  • Big story update: Liss and Keeper arcs, 50-page almanac, 129 achievements
  • ci: notify subscribers after builds

Nightly build 2026-06-12

Published June 12, 2026

Full nightly build: Nightly build 2026-06-12

Release notes

Automated developer snapshot of the main branch, for players who want the newest features before the next stable release. Expect rough edges; your save files stay compatible whenever possible, but back them up first.

Changes since the previous snapshot
  • Fix silenced story responses and the region-transition softlock
  • README: add uv's official install one-liners
  • Updater: copy new root directories, make save preservation explicit
  • README: document downloads, source prerequisites, and standalone builds
  • Add in-game auto-updater with stable and dev channels
  • Add macOS release builds
  • Fix BASS music streams on Linux
  • Add the Freight Fate release pipeline: build script, notes, CI, nightly/stable workflow
  • Make the Chronicle a navigable menu
  • Return to title from the quay; make all writes portable