Black Salt Games establishes indie studio Team Trifold under new Saltworks Entertainment label
Dredge creator Black Salt Games has launched a new studio, Team Trifold, alongside a new white-label publisher called Saltworks Entertainment which will provide services to both studios along with fellow New Zealand indie Disc 2 Games. Read more
Black Salt Games, the studio behind Dredge, has launched a new indie studio called Team Trifold and a white-label publisher named Saltworks Entertainment. Both entities are part of the Saltworks Entertainment label and are located in Christchurch, New Zealand. The new partnership aims to provide shared expertise across production, marketing, QA, localisation, audio, business operations, and publishing to support both studios, which maintain their creative independence.
Team Trifold, currently composed of artist and writer Jed Uy, production and QA lead Wilson Teo, and programmer Carl Johnson, is developing their debut game, Nothing Lost. Inspired by the 2001 anime Shaman King, Nothing Lost features a unique roguelike loop with death as a core progression mechanic. The game's creator, Nadia Thorne, highlights the benefits of New Zealand's Game Development Sector Rebate, which allows Team Trifold to focus on creating a strong product.
Thorne believes that small teams making ambitious indie games without requiring the latest hardware have a resilient model for the future.
The team behind Team Trifold emphasizes the importance of iteration, playtesting, and staying true to their design pillars. By sharing experience, infrastructure, and support across studios, Saltworks Entertainment aims to build a sustainable model for the next five years of indie game development.
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