SPACE SALVAGER

SS WAYFARER

Recover. Repair. Refuel. Survive.

Deploy from the SS Wayfarer aboard a dedicated Salvage Shuttle and venture into hazardous debris fields filled with abandoned technology, valuable machinery, rare artifacts, and dangerous wreckage.

Use your tractor beam to recover valuable salvage and return it to the Wayfarer's Recovery Bay while managing your fuel, hull integrity, cargo capacity, and the dangers of deep space.

What begins with Contract 1 develops into an endless salvage career.

Complete recovery contracts, earn credits, improve your shuttle, and prepare for increasingly dangerous operations. There is no predetermined final contract. As your career progresses, the debris fields become more hazardous and place increasing demands on both your equipment and your piloting skills.

ENDLESS SALVAGE CONTRACTS

Every new career begins with Contract 1.

Successfully complete the operation and advance to Contract 2, Contract 3, Contract 4, and beyond.

Contracts become progressively more challenging through increased asteroid activity, faster hazards, greater resource pressure, changing environmental conditions, and different contract types.

Current operations include:

• Debris Gauntlet

• Long-Range Recovery

• High-Velocity Field

• Dense Salvage Zone

• Systems Strain

• Deep-Field Contract

There is no predetermined final contract. Continue recovering salvage, upgrading your shuttle, and see how far your career can take you.

THE SS WAYFARER

The SS Wayfarer is your mothership and mobile base of operations.

Your Salvage Shuttle deploys from the Wayfarer to conduct recovery operations throughout the surrounding debris field.

Return to the Wayfarer to:

• Deliver recovered cargo

• Refuel your shuttle

• Repair hull damage

• Access Station Services

• Purchase permanent upgrades

• Prepare for the next contract

The Wayfarer provides a protected operational area separated from the hazards and valuable materials scattered throughout the surrounding salvage field.

SALVAGE OPERATIONS

Use your tractor beam to capture abandoned equipment and bring it aboard your shuttle.

Salvage comes in multiple types, values, and risk levels. Some cargo is considerably more dangerous to transport than ordinary debris.

Salvage traits include:

• Standard

• Heavy

• Unstable

• Volatile

Heavy cargo can affect handling, while unstable and volatile salvage can introduce additional risks during recovery.

Cargo capacity is limited, requiring you to decide what to recover and when to return to the Wayfarer to unload.

FIELD BONUS PICKUPS

Not everything in the debris field requires a tractor beam.

Special bonus items can be collected simply by flying your Salvage Shuttle over them.

Possible benefits include:

• Fuel

• Hull repairs

• Thruster assistance

• Tractor improvements

• Hull reinforcement

Finding the right bonus at the right time may make the difference between completing a dangerous contract and losing your shuttle.

HAZARDS

Space around the Wayfarer is far from safe.

Navigate moving asteroid fields while contending with environmental hazards such as:

• Asteroid collisions

• Ion Storms

• Gravity Wells

• Dense debris fields

• High-velocity hazards

• Fuel pressure

• Dangerous salvage

As contracts progress, the threat level increases.

UPGRADE YOUR SALVAGE SHUTTLE

Return to Station Services aboard the SS Wayfarer and invest your earnings into permanent shuttle improvements.

Upgradeable systems include:

• Cargo Hold

• Fuel Tank

• Hull Plating

• Tractor Range

• Tractor Power

Credits remaining after a successful contract carry forward into the next operation, allowing you to save for more expensive upgrades.

But survival matters.

If your Salvage Shuttle is destroyed and the career ends, restarting begins a new career from Contract 1 with no credits or purchased upgrades.

PROTOTYPE 1.17.4 FEATURES

• Endless contract progression

• Increasing contract difficulty

• Multiple contract types

• Arcade-style thrust-based spaceflight

• Physics-driven asteroid hazards and collisions

• Tractor-beam salvage recovery

• Multiple salvage rarity and value tiers

• Heavy, Unstable, and Volatile salvage

• Limited cargo capacity

• Fuel management

• Hull damage and repair

• Ion Storms and Gravity Wells

• Flyover bonus pickups

• Optional secondary objectives

• Persistent progression during a successful career

• Upgradeable shuttle systems

• SS Wayfarer mothership and operational base

• Station Services upgrade terminal

• Contract performance tracking and mission debriefs

• Increasing threat levels and environmental pressure

• Layered deep-space environments

• Engine exhaust, particles, lighting, debris, and motion effects

• Procedurally rendered game graphics

• Retro-futuristic arcade presentation

• Designed to run directly in the browser

ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Space Salvager: SS Wayfarer is currently in active development.

The game will continue to evolve as new contracts, hazards, salvage opportunities, progression systems, upgrades, visual improvements, and gameplay mechanics are developed.

Balancing is also ongoing as the endless contract system expands.

Player feedback during development is welcome and helps identify areas that need improvement.

Recover. Repair. Refuel. Survive.

Developed & Published by Gilli Creative Studios LLC

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