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Aurora: Salvage
Image: jafforge

Aurora: Salvage

jafforgeEarly accessGodot 4

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

By Hitesh K ยท 3 November 2026

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Summary

Aurora: Salvage is a free survivors-like extraction shooter from developer jafforge, published on itch.io on November 1, 2026. You scavenge for the survivors of a colony ship that crashed on an alien world: each raid you land, hold off swarms that number in the hundreds, pack loot into a grid inventory and get to an exit before an ion storm rolls in. Aiming and firing are automatic, so the choice that matters is when to stop looting and leave. Loot you bring back supplies your camp; whatever you're holding when you die is lost.

How it was made

The current build, version 0.1.7, has two planets (Aurora Prime and the tougher Glacier), ten rotating missions, 11 alien types plus elites and two bosses, according to the itch.io page. Colonists you rescue settle in your camp and work for you, a dog named Scraps comes along on raids, and each level-up offers an ability card that can be stacked and evolved. The game is available in five languages, supports controllers and has color-blind modes and sound captions. The developer calls it an early build, with more planets, bosses and missions planned, and itch.io lists it as in development.

How it was made: jafforge made the game in Godot 4 and, according to the itch.io page, creates its graphics with a Blender pipeline. The page's AI disclosure says AI tools helped with the code and text, and that no art, sound or music in the game is AI-generated. The sound effects and music are recordings taken from CC0 and CC-BY licensed packs, all credited in the game's credits screen.

The developer has also written about the build process in a post on Reddit's r/aigamedev, linked in the sources below; the details on this page come from the itch.io page.

Topics:GodotAI in game development

Sources

Details come from the developer's own posts and pages credited below.

  1. jafforge (itch.io): Aurora: Salvage
  2. jafforge (itch.io): Download Aurora: Salvage
  3. Developer's post on r/aigamedev: Build write-up on Reddit

Image: jafforge

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Game details

Developer
jafforge
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genre
Shooter, Survival, Roguelite
Engine
Godot 4
Status
Early access
Release
November 1, 2026
Price
Free (name your own price)

Made with AI

  • AI-assisted code and text (itch.io AI disclosure; tools not named)

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