Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Getting about with rope arrows, public transport, and a Mary Poppins umbrella

Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter's #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by multiple rope arrows, some markedly different public transport experiences, a casual bit of Mary Poppsining, and more! Check out all these attractive and interesting indie games.
A troublesome passenger with a troublesome coat in trolleybus conductor sim/beat 'em up Troleu (coming to Steam):
the guy#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/RgUSL1X8xU
— andrground (@andrground_gg) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsAnother big coat to admire:
i love adding big coats to my designs, definitely one of my fav genders #indiegame #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/zFf55NZTUE
— dotflare (@dotflare3) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsA very different public transport vibe in the end-of-mission screen for immersive sim-y stealth FPS Peripeteia (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
Do you ever sit on public transport after a long day and consider if what you did was worth it? #screenshotsaturday #indiedev pic.twitter.com/oxKPHPl83w
— PERIPETEIA (@90sGraphics) March 10, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsI briefly entertained myself with the thought that this section of shadow-hopping platformer Schim (coming to Steam) might be a lot confusing and panic-inducing for folks in roundabout-light places:
Navigating roundabouts 🚍#screenshotsaturday #gamedev pic.twitter.com/zQQ5v6yPc2
— Ewoud (@Ewoud3D) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsOur first rope arrow comes from Neverlooted Dungeon (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
No loot will stay out of reach thanks to the VertiClimb Rope Crossbow™, the essential tool for true dungeon raiders.🏹
💚Wishlist Neverlooted Dungeon on Steam, demo available.#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/fmoCi6YmjA
Our second ropeflinger is a more aggressive projectile, a harpoon in immersive sim Gloomwood (in early access on Steam):
Playing around with the (WIP) Harpoon Gun to see what clever tricks it can be used for before players get their hands on it!#gloomwood #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/RsKRwqx39A
— Dillon Rogers (@TafferKing451) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsIn other tethering developments, if invisible walls are to be inevitable, I really appreciate this game making them not just an annoying obstacle but something else you can enjoy playing with, bouncing and swinging on your tether:
Thinking about invisible walls this week, I've come to the conclusion that there is probably no way I will be able to avoid them so I was thinking about a way to integrate them in a more diagetic (if exploitable) way.#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #GodotEngine pic.twitter.com/DAbrHHCbtb
— Maik (@Maik_Is_A_Name) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsI'd bury my face in the moss of Vivarium, "a retro cel-anime game about life inside a mysterious terrarium":
The tree hollow at sunrise 🌤️
Golden light casts in from the east of the terrarium (screen right).
Then I tint the shadows a blue-green. I use these colors for Vivarium mornings mostly because in my head that's just the look of an idyllic childhood sunrise.#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/tqbulmcjZI
A pleasing depth of detail in puzzle-platformer Bionic Bay (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
Adding little creatures around this decayed world adds a slice of hope to this melancholic place.#gaming #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/Eh02Jafy7b
— Juhana Myllys (@JuhanaMyllys) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsThis cutscene from "story-heavy character action Zelda-like" Real Web Legends: Carter's Quest (coming to Steam, with a demo there now) goes places:
I am not playing around about these cutscenes#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/KVgIFJB47s
— goba (DEMO OUT NOW) (@homuncudev) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsIf in doubt, do like Danmaku Unlimited: Wyver Ultra and add violence:
Made the bean more “violent” looking #wyverultra #danmakuunlimited #shmup #bullethell #screenshotsaturday #IndieGameDev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/2WAJJvrtCP
— Sunny Tam (@SunnySyTam) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsHere comes metroidvania Emberbane (coming to Steam) with its own swish elemental violence ("influenced by Avatar: The Last Airbender," the devs say):
Fire is the element of power 🔥#screenshotsaturday | #pixelart | #ドット絵 pic.twitter.com/eGjf4EtA4n
— Emberbane | Wishlist on Steam (@hamlet_games) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsSure that's a cute overworld map in Tails Of Fate (coming to Steam) but I'm most taken with watching that foxy friend skitter around levels:
#screenshotsaturday #wip Had fun making the overworld map. Still testing some looks, but overall happy with where it's going. 🦊🌎#pixelart #gamedev #metroidvania #indiedev #ドット絵 pic.twitter.com/moqHCuEGRm
— Tails of Fate 🦊 Wishlist Us on Steam! (@TailsofFate) March 2, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsA supercalifragilisticexpialidocious time in... I assume this is Paradise Marsh (out now on Steam)? I must check this out:
Accidentally created a Mary Poppins simulator☂️#gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/TOCCHarB07
— Lazy Eti ✨ (@LazyEti) March 9, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsAnd speaking of good times near water, here's Mirth Island (coming to Steam):
Ready to turn up the heat?
Grab your sunglasses and party hat because the beach vibes are calling!
🕶🥳🎵#indiegames #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/a3JYjNth3O
What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?