Screenshot Saturday Tuesday: is business the real monster, or are the giant monsters?
Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter's #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday (well, Tuesday now, because we were off yesterday), I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, we admire vast landscapes, a horrible glob of dog, weird offices, giant monsters, and so many more interesting and attractive indies. Check 'em out!
Striking landscapes from Hyper Light Breaker (coming to Steam):
Varied biome shots (captured by @hippowombat)
Our enviro team is incredible.#HyperLightBreaker @HLBreaker #screenshotsaturday #gameart pic.twitter.com/fntnsdZPNr
A good dramatic zoom-out in puzzle-platformer Bionic Bay (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
Testing some epic zooming. I like when something looks nothing particular at first but then changes into something dramatic. A bit like first trailer for Fallout 3 or when Neo wakes up from the Matrix ❤️💙#indiegame #pixelart #madewithunity #gamedev #scifi #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/3fKduL8jVD
— Juhana Myllys (@JuhanaMyllys) April 8, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsI do appreciate this horrible little shader trick in Backrooms: The Project (coming to Steam), another first-person explorer inspired by the creepypasta:
Sometimes a simple shader trick is all you need#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/Mk8r3MlkZy
— Backrooms: The Project | Wishlist on Steam (@BackroomsTP) April 8, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsI do not appreciate being chased by a glob of dog in metroidvania Being And Becoming (coming to Steam):
Hey Dreamer, just a word of advice. If you get lost in the Forest...
...you better run. Fast.#screenshotsaturday #metroidvania #pixelart #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #ドット絵 #像素艺术 #픽셀아트 pic.twitter.com/j3RZX2qbjb
The Milk Lake (coming to Steam) is still so enjoyable to watch:
from the start i wanted character motion that was precise, realistic and responsive enough to be a core game mechanic itself. v excited about how good this feels with that goal in mind.
+a little combat!#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity #unity3d pic.twitter.com/F5hJsWPjL0
It's also been a while since I last looked at weird office adventure game Lifelong:
Warning: #screenshotsaturday The scopesoft offices can make you dizzy 🤕#indiegames #indiedeveloper #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/xUzEEBlMJh
— Rem (@RemzouzeIV) April 8, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsSpeaking of offices, I can confirm that MiddleManagement's employee-gobbling glob is how business works:
Some gameplay from a game I am working on. #screenshotsaturday #IndieGameDev pic.twitter.com/sDYTR5pbUy
— MiddleManagement (@MidManageGame) April 2, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsNuts to post-apocalypse, throw me into the apocalypse:
Apocalypse WIP#screenshotsaturday #OMUI @theStaticMan pic.twitter.com/JqI1DaDL14
— Julián Palacios (@yulele_palacios) April 8, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsAn interesting effect for waves lapping at the shore in MechaWing Adventure (coming to Steam):
Here's a look at an ocean rolling in #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #bird pic.twitter.com/jLwq9gcJGh
— Birdices (@birdices) April 8, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsI am glad that Xenotilt (coming to Steam), the sequel to excellent pinball game Demon's Tilt, looks just as lively:
HOSTILE #PINBALL ACTION. WISHLIST XENOTILT NOW! #screenshotsaturday https://t.co/sY5JIlzNFg pic.twitter.com/Y7J8Tzjov0
— XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION (@XENOTILT) April 8, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsA bit of platforming movement tech in Paintvale (demo available on Itch):
Introducing the Dive Cancel!
Pressing jump during a dive stops it, allowing fpr some SLICK manuevers!#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/Mr6DSuB5Nj
A bad time in cooperative survival horror Whisper Mountain Outbreak (coming to Steam):
What do you do when you hear the sound of a banging door?
A. Approach
B. Observe and do nothing
C. Run
D. Sacrifice your teammates#WMOgame #screenshotsaturday #coop #survival #horror #pixelart #indiegame pic.twitter.com/nihLfiPpDE
I strongly believe in attacks filling the screen, like this in Survivors of the Dawn:
A quick glance at #SurvivorsoftheDawn!
💥Shoot Your Bolt with the Spiders
💥Deadly Burst Damage of Rockets
💥Dash through the Enemy
💥Duke It Out with the Knives Out
💥Pulse-Like Fired Laser Beams
Wishlist on Steam! https://t.co/I9BOsMCigB…#ScreenshotSaturday #gaming… pic.twitter.com/PUBc29s9wW
I feel this alien's attempts to rewild the Earth could benefit from a slightly more delicate touch in sandbox smash 'em up From Ashes, Bloom (coming to Steam), but you cannot deny they're getting results:
Some attack ideas from the community!#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/C5ysvIDgsz
— FROM ASHES, BLOOM 🔥🌱 (@FromAshesBloom) April 2, 2023 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsThis seems a fairly simple example of finding a route in Finder, but I'm interested in labyrinthine cities, walking sims, and stealth:
#screenshotsaturday piece of gameplay!
FINDER – walking sim+puzzle+stealth game. You should explore labyrinth city named Cradle with the map to get to the main Tower.
So we work on the city and map features#indiedev #indiegame #maze #labyrinth #game #indie #madewithunreal pic.twitter.com/6dvcr5Xsqd
Dealing with a shielded foe in soulslike metroidvania The Spirit Of The Samurai (coming to Steam):
Each new threat you encounter will require a new approach to combat. You must always be light on your feet.
What do you think of our brand new shielded enemy type?
🎮 Wishlist Now: https://t.co/oVCkqLNQNM #screenshotsaturday #metroidvania #soulslike #playstation #b3d pic.twitter.com/LNe6YpwZHa
And your mandatory grappling hook action this week is provided by metroidvania Rusted Moss (coming to Steam tomorrow, with a demo there now):
Hey #screenshotsaturday !
Check out Rusted Moss, our grappling hook metroidvania, coming out in 4 DAYS!! 🎉
Creative platforming without the double jump (but don't worry, we do have a rocket jump to discover)#indiedev #indiegame pic.twitter.com/BIAd2DFhqI
What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?
