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 weekend, my eye was caught by swashbuckling chandelier murder, a bumpy train ride, and lots of good colours. Come see!
If your game has violence and chandeliers, I should be able to perform violence using chandeliers. First-person stabber Dad By The Sword (coming to Steam, from the studio behind Death Road To Canada) understands this:
Dad-style chandelier swashbuckling like back in the day #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/Ao1pQW7aNl
— Rocketcat Games (@rocketcatgames) August 13, 2022
A charming bumpy train ride in Podvarak, a game the dev says is “about surviving during wartime sanctions, based on my memories of 90s Yugoslavia.”
You can now enjoy a bumpy ride in a šinobus too #Podvarak #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/XWxL7MNYys
— IVAN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN ????????️???????? (@Nothke) August 13, 2022
I am, of course, very interested in procedural cycling animations. If you’re curious about how it all works, the dev explained more in a thread
:
One more for the procedural animations fans on #screenshotsaturday
Cleaned up the code a little and added sprinting.#lowpoly #indiedev #proceduralanimation pic.twitter.com/p5VeIllgG8— All City, Kitty! (@AllCityKitty) August 13, 2022
After looking at other screenshots of adventure game The 22nd Is Serda. f0a178 (coming to Steam and Itch, and yes that it is its full name), I’m not sure if this is a screenshot or artwork or composite or… I am glad to be uncertain looking at this.
#the_22nd_is_serda_f0a178 #indiegame #zolynh #valdram #katushkaband #invisible #невидимка #madewithunreal #altgame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #скриншотсуббота #gamedev
The 22nd is Serda. f0a178, indiegame, zolynh, valdram, katushkaband, altgame, indiedev, gamedev pic.twitter.com/ORTCnehJy5— • Zolynh • Valdram (@zolynh) August 13, 2022
Complex sensors in space game Hyperscape (not to be confused with the Ubisoft battle royale FPS, Hyper Scape):
Sensor screen taking shape. Quite happy with how it looks so far. #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/5RSrrY38AH
— ᴇᴅɢᴇʀᴜɴɴᴇʀ (@edgerunnerdev) August 13, 2022
Sci-fantasy scenes from adventure game Blood Nova (coming to Steam):
Can smell the beta… i’s coming… oh so soon. ????????????#BloodNova #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #adventuregames #adventuregame #pointandclick #retrogaming #retrogames pic.twitter.com/Hq2OLOkrf2
— Cosmic Void (@Cosmic_Void_) August 13, 2022
I appreciate the attention to sonic detail in The Stray Laboratory (demo up on Itch):
This grandfather clock has 3 x 3D audio emitters. Different noises come from each moving part.
Because why not. I’m a #solodev I can do what I want.#screenshotSunday #screenshotSaturday #PS1 #puzzle #survivalhorror #horrorgame #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #lowpoly pic.twitter.com/r4GR5YHiPt
— Cursed Solutions (@CursedSolutions) August 14, 2022
Precision violence in stabby roguelikelike Mortal Sin (coming to Steam):
Painstakingly splitting up all of my enemy models so they can show progressive limb damage. There is now feedback for exactly which part of the body you hit, and you can see how damaged it is as it changes color.
????????#screenshotsaturday #unity3d #gamedev pic.twitter.com/vPqf5Zp0Ut— Nikola Todorovic (@sonofslobodan) August 13, 2022
I believe the checked details are inspired by chess, not ska, in dungeon crawler Exodus Checkmate (coming to Itch):
It’s #screenshotsaturday!
Some enemies are making their debut in Exodus Checkmate, like Angel and Imp!Exodus Checkmate is coming on August 31st!#rpgmaker #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #jrpg pic.twitter.com/548sJHNZFa
— NinjaDaLua Studio – Indie developer (@NdL_Studio) August 13, 2022
A wonderfully horrible scene from survival horror game After Hell Freezes Over:
#screenshotsaturday testing a new enemy that uses ragdoll physics for it’s tentacles! #gamedev pic.twitter.com/sdBn9JtGxC
— koschei | After Hell Freezes Over (@koschei_dev) August 14, 2022
And particles galore from explore-o-puzzler Particle Hearts (coming to Steam):
A helping hand?
Learn more: https://t.co/5I9PF2lxCU
Wishlist: https://t.co/ZcXny3nNxx#ParticleHearts #gaming #games #game #videogame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #unity3d #madewithunity #indiegaming #indiegamer #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/nAJzcpW8uq— Underwater Fire Games (@UFireGames) August 13, 2022
What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?
