For most, weekends means two days off work with some much-needed R&R. But for game developers, it’s also a time during which they get to show off what they’ve been working on. I am of course referring to Screenshot Saturday, which involves tweeting screenshots with the #ScreenshotSaturday hashtag. Screenshots which I will be critiquing some of every single Tuesday, in Speculating Screenshots.
Different screenshots from different developers, all working on different games. Some are very much a WIP, while other are from titles rapidly approaching release. These tweets do all have one thing they in common though, which is that they feature actual screenshots (or at the very least, mockups), animated or stills.
Screenshot from my latest FREE #indiegame Beard Fighter for #screenshotsaturday ! #gamedev https://t.co/gEEvU2xa79 pic.twitter.com/2TyOQx57Ne
— Big Cow/Daniel Black (@BigCowStudios) December 19, 2015
HAIL THE MIGHTY BEARD!
#ScreenshotSaturday pic.twitter.com/5HrN6eXO6G
— Tree Story (@treestorygame) December 19, 2015
Happy Christmas!
Time for #screenshotsaturday !! Boom goes the Rocket Fist! 😀 #indiegamedev #videogames #gamedev pic.twitter.com/66J7hnJwNQ
— Rocket Fist (@PlayRocketFist) December 19, 2015
Boom indeed, but… rocket fist, eh? Sounds kinda, well, painful!
https://twitter.com/braderkkila/status/678241836897562624
Wait, what? BAD Springsteen songs? WHAT IS GOING ON?!
Gyrodisc audience screenshots! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev pic.twitter.com/A4ORX28POh
— GyrodiscSuperLeague (@gyrodisc) December 19, 2015
Well… a faceless audience does beat empty stands, right?
The next prototype game is off to a fantastic start… #gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/b65aAPvRE6
— Nikhil Suresh (@nklsrh) December 18, 2015
Am I alone in thinking that actually looks interesting? In a crazy way, but interesting nonetheless.
https://twitter.com/WadupGames/status/678265877683445760
Oho! Did someone say ‘traffic chaos’? WHERE DO I SIGN UP?!
Work in progress in #3Dcoat model by our intern Tim! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegamedev #3DART #gameart pic.twitter.com/IAclhOLbS0
— Acaratus (@Acaratus) December 19, 2015
TIMMEH! That is all.
Here's #screenshotsaturday showing the improved indirect lighting, we replaced cube maps with a real-time solution. pic.twitter.com/kiKuoGoI6i
— Mountain Sheep (@minigore) December 19, 2015
Oh boy. Someone’s grumpy!
https://twitter.com/dreamaodh/status/678310269899141120
Pft. Reality. So darn overrated.
Sharemaster! The number = FPS. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #gamemaker pic.twitter.com/palKHPM8Ra
— videogame(dev) himbo 🏳️🌈 (@origamihero) December 20, 2015
Hey look, it’s mr. Facebook! (Get it?)
Some more progress for #screenshotsaturday Is really geting well together. #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/slY5psm5r6
— MPdeveloper (@MPdeveloper1) December 19, 2015
Let it snow, let it snow, let it… wrap up this week’s Speculating Screenshots!