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.
Having fun slaughtering farmers, I mean.. testing.. #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #unity3d #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/qtUEfeV8vg
— Uniquisher (@uniquishergames) May 30, 2016
Oho! I like where he’s going with this one.
Meddlesome bards… #Arctimicia #gamedev #screenshotsaturday (just a snippet of dialogue here) pic.twitter.com/mpH8F3IvWO
— Pulse Commander (@PulseCommander) May 29, 2016
Meddlesome? Maybe he just needs to… unwind!
This is AWAKE, our #AdvJam2016 entry available at https://t.co/Q3SD2JxgrQ #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/FhLKGFJ25S
— Storyyeller Games (on Patreon) (@storyyellers) May 29, 2016
A (seemingly) peaceful fishing trip in black and white – what could possibly go wrong?
Triying to save my life! #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #gamemaker also triying the Attack System
-Fallen Threats pic.twitter.com/llQUXF4AOE— Drahlark (@Drahlark) May 29, 2016
Simple solution: get a 1UP.
Dark force attacking Nanuleu #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #nanuleu https://t.co/fyDrQDgvM5 pic.twitter.com/U8YV4VI2yi
— Selva Interactive (@selvaint) May 28, 2016
But why? Why would someone attack such a lovely, colorful place? WHY?!
the night has just begun ^_^ #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/cQMJoWlCUQ
— Cubotrox (@TheBarberiansGS) May 28, 2016
Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee!
Let us hear some creative guesses on where The Detective is heading in this #screenshotsaturday #indiegame pic.twitter.com/iMFhJlsncI
— SWDTech Games (@SWDTechGames) May 28, 2016
…out for some air?
https://twitter.com/RibbonLance/status/736658372896935936
Yay, more colors! More! More! More!
Multiple windows! Drag 'em where ever you need! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/XaT3xZdffz
— Ready Play Games (@readyplaygames) May 28, 2016
Gotta love technology, eh?
#screenshotsaturday I guess? #rpgmaker pic.twitter.com/KrmjUPt5Qs
— Pyromantic (@PyromanticArts) May 28, 2016
What is behind that door? Who’s that standing in front of it? THE SUSPENSE IS TOO MUCH!