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.
4 player brawler made for our friend's birthday, Hicks of Rage https://t.co/Vyjz3SZPpp #indiedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/0g6Kjhwgep
— Asobi.tech #DFuzedGBC 💣🤖 (@asobitech) November 7, 2015
“4-player brawler”? Well, I’m sold!
Battle in Advance Wars inspired TBS Shattered Throne. https://t.co/Rt8UEc6Ujt #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/3GL0hDeeNx
— Mark Harvey (@CheckmarkGames) November 7, 2015
You heard the man: BATTLE!
Adventure mode is getting… weird. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev pic.twitter.com/5XKyPIQkcS
— Jordan Hemenway (@torcht) November 7, 2015
Weird is good. We like weird. That said… what the heck am I staring at?
SUSTAIN by @9_ar7k, added to staff picks! https://t.co/GJ7MsNqBON #pixelart #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/6gXd9UAzl4
— cartrdge (@cartrdge) November 7, 2015
Oh boy. Someone gone and made a mess. I AIN’T CLEANING THAT UP!
#screenshotsaturday The zoomed out minimap – designed as an overview of the strategical situation 🙂 #gamedev pic.twitter.com/A4mxdF9ewY
— Gizarma (@Gizarma) November 7, 2015
Not gonna lie. Thought those trees were armies at first, because that would have been crazy.
https://twitter.com/hot_cereal/status/662983978991919104
I feel the need… THE NEED FOR SPEED! Wait, 21.4mph? Oh. Alright. Nevermind!
New building: mines! #bonsaiworlds #gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/Ig3OPpIahO
— enric (@EnricLlagostera) November 10, 2015
Who lives in all those houses, I wonder?
The #HollowKnight fights infected soldiers in the City of Tears! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/KUcva5JIB9
— Team Cherry (@TeamCherryGames) November 7, 2015
No one expects the hollow knight!
Well, it must be #screenshotsaturday somewhere. Art from our #asylumjam2015 -entry by @VengstromMusic #gamedev pic.twitter.com/q8U1EGh5xW
— Chris Albin (@ChrisInYellow) November 8, 2015
Glance at the clock! Glance at the clock! Glance at the clock!
https://twitter.com/Liannethy/status/663285469476597761
What the…