For most, weekends mean two days off work with some much-needed R&R. But for game developers, it’s 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; some of which I will be critiquing every Tuesday, in Speculating Screenshots.
https://twitter.com/VitriolGames/status/589705871992573952
Untitled (@VitriolGames)Defending it, sure, but against what? Must be some off-screen threat. Yeah. That’s it.
Emerald (@nickyonge)
Man are those ever some bright neon colors. How did the player get stuck in there though, and what is that weird looking thing to the right?
Soft Body (@godzekesatan)
From one nonsensical screenshot to another, this is… actually I have no idea what Zeke Virant is showing here. I’m sorta intrigued though. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe a little.
Quadradigger (@Synival)
Digger? All I see is a Tetris-style game with a depth-mete– oh! Wait. Hold on. I get it now: the dirt at the bottom of the screen. I guess? The public demands an explanation!
Spooky Pooky (@joeyspacerocks)
Dooooooooom… dooooooooooooooooom! I think anyone would be experiencing mild discomfort, to say the least, if their head was that big. Just saying. Game looks good though.
Apocalypse Neighbors (@BoomCoGames)
Can’t really tell if he’s building something or tearing it down, the way everything’s… well, tilted. Also, what’s in those boxes? Government secrets?
Untitled (@Winter_Stories)
I like how the guy in the back thinks, bringing a stick of dynamite and a whip to a gunfight. Hardly the best idea ever, but points for originality, and of course, guts. Too bad he’s about to get getting gunned down.
https://twitter.com/ConnorORT/status/589327981660790784
Overlooker (@ConnorORT)
Poor girl… or dude with really long hair. If it’s the latter, I do so hope the game is set in the 80’s. That said, he/she is gonna be in trouble soon, as monsters are approaching!
Guild of Dungeoneering (@Myll_Erik)
Lovely hand-drawn(?) visuals there, and get this… the game – or dungeon, rather – is also hand-made. As in, the player builds it around the hero, instead of navigating the hero through it. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Crypt of the NecroDancer (@NecroDancerGame)
Oho. Demons, undead, and other grizzly ghouls, all packed up in a roguelike rhythm game (nope, not joking). What’s not to like? Looks darn good (and feature-complete) too.
https://twitter.com/Creoterra/status/589510734419075072
Empyrios (@Creoterra)Eek. Looks to me like stuff’s about to go down, along with a couple of guards, and in a cathedral of all places! Better not wreck the place during the battle, or there’ll be hell to pay. Literally.
Wyrmsun (@wyrmsun)
Sure. Where’s the Roman settlement, eh? Surely it ain’t that tiny goldmine-ish looking thing to the right. Or maybe it is. Hard to tell with WIP projects after all. Hard to tell inded.
Untitled (@RavenTravelStd)
Really? Why can’t we all just get along? Oh well. If it has to be, it has to be, and as such, my money’s on the big guy! I’m well-aware that the tiny fella is likely the protagonist, but what do I care? FIGHT!
Templars 2 (@corytrese)
Hang on… a top-down, tile-based, steampunk(?) with RPG(?) elements, and one that doesn’t look half-bad to boot? Fingers crossed.
Room13 (@ThePaperRobot)
So much violence! So… much… hang on, why is the protagonist wearing a red ball? Oh! I see. “Someone” stole his head. Or some such. Man, that’s gotta hurt. On the flipside, a headless protagonist is pretty rare…