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.
This passage is blocked, please come back later. #GameDev #IndieGame #ScreenshotSaturday pic.twitter.com/GkAy6BmxVQ
— Rafa Skoberg (@RafaSkoberg) June 18, 2016
What, that massive fire spread not enough to clear it?
Does it feel hot in here? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart pic.twitter.com/zXocxLQhmf
— GogglesKitty (@GogglesKitty) June 18, 2016
Jump in! Do it! Only way to test if the “water” is fine.
Gnomes vs. Fairies #screenshotsaturday coming soon to #linux !! #gaming pic.twitter.com/BumB9Z06nf
— Dano Kablamo (@Dano_Kablamo) June 18, 2016
$10 on the Linux gnomes.
@CometCatsGame what's more fun on a Saturday night than a tower of cats? #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #caturday pic.twitter.com/crYkWGke98
— Abby Jackson (@AbbyBird94) June 18, 2016
Catastrophe waiting to happen.
Overworld map has gotten a big graphic overhaul!#gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday #skyremnant pic.twitter.com/fNIPHpvUmD
— Joseph (@bleufonte) June 18, 2016
Ah, yet another world for me to conquer…
New design for the maid outfit #gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/5TICxSveG1
— Maids & Demons Game (@maidsanddemons) June 18, 2016
Yup, she definitely got it maid.
Just a cute couple, sitting side by side on the docks, looking at the sea #screenshotsaturday #rpg #indiegames pic.twitter.com/uIl8H2hzu7
— Dragon Slumber (@dragon_slumber) June 18, 2016
Something something dock of the bay.
https://twitter.com/Zknet/status/744258037012062209
Sky islands! Islands in the sky! Woo! Ahem.
Check out Pixel Feast on @itchio https://t.co/5SaBA9bGOk Looking pretty swish! #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/PMBGkqqPKj
— Skoopydoopydoo (@jakedubber) June 18, 2016
…thermal imagery?
Sometimes burning it down is the only sensible option. #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/KaXkRGbAIS
— Maschinen-Mensch (@maschimensch) June 18, 2016
Some people just want to… well, watch the world burn.