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.
Baboo! is now available for download on Android https://t.co/Ux08PUFnzN #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegamedev pic.twitter.com/0h0ICfg5Oz
— 𝙳𝚊𝚗 (@spctrmzx128k) November 21, 2015
Somewhere… over the… rainbow… (right?).
Anyone who know me will know i love my Box puzzles #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #SkyTown pic.twitter.com/0UgvTwBZnl
— Jump Button (@Jump_Button) November 21, 2015
Slide box, push box, rinse, repeat. Or maybe… “BREAK BOX! SMASH BOX!”? Yeah, much better!
What to do with alien invaders? Burn them to a crisp! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart pic.twitter.com/4pfdZY29T6
— Cosmocat (@cosmocatgames) November 21, 2015
Mmm… crispy…
Just take this for #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/981yeFINKF
— fruchtiquark (@fruchtiquark) November 21, 2015
That’s the second-largest pharaoh head I’ve ever seen…
https://twitter.com/danruscoe/status/668319854252851201
“Who ya gonna call?!” (obvious joke is obvious, I know).
More #WIP shots of #PartialQuest for #screenshotsaturday. @GPrime85 experimenting with color #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/C6GySIXyKo
— John JDS (@devfromjds) November 21, 2015
Not entirely certain as to what’s going on, but I like it! A lot, in fact.
"The Hell". #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/E6Mi8XqRsa
— Ratalaika Games (@RatalaikaGames) November 21, 2015
Surely hell looks much more inhospitable than that? Surely.
New character for #SLAPFRIENDS Whippleworth on left. Help us name granny! #screenshotsaturday #indidev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/eFbDa8AZzg
— Terence Tolman 🥳 (@TWTdip) November 21, 2015
Granma vs. Zombie! FIGH– oh, it’s a squid? Forgetaboutit.
New boss character Sir Kuolema #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/fx5v8aPVy4
— Mountain Sheep (@minigore) November 21, 2015
Guess no one told him not to bring a sword to a magic duel. Oh boy.
https://twitter.com/MaikFranzXaver/status/668452629534625792
Wrapping up this week’s Speculating Screenshots up by breaking the rules with something awesome that is not even remotely indie.