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.
Nothing says the day after Christmas like glowing orbs and a statue. Happy Holidays! #ScreenshotSaturday pic.twitter.com/0HhWptNlU2
— Horrible Unicorn (@HUGS_Official) December 26, 2015
I hear ya. Didn’t get glowing orbs OR a statue this Christmas though. Cue disappointment.
Find friendship, not foes, after the apocalypse in @KodotsGames's Wanda. #screenshotsaturday https://t.co/BEFhVGkVO6 pic.twitter.com/0K1t8JW2Kk
— Joel Couture (@Joel_Couture) December 26, 2015
Call me a sceptic if you must, but I very much doubt ‘friendship’ is prominent in a post-apocalyptic world.
This #orc leader made some crazy experiment with his magical cauldron.. #screenshotsaturday #roguelike #gamedev #rpg pic.twitter.com/bbwGo8ZVZe
— Quest Heroes (@QuestHeroes) December 27, 2015
Well, ya know what they say: green is da best… as indicated by the liquid in that cauldron, of course.
Oh wow, @raquelbycomb's Mr Shadow looks incredible. #screenshotsaturday https://t.co/ZT3fep0nlj pic.twitter.com/GWw9QKbsi7
— Joel Couture (@Joel_Couture) December 26, 2015
That looks… uh… exactly what is… going on?!
Beware cerberus, the wooden bulletspewing gatekeeper #screenshotsaturday #gamedev pic.twitter.com/yCZZ8ls7ZV
— A P O T H E O S I S (@apotheosisgame) December 26, 2015
Such a nice bullet pattern, and yet, so troublesome.