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Speculating Screenshots (30th May 2015)

Speculating Screenshots

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. So without further ado…

Haunt or… help? Well, we both know I’m obviously not gonna leave helpful comments upon dying in this game. Just wouldn’t be as much fun compared to haunting and / or tricking them! Muahahaha!

MORE FILTERS! No really, more filters! Seriously though, am I the only one who sees a really nice looking environment screenshot? Probably.

That’s one way to ‘burn the midnight oil’, and an efficient one to boot. So long… uh, pirate ship #2? Better watch out for that shark though!

So… does the game take place inside that picture (frame), or is Noppy simply showing off pixel art? I wonder. Hopefully the prior.

Wait, where’s “all of the above”? Curses. Hm. Provided ‘B’ is ‘start a party’, I’m all for that. Oh and ‘D’ better be ‘replace placeholder portrait’, ya know? Ah, I’m so clever.

Not a terrible idea, and at least this will – hopefully – add another layer of strategy to the formula, as opposed to games which simply change the numbers or some such. We’ll see.

Oh man. A boney massacre if I ever saw one. No? Aw. What’s it all about though? That is the question.

Sound advice right there. Even more so, as I’d be very surprised if those flickering beams actually turns out not to be both electrical, and deadly to the touch! Ouch. Also, nice minimalistic design.

Ew! That said… actually, I have no idea where to start with this one. At all. Leaping rats and fake teeth? And the rats look like they’re attempting to reach an open vent shaft? Uh, right.

Another fast-paced dodger (I think)? Sure, why not! Also, those lights.