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.
Happy Halloween from the ChickuChainsawMassacre and the goats! #chicku #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/0aYhHuSWqG
— Gatling Goat Studios (@Gatling_Goat) October 31, 2015
Scary pumpkins, check. Lots of blood, check. Goats cut in half, double and triple check…
#ScreenShotSaturday – #pixelart fireballs courtesy of Legacy of the Copper Skies' Isen. https://t.co/EMsloaSEEK pic.twitter.com/3LBR8bvYCE
— Horrible Unicorn (@HUGS_Official) October 31, 2015
I see the aftermath, but not the fireball? THE PUBLIC DEMANDS GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!
Testing out our new noise system with a decoy grenade in our game Nick O'Time #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/3yWiWfjCVX
— Drixy Studios (@DrixyStudios) October 31, 2015
Ah, good ol’ decoy grenade. Also, MAKE SOME NOISE!
#HappyHalloween from the Darkside Team! #pixelart #gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/ek2Jc7EkuQ
— The Darkside Detective (@ds_detective) October 31, 2015
…because silence is gold?
#screenshotsaturday planning level layout pic.twitter.com/GwCW7ROcEn
— droqen (@droqen) October 31, 2015
Doesn’t get more old-school than that!
https://twitter.com/LostWorldZero/status/660533342820048896
Mmm… purple.
Will you save the farmers? #screenshotsaturday #Halloween pic.twitter.com/p1GVkJlSus
— mcdroid (@mcdroidgame) October 30, 2015
Need you even ask?
Spooky Forrest for a spooky #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev pic.twitter.com/paQb2ccuO4
— Oscar Brittain (@moomoomang) October 31, 2015
Extra spooky!
The biting cold isn't the only danger in The Blizzard Bluffs, Adventurers. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegames pic.twitter.com/pPHFuhE2jR
— Yes And Games (@YesAndGames) October 31, 2015
“Bite”… I see what you did there.
What's going on the roof? Find out in #speakofthecloud #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #graphicadventure pic.twitter.com/tAoZrARaJB
— Mechanic Moon Studio (@MechanicMoon) October 31, 2015
And the plot… thickens.
