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.
Rainbow Moon PS4 tests running until the end of the year. Here's a random screenshot. #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/2pkrmxejIt
— eastasiasoft (@eastasiasoft) December 5, 2015
Speaking of random… where is that boat going, eh?
https://twitter.com/GaTechGrad/status/673364190506172416
Ah, the ancient conflict – red vs. blue.
The view of the over world #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev early #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/8Ita7jnMH6
— Saoleile Games (@SaoleileGames) December 5, 2015
The world is over?
A chunk of #pixelart customisation for my second ever #screenshotsaturday 😀 #gamedev #officehours pic.twitter.com/43Mj7QmCfm
— From Zero To Gamedev (@ZeroToGameDev) December 5, 2015
SEND IN THE CLONE!
Get tired, and https://t.co/jUzkdZLSUJ will go all Sin City on you! Made with #gamemaker. #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/DoRzf6kzbW
— BlauwPrint (@blauwprintgames) December 5, 2015
Yay, Flippin’ Phones is going Super! Also, phones. Being flipped. In a mall. Because reasons.
https://twitter.com/FEFF2800/status/673433822181093376
What can I say? I like me some ASCII roguelikes, ever since the days of Moria, Rogue, Nethack, Omega and so on…
https://twitter.com/SimsOCallaghan/status/673199962650517505
I know, I know: not an indie game. By a long shot. So… I’m allowing myself to break the rules for something this awesome!
#screenshotsaturday We released an in-game video from Graveyard Shift https://t.co/Didy6gO1Pg #indiedev pic.twitter.com/rMO0Zh2ASf
— Aslan Game Studio (@AslanGameStudio) December 5, 2015
Something something Thriller.
Here comes a new challenger: the rat! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #pico8 #unnamedroguelike pic.twitter.com/tQjwyhMRQE
— Rodrigo Franco (Caffo) (@caffo) December 6, 2015
Challenger, or playable character… eh?
https://twitter.com/korruptor/status/673082655508926464
HOCKEY! YEAH! Oh. Ice hockey. Darn!
New #screenshotsaturday for the Frost Imp again. What do you think of the current state of her? pic.twitter.com/v9r3sZHmcN
— Watermint Studios (@WatermintStudio) December 6, 2015
Adorably fiendish, but perhaps more importantly, what’s that crystal-y thing in her right hand?
