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…
The fairy scene of #TakoSan with another palet 🙂 #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #madewithunity #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/kj8ENR5Wtk
— ChrisDeneos ? BitSummit (@ChrisDeneos) May 9, 2015
Tasukete Tako-San: Save me Mr Tako! (@ChrisDeneos)
I… uh, wait, what? Octupus fairy? Is that a thing now? Oh right – anything’s possible in the realm of video games!
weekly update: planning the last stretch of writing http://t.co/8bgxxteMoy #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/5SXdyHSNWX
— sun dogs (@sundogsgame) May 9, 2015
Sun Dogs (@sundogsgame)
While I haven’t the foggiest where this one’s going, what’s shown in this screenshot does still intrigue me. Well done, I’d say!
Just hanging out on my brand new boat!
(Still not finished :P)#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #wttmr pic.twitter.com/b30M4NRFs8— Jmaster (@jmastaa) May 9, 2015
Untitled (@jmastaa)
That’s one helluva small boat, eh? I mean, sure, “still not finished”, but even so. Small boat is small, and thus more likely to sink. I think. Logic ain’t my strongest suit.
#screenshotsaturday #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/MRynW8PJpk
— Tom Armitage (@TKAGames) May 9, 2015
Untitled (@TKAGames)
Yea really! HIT THOSE DUMMIES! Wait… where are the dummies? Oh, hidden underneath that huge text box. Right. Well, hit them!
Danger Zone is nearly done, still needs a lot of testing though :/ #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/u5H99Vv4xx
— Connor Westrope (@ConnorWestrope) May 9, 2015
Danger Zone (@ConnorWestrope)
So… a game with flashy neon lights, masks and a rodent wearing sunglasses while holding a shotgun – what could possibly go wrong? Everything!
Pixel Purgatory PLUS finally has a GUI :O #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/cP21nwQokp
— baku (@bakufreak) May 9, 2015
Pixel Purgatory PLUS (@Bakufreak)
And what a lovely GUI it is! That said, ‘Smoke Toad’? Man, I thought the Final Fantasy games had weird enemy names…
#ScreenshotSaturday Alpha coming soon? #GameAudio #indiedev #LithiumCity #LowPoly #2D pic.twitter.com/faAs3hYA79
— James Abels (@JamesAbels) May 9, 2015
Lithium City(?) (@JamesAbels)
Sure looks alpha ready to me, even though I’m not really sure what it’s all about. Do you? Huh? Do you? Then tell me!
Catching the train. #screenshotsaturday #pixelart pic.twitter.com/gKluyOovaQ
— Pavel Nezamayev (@pvlnzmv) May 9, 2015
Untitled (@pvlnzmv)
Better than catching a cold! No? Tough crowd. Liking them pixels though…
Getting my level layouts closer to final. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev
gameplay footage: https://t.co/o82GkZdsl4 pic.twitter.com/KS92IF24m7— Bad Potion (@badpotion) May 9, 2015
Hyperburner (@badpotion)
Wow. So many “can’t wait to try it!” this week. Who isn’t excited about the prospect of flying at crazy speeds through something that stylish, after all?
Okay…Who put this giant menacing spider robot in here?! #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #indiedev pic.twitter.com/zVq3V3txXq
— Awfully Nice (@_AwfullyNice_) May 9, 2015
The Bug Butcher (@_AwfullyNice_)
Wasn’t me! Or was it? Nah, of course it wasn’t. Looks like it’s gonna take quite a beating before biting the dust though…
#screenshotsaturday The ruinous Carr Castle! @indiegamemag #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #rpg #retro pic.twitter.com/Xs9y2XBO1F
— Something Classic (@SomethingClassc) May 9, 2015
Shadows of Adam (@SomethingClassc)
Ruuuuuuined! Looks great, but still… ruuuuuuined! Ruins? Ruined? Ruined ruins? Also, I’d get out of there ASAP if I was that guy – this is no time to take in the scenery!
Today's #ScreenshotSaturday is a sneak peek of a side project… soon, you'll get to RESCUE DA WORLD #ArminRODW pic.twitter.com/dE6j1SdsQK
— Triiiniteam (@triiiniteam) May 9, 2015
Untitled (@triiiniteam)
Da entire world or just part of it? I mean… side project is side project, and I do so prefer rescuing the entire thing! What’s the deal with those hooded figures to the right though?
The Detail Episode 2 – From the Ashes coming soon @steam_games #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #comics pic.twitter.com/Sx75BI1P4e
— Rival Games Ltd (@RivalGamesLtd) May 9, 2015
The Detail Episode 2 – From the Ashes (@RivalGamesLtd)
Now that’s how you show off a gloomy part of town: with a nice stylish celshaded(?) look. Just saying.
Here's one of #DiscStorm's new formidable bosses for #screenshotsaturday. #indiedev pic.twitter.com/1bxUREEZJB
— XMPT Games (@XMPTGames) May 9, 2015
DiscStorm (@XMPTGames)
Formidable? Ha! If not for those fiery… things… I’m sure he’d be no trouble at all. Yup. No trouble at all. Sure looks mean though.
Working on a twine about looking at porn for the first time (with ascii porn in it). #screenshotsaturday #altgames pic.twitter.com/dDkHDwpFKc
— James Earl Cox III (@just404it) May 10, 2015
Untitled (@just404it)
Well, they do say that the Internet is for porn, so why not? I just hope this particular twine is well-written though, as it’d be significantly less interesting, were it simply another softcore novel (albeit with an interactive twist). But we’ll see. In any case, that’s it for this week’s screenshots!
