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Screenshot Saturday Mondays: ASCII tears and undersea fearsI go on Twitter so you don’t have to
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Image credit:@stuffbecauseidk
Image credit:@stuffbecauseidk
Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, despite Twitter throwing a wobbly and doing its best to keep me from taking a good look at the tag, I still found plenty of interesting and attractive indie games to admire. Check ‘em out!
The developer behind Super Kiwi 64 and Macbat 64 offers a different flavour of vintage platforming withToree Saturn(coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
Updated the animations for Toree’s new moves to make them more dynamic and giving the birb a better feeling for speed and momentum.Toree spins, rolls and twists around now. :)#screenshotsaturday#lowpoly#indiegamepic.twitter.com/muGmVXcKMF— Marcus (@SIACTRO)March 2, 2024
Updated the animations for Toree’s new moves to make them more dynamic and giving the birb a better feeling for speed and momentum.Toree spins, rolls and twists around now. :)#screenshotsaturday#lowpoly#indiegamepic.twitter.com/muGmVXcKMF
Ghastly Ghouls have Ghastly Breath! 🔥💀Support indies! follow our Kickstarter! Link in bio#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#gaming#pixelart#aseprite#unity3d#Kickstarterpic.twitter.com/VgGCJ9VJUj— GameAtomic ~ Kraino ReBirth On KickStarter (@GameAtomicGames)March 2, 2024
Ghastly Ghouls have Ghastly Breath! 🔥💀Support indies! follow our Kickstarter! Link in bio#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#gaming#pixelart#aseprite#unity3d#Kickstarterpic.twitter.com/VgGCJ9VJUj
Ah, what a look!
“Everything is a blur except for the sorrow that swallows me whole."#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#indiedevpic.twitter.com/SxV6XQJR7C— ellie (@stuffbecauseidk)March 2, 2024
“Everything is a blur except for the sorrow that swallows me whole."#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#indiedevpic.twitter.com/SxV6XQJR7C
The terrible conclusion toa teaser tweetfromcosmic horror-tinged Freelancer ‘em upUnderspace(coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
I lied. It’s not a space station. It’s a giant mimic.#underspace#gamedev#unity3d#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegame#madewithunity#indiegamedev#spacegame#space#gamedevelopmentpic.twitter.com/MgSEvuJmVq— Trainwiz (@trainwiz)March 2, 2024
I lied. It’s not a space station. It’s a giant mimic.#underspace#gamedev#unity3d#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegame#madewithunity#indiegamedev#spacegame#space#gamedevelopmentpic.twitter.com/MgSEvuJmVq
A powerful Y2K interface to Panthalassa, a game “about being lost deep under the ocean”:
NEW SPECIES SCANNED: ARCHIBAL SQUID#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#indiedevpic.twitter.com/lO5aBIk25q— Panthalassa (@Meia_Calca_)March 2, 2024
NEW SPECIES SCANNED: ARCHIBAL SQUID#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#indiedevpic.twitter.com/lO5aBIk25q
Just a grand old time in Room RPG, a “turn-based action RPG featuring bullet-hell dodging and skill-based skills” that’s set in a child’s room:
almost forgot to post anything for#screenshotsaturdayagain im awful at this 😭 progress on room rpg is going well. the first area is maybe 37% complete and the second area is maybe 72% complete which will make up the demo of the game!pic.twitter.com/BW9E756uuc— room rpg (@houserpg_)March 2, 2024
almost forgot to post anything for#screenshotsaturdayagain im awful at this 😭 progress on room rpg is going well. the first area is maybe 37% complete and the second area is maybe 72% complete which will make up the demo of the game!pic.twitter.com/BW9E756uuc
Pretty moves for a character in “card-grid-fighting game” Duelists Of Eden (coming to Steam):
New Character - Harissa 🖌️Wishlist here:https://t.co/rcs4HsC6Gk#pixelart#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/bT9f7KfQSn— Duelists of Eden (On Steam March 7th!) (@DuelistsOfEden)March 3, 2024
New Character - Harissa 🖌️Wishlist here:https://t.co/rcs4HsC6Gk#pixelart#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/bT9f7KfQSn
I immediately went to discover more of what this game is about after seeing this and yes, yes I do want toexamine maps, explore seas, then dive deepthank you:
Let’s dive in a submarine vortex#madewithgodot#godot#gamedev#indiedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/72XN3pbVOO— Ulric (@_Cirlu)March 2, 2024
Let’s dive in a submarine vortex#madewithgodot#godot#gamedev#indiedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/72XN3pbVOO
While I don’t entirely understand what this beast is in fairytale monster-taming gameGrimmlins Tale(coming to Steam, with a demo there now), I do like it:
An enjoyable boss death animation in Zoe Begone! (coming to Steam, with a demo there now), a run ‘n’ gun shooter about an animated creation battling the animator:
One more boss death and I’m done (with boss deaths)!#screenshotsaturday#indiegamepic.twitter.com/P2xQZBhoHO— Retchy (@Retchy)March 2, 2024
One more boss death and I’m done (with boss deaths)!#screenshotsaturday#indiegamepic.twitter.com/P2xQZBhoHO
More schoolyard violence fromSugar Isogu(coming to Steam):
An early look into the 👟 Defensive Mechanics in Project Sugar🧊#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/2DzBHOuaks— 🧊 Project Sugar 💖 Scouting for talents! (@SugarIsogu)March 2, 2024
An early look into the 👟 Defensive Mechanics in Project Sugar🧊#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/2DzBHOuaks
A quiet pause in explore-o-puzzlerBeyond The Plastic Wall(coming to Steam):
what a nice week this has been, lots of things i want to add into the vegetation system but i desperately need some rest!#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/JXHRuHacoJ— August Håkansson’s 115th dream ✨ (@HakanssonAugust)March 2, 2024
what a nice week this has been, lots of things i want to add into the vegetation system but i desperately need some rest!#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/JXHRuHacoJ
And look, I’m just a sucker spinny swordslam attacks like this in Ghost Easter (coming to Steam), “a third-person action RPG with manga-inspired graphics and immersive sim elements”:
#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegame#hacknslashupdated my steam page w some new gameplay gifs. Here’s one of em! You can wishlist 👻GhostEater🍔now ✨pic.twitter.com/t7imY5VWy5— Alex Epton (@alexxxchange)March 2, 2024
#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegame#hacknslashupdated my steam page w some new gameplay gifs. Here’s one of em! You can wishlist 👻GhostEater🍔now ✨pic.twitter.com/t7imY5VWy5
What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?