Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Please put grappling hooks in more Soulslikes (and all other games)

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Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Please put grappling hooks in more Soulslikes (and all other games)I go on Twitter so you don’t have to

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The pastel-coloured hub world in a Cyber Strike screenshot.

Perhaps following Sekiro’s example, upcoming soulslikeCerulean Singe(coming to Steam) understands that you can add a grappling hook to just about anything:

new grapple hook mechanic for my game#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/gQoV7XxumT— pl0s (@pl0s_)March 23, 2024

new grapple hook mechanic for my game#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/gQoV7XxumT

More ridiculous violence from Cruel (coming to Steam):

Getting there ..aiming for about July/June for release.#screenshotsaturday#GodotEnginepic.twitter.com/2K6CgvIZhg— Jamesy (@JamesDornanDev)March 23, 2024

Getting there ..aiming for about July/June for release.#screenshotsaturday#GodotEnginepic.twitter.com/2K6CgvIZhg

An excellent knight in “2D plant horror boss rush” gamePerennial Order(coming to Steam, with a demo there now):

“The Bloom Knight they called me. A great hero."#screenshotsaturday#gamedevpic.twitter.com/QKhRawNlxO— Perennial Order (@PerennialOrder)March 23, 2024

“The Bloom Knight they called me. A great hero."#screenshotsaturday#gamedevpic.twitter.com/QKhRawNlxO

I always like seeing how things change over the course of development, so here’s something terrible from Lovecraftian survival horrorThe Sinking City 2(coming via Kickstater):

“From the shadows of imagination emerges the evolution of an eternal nightmare…“📽️ The road from first iterations to final design of our eldritch monster. Any ideas on what its name is?#Lovecraftian#SurvivalHorror#ScreenshotSaturdaypic.twitter.com/wVPzpAYH8r— The Sinking City 2 (@thesinkingcity)March 23, 2024

Cute hub world in “bullet hell dungeon crawler"Cyber Strike(coming to Steam):

A right chunky shotgun in immersive simRetroSpace(coming to Steam):

A good, punchy shotgun is the backbone of#fpsand#survivalhorrorgames, right?We’ve added some neat new animations for this beautiful bastard!#screenshotsaturday#immersivesim#boomershooter#lowpoly#gamedev#indiedev#animationpic.twitter.com/z1I8qMkAVm— RetroSpace (@RetroSpaceGame)March 23, 2024

I remain keen to wander this endless procedurally generated PS1-style city:

Finally had some time to work on this again, so here’s a little walk around the block for#screenshotsaturday.pic.twitter.com/AblRKy9xzB— Tzschk (@tzschk)March 23, 2024

Finally had some time to work on this again, so here’s a little walk around the block for#screenshotsaturday.pic.twitter.com/AblRKy9xzB

Going deep in detail on puzzle platformer Bionic Bay (coming to Steam, with ademo there now):

I’m building this game LITERALLY one pixel at the time…#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/dMzy6kbIQT— Juhana Myllys (@JuhanaMyllys)March 23, 2024

I’m building this game LITERALLY one pixel at the time…#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/dMzy6kbIQT

First Slain2#screenshotsaturday!Off we go again!#pixelart#indiedevpic.twitter.com/jS4XhXxjLB— Andrew Gilmour (@MrAwolf)March 23, 2024

First Slain2#screenshotsaturday!Off we go again!#pixelart#indiedevpic.twitter.com/jS4XhXxjLB

I’ve been watching the development of waterpark build-o-management game Aqua Mundo (coming to Steam) across months of Screenshot Saturdays, and it’s starting to look really good:

Am I starting to love my own game? What is this magic??#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#tycoon#gamedevpic.twitter.com/S4pvJolsF0— Glen🌊 (@GlenBourgonjon)March 23, 2024

Am I starting to love my own game? What is this magic??#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#tycoon#gamedevpic.twitter.com/S4pvJolsF0

Retro-style cooperative hack ‘n’ slash action with a honking great beast here in Abathorcoming to Steam, with a demo there now):

In@Abathor_game🎮, the epic new & retro arcade game, there are plenty of amazing levels waiting for you!⚔️ Can you and your friends defeat this gigantic snake? 🐍💻 Add it to your Steam wishlist now! 🌟#ScreenshotSaturday#Retro#Arcadepic.twitter.com/stOtyd9GNZ— JanduSoft - Porting & Publishing (@JanduSoft)March 23, 2024

I would have really enjoyed a breakdown of all the parts this is kitbashed from (“it’s really just a bunch of boat parts with a thruster slapped on,” he explained inanother tweet), but it’s a nice result in Visegunne:

Totally kitbashed this carrier sprite together just so I could let this jet boss do a mid-air vertical takeoff. It’s silly but I kind of love it, haha.#gamedev#indiedev#indiedeveloper#screenshotsaturday#pixelartpic.twitter.com/AT3R9XYlzm— Jason Koohi (@zanrai_int)March 23, 2024

What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?