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Screenshot Saturday Tuesday: Jumbo size New Year editionI go on Twitter so you don’t have to

I go on Twitter so you don’t have to

Image credit:Puchi

Printed paper hands clap at an anime-looking person on a TV.

Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every week, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, let’s return kick off the new year with a jumbo-sized edition with even more games from across our Christmas holiday. Expect unexpectedly laid-back stressful horror, slow-motion stunting gunfights, a watercolour world, spaceships, mecha, and far too many legs. Check out these attractive and interesting indie games!

Hide and seek✂️#nightmareoperator#screenshotsaturday#indiedevpic.twitter.com/ZVd9wUnToo— DDDistortion (@DDDistortionDev)December 30, 2023

Hide and seek✂️#nightmareoperator#screenshotsaturday#indiedevpic.twitter.com/ZVd9wUnToo

I do like howÉté(coming to Steam), a game where you paint pictures as an artist summering in Montreal, has a watercolour look to its world too:

Happy#ScreenshotSaturday! We had fun decorating our home in Été. And you, how would you have styled it?pic.twitter.com/PtGRwcBgkX— Été (@impossible_dev)December 30, 2023

Happy#ScreenshotSaturday! We had fun decorating our home in Été. And you, how would you have styled it?pic.twitter.com/PtGRwcBgkX

I fear30 Birds(coming to Steam) is a game which loses a lot in Twitter-crunched clips, but it is still pretty:

Are you as excited as the Lantern City folks ? We wish you a happy new year in advance🔥#ScreenshotSaturdaypic.twitter.com/qzn9MQvjoV— 30 Birds | wishlist now! (@RamRamGames)December 30, 2023

Are you as excited as the Lantern City folks ? We wish you a happy new year in advance🔥#ScreenshotSaturdaypic.twitter.com/qzn9MQvjoV

Alright then, I won’t ask:

I refuse to explain#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#indiegame#madewithunitypic.twitter.com/aHK1V58CkE— Jerky (@HyperJerk)December 30, 2023

I refuse to explain#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#indiegame#madewithunitypic.twitter.com/aHK1V58CkE

You can now look through keyholes.#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/kaPophRXCL— Rat Tower 🐀 (@rattower)December 30, 2023

You can now look through keyholes.#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/kaPophRXCL

Taking slow, deep breaths while watching this from a doodad being made for theWinter Flowjam 2024game jam:

This is addicting.#IndieGameDev#screenshotsaturday#gamejam#flowjampic.twitter.com/3cRckJNpmV— JR 01 🐉 (@JR01Dragon)December 30, 2023

This is addicting.#IndieGameDev#screenshotsaturday#gamejam#flowjampic.twitter.com/3cRckJNpmV

Stylish prototyping from Genokids (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):

BIG movement upgrades, I find myself zoning out while zip zooming around the maps, it’s so much fun!Can’t wait to show you more in depth but for now this is the last#screenshotsaturdayof 2023! 🎄🎉pic.twitter.com/iPIH4LSmma— GENOKIDS (@nukefist)December 30, 2023

And more stylish protyping from this yet-unnamed game:

Matrix, Rocket Jump, Shotgun and a little bit of blood. Is it a fun recipe?#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#indiegamepic.twitter.com/TdKca3xOw6— Tolga Ay (@naezith)December 30, 2023

Matrix, Rocket Jump, Shotgun and a little bit of blood. Is it a fun recipe?#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#indiegamepic.twitter.com/TdKca3xOw6

I don’t know what the before looked like but I dig the after:

Little revamp for this area! Still working on some of the creatures, but it’s filling out nicely!#gamedev#screenshotsaturday#pixelart#gamingpic.twitter.com/tzX7C8IwMe— Linker (@linkerbm)December 30, 2023

Little revamp for this area! Still working on some of the creatures, but it’s filling out nicely!#gamedev#screenshotsaturday#pixelart#gamingpic.twitter.com/tzX7C8IwMe

I know I’ve previously posted the shooter’s side of Sniper Killer (coming to Steam), so here’s a look at the redthreadwork of the cop chasing ‘em:

The hunt for a serial killer.Play as both the bloodthirsty killer and the burnt out detective in SNIPER KILLER - coming soon#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/6ZUnaD7jXx— Jordan King (Black Eyed Priest Games) (@LeggoMyGiallo)December 30, 2023

The hunt for a serial killer.Play as both the bloodthirsty killer and the burnt out detective in SNIPER KILLER - coming soon#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/6ZUnaD7jXx

I particularly like this first screenshot from Silver Thread (work-in-progress version free on Itch):

Here’s some 2023 progress of my rpgmaker game, a story about an exorcist investigating a (presumably) haunted theater#silverthread#rpgmaker#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/0NIsUIU5O5— Puchi (@_puchi)December 30, 2023

Here’s some 2023 progress of my rpgmaker game, a story about an exorcist investigating a (presumably) haunted theater#silverthread#rpgmaker#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/0NIsUIU5O5

Work on a trailer is work on a game and ooh that’s a striking scene from They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):

We are working on a new trailer. What do you think of this scene?#indiegames#indiedev#horrorgame#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/NP5hkarkhX— DEKLAZON | They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror (@fist_drunken)December 30, 2023

We are working on a new trailer. What do you think of this scene?#indiegames#indiedev#horrorgame#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/NP5hkarkhX

Buzz (coming to Steam) had seemed so far away but now it’s 2024 and oh, it’s almost here:

Levels in BUZZ have multiple ways to complete them. Free movement allows players to pull off interesting time-saving tricks and discover their own routes.BUZZ is out on Jan 12th! Wishlist here:https://t.co/oOdhBuBNGP#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegame#gamemakerpic.twitter.com/eCzBWmNDPX— Marty (@LAUNDRY_GAMES)December 31, 2023

I’ve seen a lot of motorviolence in my years but can’t think of another carfight game quite like Wheelborn (coming to Steam):

“Lovecraftian spacefighter RPG” Underspace (coming to Steam) shares a lesson I think most spacefight games could learn and use in about every battle:

Adding ambient flak to this battle was the right call.#underspace#gamedev#unity3d#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegame#madewithunity#indiegamedev#spacegame#space#gamedevelopmentpic.twitter.com/T56nkpdsFF— Trainwiz (@trainwiz)December 30, 2023

Let’s start a visit to Lotta Legs Corner with mecha shooter Nightshift Galaxy:

Still in “vacation mode” and just goofing around. Went a bit daffy with the copy-paste key and made a big centipede?#ScreenshotSaturday🎶 CROSS FIGHT! (Haja Taisei Dangaioh OST) 🎶pic.twitter.com/5WQDQLzcx1— Max! (@xewlupus)December 31, 2023

Bonus legs from immersive sim Spectra:

drop it, creep#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/TQW36rVrmS— Spectra: 1970s Immersive Sim (@Spectrathegame)December 30, 2023

drop it, creep#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/TQW36rVrmS

Skittering bugs in Where Beasts Were Born (coming to Steam), an action-RPG where, according to the blurb, “as the creatures fight the players, they use a genetic algorithm to evolve unique, stronger evolutionary stages, including body, stats and brain - procedurally!”

How many legs is too many legs?#ScreenshotSaturday#IndieDev#GameDevpic.twitter.com/mFQREbcjHy— Germanunkol | Where Beasts Were Born (@germanunkol)December 30, 2023

How many legs is too many legs?#ScreenshotSaturday#IndieDev#GameDevpic.twitter.com/mFQREbcjHy

And as we turn away from Lotta Legs Corner, let’s close with another sort of enjoyable bug:

What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?