Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Side-dive, slide, and spin until you spew
Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter's #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by first-person stunt-o-shooting, retro-styled adventure games, an impressively unpleasant spider, and heaps more. Check out all these attractive and interesting indie games!
I've been a bit lukewarm on Killer Bean (coming to Steam), having previously only seen its third-person camera mode, but this first-person action is oh hello:
See through the eyes of KILLER BEAN in first person mode!
Wishlist Killer Bean on #Steam!#pcgaming #videogames #indiegames #screenshotsaturday #killerbean pic.twitter.com/nGCk7kv6Dw
Good sounds too in his mouthy bit of Panthalassa, "a point and click puzzle game about being lost underwater":
WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT? LET ME TELL YOU#indiedev #screenshotsaturday #indiegam pic.twitter.com/dsSV63DGuM
— Panthalassa (@Meia_Calca_) April 6, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsI've adored the low-fi look of the Pixel Pulps series (those out so far available on Steam) and the next certainly seems to continue that:
👀 (from our still unannounced slasher!)#screenshotsaturday #pixelart pic.twitter.com/i48SUnHHYP
— LCB Game Studio (@lcbgamestudio) April 6, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsAnother spot of lurid adventuring comes from Betrayed Alliance: Book 1:
Betrayed Alliance: Book 1 is a Sierra-style EGA type-parser adventure game
🗓️ Releasing May 2
🆓 Free to download Find out more: https://t.co/xhmhMPvGti#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #dosgaming #indieDev pic.twitter.com/fOpGKuSSYz
What is this, Ants Took My Eyeball (coming to Steam, with a demo there now)? A bolt-action rifle for ants?
Testing the Bolt-Action Rifle on the ants of the Outgrown Outpost.
Wishlist on Steam! Coming out on April 19th!#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #pixelart #GameMaker pic.twitter.com/eyF4f1Ph2b
More side-on action here with SoulQuest (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
There's a TON of improvements coming for the next SoulQuest demo update based on all of your feedback!💪
Also, stay toon for VERY exciting SoulQuest news!🔥
You can wishlist on: https://t.co/EecqFKZJWa
#screenshotsaturday #gaming #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #videogames… pic.twitter.com/425t6jCYEi
I'm predicting a lot of fan art for this boss from "bullet hell dungeon crawler" Cyber Strike (coming to Steam):
🚨Its #screenshotsaturday 🚨
Meet mother, the goddess and overseer of the hub world in my indie game Cyber Strike!
💭Thoughts on her?#pixelart pic.twitter.com/ieSby4k0NX
This skittering spider is impressive/alarming so, you know, don't click if you don't like dreadful beasties with too many fast little legs:
here's a silly lil procedurally animated flying spider 🕷️I made for fun in UE5 recently for a quick game project with friends!
I also may have given him a crab rave dance hehehe 🦀#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #UE5 #indiegame #gamedev pic.twitter.com/VYsyUlamw3
I looked up from this screenshot of cat-photographing "casual adventure game" Neko Odyssey (coming to Steam) to see my own cat asleep with her little head resting on a boot in my hall so I guess I can't go out until she's up:
One of mini game in Neko Odyssey.
Take back your snack from cat!!!#NekoOdyssey #ネコ#screenshotsaturday#スーパーゲ制デー #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ゲーム制作 #猫ゲーム
🐾Wishlist Now: https://t.co/KCZbt5cx7j pic.twitter.com/L10SHsevSm
I do like having a "Get 'em!" key in games, so I appreciate this effort from roguelikelike plane game Nova Squadron (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):
Don't want to deal with some pesky enemies yourself? Just press the (WIP) Fire Support button and the nearest available units will do it for you!
Just, y'know, don't do what I did and get so distracted you forget to dodge incoming missiles.#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/QZttuT0YIe
Any excuse to post Ryan Corniel's real-time puppetry, even if this bit does predate plans for using it in games:
Before we started thinking about games I was making some silly fight performances. Recording these were pretty fun (no sound) #screenshotsaturday #unreal #RealTime #puppets #boxing pic.twitter.com/6y2Z3fYkCm
— Ryan Corniel (@DukeGunston) April 7, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsMention Metal Gear Rising: Revengance and I'm in, Godgear Ragdrahod:
I added a flash to telegraph enemy attacks in my mecha beat em up! Inspired by Metal Gear Rising!
Since there's an emphasis on reacting to enemy attacks, I think a universal cue is important for fairness
AI can combo now too!#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #pixelart #mecha #メカ pic.twitter.com/8hZ9g2NpvX
You can often tell a lot about games from their UI, about what they prioritise and how you'll interact with everything, and I must say I am taken with the mood of the real-time portrait camera in this horror game:
Good morning #screenshotsaturday, here's the UI I've been working on, portrait camera is back!#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #pointandclick #adventuregame #lucasarts #silenthill #kingsquest #pixelart #retrogaming #90s #horrorgame #horror #pcgaming #dos #windows95 #steamboatwillie pic.twitter.com/dvP7Imuiua
— Ryan Warner (@rtwarnergamedev) April 6, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsGod help me, one day I really must post properly about Ctrl Alt Ego (out now on Steam and GOG), an immersive sim all about slinging your computerised consciousness between different robots and systems:
NewGame+ is coming to Ctrl Alt Ego a little over a week from now.
Includes a new gravity manipulation ability which means, amongst other things: FLYING DADs#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/nrL12oAAWm
And now we've flung objects about with gravity manipulation, here's some weirdness with magnetic magic:
The magnetic effect has some really fun synergy with my magic games other systems #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/GBFp9qRJlW
— SlugGlove IndieDev 🐌 (@SlugGlove) April 6, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsAnd with spring supposedly starting annny day now, let's close with a quick trip through the seasons in medieval fantasy RPG life sim Mirthwood (coming to Steam):
Each season in Mirthwood adds its own charm and challenges coupled with the dynamic weather system. Snowy winters, sunny summers, and breezy springs with rain showers will all be part of the experience. #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/b5y9zqwyt1
— Mirthwood 🍃 (@MirthwoodGame) April 6, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsWhat else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?
