Every weekend, indie devs show off their current work on our Twitter #screenshot saturday tags. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of snaps and clips. This week, my eyes have been caught by a lot! Come check out immersive piano sims, hand-drawn and stop-motion art, alien horror and pandemic horror, dogfighting planes, and more!
Cute handmade scenes in the stop-motion language learning adventure game Language Adventure:
happy #screenshot saturday! These four of them make up the Language Adventure!
Language Adventure is a #stopmotion # animation #language #learning #adventure !#indiegame #gamedev #solodev #point and click #adventure #indiedev # animation #indiegames #langtwt #learning #language pic.twitter.com/PWu680j7UP
– Language Adventure! (@GamesWonky) January 28, 2023
The powerful atmosphere in Curfew (coming to Itch.io), a horror game “set on a surreal floating English island during a mysterious pandemic”:
I promised myself to break the cycle of starting and not finishing the project. CURFEW is the result of that promise. A game I actually care about. Follow my journey on https://t.co/pVGMugxFQh and follow me on Twitter!#KURFEW #screenshot saturday #madewithunity #indiegames #indiedev pic.twitter.com/2zD18g1RtL
– Oliver Hughes (@GamesOjh) January 27, 2023
I often don’t like music puzzles, not least because I spend ages going “Okay so these two black keys mean this is C which means…” and counting on my fingers, so I’m immersive Sim Spectra adding a note guide. . I’m looking forward to playing a song I know off the top of my head (the main ditty from The Big Breakfast theme song) on this piano:
Come in hot with a late submission for #screenshot saturday! Today’s work is a fully functional piano- I display note information to the player meaning that musical input is fair game for use in … #indiegame #gamedev #imsim #indiedev #immersivesim pic.twitter.com/zf0fv4aZ6e
– Spectra: 1970s Immersive Sim (@Spectrathegame) January 29, 2023
Colorful scene in Roto Force twin-stick shooter (coming to Steam):
No GIFs, but some actual screenshots #screenshot saturday for a change. pic.twitter.com/tpS2N7kuRF
– Anton Klinger (@accidentallyAnton) January 28, 2023
Tune in for a sad scene in the action-RPG The Milk Lake (coming to Steam):
worked on death and respawn this week. this emmer is being hunted.#screenshot saturday #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity #first3d #it’s milk pic.twitter.com/SwyQIDTW9x
– The Milk Lake (@TheMilkLake) January 28, 2023
Great questions for great kids:
A little mollusk boy that I made for my game. Wonder what kind of music he plays. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshot saturday pic.twitter.com/iqrTeN2n5p
— MrShlong (@MrShlongus) January 29, 2023
While we’re on the water side, here’s a cool waterdash in Teslagrad 2 (coming to Steam):
The water you do
teslagrade 2 #screenshot saturday pic.twitter.com/SSCfILrv8m— 🐱ri-Warui (@oleivarrudi) January 28, 2023
And why not just more water, from The Journey Of AutUmn (coming to Steam), a hand-painted adventure game about an android exploring an alien planet:
this #screenshot saturday
We are making good progress with “The Journey of AutUmn”. 🚀
Now we play test the third chapter. 😊#indiedev #game developer #IndieGameDev #scifi #point and click #adventure #madewithvisionaire @SpieleIndie pic.twitter.com/tzoVoCQNL8– Artfactory Jalokivi (@ArtfactoryJ) January 28, 2023
I like this bit of detail in Bridgebourn’s “action adventure RPG” treasure hunt, which has a nice overall look:
Forget the creeping “cape physics” feature. I added a higher “breathing rate” after physical activity#screenshot saturday pic.twitter.com/SpunLI0Q0n
— Bamboo Bandit (@BambooBanditSR) January 28, 2023
A look at the classic platformer level type in Pepper Grinder (coming to Steam and GOG):
If you want to fight Mint you have to capture him first, and he won’t make it easy! #screenshot saturday #PepperGrinderGame #gamedev pic.twitter.com/oAN1W10A1k
– Riv (@Ahr_Ech) January 28, 2023
Seeing that the “Open-world Lovecraftian spacefighter RPG” Underspace (coming to Steam) does not use this concept makes me very curious to see what they do:
Some unusual concepts for a giant planet-sized squid texture.#underspace #gamedev #first3d #screenshot saturday #indiedev #indiegame #madewithunity #indiegamedev #space game #space #game development pic.twitter.com/b1Un7Y3nJw
– Trainwiz (@trainwiz) January 29, 2023
Very interested in this long tour derivation from metroidvania VA Proxy (coming to Steam):
The underground area has its own sprawling ecosystem (still wip) #gamedev #indiedev #screenshot saturday pic.twitter.com/VMNBxUfg8f
– Pyro Lith (@LithPyro) January 28, 2023
A spell that will consume all of my mana and deal as many kills as possible magically really appeals to me:
The Lightning Wand is a new type of item that keeps bouncing around until you’re empty, when used. #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday #DoHashtagsEvenMatterAnymore pic.twitter.com/8TGm6qTF1k
– Vanguard Jay (@JaysGames) January 30, 2023
Extreme realism in the plane dogfighting wave survival shooter Top Dog (coming to Steam):
TOP DOG SITREP #3 👉 https://t.co/VEJ4el2c07 #screenshot saturday #gamedev #indiegame pic.twitter.com/dgFJCxpDeW
– Morpheo (@MorfeoDev) January 27, 2023
Twitter fans are not loving this spooky scene from the alien encounter game The White Owl (coming to Itch.io):
Forest scene to test my B&W night fog and lighting in my alien game The White Owl. I’m going to create something similar to Rendlesham Forest, the British equivalent of the Roswell incident.#screenshot saturday #indiedev #madewithunity #first3d #ufotwitter pic.twitter.com/tuTVdA3d2r
— ⚪Caladrius⚫ 👽 (@ArgentCaladrius) January 28, 2023
A little glimpse into the hand-drawn world of Luffy And The Riverside (coming to Steam):
Finish the temple?
Change the line💫May SWAP be with you.
Wish list👉 https://t.co/1iZDDPymSG#screenshot saturday #wishlistwednesday #indiedev #indiegame #game # RT #game #NintendoSwitch # PS5 #pcgaming #Xbox pic.twitter.com/vPJgjQdHRp
– Zockrates Labs (@zocklabs) January 28, 2023
Here’s a curiosity:
We are working on our first commercial video, a pacifist, story driven sci-fi puzzle adventure set in the distant future. Here are two screenshots for #screenshot saturday #gamedev #UnrealEngine5 #video games #indiegames #indiedev #scifi pic.twitter.com/vTtHh1M3zF
— Damjan Jovanovic (@dmjn_net) January 28, 2023
And to close, I love games that have a museum built for their own history, like the ultraviolent first-person shooter Ultrakill (out today on Steam Early Access) will soon:
Coming in the next update: Developer Museum.
An interactive credits level where you can explore around, read about who did what, see things like cut content and maybe find some Easter eggs?
HD: https://t.co/Xsyizec9kN
My museum @VvizardM#screenshot saturday #gamedev pic.twitter.com/GjNOfpZEPm— ULTRAKILL – ACT II OUT NOW (@ULTRAKILLGame) January 28, 2023
What else are you up to this weekend, dear reader?
