Admiring indie games from Twitter’s screenshot-o-rama

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, my eye has been caught by a retro-styled infinite city, a dramatic spellcasting, dinosaurs, and heaps more. Check out these attractive and interesting indie games!

I’m not sure what this is beyond an “infinite, procedurally generated PSX-styled city”, but that’s plenty for me:

Still mostly chipping away at boring backend stuff, but the night vibes are really coming together, I think.#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/ONmhf0feHf

“Investigative horror game"My Work Is Not Yet Done(coming to Steam, with a demo there now) sums up my weekend as Scotland received a whole month of rain in one day:

Waiting out rain#gamemaker#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/MfisBZ3Hte

You could’ve told me that browser-based MMO Hordes (coming to, like, your browser) was actually vintage World Of Warcraft and I don’t know if I would have caught your lie:

Bridge over river#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/PGiAq0Dp4c

Airship bombardment is cool, Quarter (coming to Steam, with a demo there now), but I must say I’veseen wilder spell animations:

Hey#screenshotsaturday!Nikolai is feeling desperate so he calls for backup!What are your favorite “over the top” skills in jrpgs?#QuartetRPG#pixelartpic.twitter.com/ZFwYbOKWIb

A startling critical hit kill inFallout-ish RPGSpace Wreck(on Steam Early Access now, with a demo there too):

The last critical hit.#screenshotsaturday#game#pixleartA#postapocalyptic#space#RPG, Space Wreck.Coming on October 10th.pic.twitter.com/aC1t1HFzP3

Speaking ofdiegetic HUDs, I do like the third-person camera view being a drone link you can accidentally break inExo Rally Championship(coming to Steam):

your rover has a couple nice 3rd person (drone!) cameras … as long as you don’t break the camera link off the roof#ExoRallyChampionship#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/Qok3r6Jjxs

A lively enemy in “open-world Lovecraftian spacefighter RPG"Underspace(coming to Steam):

I think I gave this enemy TOO many missiles. Not quite sure.#underspace#gamedev#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegame#indiegamedev#spacegame#space#gamedevelopmentpic.twitter.com/0fhCENdg1U

This looks like foolish potential fun:

Excited to announce this Screenshot Saturday that we’re working on a game: Oblin Party!It’s a physics-based party brawler where you control both hands to punch, grab, and maneuver your way to victory.#gamedev#godot#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/f8JcRkYdge

I need to show you this guy from metroidvania Akatori (coming to Steam):

Please meet our Merchant 🐸#screenshotsaturday#pixelart#ドット絵#픽셀아트pic.twitter.com/7TQAT4VWRI

A bad time in Paleophage (coming to Steam), a survival horror game inspired by Dino Crisis:

Using the ballroom to test different kinds of combat encounters - here getting assaulted by a pack of raptors.#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#solodev#dinosaur#SurvivalHorror#DinoCrisispic.twitter.com/0qTYBvob7U

Just vibing in Star Fetchers (episode 1 out free on Steam):

Necessary train vibe check#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#starfetcherspic.twitter.com/TN2Mq47Lcj

Unfollow (coming to Steam) sounds like it’s built on a theme that a horror game could make a right hash of, but I am curious with the devs saying, “The issues we want to address are extremely personal to us, and regardless of whether a more traditional ghost game would sell better (according to [demo testers]), this is the story we feel we should tell”:

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) plays a crucial role in our upcoming horror game UNFOLLOW.#horrorgame#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/rWFZwPSMPm

A handy helper in immersive sim Aquametis (pre-alpha demo available on Itch):

Added a trajectory indicator to the grenades.That means you can be more precise with your throws :)#screenshotsaturday#immersivesim#indiegame#gamedevpic.twitter.com/uFCW8bMXBs

These tightropes in Kristala (coming to Steam, with a demo there now) would’ve blown me away 23 years ago:

Use available tightropes during gameplay in Kristala to gain an advantage over enemies, seek out hidden pickups, and find new paths of progression.#actionrpg#indiegames#soulslike#ue5#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/mkIXr38rZQ

A lot going on here in Cloud Keeper:

You’re not the only one that can harness the wind!#gamedev#indiedev#screenshotsaturday#godotenginepic.twitter.com/DSzs0ZKxbx

And to close… people will ask, so Scarlet Deer Inn (coming to Steam) has an answer:

You can pet sheep, geese, cats, dogs, donkeys and cows in our game Scarlet Deer Inn.What other animals would you like to pet? 😊#screenshotsaturday#indiegamespic.twitter.com/k5JaG92oId

What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?