Admiring interesting indie games from Twitter’s screenshot celebration

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 pleasing assortment of zippy and dramatic movements—hoverboards, airdashes, grappling hooks—but also some cute, weird, interesting, and uh I guess hypothetically erotic indies games. Come have a look!

Airdashing through spooky spindly forests looks very much my bag in open-world action-RPG Jumun - Will on the Blade, which is made by a solo developer:

Faster, faster#unrealengine#indiegame#indiedev#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/NHeorglTyH

Grappling hooks AND hoverboards? I’m feeling spoiled by Withersworn (coming to Steam):

#gamedev#indiedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/8sQtzF1aRo

RetroSpace(coming to Steam) does indeed have a hallmark of modern immersive sims: electrifying a puddle.

Testing electricity on Aurora 5. ⚡️🪲⚡️Still seems to work… 😄Wait for it!(super early test with obvious placeholder effects, but still looks pretty dope)#screenshotsaturday#immersivesim#indiedev#horror#fps#retrofps#pcgaming#RetroSpacepic.twitter.com/VHUkHtEJ72

I believe I’ve posted the duelling clip from this yet-unnamed detective game before but oooh look at the rest of this!

Have been working on my detective game for a year now, a quick recap of what I have done so far: dialogue/ investigation system, 3D model iteration, dueling system prototype.#screenshotsaturday#indiegames#IndieGameDevpic.twitter.com/BaTEGCCWUY

I dig the style ofSilent Santicado(coming to Steam):

#SilentSanticadoI was worried that the cave section of Soddenwood Forest wouldn’t stand out enough since it just uses existing assets, but I actually really love how it turned out!Wishlist Silent Santicado on Steam! Link in bio#screenshotsaturday#indiegamepic.twitter.com/WY8217eiYf

The high-mobility Soulslikelike first-person shooterEnchain(coming to Steam) turned out to be very much not what I expected whenI played the Steam Next Fest demobut it is an interesting one, and this is an interesting… chaingun bullet tornado?

giving the chaingun bonus features#indiedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/vDRclzuYoz

I’m a big fan of this looming:

Made flying things to improve game’s atmosphere 🚀#screenshotsaturday|#indiedev|#indiegame|#madewithunity|#gamedev|#horrorgame|#indiehorror|#pixelart|#indiegamespic.twitter.com/EFlL1nSQd7

How do you feel about this decorative battle going on in the background of your real turn-based battle in Whimsical Heroes (coming to Steam)?

First attempt to create skirmishes in background, to make the whole battle more epic!#screenshotsaturday#madewithunity#madewithspine#2d#indiegame#indiedevpic.twitter.com/BVdXQ0KkxD

Explore-o-craft-a-survival gameDeterminant(coming to Steamis a rare thing, a first-person game where you have two working hands and the ability to (gasp!) use both independently, at the same time:

Ambidexterity allows for both hands to use items. Now you can eat twice as fast! Controls now similar to Minecraft, left button attack, right button use.#determinant#screenshotsaturday#indiegamedev#gamedev#gamedevelopmentpic.twitter.com/Xjel1Fb96U

I don’t know what the game is, but this really makes me think of Realms Of The Haunting?

the bathroom is still very much WIP but it got a cosy bathtub today :)#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/cxyZhZ3TtS

A little bit of supernatural skeet shooting in The Black Labyrinth (coming to Steam), the upcoming expansion forAmid Evil:

Catching enemies in mid-air has become a favorite pass-time while testing maps for The Black Labyrinth.Wishlist on Steam:https://t.co/1FfWx2usDm#Screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/2D4v6hwGuf

Downright obscene interplanetary imagery (?) in Un Regard Froid - Exophilie:

Un Regard Froid - ExophilieComing soon#screenshotsaturday#madeinunity#indiegame#bodyhorror#alienfetishpic.twitter.com/plosYP91Ow

A grim gameshow in a prequel-o-demo for Strain (coming to Steam), an apocalyptic survival game which makes me think of a more survival-y Fallout 4?

STRAIN: The Undoing, a prequel and demo for STRAIN will be coming out very soon! Stay tuned!#indiegame#indiedev#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/cuArEH4HMk

Ooh I do like a good marble run! A fun idea for a chill building game, with potential for great noises:

chill while building marble runs#UnrealEngine5@UnrealEngine#gamedev#screenshotsaturday#IndieGameDev#marblemachine#marblerunpic.twitter.com/8BN08qG9p4

More stylish violence from Mortal Sin (coming to Steam):

Spent a bajillion hours on this but now I can confidently say that two swords are indeed better than one⚔️#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#unity3d#mortalsinpic.twitter.com/bw79cPgr7N

And lets close with a wee bug which I feel borders on being a feature:

When you fail to restrict the player options.🤣#screenshotsaturday#swissgames#indiegame#RPG#indiegamedev#failpic.twitter.com/vE2HiIR58x

What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?