Our weekly look over interesting upcoming indies

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 weekend, my eye was caught by swashbuckling chandelier murder, a bumpy train ride, and lots of good colours. Come see!

If your game has violence and chandeliers, I should be able to perform violence using chandeliers. First-person stabber Dad By The Sword (coming to Steam, from the studio behind Death Road To Canada) understands this:

Dad-style chandelier swashbuckling like back in the day#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/Ao1pQW7aNl

A charming bumpy train ride inPodvarak, a gamethe dev saysis “about surviving during wartime sanctions, based on my memories of 90s Yugoslavia.”

You can now enjoy a bumpy ride in a šinobus too#Podvarak#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#indiedevpic.twitter.com/XWxL7MNYys

I am,of course, very interested in procedural cycling animations. If you’re curious about how it all works, the dev explained morein a thread

One more for the procedural animations fans on#screenshotsaturdayCleaned up the code a little and added sprinting.#lowpoly#indiedev#proceduralanimationpic.twitter.com/p5VeIllgG8

After looking at other screenshots of adventure gameThe 22nd Is Serda. f0a178(coming toSteamandItch, and yes that it is its full name), I’m not sure if this is a screenshot or artwork or composite or… I am glad to be uncertain looking at this.

#the_22nd_is_serda_f0a178#indiegame#zolynh#valdram#katushkaband#invisible#невидимка#madewithunreal#altgame#indiedev#screenshotsaturday#скриншотсуббота#gamedevThe 22nd is Serda. f0a178, indiegame, zolynh, valdram, katushkaband, altgame, indiedev, gamedevpic.twitter.com/ORTCnehJy5

Complex sensors in space game Hyperscape (not to be confused with the Ubisoft battle royale FPS,Hyper Scape):

Sensor screen taking shape. Quite happy with how it looks so far.#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/5RSrrY38AH

Sci-fantasy scenes from adventure game Blood Nova (coming to Steam):

Can smell the beta… i’s coming… oh so soon. 🐽👨‍🚀#BloodNova#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#indiedev#pixelart#adventuregames#adventuregame#pointandclick#retrogaming#retrogamespic.twitter.com/Hq2OLOkrf2

I appreciate the attention to sonic detail in The Stray Laboratory (demo up on Itch):

This grandfather clock has 3 x 3D audio emitters. Different noises come from each moving part.Because why not. I’m a#solodevI can do what I want.#screenshotSunday#screenshotSaturday#PS1#puzzle#survivalhorror#horrorgame#gamedev#indiedev#indiegamedev#lowpolypic.twitter.com/r4GR5YHiPt

Precision violence in stabby roguelikelikeMortal Sin(coming to Steam):

Painstakingly splitting up all of my enemy models so they can show progressive limb damage. There is now feedback for exactly which part of the body you hit, and you can see how damaged it is as it changes color.💪🦵#screenshotsaturday#unity3d#gamedevpic.twitter.com/vPqf5Zp0Ut

I believe the checked details are inspired by chess, not ska, in dungeon crawlerExodusCheckmate (coming to Itch):

It’s#screenshotsaturday!Some enemies are making their debut in Exodus Checkmate, like Angel and Imp!Exodus Checkmate is coming on August 31st!#rpgmaker#indiegame#gamedev#indiedev#jrpgpic.twitter.com/548sJHNZFa

A wonderfully horrible scene from survival horror game After Hell Freezes Over:

#screenshotsaturdaytesting a new enemy that uses ragdoll physics for it’s tentacles!#gamedevpic.twitter.com/sdBn9JtGxC

And particles galore from explore-o-puzzler Particle Hearts (coming to Steam):

A helping hand?Learn more:https://t.co/5I9PF2lxCUWishlist:https://t.co/ZcXny3nNxx#ParticleHearts#gaming#games#game#videogame#indiegame#indiedev#gamedev#gamedevelopment#unity3d#madewithunity#indiegaming#indiegamer#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/nAJzcpW8uq

What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?