A look at some eyecatching upcoming indie games
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 undersea dread, a lot of pretty watercolours, big monsters, and an actual real cat.
Striking undersea scenes from explore-o-puzzlerSilt:
One more#screenshotsaturdaycloser to#SiltGamecoming to Steam! 👀#indiegame#indiedev#gamedev#horrorgame#madewithunitypic.twitter.com/Y5PM7CoOko
Goodness me, French adventure story Dordogne is mighty pretty:
Let’s go on an adventure 🚣🏻♀️Wishlist on Steam:https://t.co/LzoIOpAA4E|#IndieDev#ScreenshotSaturday@UMANIMATION1pic.twitter.com/qdhWTNJtWL
Monsters and the hunting thereof inThe Axis Unseen, a solo game by a former BethesdaFalloutartist:
Happy#screenshotsaturday! I’m working on The Axis Unseen as a solo dev using#ue5Hunt monsters from folklore in an open world!pic.twitter.com/GZF0RYSVyB
A pretty and pretty perilious scene from platformerPepper Grinder:
Oh my. What is a villainous figure with a sharp cutting implement to do when presented with an adversary on a rope bridge? What could possibly happen? Aw cripes. Butts.#PepperGrinderGame#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/zILbGuM8NV
Large-scale violence from Rogue Velocity 3D:
… and, another piece of work from last week:#screenshotsaturday#indiegamedev#UnrealEnginepic.twitter.com/oGNMgRIL9e
In celebration of Mother’s Day (not UK Mother’s Day, don’t worry, you’re safe), one bad mother in squad action game Blight:
“Our mother is a walking miracle” hissed the swarm."… and she is very, very hungry."#mothersday#blight#gamedev#indiedev#indiegame#videogame#madewithunity#80s#strategy#steam#horror#aliens#IndieGameDev#monsters#screenshotsaturday#selfpromosaturdaypic.twitter.com/iHPN4sd0M2
I think this floral scenemightjust be an experiment with a blowy wind vertex shader, but it’s a nice scene:
pushed the flower scene a bit further - now with grass and terrain blending 🌼☀️#screenshotsaturday#madewithunity#stylized#polycount#shadergraphpic.twitter.com/h8Sh49nz2C
And the Moomins game still, damn:
From the rivers to the parks, lose yourself in the beautiful nature of Snufkin: Melody of MoominvalleyWishlist on Steam now, and learn more athttps://t.co/9klx5vCnxm#ScreenshotSaturday#IndieGame#GameDev#MadeWithUnity@MoominOfficial@unitygamespic.twitter.com/3P8yXdJloi
The procedurally generated housing estate screensaver you never knew you wanted, from The Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion (made by an RPS reader, I believe!):
The Nth Estate - generative housing projects, coming soon to the Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion#screenshotsaturday#brutalism#generativehttps://t.co/dyG8EJ9Kd4pic.twitter.com/kmFUnb1kzx
And let’s end on important behind-the-scenes QA footage from dinosaur survival horrorDeathground:
Our Studio Head’s in-house QA tester, Bug the Kitty, hard at work here making sure the Compys know how to trot…#ScreenshotSaturday#gamedev#kittensoftwitter#dinosaurs#survivalhorrorpic.twitter.com/H12OI6Nns6
What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?
