I go on Twitter so you don’t have to

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. Or on Tuesday, if my mum visited for a long weekend. Last weekend brought devs showing off a big laser, Predator-style leaping between trees, petting a goose, the giant head of Death herself, and loads more attractive and interesting indie games. Come check ‘em out!

FollowingMax Payne ‘em up El Paso Elsewhere, here come Strange Scaffold with more violence:

For#ScreenshotSaturday, I can reveal that@StrangeScaffoldis making another action game post-El Paso, Elsewhere - and it’s got a motherfuckin’ PREDATOR JUMP.pic.twitter.com/AfX2kRkiGv

If my favourite conspiracy theory podcast led me into a world of horrors where looking through frames reveals strange and terrible things, I would simply not look into the frames. Can’t believe our guy doesn’t think of that in Dark And Deep (coming to Steam):

This#screenshotsaturday… snakes… why did it have to be snakes?#IndianaJones#indiedev#gamedev#blackandwhite#HorrorCommunity#gameartpic.twitter.com/1pXtLprxvM

Video games offer such power fantasies as petting a goose without receiving violence, as inScarlet Deer Inn(coming to Steam):

Today is St. Martin’s Day in Europe, and while it is traditionally about eating goose, in our game we celebrate in a much more goose-friendly way. 🪿#screenshotsaturday#indiegamepic.twitter.com/s5Cx9qd8rV

Just vibing, as the kids say, in metroidvania Mariachi Legends (currently on Kickstater):

Guess who’s wanting to meet you? 💀Thank you for all the wonderful support you’ve showed us during the first days of the Kickstarter 🥹 you guys are the best.❤️‍🔥https://t.co/yH0G9gFdIP#ScreenshotSaturday#MariachiLegends#Pixelart#Gamedev#indiegame#indiedev#Metroidvaniapic.twitter.com/dEyAKEaKer

This is a fun way to foreground a system inMortal Sin(in early access on Steam):

I want to encourage people to utilize more of the combo system in Mortal Sin, so I added a new combo shuffle mode you can activate at any time. Chain together random combos to gain invulnerability, gold and permanent stat boosts! 🥊#gamedev#indiegames#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/CWhLd2vybF

I don’t reckon I’d fare well in a showdown, but honestly I rate my chances against a gunslinging tortoise, like this in dice-building dungeon crawler Tamarak Trail (coming to Steam):

Draw, partner! 🤠Here’s just one of the many monsters you’ll encounter on the trails, the Shell Rider!#screenshotsaturday|#indiegame|#roguelikepic.twitter.com/SLZ2oiMKTj

Each time I iterate on the level design, I’m satisfied with the work I’ve done😊But it only lasts a day or two before I realize there’s still a lot of work to do😂#screenshotsaturday#indiegames#indiedeveloper#UnrealEngine#1bitpic.twitter.com/yPy5AxF0NP

A striking shipshape home in cheffing life simChef RPG(coming to Steam):

A retrofuturistic house for a character in#ChefRPG#screenshotsaturday#pixelartist#architecture#gamedevpic.twitter.com/9hsqtISSgq

Look, I must trust that this Naked Gun homage is actually in adventure game prequelChicken Police: Into The Hive! (coming to Steam), because to do otherwise would be calling the developers liars:

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! will be a rollercoaster ride of emotions…🎺 Sound is a must! 🎺Wishlist it on Steam:https://t.co/tOnmwVJnjh#screenshotsaturday#indiegame#chickens#gaming#adventuregame#visualnovel#noir#chickenpolicepic.twitter.com/Cp8jrJLWFP

A spot of fancification from apocalypic survival game Strain (coming to Steam):

BEFORE / AFTERWishlist STRAIN on Steam 🖤https://t.co/5j17eu6lZz#gamedev#indiegame#screenshotsaturday#strain#unity#madewithunity#game#peepoopic.twitter.com/37MRYT5Vlu

And a sustained effort of fancification from wizardly FPS Wizordum (coming to Steam Early Access tomorrow, with a demo there now):

How it started vs. How it’s going 🧙‍♂️Wizordum started out as a one-day prototype to simulate one of the first FPS games I ever played - Catacomb Abyss, and the prototype was titled “Abysslike.“💫 Wizordum is releasing in 4 days 💫#screenshotsaturday#retrofpspic.twitter.com/ZtpLRwDW2f

A perfectly horrible mimic from Sellsword, which is billed as “a mobile-first Mercenary Sim with Roguelite Elements and fast dungeon crawler combat”, and I assume will come to PC later, given the dev’s last game hit both:

Mimics are wack#pixelart#indiedev#gamedev#screenshotsaturday#ドットpic.twitter.com/ieKuaph3bm

And if you’re offering, Payloaders Strike! (coming to Steam), I’ll accept:

ok, fuck it, you can have a giant laser ray.#screenshotsaturday#gaming#FPS#UE4#indiegame#indiedev#IndieGameDevpic.twitter.com/kkNPdIXvyQ

What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?