Admire these interesting and attractive indie games
Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday (or Tuesday, following yet another three-day weekend), I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by artwork made by baking cookies (yes, actual real cookies), someMoebius-inspired citybuilding, stylish getaways, and more. Come admire these games!
Inspired bythe embroidered sprites of Scarlet Deer Inn, many developers this month are taking part in “a highly unproductive game jam” which celebrates doing things in unorthodox and time-consuming ways. This developer, for example, is making art of out cookies:
#ScreenshotSaturday1st batch of art assets going into the oven to bake. I’ll 3D scan these after baking to import into my cookie/pastry/bread based game for#unproductivejam.#GameDev#IndieGameDevpic.twitter.com/kS2HTUlxgd
Which come out looking a little something like this (still needing work to tidy up the model):
3D scan of the cookie guy, using KIRI Engine. I had to make a little stand using a paperclip, a jar lid, and some hot glue. Now to clean, rig, and animate!pic.twitter.com/corejz3i8h
A stylish getaway in Spy-O-Rama:
Here’s the updated getaway car in-game!#screenshotsaturday#madewithunity#gamedevpic.twitter.com/2tnSdyjuL6
Cute Mœbius styling to “survival city builder” Synergy (coming to Steam):
An industrial city in Synergy#indiegame#gamedev#ScreenshotSaturday#pcgaming#indiedevpic.twitter.com/Qia5hqDILz
I am looking forward to doodling castles and landscapes inTiny Glade(coming to Steam), a game in a similar vein toTownscaper:
The joy of tiny window clutter 😁#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/HKBEigejAZ
Even though I have seen them in quite a few games by now, moving mannequins, statues, and dolls are still horrifying to me:
Hey#screenshotsaturdayhere is a preview of VO for my horror game!What you think? 🔊#indiedev#gamedev#unity#horrorgamespic.twitter.com/KfO0aGQ8C0
I know it’s not the final look but I am really enjoying seeing work-in-progress animations flow through different levels of completion in fighting game Rising Spirit:
This is all about showing off the arrows! We are giving Valentina a lot of versatility to give her a good keep away game. Things will be refined even more to make her arrows fun and easy to shoot all the variations we have planned#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#gamedev#indiegamepic.twitter.com/f1aqi3vtQd
Have a little more fighting, this time from5 Force Fighters(coming to Steam):
Hi! It’s#ScreenshotSaturday!🔥❤️ LIKE if you LIKE it!💬 REPLY with your#indiegame!🔁 RETWEET to spread the word!🛒 Wishlist on STEAM#gamedev#indiedev#indiegame#platformer#5forcefighterspic.twitter.com/B4pwV1Ix8m
The stumble on these horrible creatures inSamurai Unicornlooks both practical and pretty:
Shooting a VRmin has the potential to trigger a stumble reaction that is different depending on where they were hit. A well-timed stumble could help you get out of tight situation… Or you could just panic and sink a whole clip into one like I did.#screenshotsaturday#lowpolypic.twitter.com/LdT6dUbfge
Rhythm game and roguelikelike FPS combine in Robobeat (coming to Steam):
Started recording gameplay.Had a breakdown.Bon appétit.🎮 Wishlist Robobeat Now:https://t.co/hLkFiZohYT#Robobeat🤖#screenshotsaturday#unity#madewithunity#unity3d#fpsgame#pcgamepic.twitter.com/iOjsdxMqAW
I like handcrafted art, and I really like the idea of Home Safety Hotline (coming to Steam), where you work on a phone helpline diagnosing infestations of increasingly supernatural households pests:
Last night I made a prop for our upcoming horror game. 🍂🍄#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/Xrdghu8StN
Looking at other screenshots and clips, turn-based tactical mecha game Arc Seed (coming to Steam) doesn’t seem shy about its Evangelion influences:
It’s a screenshot for#screenshotsaturdayFrom ARC SEED, a Roguelite Tactics with Mechs#Mecha#pixelart#isometricpic.twitter.com/ltfQa1utzA
I like the embossed noise and texture in Groceries, “a psychological horror game about leaving your apartment”:
Sup.#screenshotsaturday#gamedev#unity3d#horror#HorrorGamespic.twitter.com/UBkF2kiQqd
Dinging a bell in Brio ‘em up Tracks (out on Steam for years now) feels important:
Finally adding the bell that I (more or less) finished… 5 years ago#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/7AR2aczIn7
I know I post it often but I’m very excited for Echostasis (coming to Steam), with a demo there now), the final game in the trilogy with The Enigma Machine and Mothered:
You’re back again?!#screenshotsaturday#echostasispic.twitter.com/LBUKivKq17
A stylish load of nonsense in this yet-untitled action game:
this game is so goofy right now#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/Ck4xtVfS3B
I’ve seen a lot of fishing minigames, but don’t remember one like this in Voron (coming to Steam):
Do you think every game is better with fishing mechanics?#screenshotsaturday#madewithunity#BirdUppic.twitter.com/n0Ztfa5YKZ
I am very unhappy seeing this spelunking in Granite Casket:
Hi I’m making Granite Casket, a cave crawling claustrophobic experience about squeezing yourself into all sorts of places. It also now has water to worry about!I want to stay away from supernatural elements to focus on the real fear of caving.pic.twitter.com/n217etlJYt
This week at the intersection of Kitty Corner and Alarming Bug Corner, we have this beast from The Man In The Park 2 (coming to Itch):
“This cat looks nice but I’ll need to find a way to make him scary” “oh . . . oh my god”#indiedev#screenshotsaturday#nightmarefuel#maninthepark2pic.twitter.com/7kuhpruuQR
Another beast bug comes from co-op sheep herding game Too Many Sheep (coming to Steam), a game idea I’m very into because honestly I could watch flocking animations all day:
When testing a larger flock of sheep, be sure to include the collision area for the floor. Weeeeeeeee!#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#gamedev#failpic.twitter.com/i0dX7NwKXK
And let’s close with just some person from Dog’s World (coming to Steam), “a surreal, menu driven, pseudo-immersive sim without rhyme or reason”:
#screenshotsaturdaywelcome to the party palhttps://t.co/TzSErjsOuypic.twitter.com/7pn3nRl0Cd
What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?
