One of the things we really enjoy about the Indie dev community is how much of a community it actually is. Unbridled by corporate NDAs and “jobs on the line”, the Indie world focuses on many people and teams who develop games on the weekends or as side projects. At SideQuesting, we feel like we fit right in. Writing about video games isn’t any of our full-time gigs, and so that spirit of creating simply because we have a passion to do so is mirrored in Indie dev.
And so, each weekend we’ve been focusing more and more on the Indie side of things, and we have a ton more planned that we’ll be unveiling slowly as part of our Indie Weekends push. The #ScreenshotSaturday hashtag is one that I’ve been following across social media for several months now. In this public tag, developers are linking to their recent work to not only show off their current project status but to gain feedback from their comrades in the hobby. We’ll be posting some of our favorites each weekend, but we surely suggest that you have a look for yourselves and indulge in the abilities and art direction of these talented folk.
Full credit to all of the creators each week who share their work.
Penarium is a 2D action puzzle multi-death game where dying — a lot — is a part of the process of winning. It releases this week on consoles and PC.
Have I told you how hard Penarium will be out next tuesday? HARD! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev pic.twitter.com/CrOz2smRso
— Noppy (@ThomasNoppers) September 19, 2015
Finally got this guy chasing/attacking properly! @TheNullpoint #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/LtRjhgVyQx
— Patrick Jalbert (@WaywardScribble) September 20, 2015
Dark Flame looks like it may scratch that Castlevania itch.
#Kickstarter and new Demo releasing 1 Oct! #GamersUnite at http://t.co/fcfwyRXWvg #screenshotsaturday @indiegamemag pic.twitter.com/3haOBAC6Nb
— Warren Smith (@BorishDugdum) September 20, 2015
ICYMI, Freja finds some trouble in the Solus-infested Prism Fortress! @MONOTHETIC #screenshotsaturday #gamedev pic.twitter.com/CXZFdVbLP4
— Extremely Floofy (@arranseaton) September 20, 2015
Radical Rebels has a neat, classic 8-bit style to it
#screenshotsaturday with fancy new gas effects #pixelart #RadicalRebels #indiedev pic.twitter.com/HJ7HCWCK1c
— Ted Anderson (@TedA_PPU512) September 20, 2015
Deep Space Dash is in Steam Greenlight! Go Vote Now! http://t.co/WKgmBakE3t #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/ovRtrNRUws
— Forever Humble PDX (@4EverHumb1ePDX) September 20, 2015
Aberford is a game about zombies and 1950s housewives, and there’s something kind of really original about that
Bash zombies and look fabulous doing it. Support #Aberford https://t.co/V3bFdsxdeK #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/36G0U2AUN2
— Sketchy Panda Games (@SketchyPandaG) September 20, 2015
Crikey! Sharks! Might change the colour on that shark though… #js13k #gamedev #shark #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/nH9JtVZ7hz
— madmarcel (@madmarcel) September 20, 2015
I don’t know what EleMetals is yet, but its character select/upgrade screen looks cool!
Character Select progress! 80% MORE MEATY! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #unity3d #eleMetals pic.twitter.com/1vsY9IU4L6
— WALLRIDE (@WallrideGames) September 20, 2015
New Angel class featured in our latest map, Everwhite. Ain’t she a beauty? #gamedev #fps #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/t2TUaAumxc
— PixelBeam (@StudioPixelBeam) September 20, 2015
Dawt looks colorful and terrific
I haven’t done #screenshotsaturday in a while and @dawtgame is looking a lot better! http://t.co/iZfyWSkCWB #gamedev pic.twitter.com/U96SXPtO6V
— Aaron Clifford (@EgoAnt) September 20, 2015