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Admiring more interesting indies

A young girl sat on a cushion paints a painting using a chair as an easel in an illustration from ‘Lotus Bay. A summer on Cape Cod’.

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. NotE3 was in full swing this weekend but wasn’t the only gawp-o-rama around, with Screenshot Saturday still giving looks at birds, a gothDeus Ex, and a vision of an open-worldSonic the Hedgehogchillout.

Probably the best response toSega’s open-world Sonic Frontiersis Breogan Hackett whipping up an experiment in an open-world Sonic game:

The prettifying process inSolar Ash(with a few more screenshere):

What lovely clouds in gentle albatross explore ‘em upToroa:

up, up and away! albatross gliding in action ☁️#screenshotsaturday#madewithunreal#indiedevpic.twitter.com/qtT1poQgSJ— Toroa 🐥 wishlist on steam! (@toroagame)June 12, 2022

up, up and away! albatross gliding in action ☁️#screenshotsaturday#madewithunreal#indiedevpic.twitter.com/qtT1poQgSJ

This yet-unnamed immersive sim’s flip-phone goth Deus Ex vibe is ridiculous, and the rocketing cans are great:

Honestly the correct response to walking into a room full of geese inA Space For The Unbound:

When life gives you lemons, just accept them. Unless you want swans instead 🦢🦢🦢#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/Ywyxi4Q2oi— Mojiken Studio (@MojikenStudio)June 11, 2022

When life gives you lemons, just accept them. Unless you want swans instead 🦢🦢🦢#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/Ywyxi4Q2oi

A spot of grappling hook rooftop futurecity violence:

Testing out the new environments with some gameplay. Feels nice😊#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/41BkcYsX2l— MacoDev (@DevMaco)June 11, 2022

Testing out the new environments with some gameplay. Feels nice😊#gamedev#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/41BkcYsX2l

I do like games having fun movement tricks you can pull to liven up cutting about town, like in Nanokin:

It’s another sunny day at Freeport. The ocean, the rides, the lighthouse, it’s all comin’ together as one helluva place to be!#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegamepic.twitter.com/bXisaiFmKG— NANOKIN - Studio Anjin (@StudioAnjin)June 11, 2022

It’s another sunny day at Freeport. The ocean, the rides, the lighthouse, it’s all comin' together as one helluva place to be!#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#indiegamepic.twitter.com/bXisaiFmKG

I need to talk with that ship pirately.#screenshotsaturday#madewithunity#indiegames#indiedevpic.twitter.com/6aFDr2FwSW— Spirit Mancer | FOLLOW ON KICKSTARTER! (@spirit_mancer)June 11, 2022

I need to talk with that ship pirately.#screenshotsaturday#madewithunity#indiegames#indiedevpic.twitter.com/6aFDr2FwSW

And some cute new art for farming game/van adventure Lonefarm:

Doing some tests with the visual aspect of Lonefarm, I tried to go from lowpoly to something more stylized. What do you think?#indiedev#screenshotsaturday#IndieGameDev#indiegamepic.twitter.com/5jnB4gVfk0— Lonefarm (@LonefarmGame)June 12, 2022

Doing some tests with the visual aspect of Lonefarm, I tried to go from lowpoly to something more stylized. What do you think?#indiedev#screenshotsaturday#IndieGameDev#indiegamepic.twitter.com/5jnB4gVfk0

What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?