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Screenshot Saturday Mondays: the sea, spaceships, and a catA look at some eyecatching upcoming indie games

A look at some eyecatching upcoming indie games

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’.

Striking undersea scenes from explore-o-puzzlerSilt:

One more#screenshotsaturdaycloser to#SiltGamecoming to Steam! 👀#indiegame#indiedev#gamedev#horrorgame#madewithunitypic.twitter.com/Y5PM7CoOko— Silt - Coming to PC this spring! (@SiltGame)May 7, 2022

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— Un je ne sais quoi (@studio_jnsq)May 7, 2022

Let’s go on an adventure 🚣🏻‍♀️Wishlist on Steam:https://t.co/LzoIOpAA4E|#IndieDev#ScreenshotSaturday@UMANIMATION1pic.twitter.com/qdhWTNJtWL

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— Nate Purkeypile (@NPurkeypile)May 7, 2022

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— Riv (@Ahr_Ech)May 7, 2022

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— Juris Perkons 🇱🇻🇺🇦🌞 (@Thunder_Owl)May 7, 2022

… 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— Blight (@BlightTheGame)May 7, 2022

“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— Polygonas 🌱 Pfeiffer (@gttrfnk)May 7, 2022

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— Hyper Games 🏕🎶 (@hypergames)May 7, 2022

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 Nth Estate - generative housing projects, coming soon to the Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion#screenshotsaturday#brutalism#generativehttps://t.co/dyG8EJ9Kd4pic.twitter.com/kmFUnb1kzx— Jean-Paul Software (@jeanpaulsoftwar)May 7, 2022

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— Deathground (@deathgroundgame)May 7, 2022

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?