Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Killer words, quiet skiing and the thing in the desert

HomeNewsMaximum Action

Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Killer words, quiet skiing and the thing in the desertScreenshot Saturday Sundays!

Screenshot Saturday Sundays!

All hands on deck for our first vessel, a vibrant sky-bound shipment from Hyperluminal creative director Rob Madden.

You can stop off at an island now after building a dock. Next is to get some inventory management on the go to move goods around!#gamedev#indiedev#unity3d#madewithunity#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/LR5c3DV8YW— Rob Madden (@LaffingLad)May 23, 2020

— Rob Madden (@LaffingLad)May 23, 2020

To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Madden’s airships are consciously cribbing from Scottish artist Ian McQue. But that’s alright, really, because McQue’s cobbled-together mechanics were probably the best bit ofThe Signal From Tölva’s quiet open-world robot romp. Currently, in the works as an unnamed side project, Madden’s ship is steering itself towards being a rather good-looking exploration and delivery trip through the skies.

Between a global lockdown on travel and it being the height of Summer, now’s hardly the time for a ski trip… right?

Last running before launching the game#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/PjKN8LwgJF— samso__n (@samson_auroux)May 23, 2020

Last running before launching the game#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/PjKN8LwgJF

— samso__n (@samson_auroux)May 23, 2020

To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

I do quite miss skiing, mind. It’s been a decade or so since I last hit the slopes, butAu fil de l’eaudeveloper Samson Auroux’s simple slope is already setting my nostalgia racing. It’s nice to see a less arcadey approach to snowsports, too, opting for the quiet crunch of the snow under your skis as you tentatively path your first route down a new hillside.

Mashing keyboards with guns is nothing new (hello, Typing Of The Dead). But early access shooterMaximum Actionreally, really wants your enemies to eat their words.

A few changes and I introduce to you the Letter Learner.

— MAXIMUM John Szymanski (@Ducky_Szymanski)May 23, 2020

To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

The obvious highlight of the clip is when Szymanski backs out into Windows explorer, opens up a notepad file, and changes the words blasted out of his literary handgun - adding a lovely, personalised touch to each kill. After all, why go to the trouble of engraving your target’s name on a bullet when you can blast them with their own name?

Finally - if you’ve been paying attention to my run at Screenshot Saturday Sundays over the last few months, you’ll know nothing gets me excited more than massive structures in empty spaces.

So it’s a Feast out here and I ain’t working today no matter what.Time to mess around in Unity. Decided to try URP, Terrain Tools and Aedan Graves’s First Person All-in-One.I had no goal in mind, still enjoyed the process.#madewithunity#screenshotsaturdayor Sunday :Dpic.twitter.com/SSBAUK2Mb4— Yahia Zakaria (@yetmania)May 24, 2020

— Yahia Zakaria (@yetmania)May 24, 2020

To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Yahia Zakaria might just be tooling around with Unity, but I’m desperately curious to see where this track leads. Repeated pylons, vast complexes and a trembling mass watching over it all - frankly, this scene would be right at home with the far future tourism of Connor Sherlock’sWalking Simulator A Month Club.