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Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Snowboarding simians, neo-noir diners and an actual mysteryWho is P. Michalski, anyway?

Who is P. Michalski, anyway?

Screenshot Saturday Sundays! Our weekly fishing trip through an ocean of game jams, prototypes and passion projects. After noticing a particular palette in my screenshot tenure thus far, I’ve decided to veto the colour orange this week. Had to be done, I’m afraid. Instead, we’ve got snowboarding simians, time-hopping detectives and a real blast from the past.

Kicking things off… I don’t suppose anyone’s got a couple quid I can borrow for the arcade?

[-[ DEEP BLUE ]-]|=| TITAN LEVEL ENERGY SIGNATURE DETECTED |=|Once a thriving human metropolis, it is now entirely submerged. Only the ruins of ancient towering structures break the surface.||#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#gamedev#lowpoly#psx#madewithunity||pic.twitter.com/cOAnp5h94r— Modus Interactive (@ModusPwnin)March 7, 2020

[-[ DEEP BLUE ]-]|=| TITAN LEVEL ENERGY SIGNATURE DETECTED |=|

Once a thriving human metropolis, it is now entirely submerged. Only the ruins of ancient towering structures break the surface.

||#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#gamedev#lowpoly#psx#madewithunity||pic.twitter.com/cOAnp5h94r

— Modus Interactive (@ModusPwnin)March 7, 2020

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Modus Interactive is a familiar name to anyone who frequents the retro indie scare scene, appearing on theHaunted PS1 Demo Diskwith drug-fuelled cat horror Neko Yume. They’re not only interested in spooks though - pegged as a “don’t shoot ‘em up”, their latest game is a stylish side-scroller about gathering intel and keeping your craft safe from an onslaught of enemy fire. It looks - and sounds - effortlessly convincing.

For all the cold and wind and rain we’ve suffered the last few months, we’ve had a pitiful amount of snow up north. Still, I’m not convinced any ofSlopecrashers’ simian snowboarders are wrapped up well enough to be spraying powder like this.

The animals now look at each other and at other interesting things around the track ??#gamedev#ue4#indiedev#indiegame#gaming#games#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/ww2ZNpnav6

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After all that excitement, I think it’s time to sit back, grab a drink, and watch eight hours pass in the blink of an eye. Wait, what?

— Shadows of Doubt ? EGX Rezzed (@detectivesim)March 7, 2020

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Finally, we’ve got a real enigma here.

➕#SCREENSHOTSATURDAY#GAMEDEV#INDIEDEVpic.twitter.com/IAXDWeIcYq— PRDXCL (@PRDXCL)March 7, 2020

➕#SCREENSHOTSATURDAY#GAMEDEV#INDIEDEVpic.twitter.com/IAXDWeIcYq

— PRDXCL (@PRDXCL)March 7, 2020

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This Twitter account has been posting pictures of something calledPRDXCL- along with truly bizarre, cryptic nonsense - for half a decade, under the development from definitely-real human being “P. Michalski”.

I HAVE NEVER FAILED ANYONE IN MY LIFE BEFORE, AND I WONT START NOW….. DEAR BENEFICIRY— PRDXCL (@PRDXCL)January 27, 2016

I HAVE NEVER FAILED ANYONE IN MY LIFE BEFORE, AND I WONT START NOW….. DEAR BENEFICIRY

— PRDXCL (@PRDXCL)January 27, 2016

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Another mystery to keep an eye on, then.