Screenshot Saturday Mondays: “Sekiro with a gun?”

Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, I return to oggle cars on alien worlds and cars in big fights, even more immersive sims, and a game described uncertainly as perhaps “Sekiro with a gun?” or “Killer7 souls?” Check out these attractive and interesting indie games!

This city would have blown my mind if it had appeared in the 90s real-time strategy games which inspired D.O.R.F. (coming to Steam):

Wow, the big city!#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/Z5q5QliibU

— D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict (@DorfRTS) August 12, 2023

While these cities in city-building survival game Synergy (coming to Steam) are more of the 70s, via Moebius:

Explore the variety of districts in Synergy: a city flourishing within a harmonious ecosystem. 🌆🏭🏙️ #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pcgaming #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/Z8N5Eib9NU

— Synergy (@synergy_thegame) August 12, 2023

Whistling is an extremely good way for guards to bark their presence in an immersive sim like Spectra:

for #screenshotsaturday i implemented my first patrolling guards, complete with whistling and grumbling complaints about how they just wish something would happen. bonus points if you recognize the whistle#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #imsim #immersivesim pic.twitter.com/zdwtF4aWiR

— Spectra: 1970s Immersive Sim (@Spectrathegame) August 12, 2023

Elsewhere on the immersive sim spectrum, “immersive horror FPS” Athanasia (coming to Steam) seems more System Shock 2-ish to me:

Nope! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame pic.twitter.com/dHaHgqGNol

— Athanasia | Momentum Games LLC (@momentum_games_) August 12, 2023

And can’t you feel immersive sim ancestry in this shocking little kick from retro-futurustic western shooter ExeKiller?

In times of danger, everything becomes a weapon… Just stay vigilant! 🔥#ScreenshotSaturday #Exekiller #Gaming #UnrealEngine #UE5 pic.twitter.com/9tMNej6rY8

— Paradark Studio (@ParadarkStudio) August 12, 2023

Oh, but the destructive physics on THIS violence from Epic Hero Game (coming to Steam):

Hi #screenshotsaturday

Physics based combat improvements.

Nice to have a solid foundation to work with.

Stay tuned for more physics crazyness in the near future!!! 😃

#madewithunity #indiedev #gamedev #unity3d #gamephysics #IndieGameDev pic.twitter.com/iJ5ZNYteiE

— Samuli 🇫🇮 (@Ssaldev) August 12, 2023

Physics are far more constructive in Turnip Mountain (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):

🪢 More ropes! 🪢

Ropes can now attach to other ropes, as well as other objects in the scene! 🏹#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #GameMaker pic.twitter.com/HozdtYqE4F

— Luke ➡️ Turnip Mountain (@Cactuar18) August 12, 2023

The demo for Samurai Unicorn (coming to Steam) is currently only for Patreon subscribers, but I can certainly enjoy looking at this for free:

Demo #01 is now live! Explore the Goliath Offices and search for something that will incriminate the Goliath megacorporation.#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/XuH1ZFcodW

— Samurai Unicorn | Wishlist on Steam (@SamUni_PS1) August 12, 2023

This in Megacopter: Blades Of The Goddess (coming to Steam) looks like Desert Strike with a dash of… Galshell? Oh, I’ve just read that the helicopter is sentient and “gains power by feeding on the blood of its enemies”, how lovely:

Oildusa boss fight just powered up with new art and hazards #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/woId8K3tO9

— Megacopter (@megacoptergame) August 12, 2023

Interstellar racing in Exo Rally Championship (coming to Steam), the unexpectedly sporty follow-up to exoplanetary explorer Exo One:

Exo Rally Championship, the final frontier of racing. #screenshotsaturday
🏎️🪐 pic.twitter.com/NPN3DyVwv4

— Jay Weston – Exo One/Rally ⚫️🕳☁️🏎️ (@JayWeston) August 12, 2023

Meanwhile, back on Earth, cars are throwing down in Chaos On Wheels (coming to Steam, with a demo there now):

Demo received a final update and Early Access is getting close 👀

Join us this October and become a Chaos Crew member 🔥

⬇ Demo Live – on @Steam ⬇https://t.co/kqYeBZk3Mo #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/egizT6l0jC

— Dominik (@DominikCoW) August 12, 2023

A real kick of speed comes in PS2-style platformer Project: Longtail (a working title, perhaps?):

I do have to say this is my favorite mechanic of the recent additions to Longtail 👀 This will allow for pretty cool movement!#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamer #UnrealEngine #3dplatformer pic.twitter.com/gMd5fUAXZ7

— Project: Longtail (@Longtailgame) August 12, 2023

I really like how this feels like 90s FPS elements mixed with perhaps a little visual flair from 90s FMV games:

So, now there’s some new weapons behaviors done. Bullets and impacts still as placeholders, but hey, now the HUD works properly 😀#gamedev #indiedev #boomershooter #FPS #gamedevelopment #GodotEngine #Godot4 #screenshotsaturday #retrogame pic.twitter.com/tohyAHFLtL

— Pixema (@pixema_pixel) August 12, 2023

And whatever it ends up being, I’m really enjoying the look of this from the developer behind Godbeast Mk.II:

not quite sure where i’m going with this one.

sekiro with a gun? killer7 souls?

late #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/z0sy1KFyDs

— DascuMaru (@DascuMaru) August 13, 2023