Screenshot Saturday Mondays: spin attacks and a rattling railbus Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: spin attacks and a rattling railbus Admiring more interesting indie games Feature by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Published on Aug. 22, 2022 2 comments 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, my eye was caught by several games with flashy spin attacks, a lovely ride on a rattling railbus, swearing at geese, and plenty more interesting indies. Come admire them with me! I strongly believe in charging up an attack to spin round and round and round, and Valorous obliges: Happy weekend join our Discord : https://t.co/WPlD6CHx8M#gamedevs #indiedev #indiegame #games #gamedevelopment #gamedeveloper #3d #animation #vfx #scifi #cyberpunk #game #madewithunity #unity3d #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #PCGaming #playstation #console pic.twitter.com/sssAntg9KM- Divine Studios (@DivineStudi0s) August 21, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings I also believe in flipping air attacks, so thank you Gurei: Still a work in progress, but here are some updated animations for the Scythe! It deals high damage and, most importantly, looks quite cool #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #ゲーム制作 pic.twitter.com/ejF2EzhAoV- Gurei 愚霊 videogame (@LoboSagazStudio) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings I did post about Podvarak not long ago and I do try to avoid frequent repeats, but I really, really like this: Drivers now know how to operate the train nicely and NPCs can now ride in the šinobus! Here's a short trip from station to station. Refactored A LOT of code for #Podvarak this week, everything integrates better, but lots of room to polish #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/s3uUsJzBC6- IVAN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN (@Nothke) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Big fan of this skeleton in roguelikelike deckbuilder Nadir (coming to Steam, with a demo up now): Jeanne wishes you a happy #ScreenshotSaturday!Wishlist Nadir and play our Demo below! https://t.co/pWMT1wneFS #IndieGame #IndieDev #Art pic.twitter.com/ZFx6AznwIm- Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder (@NadirTheGame) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Some cool deaths in spaceship fleet game One Way Road (coming to Steam): New death options. Everyone wants to die beautifully.#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegaming #IndieGameDev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/5LQGZNgqPw- OneWayRoad (@OneWayRoadGame) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings I like the drama from this yet-unnamed game the dev has described as "a fairytale horror adventure with The Lighthouse vibes": dark waters#indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/lKur9GVqVO- Vladimir Beletsky (@VBeletsky) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings I realise I could describe Super Buckyball Tournament (coming to Steam) as "football with robots", but I think "Rocket League with robots" might be more like it? It takes skills to pay the bills #ScreenshotSaturday #multiplayer #gaming #unity3d #madewithunity #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign pic.twitter.com/BqqTQEGnkK- Super Buckyball Tournament (@SuperBuckyBall) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings I keep meaning to check out Ctrl Alt Ego (out now on Steam), an immersive sim that's all about possessing robots and devices. I hear it's good! I have not yet played it. But, er, here's me raising it now as we admire the new motion sickness-friendly option for transferring your consciousness: On the left: The signature consciousness transfer HOP animation in Ctrl Alt Ego.On the right: The motion-sickness sufferer's alternative (coming in next patch)#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/AxoqZf8JIn- Ctrl Alt Ego: Unique sci-fi immersive sim (@mindthunk) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Not sure what's going on here in An Aisling, "an adventure game that's basically a mix between Night in the Woods and Twin Peaks", but I'm game: Happy #screenshotsaturday Sometimes the shop doesn't have what you want...#indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev #GameMakerStudio2 #AnAisling pic.twitter.com/DLIG1WqVt2- Aaron Teefey Lee (@Mrleafytea) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings A strong pitch and look from Loco Motive (coming to Steam): It's #screenshotsaturday! We're making Loco Motive, a comedy adventure full of charm & beautiful hand drawn 2D animation!You play 3 larger-than-life characters aboard a steam train, as they work to solve the murder they're accused of! Wishlist: https://t.co/dygL5hoGCa pic.twitter.com/PC2Lqix2R4- Loco Motive Wishlist Now! (@LocoMotiveGame) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings 90s arcade real-time strategy action from Dorf RTS (not its final name). The devs say it's "in the vein of classic games like Command & Conquer and StarCraft", though the game I most think of is KKnD: Putting those sound effects to work.#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev pic.twitter.com/XvT49xP1Xf- Dorf RTS (@DorfRTS) August 21, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings And to close, I do not know what is happening here, but @CanYouSwearAtTheGeese is surely a novely Twitter account waiting to happen: Yes, you can swear at the geese.#screenshotsaturday #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/HbRvBrTlkJ- KauhaDev (@KauhaDev) August 20, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear? More Features What are we all playing this weekend? Well? 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