Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Fox friends, festive flight, and fragment fishing

E3 is perhaps over, however the nice turning wheel of sport improvement by no means pauses. These builders may not get the glitz/grime combo of the large present, however they do have Screenshot Saturday, a beautiful Twitter tag to share some peeks at in-progress work. This week: some lonely foxes, a handful of very useful occasion decorations, and an exquisite assortment of scrap.

The place else would we begin however with cute fox cubs? Everybody say “aww” at these infants from Endling.

Sadly, the sport’s Steam web page shatters the lovable phantasm considerably. “Because the final fox, hold your cubs alive and attain the one place on Earth the place people can’t hurt them,” it says. “Discover Endling’s 3D side-scrolling world and defend your cubs, three tiny and defenseless fur balls, feed them, see how they develop up degree after degree, discover their distinctive personalities and fears, and most significantly, make them survive.”

I’ve performed Shelter. I understand how this goes. However I nonetheless wish to see Herobeat Studios’ twist on it, particularly as a result of a Tweet downthread says they’re implementing “variable tail idle animations.” I like to be tricked into ache by way of cuteness.

Additionally cute is that this chook pal from Songbird Symphony.

Generally, even when you can fly, you simply want just a little little bit of encouragement from some balloon-pop propulsion. They make such a satisfying snap, too, and the chubby little stroll cycle is cute. In keeping with the sport’s Steam web page, this pal is actually known as “Birb,” and he’s exploring for his “true origins.” He’s gonna be singing and platforming his method by means of it, and I cherished Wandersong, so I’m very intrigued to see whether or not this could seize the identical musical magic when it releases in July.

The jellyfish being scooped up right here in UnDungeon are additionally candy, when you ask me, however I’m extra enamoured by the way in which all these bits of scrap come collectively into this swiss cheese tent.

Dominic wrote about this action-RPG-slash-roguelike nearly a yr in the past, taking a stab at explaining its unsettling post-human world and the alien “Heralds” you’ll be taking part in as. “The glimpses we get on the non-playable (but pleasant) aliens are fascinating too, corresponding to a large clawed sand-beast that speaks slowly and politely, and an arms vendor that seems to be some form of crystalline octopus. It’s a wierd world on the market, and one I’m trying ahead to exploring,” says he, and I agree. I wish to grow to be buddies with this fisher, too. You possibly can see extra pretty gifs on the sport’s website.

Bonus this week isn’t actually from a sport in any respect. It’s an Unreal engine tutorial from a Starbreeze Studio lighting artist. It’s additionally attractive, simply take a look at it.