Screenshot Saturday: how to use it for your game
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By Eduardo Orellana ·
Screenshot Saturday is a weekly habit: every Saturday developers post a screenshot, GIF or short clip of their game's progress with the #ScreenshotSaturday tag on X, Bluesky and Mastodon, and in weekly threads on some subreddits. It reaches other developers more than players, so it builds a following, feedback and press attention slowly rather than wishlists at once. Post something that moves, say in one line what changed, and reply to others' posts.
A deadline every week
The tag's real value is the habit. Something to show every Saturday means visible progress every week, and a year of those posts is a devlog, a trailer's raw material and a record of the game finding its look.
What to post
- A GIF or clip that loops, not a still, when you can.
- One line on what changed: "Enemies now flank you".
- Before-and-after comparisons, which do well.
- The tag, plus your engine's and genre's.
Where
X, Bluesky and Mastodon under #ScreenshotSaturday, and weekly Screenshot Saturday threads where subreddits run them. Repost the best ones to TikTok and Shorts, where players are.
Making it work
Post early on Saturday (UTC) so it catches several time zones, reply to other developers, and pin a post with your Steam link to your profile.
Where Flockbay fits
Flockbay's Video studio cuts clips from your real gameplay each week, and Social posts posts to TikTok. Free in beta until 1 December 2026.