The ABC Screenshot challenge!
A new year demands a new community challenge!
I’d like to thank a lot of people for the ideas, especially Blue and Ninglor.
How does it work?
- There is no set game list, run the games that you believe that will give you the best chance of getting an amazing screenshot
- There are 26 letters, so you’ll have to take at least 26 pictures. Each one should feature something started with a different letter.
Create your own theme! (optional)
If you think the challenge above is too easy for you, you may create your own theme. A theme that all pictures will have to follow.
Examples:
- A blue theme: All pictures will feature something blue or blue will be their main color
- An animal theme: There will be a different animal in each screenshot, corresponding to each letter - Rat, Zebra, Lion, etc
- Winter theme: Santa, Pine cone, Gingerbread, etc
You get the idea. Be creative. Create your own challenge!
You can use this as a template to post your screenshots
[A](screenshot) | [B](screenshot) | [C](screenshot) | [D](screenshot) | [E](screenshot) | [F](screenshot)
[G](screenshot) | [H](screenshot) | [I](screenshot) | [J](screenshot) | [K](screenshot) | [L](screenshot)
[M](screenshot) | [N](screenshot) | [O](screenshot) | [P](screenshot) | [Q](screenshot) | [R](screenshot)
[S](screenshot) | [T](screenshot) | [U](screenshot) | [V](screenshot) | [W](screenshot) | [X](screenshot)
[Y](screenshot) | [Z](screenshot)
FAQ:
Can I used games that I already played before?
Sure. It’s all about being creative! It’s not an official theme, there are no “rules”. No one is forced to participate as well. I was gonna do it alone, but I thought it would be more fun to transform it into a community challenge.
I have another question!
Which part of no rules, did you not understand?! xD But seriously, do whatever work best for you!
Yay! New year, new Challenge!
I’ll do it! Curious to see what I’ll come up with :)
Random thingies!
Night in the Woods
Bioshock Remastered
Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan
eden*
Glass Masquerade
Bioshock 2 Remastered
Hitman
Dishonored 2
I think you’re the only one of us who got all the letters O.o
Good job, congrats Nin! 
Oh wow. You’re totally right!
Thank you! \o/
I kinda want a new thing now :D
For next year that is ;)
I’d like a new one too, would like to try to complete it the next time, lol :D
Not sure how long this is gonna take me, but I’ll join :) Cool idea
| A | Birds - Ocean’s Heart | Cow - Future Proof | Dolphins - Submerged | E | Fox - The First Tree |
| G | H | I | J | K | L |
| Monkeys - Knights of Pen & Paper 2 | N | Orca - Flat Kingdom | Platypus - Card City Nights | Q | R |
| Sheep - AER Memories of Old | T | U | V | Whale - LiS: Before the Storm | X |
| Y | Z |
This is a fun idea, I loved the old Scavenger Hunt monthly theme! Good luck to everyone. :)
Thinking of doing things that make me happy. Something magical in a fuzzy, feelgood way (witches, dragons, cute weird plants, etc.) or maybe jokes/things that make me smile. Will see if I get any other ideas in the meantime.
This is a nice idea! I’ll probably do the animal theme since it’s easiest for me to remember.
Edit: I’m actually going to choose “love” as my theme. Any type of love whether from a couple or the love of family or friends. Can’t wait to get started.
Huh! Fascinating! And this is meant to be a long-term challenge over the course of the year?
Very, very interesting… I’ll think a bit about what kind of theme I’d like and pick away at it.
Take as long as you want. There are no rules, so if you wanna post screenshots until 2023, it’s up to you.
Oh, this is interesting! Count me in!
I love snow and ice settings in games, so I think that’s what I’ll focus on.
| Aurora | Ball | C | Dragon | E | Fox |
| Gondola | Hug | I | J | K | L |
| Minstrel | N | Otter | Piggy Bank | Q | R |
| S | Tower | U | V | Witch | X |
| Y | Z |
Sources:
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
Under Leaves
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
NightSky
Four Sided Fantasy
Degrees of Separation
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Death Road to Canada
Yoku’s Island Express
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Sound really interesting! Great idea. ;D
I would like to participate too, but all I can think of are Game Characters (main or any other), and I am not sure if that wouldn’t be too much boring. X)
Also, I know you said no questions…. ;P But is it possible to post more than one screenshot to each letter? o.O Some letters for names are very popular. XD
Here I go! :D
My first letters - G and H. Had to be from Hollow Knight, currently one of my favorite games! :D
April Edit: I play Mass Effect on Origin so pictures are posted on Imgur.
Games used:
- Hollow Knight
- Dishonored 2
- Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth
- Mata Hari
- Mass Effect (1,2,3) - playing on Origin so pictures are posted on Imgur
- Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
- Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan
- Murdered: Soul Suspect
- LEGO: The Hobbit
I thought about stealing your building theme at first, but I thought of my own. I’m going to find characters who share names with pre-1950 historical figures or characters from literature. Oh, and I’ll arbitrarily give myself double points for characters who are their counterparts. Maybe this is too broad, though? It will mostly be up to how much I feel like thinking about it during any given game.
| A | B | C - Cassandra/Fortune-499 | D | E - Erik the Red/Dragon Quest XI | F |
| G | H | I | J | K | L |
| M | N | O | P | Q | R |
| S - Sherlock Holmes/Purrfect Date | T | U | V | W - Watson/Purrfect Date | X |
| Y | Z |
Interesting theme!
btw, I don’t think your link is working.
Yeah, it was late and I didn’t mess around with the screenshots yet, but thanks for the reminder because I would have forgotten. I might change to food or something.
Great idea, this sounds like fun! I always enjoyed the Scavenge Hunt themes (“always” both times :D).
Let’s see how many of them can I get by 24th December 2019!
| Arachnids | Bear | Cuteness | Č | Death | E | Fight |
| Graves | H | CH | I | J | Kitty | Lockpicking |
| Music | N | O | Plane crash | Q | Rope | Ř |
| Sword | Š | Tree of Knowledge | U | V | Warning | X |
| Y | Z | Žebřík |
Dec 2019 edit: Well, that turned out about as well as I expected :D Completely forgot about this thing half-way through the year, becaue of course I did.
Oh well, congrats to those of you who got a screenie for each letter!
ČŠŽ :3
I’m replaying Dark Souls to replace old screenshots with higher-res ones. Might as well do this. :p
Edit: (link deleted - abandoned)
Nice pics. Are you using any graphics enhancement mods? I don’t remember DS1 looking that good.
Yep. A bunch of texture mods and a sweetfx preset.
Nice. I need to remember these names. I’ve been thinking about finally finishing this game on Steam. I’ve beaten a pirated copy a loooooong time ago xD
These are the mods I’m using:
- Dark Souls sweetfx HDR - “Cinematic” file, use sweetfx 1.5
- Dark Souls HD Texture Pack - “Dark Souls HD Texture pack version 3” file, requires DSFix
- a bunch of smaller texture mods (also from Dark Souls Nexus)
My theme will be structures/buildings
List of games used:
Remember Me (Steam)
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Switch)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
My Memory of Us (Steam)
What Remains of Edith Finch (Epic)