Hello Chornobyl explorers,
Ready for another challenge?
The artbook for Chernobylite 2 is already in production, and in addition to all the cool content we will include there from our side, we'd love to honor you, our backers and players, on its pages. We want to select the 10 best community screenshots made in the Early Access build and place them in the printed version of the artbook.
We're starting the Virtual Photography contest. If you share your screenshot from Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone on our Steam Community Hub, the best screen chosen by our team will be awarded a physical Black Stalker 3-in-1 mask and a physical artbook from Chernobylite 2 (as soon as they're printed—by the end of this year). For the second and third prizes, we'll deliver a physical artbook, too.
In total, 10 best screenshots will be added to the Chernobylite 2 artbook with credits to their creators. We will also post them separately on our social media channels, crediting you as a virtual photographer. All 10 screenshots will be awarded with Digital Arbook anyway. The deadline for sending the screenshots is Sunday, March 16th, at 6 PM CET.
Just to remind you how the Black Stalker 3-in-1 mask looks like:
There's also a short video showing the mask production process:
So, how do you get a chance to grab these cool rewards?
All you have to do is select the best moment of your playthrough in Chernobylite 2, take a screenshot by pressing F12, and share it to our Community Hub as a Public screen so everybody can see it.
But to let you get more crazy with your creativity, we've just added a Photo Mode to Chernobylite 2. With a hotfix patch released this weekend, you can use the new functionality to take virtual photos of anything interesting in the game in more ways than just getting a printscreen. Photo Mode is a function that allows you to set up camera position, screen post-processing, and add filters to your photo - the same way as real photographers do.
How to use it?
1. During gameplay, press ESC, go to the Settings menu, and select Photo Mode:
2. You can play with camera settings using options available on screen—adjust colors, focus, and add filters. As long as you are in Photo Mode, you can freely fly the virtual camera around the scene with your mouse and keyboard, so you can show your subject from any perspective.
3. When you're satisfied with your scene look, you can either save a photo on your disk (press F) or create a photo prepared for Steam Community Hub by pressing H to hide the Photo Mode UI and then pressing F12 to take a Steam-ready screenshot.
4. In the Steam app, you can see the screenshot collection from your game—choose your virtual photo and click the Share on Steam command, then change the Visibility of your picture to Public and press Upload (you can also add caption text to the screenshot).
5. Now everybody can see your photography masterpiece in our Community Hub among the artwork from other players!
You don't have to use Photo Mode, anyway. It's up to you how you create the screenshot. The only limitation is that it has to be in-game screen and posted publicly on Steam.
Go to the Community Hub and see what others have already shared. To give you a few inspirations, check some of the artwork that has already been uploaded.
If you have any questions about the contest, leave your comment below!