To make is easier to track what themes have been suggested, this will be a central location for proposing themes for future Screenshot of the Week contests.
Please limit answers to one theme per answer to allow for voting on individual themes. For submission, please have a short summary like "Glitches and bugs", followed by a small summary.
Theme idea: Into the storm!
Rain, snow, sand, flower petals, arrows, or anything at all that could be considered a storm worthy to remember.
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Theme Idea: Moments After Disaster
Similar to moments before disaster, but the immediate aftermath.
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Theme Idea: How Fashionable!
Check out these duds! Showcase your character wearing their fanciest, funniest, rarest, coolest, grungiest -- whatever attire you'd like to show off.
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Theme idea: Modding/Mods
Mods add a whole new experience to games. Show us yours!
Theme idea: Wildlife
Any cool, cute, creepy, terrifying, etc animals, monsters, and other assortments of wildlife.
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Theme Idea: Constructive Buildings
The best buildings or infrastructures you can find.
Theme idea: Heroic Women
Any herioc-looking female character!
Theme idea: Character Customization
Show us those amazing characters that you've spent hours/days creating.
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Theme idea: Cameo
Any spotted appearance of a well-known person/character/sprite from another videogame (or universe).
Theme idea: Small but powerful
A pint-sized character that packs a surprising punch.
Theme idea: Selfies
Just like in real life: your character face with something interesting on the background
Theme Idea: Conquering Nature
The reverse of my previous idea, Screenshots of the devastation to nature for your own personal gain like how much of a forest you demolished for your village, how flattened a mountain got for you to get some ore.
Theme: Sweet Rides
Show off your wheels (or other vehicles) in your favorite game!
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Theme Idea: Romance
Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time!
Theme: Going Fast!
Screenshots of really fast things!
Theme idea: Game Over Screens.
Similar to "Loading Screens", some are funny, some are sad, I'm sure there are hidden masterpieces out there.
Theme idea: Traitor
From Sylvanas from World of Warcraft to Loki from Avengers, may the best back-stabbing character win this round!
Theme: I got your back
The main character often gets all the attention, but let's look at moments when a side character gets their "15-minutes-of-fame"
Theme idea: Physics
The joy of ragdolls, completely destructible environments, rigid/soft bodies, real-time simulated particles, ballistics, aerodynamics, &c.
Theme Idea: Out of Context
Let's face it, video game characters are notorious for doing outrageous things in the heat of the moment. The context given during gameplay typically makes their actions appropriate or at the very least, justified. But, sometimes, when these situations are viewed out of context, they become questionable in many different ways. Sometimes games will even remove context from a situation on purpose, just for the sake of entertainment. Regardless of the situation, the perception is generally the same to a wide audience. Some situations are taken in a spicy manner:
Don't touch me, I'm sterile. - Patrick Star
While others make you question what was happening entirely:
Show us something in your game that made you or someone else question the situation due to a lack of context. As always, the code of conduct should be followed, so keep the imagery clean!
Theme idea: Reactions
The kind of images you could use as a response to a situation
Theme Idea: Difficult decisions
Games often ask us to make hard and meaningful choices. Let's collect the moments in gaming which had us put down the controller and think hard about what's the right course of action.
Theme idea: UI
Another semi-fixed option, but (well-designed / beautiful / hopelessly complex / terrible) UIs need a little love too, every now and then.
Theme Idea: Favourite Companion
This can be any companion; from loyal animal companions, an odd couple entwined eternal in an unpredictable world... to an android friend follower, equally invested in your shared escapades, giving ever-welcome bites of sage advice and backup muscle just when you really need it. ...and everything in between!
Theme idea: (Good) Jokes
Simple, yet easily found almost everywhere - jokes in games. Be it obscure references, awkward ones or something else - share the jokes you can find with us!
Theme idea: Bosses
Submit a screenshot of a boss character from a video game.
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Theme: Out of Doors (IRL)
Show us your epic gaming moment (preferably an outdoor scene), that happens while you yourself and your gaming rig (of small or large proportions) are also out of doors!
Theme idea: Colored Squares
Submissions must come from pixel-graphic games (8-bit and 16-bit).
Theme idea: Alone.
Something on its own in a much larger setting - a player, a rock, a tower, whatever.
Theme Idea Weapon Customization
Do trick out your sword to burn your foes with blue flames on a hit, or have you somehow managed to fit five different scopes on your gun, or perhaps you've decided to use a tool that isn't really supposed to be a weapon in the first place.
This'll be the week to share it
