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[Taco Chopper]

Anthus

A Link to the Process

AutumnHaunted

"Keep an eye out for fireflies at night. They tend to cluster around these flowers, and may hide secrets!"

Haylee

"We have found land, however, with the shore frozen, we cannot anchor the ship at the shore. We must instead send a team via rafts to depart."

Taco Chopper

A Link to the Firebird

[Anthus]

I love how there are three LttP adjacent shots this time around lmao

[Taco Chopper]

I love how there are three LttP adjacent shots this time around lmao

Screen Rebirth really took over this contest didn't it. It's a sign of the times

[Cobgoblin]

Throwing my vote to Anthus, though Taco Chopper was a close second for me. Anthus' shot kind of marks a milestone of ZC dev to me which I think is neat.

 

I appreciate that you aren't using the mangled forest brush.

[AutumnHaunted]

Anthus - TIL that player sprites can be other sizes now! The stuff you never learn being a 1.92 dev lol (though I have started to have some ideas for a potential side project in a modern version I might like to work on once we get BA3's first demo out... but that's beside the point). In any case, as others said, it's very cool how close ZC quests can get to just outright being LTTP. I'm not super hot on that game specifically but the way the engine has expanded is definitely imperssive.

 

Haylee - Nice little cutscene screen here (I presume). Nice balance of simplicity and detail, with appealing and readable character sprites.

 

Taco Chopper - Firebird just hits my strike zone for some reason. It's cool how even a relatively simple screen like this from LTTP is so recognizable. Voted here.

 

As for my submission, this is another field screen made by Bikdip, chosen to showcase a somewhat interesting little trick. As you may be able to tell by the various screenshots I've posted before, BA3's overworld has a day-night cycle, and to make this relevant to gameplay rather than just being a piece of visual flair, he came up with the idea of having these little animated fireflies on a layer above the time-based lighting, such that in the day (when the "lighting" is blank), they blend into the colour of the flowers below, but in the nighttime, when everything else on the screen is darkened, it creates a contrast that allows us to hide patterns, such as the arrow in this screenshot. Hopefully we can continue to come up with unique puzzles/hints with them in future areas.

Edited by AutumnHaunted, 03 September 2025 - 01:45 AM.

[Taco Chopper]

With 44.83% of the vote, the winner of Screenshot of the Week 852 is Anthus!


A Link to the Process

Congratulations!
 
Voting totals:

• Anthus - 13 (44.83%)
• Taco Chopper - 9 (31.03%)
• Haylee - 4 (13.79%)
• AutumnHaunted - 3 (10.34%)