Here are my winning picks from the screenshot contest, followed by my favorite runner-ups. Congrats to Zac Moore, Bob Builder, and Jax Kenobi, who will receive a copy of Uncanny Valley. I picked ones that I felt stood out well enough by themselves without needing a lot of context and I leaned towards ones that suggested there was some deeper story going on.

WINNNERS:

Zac Moore:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/zacmoore.jpg
This has exactly the sort of subtlety to it that I like and that maybe something more sinister is going on in this neighborhood

Bob Builder:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/bobbuilder1.jpg
I was somehow envisoning some sort of psychopath whose business with the cow still wasn’t done.
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/bobbuilder2.jpg
People sent me a lot of ragdoll glitches, but I’m not sure any came close to the body horror that this one is.

Jax Kenobi:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/JaxKenobi.jpg
Great pic that raises lots of questions.

RUNNNER-UPS:

Shark Tooth Bubs:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/sharktoothbubs.jpg
I’m really envisioning a crazy homeless person who has no qualms about stabbing you for trying to steal his brain.

Ville “jipostus” Lahtinen:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/Ville_jipostus_Lahtinen.jpg
There’s some dark stuff going on in this town.

Calvin Rieta:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/calvin_rieta.jpg
Veni, vidi, vici.

LambdaPyro:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/LambdaPyro.jpg
I may be biased on this one, but the timing seems to perfect, like the scientist never saw it coming, nor should he have expected that to begin with.

z z:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/z_z.jpg
It’s a little corny, but I enjoyed it.

Presence:
https://www.accursedfarms.com/images/other/screencontest1/Presence.jpg
I actually didn’t realize the significance when I first saw the screenshot and thought it looked interesting on its own. Finding out later that this is default gameplay gives a little more boost.