Monthly Community Screenshot: Reflections & Memories
As the dust settles in and the tides fall, I’m finally able to put all of my emotions into one massive post. I first want to thank every single person who took part in the Screenshot Condo in some way shape or form. Whether if you were one of the many Condo Admins we had, regular attendee, or just a one-time attendee, you helped become a part of something great that I will remember and talk about for the rest of my life.
There were a lot of laughs, a lot of tears, and—for some—a lot of love that was able to come out of the MCS. I still find it hard to fathom how this event was both directly and indirectly changed the lives of certain people’s day-to-day lives. Nonetheless, I want to go over some of my favorite memories from the whole event series in its lifetime.
Favorite Memories
There’s a lot of moments that were my favorite that I still talk about to this day. However, I think it’d be best first to start by breaking it down by portions of the show.
Top 5 Favorite Pre-Shows
- August 2024 - Monthly Community Screenshot #24 by far is my favorite pre-show. With a fully voiced cutscene, contributions by all builders in the record store, and referring to the community members themselves; I can confidently say that this was the peak of the Screenshot Condo’s life cycle.
- October 2023 - Monthly Community Screenshot #14 also has one of the best pre-show areas. With a full grand mansion akin to Resident Evil and a full coffin entrance, this was an event you really had to be there for as Particle FX had yet to be added and we had a fantastic job for improvisations for that show.
- October 2024 - Monthly Community Screenshot #26 was also fucking amazing to me. I think the whole village idea as executed really well, and I don’t think we wouldn’t have done as great of a job if it wasn’t for both @Aviarius and @DocFortuna taking the helm on that. I also want to thank @goowose for providing the facial texture of their Catsack.EXE workshop model so we could improve condo performance before shipping it out. This one, while not my favorite pre-show of all time, is certainly worthy of a Top 5 spot.
- December 2023 - Monthly Community Screenshot #16 also holds a special place in my heart as we were able to help create a storyline involving the dragon that was frozen away under a spell before Particle FX were added into the game. It was also one of the most robust condos we’ve ever created.
- December 2024 - Monthly Community Screenshot #28 was not only the ending of the storyline involving the ice dragons, but it was also my personal first time using movers and really showcasing my skills in the finer details. The boss battle that used both SFX and Particle FX was by far the most monotonous portion of the build, but it was a clear necessity in our pre-show to help bring the boss battle alive. This boss fight is not available on the workshop upload, but I may add it if requested enough. Big shoutouts to sammi_wammi for spearheading the pre-show venue.
Honorable Mentions:
- September 2023 - Monthly Community Screenshot #13 was also really funny because of the moment we used in Player Testimonials 2024
- March 2023 - Monthly Community Screenshot #7 also had some funny running gags that I have with my friends to this day, but it’s also where I really got to know my now-spouse, so it’ll always hold a special place in my heart.
- June 2023 - Monthly Community Screenshot #10 has a place in my heart because it taught me how the show must go on even when my internet goes out. We worked as a team for HOURS to get it working, and the fact that we did it in the first place will always prove the resolve that we have as a team.
Top 5 Favorite Mainline Screenshots
- September 2024 - Monthly Community Screenshot #25 by far has one of the coolest day/night transitions I’ve ever seen in a condo. The fact that I can say I made it is something that I will brag about for quite sometime. I hope to see someone take it up a notch like I did.
- March 2024 - Monthly Community Screenshot #19 is also up there in terms of the greats with how we attributed to our team within the screenshot itself. Genuinely a genius idea by one of our former team members, and I cannot thank them enough for their input with ideas.
- December 2022 - Monthly Community Screenshot #4 is the beginning of our team’s development. It’s where I learned how to everything canvas-related to this day, and I’m forever thankful for this turning point in the MCS history.
- August 2025 - Monthly Community Screenshot #36 really helped show me how far the event has come just by building it the way I did. A little fun fact about the photo is that I solo-built it to match what we did for the first three screenshots because of the theme
Nostalgia. You can definitely see some clear improvements in my major build style, but I kept it as simple as possible just to keep it true to the simple nature of the old screenshots. - April 2024 - Monthly Community Screenshot #20 not only felt like a party in the screenshot, but everything from the sound design to the actual after party proved that this was a fantastic screenshot.
-# Honorable Mentions
- June 2024 - Monthly Community Screenshot #22
- July 2025 - Monthly Community Screenshot #35
- August 2023 - Monthly Community Screenshot #12
Monthly Community Screenshot #36, Condo Admin Photo, and More!
With that being said, below you can find both the photo containing all of our team as well as the last screenshot as part of the Farewell Tour. What were your favorite pre-shows, screenshots, and overall events? Let me know here, and I’d love to hear your thoughts! Please keep any thoughts within the scope of the rules.
Conclusion / TL;DR
- I listed my top 5 favorite pre-shows and screenshots above
- Thank you to all contributors who helped make this event possible
- Leave any thoughts and memories regarding the MCS in this thread below
- MCS will return, but we have no updates for you as of right now