Since "New Pokémon Snap" came out and the ability to take selfies with your team in Abstráctomon Venom Violet Version already exists, I thought why stop there? Let's take photos of wild Abstráctomon, too! That could be a fun side activity. And it could be another incentive to visit the "randomly" generated "Wild Shards"-islands.

Obviously, in a 2D game it'll work a little different then in the Pokémon Snap games.

So first I added a professional camera item to the game. You can lend this camera from the photographer when going on a "Photo Safari". It can be equipped similarly to other gear like the shovel. You can then walk around freely with the camera in hand and sneak up close to wild Abstráctomon...

... (which are now visibly roaming around in tall grass and other places) and SNAP! They might get scared of you and run away, so be patient!

I haven't implemented the actual resulting photo yet, but the idea is that your position and distance to the monster will be reflected in the finished photograph. It will look something like this, but with the wild Abstráctomon instead of the player character and his / her team:

Maybe the photographer will eventually rate your pictures or request some specific ones in the future? We'll see.

At this point I had some visible monsters on the Wild Shards. I then decided to let them appear anywhere in the world. They're not fully animated and simply "hop" around, but still they make world feel more alive than ever.

Outside of Photo Safaris, they can be fought and caught like any other encounter. If the spot you, they either flee or attack.

Abstráctomon you haven't registered in your DEX yet appear as a black silhouette.

To be clear, tall grass and stuff still triggers regular fights! These visible monsters are just a little bonus. They might be slightly higher level than the invisible encounters in that area.

There are still some bugs to figure out, so I'll post another update when the photo mechanic is finished. Until then, why don't you try to find all Abstráctomon hiding in this screenshot? Zoom in and have fun!