The first contact that Vik – a renowned in-game photographer from Malaysia – had with the practice was as part of the growing modding scene in The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (2011) in late 2012/early 2013, when he learned how to modify the game and make it look aesthetically different. He started to take screenshots as this was done by other members of the community, ‘Skyrim can be said to be first game that introduced a term called ‘screen archery’ [referring to] people creating photos around their game’. According to Vik, at the same time, DeadEndThrills (DET) – an IGP pioneer – was working on making marketing shots for videogame companies, and a small community of followers started to group around him. Their members engaged in online discussions about techniques and approaches to capturing photos in various videogames within the so-called DET forums, and Vik used this information to gather early tools and methods for its performance. It was not until 2017 that he began to practice IGP more seriously, sharing his artworks online once he had access to better gaming hardware. Initially Vik showcased his captures in screenshot groups based in Valve’s Steam community site and forums, before he moved to Flickr and Twitter.