Snag everything that moves.
Photograph an animal you run into for real, the AI names it, it joins your collection. 256 species to track down, and some only pass through for a few weeks a year.
Three moves, and it’s done.
Your dex starts in the dark.
256 species are waiting for you as silhouettes. Every snag reveals one: the photo takes the shadow’s place, and never leaves.
A look at the dex: twelve species from the catalogue, three already snagged and shown as photos, the other nine still in silhouette.
Some species only pass through for a few weeks.
The kingfisher opens its season, the swallowtail is gone by October. When a window opens you get a countdown — and once it shuts, it’s next year.
Common kingfisher
RARE
12 days left
Swallowtail
COMMON
3 days left
Shot live. Otherwise it doesn’t count.
Gallery imports are switched off, and the AI spots photos of screens, printouts and soft toys. A CHOPA collection can’t be filled from Google Images — that’s exactly what makes it worth something.
Not every snag is worth the same.
A pigeon is 50 XP. A peregrine falcon, 250. Rare, epic or legendary: we call that a gem.
And a reason to go out tomorrow.
Every day you snag something, your streak holds. The day you skip, it drops.
Every animal you snag gets its own page.
Common and scientific name, family, how rare it is in your country, seasonal window, odd facts, and your own snags with their dates.