#SnakePass

[amylidgett]

Sunset drive somewhere over the Snake Pass . . . #snakepass #fujifilmga645zi #mediumformat #kodakportra400 #kodakfilm #filmphotography #landscape #analogphotography #sunset (at Snake Pass, High Peak) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTP2Ym5NbN1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[dennyandmattgocycling]

Ladybower reservoir feeling almost tropical in the heat. #ladybowerreservoir #ladybower #winhill #hopevalley #snakepass #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #peakdistrictwalks #peakdistrictphotography #peakdistrictwalkers #canonm50 (at Ladybower Reservoir) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf7FF3JDuWR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[larazoma]

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Wuff! . . . . . . . #snakepass #snakepasswoodland #cockerspaniel #dogsofinstagram #cockerspanielsofinstagram #walkies #dog (at Snake Pass) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnmltv4BsWg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1skz34lhfuhem

[jakecarson90]

⁣ Canon EOS 250D | 18mm | 1/30s | f/11 | ISO 100⁣ Taken on 07/09/2020.⁣ ⁣ Traversing the Pennines between the northern cities of Manchester and Sheffield, the Snake Pass inspires admiration and trepidation in equal measures.⁣ ⁣ The starting point of the hill pass is slightly east of the town of Glossop, just inside the boundaries of the Peak District. The road remains within the national park for the entirety of the route, adding to its attractiveness as a scenic drive.⁣ ⁣ Many people assume that the Snake Pass took its name in reference to its many twists and turns as it weaves its way through the dramatic landscape. However, while the serpentine route may imitate the animal itself, the real meaning behind the moniker is more prosaic.⁣ ⁣ The road actually acquired its name from the Snake Inn, a popular pub along the route. Interestingly, the situation was later reversed when the Snake Inn renamed itself the Snake Pass Inn, so the pub took its name from the road, which in turn took its name from the pub!⁣ ⁣ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:⁣ ⁣ There's a bus service run by 'Hulleys of Baslow' that runs from Sheffield to Manchester and vice-versa. The bus line is called SnakeX57, with a single adult fare costing up to £8 and a return £10.⁣ ______________________________________⁣ ⁣ #SnakePass #Pennines #Derbyshire #VisitDerbyshire #DerbyshirePhotographer #Heather #TourOfBritain #NationalGeographic #LonelyPlanet #RoughGuides #England #Britain #GreatBritain #VisitEngland #VisitBritain #Travel_Europe #ScenicLocations #EnglandsBigPicture #OutdoorCulture #AdventureMore #Epic_Captures #UnlimitedParadise #DiscoveryEarth #TravelOn #ExploringTheGlobe #FlashesOfDelight #ArtOfVisuals #TheCreative #TravelPix #RoamThePlanet (at Snake Pass) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIF4V7glaui/?igshid=1gx6bbalms8av

[robotsplayinggames]

@RobotsPlayingGames 🤖💜🕹️ Humbled Bundle is having a big sale and is also giving away a Humble Freebie: 🤩 Snake Pass (Steam Key). Snake Pass is a 3D puzzle platform game developed and published by Sumo Digital for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. You play as a snake (named Noodle with his bird sidekick named Doodle) traversing floating islands in themed levels. It's a very unique platformer where you cannot jump 😲, and have to move in a way similar to a real snake in order to traverse effectively. About the Game: When the tranquillity of Haven Tor is interrupted by a mysterious interloper only the unlikeliest of heroes can save the day! Meet Noodle the Snake and his hyperactive best friend, Doodle the Hummingbird, who together must reunite the missing Keystones with the magical gates that give Haven Tor its mythical power. A unique, physics-based puzzle platform game, Snake Pass challenges players to ‘think like a snake’ as they tackle precarious puzzles as only a snake can. Slither through long grass, coil around bamboo and climb out of trouble in the latest game from award-winning independent studio Sumo Digital! Get it here: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkudbr (direct link) or head to "Humble bundle.com" and you can easily find it. Don't forget to redeem your free key in Steam because it expires! Follow me 🤗: @RobotsPlayingGames 🤖💜🕹️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ----------------------------------- RPG: Robots Playing Games #snakepass #humblebundle #pcgames #pcgaming #freegame #freestuff #epicgames #freegiveaway #retrocollective #retrogamer #gamergirlsofinstagram #girlgamersupport #girlgamer #gamergirl #gamergirls #girlgamersunite #gaminglife #videogames #playinggames #instagaming #gamestagram #gamingcommunity #games #gaming #gamerlife #game #videogame #instagame #DigitalArt #Designer https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTkyuynJ6D/?igshid=5c7vzerl1z5y

[counter-target-spell]

All this time I thought that snake pass was a really crummy free to play game not a really good platformer

[outlet-the-robot]

In @crankgameplays‘s Snakepass video he brought up a nightmare he had as a wee boi about a giant snake strangling him. And for some reason I decided to depict the snake back for revenge. I dunno, I’m tired. Noodle attempting to eat a blueberry or something. Always ask first.

[compassgr]

Snake Pass is a hill pass in the Derbyshiresection of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton. The road was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1821. The pass carries the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield, but it is no longer the main signposted route between those two cities. Are you up for adventure?? Let COMPASS arrange that beautiful trip for you! More info: info@compasstravel.gr | t. +302310818111 COMPASS | We care. #compassgr #snakepass #ladyclough #forest #woods #uk #trip #walk #hiking #vacation #adventureseeker #traveladdict #travelaroundtheworld #sightseeing (at Snake Pass) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtBA-uggzDe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5u0y7vpl7ujb

[robotarmsapts]

My bro is livestreaming Snake Pass on the PC right now! He hasn’t been at long, so come on by and check it out! 

https://www.twitch.tv/davidgxlive

[amylidgett]

Somewhere Over The Snake Pass

Photographed by Amy Lidgett 

[dennyandmattgocycling]

The Ladybower Reservoir from above Derwent Edge #ladybowerreservoir #ladybower #derwentvalley #derwentedge #snakepass #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #peakdistrictwalks #peakdistrictphotography #dronephotography #droneshots #djimini2 (at Ladybower Reservoir) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRgn98QDY6E/?utm_medium=tumblr

[elbenttattoo]

Snake head with a dagger done @dctattooexpo, from my flashbook. . #Snake #Snakepassion #snaketattoos #chesttattoos #traditionaltattoos #trad_workers #cleantattoos #traditional_flash #boldtattoos #paristattoos #tradtattoos #ink #tattoolife #tatouagemagazine #tattooers #traditionaltattooers #boldtattoos #instattoos #instatattoos #tattoosofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B7q9axPC5Uv/?igshid=y2hql1xap9vj

[bytesizegaming-blog1]

I genuinely can't get enough of this game! There's just something about it. #nintendo #switch #nintendoswitch #snakepass #gamer #gaming

[dinonuggies459]

My boyfriend and I are playing as a Snek. He's having a blast. So am I

[robotsplayinggames]

@RobotsPlayingGames 🤖💜🕹️ Humbled Bundle is having a big sale and is also giving away a Humble Freebie: 🤩 Snake Pass (Steam Key). Snake Pass is a 3D puzzle platform game developed and published by Sumo Digital for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. You play as a snake (named Noodle with his bird sidekick named Doodle) traversing floating islands in themed levels. It's a very unique platformer where you cannot jump 😲, and have to move in a way similar to a real snake in order to traverse effectively. About the Game: When the tranquillity of Haven Tor is interrupted by a mysterious interloper only the unlikeliest of heroes can save the day! Meet Noodle the Snake and his hyperactive best friend, Doodle the Hummingbird, who together must reunite the missing Keystones with the magical gates that give Haven Tor its mythical power. A unique, physics-based puzzle platform game, Snake Pass challenges players to ‘think like a snake’ as they tackle precarious puzzles as only a snake can. Slither through long grass, coil around bamboo and climb out of trouble in the latest game from award-winning independent studio Sumo Digital! Get it here: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkudbr (direct link) or head to "Humble bundle.com" and you can easily find it. Don't forget to redeem your free key in Steam because it expires! Follow me 🤗: @RobotsPlayingGames 🤖💜🕹️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ----------------------------------- RPG: Robots Playing Games #snakepass #humblebundle #pcgames #pcgaming #freegame #freestuff #epicgames #freegiveaway #retrocollective #retrogamer #gamergirlsofinstagram #girlgamersupport #girlgamer #gamergirl #gamergirls #girlgamersunite #gaminglife #videogames #playinggames #instagaming #gamestagram #gamingcommunity #games #gaming #gamerlife #game #videogame #instagame #DigitalArt #Designer https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTkyuynJ6D/?igshid=hh91p0fd1nvq

[tomorrowedblog]

Snake Pass and Has-Been Heroes: Do games need a soul?

What is soul in any piece of art? I can really only define it for myself, in my own experience: For me it’s the quirks, the craft, and the little details that make something shine. The idiosyncrasies, the wit, and the moment that you can feel it all come together.

So do games need a soul? I played both Snake Pass and Has-Been Heroes and found myself asking that question more than once. I’m going to try to write my way through this thought.

When the tranquillity of Haven Tor is interrupted by a mysterious interloper only the unlikeliest of heroes can save the day! Meet Noodle the Snake and his hyperactive best friend, Doodle the Hummingbird, who together must reunite the missing Keystones with the magical gates that give Haven Tor its mythical power. A unique, physics-based puzzle platform game, Snake Pass challenges players to ‘think like a snake’ as they tackle precarious puzzles as only a snake can. Slither through long grass, coil around bamboo and climb out of trouble in the latest game from award-winning independent studio Sumo Digital!

Okay, a puzzle-y adventure! I’m up for one of those! Check that description out, right? Noodle the Snake, Doodle the Hummingbird, Haven Tor, a mysterious interloper! This is going to be cool, I can’t wait to get into it!

But as the game went on I began to notice something: I had assumed wrong, this wasn’t an adventure, this was just a puzzle game! The levels are just puzzles. Sure, there are primary and optional objectives of the puzzles, but you really can’t stray far from the path. The characters, Noodle and Doodle, are meaningless. Noodle, the snake, is how the player interacts with the world. Doodle, the hummingbird, is a living tutorial. Just the tools given to the player to solve the puzzle. A deadness behind the veneer.

And it continues: The story, the characters, the level design, the graphics, the music; there isn’t any soul behind any of it. It all works fine, but nothing more; which leaves me with a really weird feeling. Am I playing some elaborate tech demo? The lack of any soul makes the entirety of Snake Pass feel like an afterthought. A game engine demo, and nothing more.

Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King’s twin princesses to school!

Players control three characters during the journey and must focus on coordinating melee attacks, managing cooldowns and combining hundreds of different spells to create devastating combo effects, all in order to defeat an endless army of undead, summoned in their path by the Great Ghoul!

The rewarding strategy game features irreverent humor, expanding world maps and increasing levels of difficulty, compounded by the specter of permadeath. The massive quantity and randomness of spells and items, as well as additional unlockable heroes allow for thousands of new experiences, forcing players to change their playstyle each time they start a new game.

Ahh, alright! A humorous roguelike about escorting a king’s daughters to school. I love roguelikes, so I’m all ready for this one. I already knew the deal: I was going to die in some funny ways, but those runs would at least allow me to learn the ropes and maybe unlock some helpful items, right? It should be fun.

Actually playing the game felt like getting a tooth drilled out. None of the ��jokes” are actually funny, the game balance is all over the place, and losing a run made me feel like deleting the game. Frustrating? That’s putting it lightly. The game is so close to a revelation, though. With a few tweaks it could be an amazing game, but that just makes it’s current state even more unfortunate. A soulless skeleton of a game that could potentially be something much better.

And I mean that genuinely. Some changes to the way the game is balanced would help a lot! But can you add a soul post release? Sure, it’s possible to change some of the writing — the jokes in particular — but can you add more than that? Can you add an emulsifier to make it all work together?

So do games need a soul? I think I think so. I think a soul can help fill in gaps left unfilled. I think it can help emulsify individual components of a game. I think there has to be something behind the veneer, or what you’re left with is just that, a veneer. But… hey, what do I know, I’m just writing my way through the thought.