This year’s most inventive game was Snake Pass - a squirmy interactive toy that came together thanks to some smart design decisions, and a dash of good luck.

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Sources

The Making of Snake Pass | Nintendo UK
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2017/April/The-Making-Of-Snake-Pass-1213865.html

The Story of Snake Pass - Dev Diary | Sumo Digital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOsoM4IQhj0

Snake Biology: Getting Technical - Snake Pass Dev Diary | Sumo Digital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKPeXlbws80

Interview: Sumo Digital On Snake Pass And Slithering Into Self-Publishing | The Sixth Axis
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2017/03/24/interview-sumo-digital-on-snake-pass-and-slithering-into-self-publishing/

Thanks to Split Hare Games for the Unreal Engine Assist
https://splithare.itch.io/
https://twitter.com/splitharegames

Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance)

Event[0] (Ocelot Society, 2016)
Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games, 2017)
Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 2017)
Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal, 2017)
Nioh (Team Ninja, 2017)
The Sexy Brutale (Cavalier Game Studios, 2017)
ECHO (Ultra Ultra, 2017)
Her Story (Sam Barlow, 2015)
Ratchet and Clank (Insomniac, 2016)
Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 2017)
Yooka-Laylee (Playtonic Games, 2017)
A Hat in Time (Gears for Breakfast, 2017)
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (Vicarious Visions, 2017)
Super Lucky's Tale (Playful Corp., 2017)
Knack II (SIE Japan Studio, 2017)
Sonic Forces (Sonic Team, 2017)
Snake Pass (Sumo Digital, 2017)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Retro Studios, 2014)
LittleBigPlanet 2 (Media Molecule, 2011)
Dear Esther (The Chinese Room, 2012)
No Brakes Valet (Captain Games, 2013)
Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Young Horses, 2014)
Human: Fall Flat (No Brakes Games, 2016)
Grow Home (Ubisoft Reflections, 2015)
I Am Bread (Bossa Studios, 2015)
The End Is Nigh (Edmund McMillen & Tyler Glaiel, 2017)
Banjo Kazooie (Rare, 1998)
Papers, Please (Lucas Pope, 2013)

Music used in this episode

Let’s Start at the Beginning (Lee Rosevere, Music For Podcasts)
Bol-Dor's Realm (Snake Pass)
Sog-Gee's Realm (Snake Pass)
Cyn Derr's Realm (Snake Pass)
Bloh Wee's Realm (Snake Pass)
Let’s Start at the Beginning (Lee Rosevere, Music For Podcasts)