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Snapshot

Snapshot is a puzzle platformer that uses pictures to pickup and move objects around to get past obstacles or solve puzzles. The game has 4 worlds to progress through with around 100 levels overall. Each level…

30 August 2012

Snapshot is an adventure developed by Retro Affect, released 30 August 2012 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Snapshot is

Snapshot is an adventure game developed by Retro Affect and released in 2012. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Snapshot is the tale of a lone robot lost in an abandoned world. Armed with only his trusty camera, Pic sets forth on his great adventure. A camera might not seem like enough for a puzzle platforming adventure, but this camera is different from most: It has the ability to capture and remove from the world the very objects that it photographs. Not only that, but it can also use its powers to paste the photos it took back into the environment! Everything that the camera captures is perfectly preserved, and when the photos are restored the objects are restored with it. On top of all of that, this amazing camera can also rotate the photos before they're pasted. Take a picture of an incoming…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Snapshot launched on 30 August 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Snapshot come out?
Snapshot was released on 30 August 2012 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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