No one likes waiting, especially when there’s nothing to do to pass the time. Peak developer Landfall Games had that same thought when working on Peak’s most recent DillyDally update. It adds a handful of activities to lobbies while waiting for other players to join, including a basketball hoop, photo booth, and chess pieces.
Players went straight to work with the chess pieces, but not according to official rules the classic game uses.
“My friend and I got bored after we finished a climb,” wrote Imanthony89 in a post on the Peak subreddit. “Used all the chess pieces and bing bong. That’s a queen and a few pawns above the rafters”
The update released last week, and social media was flooded with chess pieces stacked ceiling-high in the airport lobby over the weekend. Peak’s physics system, which can lead to some quirky antics on climbs, turned out to be perfect for some extracurricular activities for the scouts.
Peak lobbies are set in airport waiting areas, as the game begins with a playful loading-screen plane crash that sets you and your friends off on your journey to summit a procedurally generated mountain. The climb is almost never easy, so it makes sense that scouts should have some fun while waiting in the terminal.
Landfall Games and publisher Aggro Crab have released a few updates since Peak became a massive hit when it launched in June. A new biome, the Mesa–complete with tornadoes, scorching heat, and scorpions–was added in August. Another biome has also been teased, but no confirmed details have been shared yet.
