2024’s best Metroidvania Animal Well might not get a sequel, but its creator wants to make another game in the same 8-bit universe
Whatever's next hasn't been "pieced together yet"
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EXPLAINED: Animal well | Vintage Vibes
Solo dev behind breakout Metroidvania hit Animal Well says his game has 256 encounters, but he had to cut at least 500 of them during development
"Designing a Metroidvania is a lot harder than designing a linear platformer"
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‘I’m doing puzzles that may take 10 years to solve’: Animal Well, a mysterious video game time capsule
In an industry notorious for neglecting its past, one developer is trying to make a game that will be playable (and enigmatic) long into the future
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