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Have we all heard of Animal Well? Studies show it has potentially the highest ratio of animals to wells in all videogames. Released in 2024 after a seven-year development cycle, largely built by one guy, Billy Basso, Animal Well takes after many other metroidbrainias of the modern era (Fez, Tunic, etc.) and presents a lushly detailed world where progression is broken up into different layers of complexity. As players descend through each layer, puzzles become more cryptic, involved, and may necessitate community efforts to find wherever the end lies.
The LP
Alright y’all, it’s been a little bit since I’ve done a proper Let’s Play, I’ll be real, but I want to do something special for this one. I could simply run through the game, finding each puzzle, waiting for a few seconds, and then telling you what the solution is, finding every secret as efficiently as possible, that old jig. But why should I have all the fun?
I’d like to invite everyone else to join me in completing Animal Well. No, you won’t need to play the game yourself; instead, you’re going to give me directions. Where I go in the world, what screens I visit, what corners I poke at, markers on the map, anything you want me to do, I’ll do it and see what happens. Of course, I may step in if we get close enough or if there are puzzles that aren’t getting solved at all, but I believe in the power of the people, I think you’ll steer me in the right directions.
Naturally, this invitation is for people who have not played Animal Well before. If you’ve already played through a particular layer, please don’t spoil it for anyone who’s seeing the game with fresh eyes.
Next recording date: 03 August
Episodes
Episode 1
Episode 2
