Animal Wellis an in-development Metroidvania from developer Billy Basso. Roughly a month after the announcement thatAnimal Wellwould be published byindie gamepublisher Bigmode Games, the game has gotten a new trailer that shows off how players will interact with animals and navigate the world.
Animal Wellcomes from Shared Memory, a game studio started by sole developer Billy Basso who would later go on to collaborate with Dan Adelman, who formerly worked in the indie divisions of Nintendo and Xbox.Animal Wellwas announced to be thefirst game to be published by Bigmode Games. Bigmode was founded by YouTuber Videogamedunkey and his wife Leah in 2022 as a way to uphold indie games that they feel are worthy of releasing while not exercising creative control.
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Animal Wellwould be featured in Dunkey’s first video of this year as well as in those of other creators. It got another full-fledged trailer on the PlayStation YouTube channel in which otherPlayStation indie exclusives likeStrayhave been featured. This new trailer shows the player character traversing the game’s characteristically blue world and using the environment and surrounding animals as means to get around while not directly fighting any of them. All this is set to a reserved yet engrossing soundtrack that beautifully complements the water-filled surroundings.
Some of the methods used for traversal shown in the trailer include riding on a chinchilla that the player guides with a green orb, jumping on lily pads to create bubbles to bounce off, and jumping off bubbles blown by a seahorse. The player character can also be seen using bombs to unlock new paths and evading a ghostly wolf creature that follows them menacingly. As was emphasized whenDunkey first announced his publishing company, he has regularly promoted indie games on his channel so long as he felt they deserved to be. This has naturally continued with Bigmode as this new trailer was promoted on Bigmode’s Twitter account.
Animal Wellis shaping up to be an especially unique addition to the current landscape of Metroidvania games in terms of gameplay and presentation, something that does wonders to help set it apart from the legions of other titles in the genre. Similar to other Metroidvanias likeThe Last Case of Benedict Foxwhich recently got a release date,Animal Well’s embrace of its unique setting has helped make it easily recognizable among its contemporaries. With these factors and the added support of Bigmode, the future continues to get brighter forAnimal Well.
Animal Wellis currently in development for PC and PS5.
