[HN Gopher] Animal Well Released
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Animal Well Released
Author : vargr616
Score : 43 points
Date : 2024-05-10 09:03 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.animalwell.net)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.animalwell.net)
| icapybara wrote:
| This game is excellent.
| PurpleRamen wrote:
| What is so excellent about this game?
| ozymandias8 wrote:
| Sense of discovery and exploration, the interaction between
| different game mechanics, and the way the game teaches you
| how to do things while still making the puzzles feel
| gratifying to solve. Atmosphere is so strong. The visuals,
| sound, and art design all come together really well.
|
| There's really a lot to like here. Whether or not it's worth
| the hype is a different question, but I'm very impressed at
| this game especially considering it's a 1 person dev team.
| jonhohle wrote:
| This has got to be one of the biggest marketing pushes for an
| "indie" game I've every seen. Having not heard of the game prior
| to yesterday and now seeing it on a twitch stream I subscribe to,
| YouTube channels I subscribe to, and now HN is way too
| coordinated to be organic. Seeing Dan Adelman attached to
| marketing further confirms that (not a knock, but that's kind of
| like attaching Wes Anderson to an "indie" movie).
|
| The game looks awesome, is getting a lot of positive reviews from
| people I generally agree with, but it's starting to feel like a
| lot of astroturf, which turns me off.
| smegsicle wrote:
| bigmode games is sometimes referred to as the kgb of videogame
| publishers for their over the top stealth marketing campaigns
| crtasm wrote:
| How can that be when this is their first release?
| happytoexplain wrote:
| I get it, but I absolutely hate that this question has to come
| up every time anything gets "too much" attention. I wish we
| could just put off the out-loud doubt a little more, even if it
| often turns out to be validated. It usually doesn't feel like
| the negativity is a good trade-off for the benefit of
| potentially rightfully calling out astroturfing.
|
| For what it's worth, this one is published by Dunkey, a popular
| comedic (i.e. memeable) video game YouTuber, so I'm not
| surprised to see it get a lot of talk.
| jitl wrote:
| Game made by one dude - art, programming, sound - is an indie
| game. Pretty different than a Wes Anderson flick.
|
| This is also the first game from the game's publisher Bigmode
| Games. However Bigmode is started by dunkey, a very popular and
| influential video game YouTuber.
| johnchristopher wrote:
| Trailer reminds me of knytt and a cave story and the goonies II.
|
| Is it a hard platformer ? Doesn't look like it.
| theogravity wrote:
| > goonies II
|
| Now I'm interested. Loved Goonies II on the NES.
| johnchristopher wrote:
| It's the yo-yo :).
| theogravity wrote:
| https://www.metacritic.com/game/animal-well/
| mrbluecoat wrote:
| Nice artwork, like Mario Bros. glow bowling.
|
| Seizure strobe warning on the fireworks scene, though (timestamp
| 0.58s).
| theogravity wrote:
| Tried it out for 15 mins. It's more of a puzzle platformer than
| it is a metroidvania. The environment and SFX are really
| gorgeous, and has this air of mystery about it.
|
| The game is free for PS plus members (which is how I got it). Not
| sure if it is free for gamepass members or not.
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