Feature: “I Avoided Almost All The Existing Tropes” – Peeling Back The Layers Of GOTY Contender Animal Well

“No matter what you put in a game, it will get found”.

Who the heck spends seven years making a video game about animals — literally, just animals?

The game in question, Animal Well, isn’t a farm game, it’s not a virtual pet game, it’s not even some kind of cosy simulator. On top of that, if you were only handed the back-of-the-box descriptors — “Metroidvania,” “pixel-art,” “retro-inspired” — it might quickly slide out of your brain, given how it sounds indistinguishable from most rank-and-file indie games.

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