The Ludicrous Depths of Animal Well
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Published 2024-05-22
Minimal spoilers until the very end. My crazy experience with the layers of Animal Well as well as some of my theories on the lore.
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0:00 Intro
3:27 Layer 1: The Flame Hunt
4:24 Layer 2: The Egg Hunt
5:38 Layer 3: The Bunny Hunt
7:13 Lay_r *&^%$
9:28 (SPOILERS) Lore Theories
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#animalwell #billybasso #bigmode #dunkey #videoessay #dankym
All Comments (21)
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I forgot they're MEGA bytes.
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That moment of falling down the well is so good i was like "oh so thats why its called that."
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I'd also highly recommend people try to finish the egg hunt on their own. I was at a frustration point where I was finding secret bunnies instead of eggs at several points, but the eggs really aren't unfair in the way the bunnies are. I simply missed an obvious tunnel for my 64th egg. The eggs are totally doable solo. The bunnies realistically are not. Still a fantastic puzzle game.
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In animal well, we play as a tamagotchi pet that went to the afterlife
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I have never played a game in recent history that has encouraged me to want to find the secrets on my own so much. Granted I’m not as much as a deep diver, so I’ll be happy to use a guide for the bunnies, but every discovery that I made on my own felt sooutrageous and I loved it.
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those are Megabytes 😂 a millibyte would be a thousandth of a byte, which is impossible
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I can't help but remember where the eggs are at everytime I watch an Animal Well video. Then when you get past layer 3, I can't help but feel sad that I couldn't figure it out. But at least it was a widespread community that was able to figure it out. Great video.
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I enjoyed the flame hunt and 95% of the egg hunt, but as a completionist, the bunny hunt just left a sour taste in my mouth because I was forced to use a guide. It was either a guide or spending 20 more hours scouring the map to look for even more cryptic secrets (I already have 20h in the game) and I didn’t feel like that was a good use of my time.
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13:48 "Luke being Darth Vader's father" is a crazy backwards twist of words (unless there's an even crazier star wars theory here I'm missing)
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Great video! This feeling of communal togetherness and absolutely wild speculations was exactly the feeling I felt when Fez first came out, which is a huge inspiration for this game. It's almost nostalgic to me and feels like a massive love-letter to Fez; love what billy has put together!
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That intro was brilliant and insightful One of the best 2 and a half minutes of a YouTube video Thanks for not just padding, but adding genuine thought
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Elephant head located above the room where you can first meet the chinchillas and the porcupines. Its background art on the wall
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It's strange that you thought the game ended at the manticore because it was constantly advertised as a game with immense depth. Stating that the game has 3 layers of depth: main story > achievements > beyond. There was even a lot of coverage about the dev saying it could take years to find all the secrets.
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Animal Well is very much like Tunic in that regard, with the insane secrets. You have the standard surface level apprecation. But then they have crazy deep secrets! I love both games!
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I believe another layer has been found after the one you mentioned. I saw something on youtube, i wont spoil it but it involves a ring and out of bounds stuff. Im not sure how much it adds, but i dont think everything has been found yet, but i could be wrong
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I've been waiting for this video! One thing you didn't mention that I think 100% makes since is that Animal Well takes place in the the gravity well of a black hole or warp in space time. It would explain the shape of the map and make the title itself a riddle which would be very fitting.
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There is an elephant visible in the game!
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Me being a piece of poop was a way bigger realization than finding out that Anakin was actually Luke's son, not the other way around
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Dude I’m looking at your back catalog and damn, those are definitely going on the queue. Easy sub
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This channel will be a-big someday, and I'm soooo here for it!
