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The Mary Sue · Feb 9

"There's always a loose end, trailing off into the distance": Inside the mind of a Metroidvania creator and how they spin up mysteries

Interview | Uncovering the secrets of Animal Well, Tunic and UFO 50 with the devs themselves

GamesRadar · Dec 23, 2025

BAFTA Games Awards 2025 nominations show the rise of indie games as serious rivals to AAA dominance

A raft of nominations is proof that creative innovation needn't be limited by budget.

Creative Bloq · Apr 1, 2025

Surprise! Microsoft shadow dropped 2 new Xbox games, including one of this year's biggest indies and an FPS that reminds me of a Halo mode

During Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview event, both the new FPS Blindfire and the popular Metroidvania Animal Well shadow dropped on Xbox Series X|S.

Windows Central · Oct 17, 2024

2024’s best Metroidvania Animal Well might not get a sequel, but its creator wants to make another game in the same 8-bit universe

Whatever's next hasn't been "pieced together yet"

GamesRadar · May 26, 2024

After making a game with a file size so tiny it was dwarfed by its own PS5 background, developer of hit Metroidvania Animal Well says "I didn't do anything clever"

Animal Well takes up a tiny amount of space

GamesRadar · May 25, 2024

Animal Well developer Billy Basso hints at a new game that will 'be in the same universe but may not be a direct sequel'

The fun continues.

PC Gamer · May 23, 2024

Animal Well's solo dev casually reveals that the breakout metroidvania left 'at least twice as many rooms that are in the game' on the cutting room floor

Iterate, then obliterate.

PC Gamer · May 17, 2024

Solo dev behind breakout Metroidvania hit Animal Well says his game has 256 encounters, but he had to cut at least 500 of them during development

"Designing a Metroidvania is a lot harder than designing a linear platformer"

GamesRadar · May 16, 2024

In an era of 100GB games, breakout Metroidvania hit Animal Well is only 34MB - so small that its 4K PS5 background is "likely larger than the game"

That's just 37% of its Metacritic score

GamesRadar · May 14, 2024