How Animal Well Became 2024’s Award-Winning Indie Metroidvania—And the Developer’s Unique Constraints That Made It Possible
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://noisypixel.net/animal-well-2024-indie-game-success/
Discover how Animal Well became 2024’s award-winning indie sensation. Solo developer Billy Basso built a custom C++ engine, prioritized optimization, and embraced creative constraints to craft this atmospheric Metroidvania masterpiece.
I must have listened to most of the interviews done by Billy Basso at this point, most recently the one he did for handmadecon.
I don’t know how, having very little formal education but it makes me want to learn. Definitely not the best use of time if your objective is to make P, and prototype quickly, but damn is it inspiring.
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