The greatness and quality of a video game is not measured by file size and Animal Well is the best example of this. Billy Basso’s work has captivated the community and the press with a excellent 91 on Metacritic which catapults it among the best titles of 2024. The metroidvania is full of surprises, even outside its virtual environment.
During a talk with Game Filethe developer has revealed the reason behind the game weighs only 38 MB on PC. “I just tried to program it in a compact and straightforward way. The size of the game can be mainly attributed to the fact that the game uses a custom engine, with no unnecessary features included, and [mi] use of low-resolution pixel art resources,” says the creator.
So much so that even a dark image generated by the Unity engine would outweigh everything Animal Well, but the incredible comes with the PS5 version. On the Sony console its weight increases to 101 MB, but it is due to the 4K screen that we see in the platform menu before starting the game “it’s probably bigger than the game“.
With seven years of development under his belt, Basso has thought back to that time when he was younger, when games felt magical and unknown. I just want to recreate that experience for a modern audience.” There are still so many secrets to be discovered in Animal Well, but it seems that its arrival on Xbox is on the right track. “We definitely want to do the port at some point,” clarifies Dan Adelman, Basso’s business partner.
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