ANIMAL WELL — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Animal Well is in the Hidden Depths Bundle! | 2026-04-16 | The Hidden Depths bundle is out now on Steam!If you like games that make you whip out your pen and notebook, the hit indie titles in the Hidden Depths bundle are for you! Blue Prince, Fez, Outer Wilds, Tunic, and Animal Well, are now bundled together for all of your highly acclaimed and award-winning puzzling needs. Playing these will make you feel like you're going down the well again for the first time.Animal WellAnimal Well is an action-adventure game about exploring a dark, dense labyrinth. Collect items, interact with its mysterious denizens, and see what lurks at the bottom of the well.Blue PrinceIn Blue Prince, you embark on a genre-de |
| PLUSHIES AND SWEATER | 2026-02-18 | Official Animal Well plushies (and a very beautiful sweater) from Fangamer are now available! These have been in the works for a long time, and have turned out extremely well! They are made with quality materials and feature many secret details that are enjoyable to discover.Weiner Dog Plush Player Character Plush Peacock's Treasure Sweater Thank you again for being the best fans! |
| New Physical Editions! | 2025-07-29 | I know a lot of people were sad to realize they missed the limited physical release last year -- but today is a new day, and you needn't be sad any more. We've partnered with both Super Deluxe and Lost in Cult, to bring retail versions of Animal Well all over the world.Lost in Cult is publishing in America, and Europe. You'll be able to order it from their website, or pick it up at a variety of retail stores later this year.The Lost in cult retail edition feature a new cover by the very talented @Madebyabra, in a really nice clay-mation kind of style.If you order from Lost in Cult's website, you'll also have the option to get an alternative c |
| Announcing Animal Well: Design Works 🐇 | 2025-05-08 | In honor of the one year anniversary of ANIMAL WELL's launch, we are extremely excited to announce a new collaboration with Lost In Cult. Please enjoy the official press release below: To be enjoyed long after the world loses its internet connection. Lost In Cult x Billy Basso x Bigmode proudly present Animal Well: Design Works. Unearth the creation story of one of the decade's most ingenious indies. Developed over a seven year period by its remarkably talented creator Billy Basso, this is a development story for the ages, and one that deserves to be detailed, documented and discussed for years to come. From forgotten prototypes and years of |
| The Making of Animal Well | 2025-02-27 | It's been in production since last summer, but I recently got to see a near final edit and it turned out great. Today we finally get to watch it! |
| Groundhog Day 20% Discount Celebration | 2025-02-02 | Six more weeks of winter... but at least you can play Animal Well! |
| ANIMAL WELL in The Steam Awards! | 2024-11-28 | This year has been completely wild. The response to ANIMAL WELL has been more than I ever could have imagined. If you’ve been enjoying it, and find it appropriate within your heart, consider nominating ANIMAL WELL for some Steam Awards! Also, to celebrate, ANIMAL WELL is currently 20% off Thank you, as always, and enjoy your gaming. |
| ANIMAL WELL MERCH | 2024-11-18 | We are happy to announce that we've been secretly working with Fangamer on some very desirable merchandise, and it is available to you right at this moment! Clandestine Creatures - T-shirt Ghost - Lenticular Pin Effigies in the Depths - Desk mat Thank you all for being the best fans! |
| ANIMAL WELL is nominated for the Golden Joystick Awards! | 2024-10-23 | It's with a great big smile that we get to announce that ANIMAL WELL has been nominated for two Golden Joystick awards: Best Indie Game, and PC Game of the Year! If you've been enjoying playing it this year... Vote here! https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/ Thank you so very much for the continued support! Update: ANIMAL WELL is now also nominated for ULTIMATE Game of the Year! https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/ |
| Minor change to input handling | 2024-10-22 | Input is now accepted from all connected gamepads, regardless of player index. This should result in a smoother experience when multiple gamepads are connected. You can even play with multiple gamepads at the same time if, for whatever reason, you wanted to do that. |
| ANIMAL WELL figure pre-orders open! | 2024-09-20 | Featuring game-accurate tufts of grass! Visit the BIGMODE website to pre-order your ANIMAL WELL figure- https://bigmode.com/shop/animal-well-modo Add an air of mystery and playfulness to your space with the exclusive ANIMAL WELL Modo. The familiar blob peers up curiously at an unsuspecting white rabbit, surrounded by vibrant blades of grass which are akin to the exact tufts found in game. Bigmode Modos are collectible clay-model styled statuettes of all your favorite Bigmode icons! Original sculpts made by design mastermind Mushbuh. Vinyl figure with PVC base is 3.5" high total. Base measures 2.75" deep by 2.75" wide. ***Pre-order window clos |
| More minor fixes | 2024-06-14 | -- Improved Korean localization, along with other small adjustments to others languages -- Fixed softlock where player could get trapped behind fallen stalactite without the ability to reach their disc |
| More small fixes and adjustments | 2024-06-05 | -- improved Korean localization -- fixed bug where walking through a certain door at a certain time would result in player exiting in the wrong place -- Sack now sparkles |
| Some small fixes and adjustments | 2024-06-03 | -- Fixed bug where player could reach zero heath and not die in a specific situation -- Added another fix for save files that experienced missing mock disc bug in past and never got fixed -- Added tiny hint that a certain situation is dangerous -- A certain creature can now walk on water |
| Lowered SSE4.1 requirement for CPU to SSE3 | 2024-05-28 | Previously the game required SSE4.1 to run. I've now made some slight modifications so as to only require SSE3. This will improve compatibility with some older CPUs. |
| Added Controller Speaker Toggle | 2024-05-27 | You no longer need to put tape over the speaker. |
| Small Fixes | 2024-05-27 | -- Added better error message to let players know their video card or driver doesn't support dx12 -- Fixed issue where player could clip through a wall while climbing ladders in a couple spots -- Fixed a certain entity sometimes appearing in a space it was not supposed to -- Fixed exploit involving the flute, and a very specific secret area |
| Some more small fixes | 2024-05-23 | -- fixed potential soft lock when breaking large stalactite in bat cave -- fixed potential flickering in very very very late game area -- adjusted a few vines to remove some misleading single pixels gaps in map visibility -- fixed issue where kangaroo would on one occasion spawn one tile above the ground -- fixed black screen when exiting from a certain area and starting a new game |
| Fixed startup crash | 2024-05-21 | This should hopefully fix a startup crash that some people were seeing! If you are still having issues let me know. Thank you for your patience! |
| More fixes!!! | 2024-05-20 | -- In rare situations where you missed out on a certain late game event, in previous builds, you now have another chance to access it. -- Added an additional point where the speedrun timer flashes on screen -- adjusted collider width of fish head by one pixel -- added more detailed error messages for when the game fails to start -- fixed missing glyphs in credits in some other languages This patch, does not fix the startup crash some people have been experiencing, but I am now setup to more easily debug it. If you are one of the people experiencing it, I would greatly appreciate if you could go into the Windows Event Viewer, and share the err |