Tunic also has a lot of the "music that speaks to you subliminally"

Love this video! The music is used to such good effect throughout the game, even when you’re barely aware it’s playing. I also wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more ambient motifs that can be played on your flute that will unlock further secrets.

A word that kept arising for me while listening to the various tracks: atmospheric. Nice job, man!

I was reminded a lot of Portal 2, which also has a lot of "emergent music" gradually appearing as you interact with objects in the world.

I watched this thinking you had perhaps discovered secret music notation in the artwork (I wouldn't be surprised if that is still the case!) and yet I was not disappointed you didn't. The music and other audio in this game are stunning. Everything fits so perfectly. My favourites are the beat of the chameleon as it feeds, and the rhythm of the yellow and green platforms that raise you up by different amounts, especially the staircases that you glide upwards on instead of jumping from step to step. There's unexpected musicality in other areas too, like the dog's barks or the firecracker bursts for example. I feel there could easily be some flute sequences in things like this that are yet to be found. Edit: I just remembered another favourite musical motif. There is a piece of background music near the end of the game (or between endings might be more accurate) that reminds me of the underwater music in Jaws. Not the scary Dum-Dum theme, but the slightly suspenseful, bad feeling, theme. It fits the mood really well.

Thank you for showing it and making it visually understandable

awesome video for an awesome game! how i wish i knew what vst / midi instruments they used to make the music, its so sick

I want to see someone doing something amazing with the flute

Very happy this made it to my recommended, what a cool game and cool video as well

3:55 I've gotten through all 4 layers (with internet help ofc). Where does the secret track play?

@namedude92

2 күн бұрын

it plays while listening to the time capsule

@zuperman13

2 күн бұрын

The other reply is incorrect. This track is not known to play anywhere in-game, however it is still in the files. It was used in promotional videos and in older versions of the game, as the credits theme. The time capsule song is completely different.

@namedude92

2 күн бұрын

@@zuperman13 my bad

4:04 sounds almost like Cave Story 🥺

great video !

Billy Basso and others involved were definitely sneaky about a lot of things, and the soundtrack was interesting at times, but also quite dull. The boss/ semi-boss room music is not what I'd call engaging, its rather monotonous actually and I don't know what tone it was going for. In fact a lot of the music has a generally atmospheric quality like dog ghost land mostly being howling, barking, and other odd background noise all swept up in sort of a windy fluttering. Its nice that a lot the music is so understated, but Axiom Verge, Environmental Station Alpha, Cave Story and *Super Metroid* kind of already did a lot this sort of experimentation with discordant notes, weird time signatures, etc.. Its nice that it was thought out clearly by the team that worked on Animal Well, but I'm not sure where the line between "all of the background sounds animals make counts as music too" and having to listen to the terrible Town music that played in King's Quest V due to a lack of good midi support on anything post Windows 98se being branded as "experimental and quirky" if you didn't know why it wasn't supposed to sound like that. I personally love Mother 2's soundtrack, its fun, engaging, mysterious and is very memorable. Animal Well is dialed way back and can actually get annoying when a lot of the music is actually recycled. Save room music was pretty good though. When you do get "the flute" a lot of things in the game change and open up for the player, but if you aren't particularly that interested in the music, then you won't get much of anything out of it- which is how I felt. I felt limited like it was 1997 and I was playing the Ocarina on an N64, but without any of the C-buttons. Speaking of which, Link's Awakening has a much better soundtrack than the sort of 8-bit style that Animal Well is going for. Then when I started seeing some of the secrets that were bound just to music I actually stopped playing because it seemed sort of tedious and almost ridiculous.

Very nice video

Appreciation where its deserved ¦3

im going to pretend i understood most of that😅

For me Animal Well is a smaller, easier and more casual brother of Rain World.

@Cultnatise

5 күн бұрын

I understand what you mean but I think that they are different experiences and not the same in many ways.

@vihtormch7512

5 күн бұрын

@@Cultnatise noita+celeste+rw

@thalianTutor

2 күн бұрын

Me when I’ve only played indie platformers

@panampace

2 күн бұрын

⁠@@CultnatiseThey have a lot of similarities too tho. I was really drawn to Rain World but couldnt get far, Animal Well scratches the itch I was looking for.

@vihtormch7512

2 күн бұрын

@@thalianTutor poor soul