So I Tried Dunkey's Game..

[@weavatronobservatory]

Finds unlit candle. Tries to light it with firecrackers, unsuccessfully. Finds a match and asks “what’s this for?”

[@DamianSzajnowski]

Congz on finding the joke

[@weavatronobservatory]

@@DamianSzajnowski He’s 100% not joking, he’s not paying attention.

[@eliteboy7244]

@@weavatronobservatory Nah, he often pretends to not know so that his audience can tell him, thus trying to increase his engagement of Stream.

[@FlipFlab]

@@eliteboy7244either way it’s top kek

[@eliteboy7244]

@@FlipFlab true

[@musicman7943]

In animal well, Asmon has… Amnesia

[@mr.seraphom8522]

Amneeeeeeeessssiaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@Allen-qs2xr]

Best comment of 2023

[@elderman64]

​@@Allen-qs2xr Ah yes 2023

[@grayfox_yt]

@@Allen-qs2xr Too bad he won't be able to remember it. 🤣

[@headkicked]

Oh _nooooo_

[@ckf36]

It’s not Dunkey’s game. It’s Billy Basso’s game and Dunkey’s company published it. Normally I wouldn’t be a stickler about this kind of stuff, but the dude literally made the entire game himself, including the engine, over the course of 7 years

[@WolvenBolt]

I completely agree with you, unfortunately this can't be controlled, it's the way it is

[@dalgusmaximus4557]

I'm just glad asmongold. clarifies this at the very start of the video. I hope we can hear more from Billy in the future.

[@UyeGaming]

I too watched that video.

[@ACatHandler]

which is exactly what asmond said 5 seconds into the video

[@deathscreton]

He literally corrects himself five seconds into the video.

[@thoga2120]

This felt like one of those ads where the player is intentionally bad at puzzles so you get mad and want to try it yourself :D

[@stokes2923]

Asmon has said he literally does this to entice his viewers to try to beat the game themselves, it works.

[@frenchbloo]

@@stokes2923 Somehow I don't believe he was being intentionally bad here...

[@TheConnoiseurofTheArtofSnort]

​@@stokes2923 I also like to cope when I suck at games

[@stokes2923]

@@TheConnoiseurofTheArtofSnort what?

[@TheConnoiseurofTheArtofSnort]

@@stokes2923 It is a coping mechanism for asmongold the streamer guy and it is something I find myself doing as well sometimes "I wasn't even trying"

[@123370]

"Kinda like darksouls, except everything's different"

[@__BlacklotuS__]

except you need to actually be good at gaming lol

[@No2..2]

We made the dark souls of not being dark souls

[@gfamhomevideos]

Kind of like a mid between halo 2 and halo 3

[@michaelcook6288]

Based

[@CoperliteConsumer]

Just like my favorite game, Barbie dress up house.

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

This game really does feel like you're playing Animal Well

[@wobblysauce]

I keep thinking of Celest.

[@bobthemity]

@@wobblysauce nah this game plays like animal well, and supa mario bros 2

[@Agaetis181]

Really does feel like the most overrated game of all time

[@pr0c393]

No it's like halo 2 meets halo 3

[@ezioauditore6038]

Yawn

[@julianpreciado7495]

The game engine was built from scratch for the game. And the game only requires 34mb of space in disk. That fact is amazingg

[@maxington26]

@hehehehehHEHEHEH the PlayStation game banner bitmap ended up slightly larger in file size than the entire PS port itself!. Basso said he didn't do anything in particular to deliberately achieve that - it was just the result of his efficient custom engine. Amazing. Reminds me of the Amiga 2d platforming days when the game would have to fit on a 1.4mb floppy disk.... except Basso didn't actually have any such physical restrictions!

[@lorzkotzros]

Tries to light a candle for 3 minutes just to wonder 1 min afterwards what he is supposed to do with a match :D

[@nickf2657]

Classic WoW brain

[@Tclans]

😂

[@armintor2826]

Asmon's a very intelligent man, but when it comes to video game problem solving, you'll find more smarts in a dead fish.

[@okaydetar821]

@@armintor2826 What topic do I need to look up him talking about to verify this? He is funny, but where does he show his intelligence at?

[@Kradily]

@@okaydetar821idk any take on something happening in media or with money or a company…basically to echo his words “Just cause you don’t like me or like what I said don’t make it not true”

[@jacoblunchbox9499]

i was questioning the 25$ price point but after learning one guy made the engine/art/music/puzzles all by himself, i think he's earned the right to sell his game for that much. also, the game might seem short for a normal a playthrough but it goes deep, REAL DEEP. theres so much to be discovered and completionists are gonna have a great time with it. if you arent into metroidvania/puzzle games then i would wait for a sale but i think if you're a fan of the genres then 25$ is well worth the money. best puzzlevania on the market hands down, not a well-like out there that can touch this game

[@anaximanderification]

His life? Changed.

[@Gidon147]

The Game? SO tried

[@bakuokarthoss5168]

Hotel? TRIVAGO

[@purpleninja102]

"Getting better everyday" was in reference to him growing a couple of brain cells as he played this game

[@Gidon147]

@@purpleninja102 no tutorial popups, game 100% explains itself without text. Asmons hardest weakness does not exist in this game, so actually his existing braincells (the ones responsible for getting good and getting angry) had more breathing room.

[@phantombigboss8429]

@@purpleninja102 Game visually looks stupid I don't blame Asmon having trouble finding shit because the Art and aesthetic is ass along with the gameplay.

[@Arthur-uu3px]

I know it's a stretch, but they're saying that this game is going to be the Knack 2 killer.

[@mighty_zero]

Knack devs are shaking in their boots

[@phantombigboss8429]

more like a Fez 2 killer. lmao

[@rundown132]

Did it feel like Halo 2 meets Halo 3?

[@sirmudkipactually]

No, feels like a Metroid game.

[@EzeeyIsOG]

Why does everyone keep saying this

[@thedemonkingdurst]

​@@EzeeyIsOGDunkey made a video passively (and hilariously) promoting his game, this was a line used in said video and now it has become a meme synonymous with the game itself, a long with "wishlist to get a free load of wonder bread", "I hear it's releasing May 9th" and "Hey, are you guys talking about Animal Well?"

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@sirmudkipactually Metroid meets Metroid???

[@shagaru1234]

@@EzeeyIsOG dunkeys fanbase is a hivemind so they endlessly spew the same unfunny joke

[@sub-harmonik]

he should crop his picture way smaller for these kinds of games

[@CarelessOcelot]

I'm so glad the tools are widely available for indies to exist. Just seeing the dev's synths in the background in the dunkey release video was very inspiring.

[@daenopher]

Yeah I thought the same when I watched it. Insane what you can do why a synthesizer and some "basic" input tools. Plus I am impressed he made all those animal sounds himself.

[@headkicked]

With all the AAA studios firing people, I can't help but hope that the talent that these studios let go of goes off and starts their own projects. My wife and I are planning on dabbling in developing our own game in the near future.

[@saikimayu]

The guy coded his own proprietary engine, which most AAA studios don't even do anymore. They all just pay to license Unreal Engine so the games look like hundred million dollar Unreal fan mods.

[@sunyaisblank]

Finally the first well-type game!

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

I'm glad that more doors were opened since the rise of egg-likes, the pastabilities are endless

[@n1lknarf]

@@Vaguer_Weevil bruh ahahahha the pastabilities hahahahaa

[@radiantveggies9348]

Well of souls

[@phantombigboss8429]

nope

[@youtooberman9001]

more Billy Basso's game, he made the engine, graphics, music, EVERYTHING. Dunkey published it because he as godlike taste and eyes for talent

[@WilliamUmstattd]

This game truly is Halo 2 meets Halo 3.

[@Zonymash77]

The sound is so good in this game whoever did it deserves a raise

[@DHTokyo3915]

The good thing about this game is that it’s not hard to find who did what:everything was done by 1 guy.

[@Dualblades47]

​@@DHTokyo3915 insane skill to do all this by himself.

[@StandardCabrera]

'This is it, he's going full bald' actually made me laugh. I went the other way so not done the bubbles yet. Looks pretty tough lol

[@EzkMonkey]

Swear the more I watch Asmon try to play video games I realize more and more how bad he can be at it 😅

[@MorfsPrower]

Mastery in one game doesn't always mean mastery or even skill in all games. And I like that. It's like there's always room to grow, to learn new things.

[@intothemindshaft]

@@MorfsProweryea gives me hope

[@josiahperez5733]

He's trying to sell the game and make people play it. When you see someone do poorly in a game, you imagine yourself playing it and think about what you would do. It makes you want to jump in and "do it correctly". It's why so many ads for mobile games will show someone playing the game in an obviously suboptimal manner. The technique works. Asmon is very good at marketing. Of course he knows he needs to walk to the right when it's the only path available, he's just pretending to have game journalist level skills to help sell the game.

[@Zentrus665]

he just plays the stupid guy if you know asmon abit better you would see it in the first minute...

[@creepcracker]

@@MorfsPrower but what game hes good at ?

[@Lovehandels]

Someone was like, Rainworld was cool and all but what if controls were less......unstable.

[@hiveld657]

Don't use the analog stick, use the pad and at best the keyboard with 2 hands.

[@robenriven]

well, but rainworld AI is 100 times better than this.

[@Kodaiva]

so a regular 2d platformer/exploration game?

[@joebailey8294]

Both great, but completely different genres

[@M1ndblast]

Not only is Rainworld completely different, it actually has more complicated controls than this game. And the reliability is fine. Sounds like a problem on your end.

[@GalcianBTH]

I am here for Asmon having a Metroidvania era.

[@DenisK3000]

1:07 HOLY CRAP I DID NOT REALISE THERE WAS A FACE THERE FOR A SPLIT SECOND

[@Evanz111]

‘O’

[@d.l.brinkmaniac3542]

21:05 "I'm a God now!" Immediately fucks up lol

[@kyledabearsfan]

honestly the art style is gorgeous, i wonder how the controls feel

[@M1ndblast]

Perfectly fine. Use a controller with a decent d pad and you can do some decent tricks to boot.

[@NeonFlusker]

They feel super clean. Definitely becoming one of my favorite games!

[@pierresakurai4812]

Maybe not for everyone but for all that it does in its genre 10/10. Amazing art style (remenecent of the Vectrex console of the 80s) , animations, sound, music and a deep interesting and varied adventure/puzzle/metroidvania gameplay chuck full of secrets. Made by 1 guy...just wow. Really great seing Asmon getting into Indie titles :) They deserve the praise.

[@curtismaloney792]

Asmon trying to figure out puzzles... Gives me amnesia...

[@ldlework]

spends 10 minutes trying to light a candle. finds a match. "what am i supposed to do with that?"

[@tf_lecter]

u can tell he's never played a metroidvania before and i LOVE it and in typical 'new to metroidvania' fashion, not having any idea where to go, at 33:00 minutes in he stumbles upon one of the hardest platforming sections in the game (which is completely optional and easy to miss) lmao TEXTBOOK

[@TheDudlydude]

I seriously lost it when he did that, I didn't even try to go back that way.

[@Ixeas22]

The really cool thing about this game is that not only was it made by one dude (Art, Music, etc.), but that dude also created his own engine in order to make the game in the first place. I'm super impressed by that.

[@saikimayu]

That used to be the norm. Now everyone just uses Unreal which is why everything feels so samey. It doesn't really matter how many custom assets you create, there is an "engine feel" that you just can't escape without making your own engine.

[@Ixeas22]

@@saikimayu Come to think of it, you're absolutely right. Like, the devs for Monkey Island making the SCUMM engine for their projects. But, for a single indie dev in this day and age it feels even more impressive. That feels like true passion.

[@saikimayu]

@@Ixeas22 Oh it's definitely impressive. It used to be the norm for studios, but for an individual it's kind of nuts. I'm pretty sure the Axiom Verge developer built everything from scratch himself too. There are probably others, but that and Animal Well are the only two I know for sure, especially at this quality. Even if you can find other people with all the skills, finding anyone in that group with the passion to actually do all this without help is unlikely.

[@kafuukafuu2281]

Asmon: *gains the power of blowing bubble*. Also Asmon: I'm a GOD now

[@iancampbell2398]

It’s crazy how slow people are to pick up on very simple context clues

[@andyv2209]

tip for anyone trying the game, you can take the mock disc without taking the real disc first, and swap them out afterwards. no dog chase. well, at least for a while.

[@KingOfMalevolence]

Game is pretty fun, very little hand holding and so many secrets. Probably not your game if you don't like puzzles or platformers

[@infiniti7773]

The difference in quality between the games Dunkey's company is publishing and Asmon's company is publishing is... ouch...

[@xJayhawkFANx]

What game is asmingold publishing?

[@phantombigboss8429]

@@xJayhawkFANx garbage

[@xJayhawkFANx]

@@phantombigboss8429 do you know the name of it?

[@gcelite36]

Really digging the aesthetic of the game.

[@BerryNice1996]

Visuals direction 💯/💯, Dunkey's team cooked

[@NewsofPE]

@@BerryNice1996not dunkey's team but yes

[@pepperbytez8128]

​@@BerryNice1996even better, it was all basically ONE GUY.

[@GeckoClever]

@@BerryNice1996 Are you paid or just a cringe lser?

[@funnyfunkinmonkey]

@@GeckoCleverwhat’s an lser

[@nocturnal_illusion]

not a microtransaction in sight, huh

[@greenbean4422]

bro tells everyone not to buy something if you don't like it releases something Then you get upset as if he expects you to buy it Bro don't buy it? lmao I feel like logic is lost on you when you assume Asmon HAS to release a game with no MTX because he thinks they're bad, while simultaneously admitting that humans are hypocrites all the time Which they are, I would bet good money that you've bought an MTX before- aren't you against them? Why are people buying MTX if they're against them so much I don't get it

[@nocturnal_illusion]

@@greenbean4422 it aint that deep, bro

[@moonknight6088]

@@greenbean4422 HUH?

[@davy4842]

@@greenbean4422I never bought one …now what?

[@evaander]

@@greenbean4422you need to go outside and look up in the sky and tell yourself “damn my brain is rotting in the internet”

[@theobesthead]

It's great to see Animal Well come out after the long wait! The game looks great

[@bud389]

Dunkey's game is ironically designed very similarly to old Commodore 64 games, where they're single-screen platformers that you move from screen to screen in, and you collect items to unlock different parts of the level, with zero premise.

[@v-ia]

i hope we get to see more content creators or otherwise successful gamers invest into publishing good games. would build a great contrast to AAA games and the trash "indie" titles you have to filter through on steam or other platforms to find anything decent. i love the atmosphere of this game.

[@ignitium]

i heard this game is like Halo 2 meets Halo 3.

[@ezioauditore6038]

Bot

[@LiViD176]

npc for sure

[@-Gurza-]

I had this playing for background noise, and because of the way the ghost cat sfx are mixed, I thought I kept hearing a weird sounding car engine revving up, far away from my place.

[@ysbhw]

this feels like a tiny game you'd play inside another bigger game

[@Rob6990]

Skill issue

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

In the commercial it looked good but nah its still indie game

[@Ziggyvu]

Not even 10 mins and kid already crying 😂

[@greenbean4422]

@@JamilaJibril-e8h did you say "looked good but nah its still indie" it must be a bleak reality when indie games like Balatro and Lethal Company can't live up to AAA titles like Fifa23 and Starfield

[@WingedSloth]

@@greenbean4422 Don't mention Balatro. You'll create more addicts.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

@@greenbean4422 indie games are good...but by now we can improve the graphics quality...in the commercial it looked solid ... I don't know anything about the companies you mentioned

[@user-pd8jg3cr8x]

Asmongold: “I’m a god, now.” {Immediately dies} Asmongold: {Sighs} “Oh, my god.”

[@tylerreamer8292]

I only watched a few minutes of the gameplay but it reminded me of Mario & Luigi. I'd imagine the Background made me think that 😂 Keep them coming Sir. I Followed you because of a more open dialogue plus them mmorpg straight Gas.

[@gefx0164]

"This is kinda like Dark Souls, but everything is different" I think I gained a 100 insight by simply hearing that statement.

[@ProducerX21]

25:44 You skipped a treasure chest that is on a platform to the upper left. I’ve been trying to reach it with a bubble for 20 minutes. Was hoping you figured it out

[@Morbid_Stoner]

I watched pirate software play this; I can’t imagine asmon beating this game

[@jaysuscrass9119]

what i love about this (other than it being absolutely a spiritual successor of Metroid 1) is the no reason the esoteric nature of this game. I may have no idea what the fuck is going on at any point but figuring out the movement and discovering the ways to cheese through feels like exploring a lost jungle, (oof I'm slow- that's environmental theming) it's this challenge of adventure and taking it all in. It's such a good homage old 80s pixelated games, because even though it's got that learning-curve frustration at times like those 80s games, it's the overcoming obstacles that makes it satisfying. it's nice. It's like he says at the end, it's like dark souls- the game's about the overcoming of obstacle, just not with enemies like Dark Souls, but overcoming the world itself. it really makes me want to see what further innovations of movement this game has. I Love that feeling when you get good enough to maintain momentum with all the quirks of the abilities in these kinds of games and i'd like to see Asmon continue this but i'm 100% going to try this out for myself, this looks like a damn great game.

[@mikeloeven]

If Asmongold has this many problems with a simple platformer we should probably not tell him about "I Wanna Be the Guy"

[@lesraphel9148]

It really feels like Halo 2 meets Halo 3

[@CZD-dt4cn]

Birds aren't real, they can't hurt you. The bird: Bubbles.

[@Shadowsphere1]

Like others have mentioned already, I'm glad Dunkey is the publishing figure for this game since it really boosts it for marketing since it's actually pretty cool of a game, but the actual dev is being overshadowed severely by Dunkey's name, considering he's a solo dev who did everything from scratch. The promo is great, giving credit to Dunkey as a publishing figure and someone who's marketing it is completely fine, but influencers with large audiences need to handle this with more care. The actual dev doesn't deserve the treatment of being a nobody while Dunkey gets all the credit.

[@beaker-yt]

Those spikes at the walls gave me "I wanna be the guy" flashbacks. Still traumatized...

[@GiulianoVenturo]

honestly this is what Videogames are really about. This is what ppl should be buying instead of your avg AAA games

[@phantombigboss8429]

This game looks and plays like dogshit. I rather play Last Faith.

[@GiulianoVenturo]

@@phantombigboss8429 😂

[@chalee6104]

wow, asmongold playing the first open well type game.

[@ericrazin4403]

The bubble jump was just way too difficult for me. I was having a great time with this game till I got to the bubble wand :(

[@smiznog9125]

So basically they took Rain World and made it less of a simulation and more of a video game. Ngl I remember thinking years ago how good of an idea that is.

[@gfamhomevideos]

It’s WAAAY deeper than that

[@TheDudlydude]

This game is so well designed that I was encountering spoilers for starting areas despite having played 12 hours already.

[@kingrogers7740]

Bro that was a genuine joy to watch

[@Jesters-Jinx]

When he got stuck, I saw that coming lol

[@joshdelacour]

Bro, the secret rabbit bit had me in the same mental state.

[@donteatpaint]

Things I didn't expect to hear today: "How am I losing to a horse?"

[@rileyknowles8126]

1:40 As a Canadian I felt that “sorry ‘bout that” in my maple syrup soul 😂❤

[@yksol8649]

stop promoting the "all canadians are nice" propaganda

[@Judananas]

It’s not Dunkey’s game. It’s Billy Basso’s game and Dunkey’s company published it

[@notnotandrew]

12:49 gives me Cuphead tutorial vibes

[@Kiran_Nath]

Not sure how they managed to make this game only 34 megabytes, but my hard drive thanks you!

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

I can't be punished am not bed sheets or pillows.... Like what the hell .... I CAN'T CONTROL THE SEEDS

[@artdog0100]

Because it was all made a by one guy. He wanted it simple. He even deleted most help text because he wanted us to figure it out. For the ⁉️ rush.

[@NetBattler]

It's a pixel game, obviously it will use less storage

[@jaymarksman]

@@NetBattler 34 megabytes is pretty rare in this day and age, even for a pixel art game, since most games use existing, popular engines that come with their own baggage. Building a blank project (literally no game, just a black screen) in Unity is already 70mb, for example.

[@lalithadavi4845]

@@NetBattler take a 30 sec video on your phone and check it's size. 34mb is nothing in 2024. It is crazy that the whole game is that small

[@joeychimney]

cool art style, Im curious though, does anyone else feel like the fake scan lines are fatiguing on the eyes? I feel like it would look just as good without the fake scan lines imo Edit: apparently there is a setting to turn them off

[@brittig8983]

I tried playing without the scanlines but it just felt wrong. The art was definitely created with scanlines in mind, and it ends up looking kinda strange with them off.

[@BioShockGX]

33:11 Hardest section in the whole game but it's optional

[@Anonymous-vc8ml]

>deprogresses >saves anyway lmao

[@protoroc]

Asmon doesnt realize this is the next La Mulana...

[@TyBayagaAgain]

Its like halo 2 meets halo 3

[@_Just_John]

Cudos to Big Mode. It is nice when publisher won't force you use PSN.

[@txt7768]

its like halo 2, meets halo 3

[@FigureEightDouble]

nice joke, congrats lil bro

[@sycariummoonshine7134]

I think this is a game where you are supposed to stop and look at the rooms, because they are so artistic

[@ElOkazaki]

Asmon blaming the herons when he dies after getting easily through that part

[@Brianworldwide_7]

1:07:30 you can always stumble on the same rock Several times

[@jonathanb9966]

What i have learned from this. Its a DOG eat DOG world but dont let that burst your BUBBLE.

[@Zii_Vii]

ROFL "Lets just follow the fuckin squirrel guys" LOOOOOOOOOOL

[@Netsuko]

I love the smoke physics. Actually I love the entire aesthetics of this game so much! What a great style!

[@Rastaman.Factory]

I must remark that it's quite amusing to watch this individual getting frustrated, swearing, and belittling himself.

[@justanotherdave.]

This is currently free on PlayStation Plus btw

[@wizzyoflegend2947]

@10:00 you can see the jumpking flashbacks

[@meischoice]

Him getting angry is so funny.

[@SleepingPanda700]

Dunkey's Game Changed My Life

[@Gounen]

This game is like Halo 2 meets Halo 3!!!

[@Unclegaspatcho-tf7ky]

Props to Asmon for doing this on M&K. This is exactly the type of game I expect from Dunkey 😂

[@angusyoung119]

Okay, idk if you were pretending to be stupid in the beginning, because I know you’re smart, Asmon. But when you were claiming to be getting good (around 23:00) you were, in fact, not doing well at all.

[@The_Mandalor]

you really gotta go Big Mode to do those bubble jumps

[@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh]

A cross between Animal Crossing and Doom

[@tjbr50]

🎶Here comes the money🎶

[@BlackWyvernFS]

Asmongold: Easiest game of my life. Also Asmongold: 34:06

[@thomasb7347]

The scanlines def added to it imo

[@mr_0n10n5]

Unfortunately, the Animal was not Well It wasn't even a Dunkey

[@om_ikis]

Is this the first well-type video game?

[@xJayhawkFANx]

Technically yes

[@chrisurban4698]

This game is very nice, I totally went in a different direction when I played it and found other items first. After the Match I found the spiral

[@moseshamlett3887]

So, it wont launch for a bunch of us.... And no one is talking about it....

[@smeegy1]

Scan lines off was the first thing I did. Don't give me the option if you don't want me to use it.

[@TheFishingJoker]

Love animal well, its like halo 2 and halo 3 combined