Several months after Dunkey originally announced his indie publishing company, Bigmode, they have revealed their first game, Animal Well. It’s a Metroidvania puzzle action platformer game with horror elements and a solo project from developer Billy Basso (under the dev name Shared Memory), who has worked on the game for the last five years.

? our first game announcement is here!!! ?

Animal Well is a pixelated wonder rendered in intricate audio and visual detail from @Billy_Basso

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— BIGMODE Games (@BIGMODEgames) January 8, 2023

In Animal Well, players will explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets, as well as collect items to manipulate their environment in surprising and meaningful ways. For the horror elements, they will encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, as they attempt to survive what lurks in the dark.

Animal Well doesn’t have a release date yet, but it will be playable at the upcoming PAX East 2023. It is planned to release on PC via Steam, as well as on PS5.