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Sep 16, 2019 1 hr 9 min

196: Creature in the Well

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Marketed as a “pinbrawler” or top-down, pinball-inspired, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler, Creature in the Well seems designed to appeal to Raygan’s specific tastes. It’s tough as nails, and occasionally frustrating, but this is a truly unique game that manages to follow through on its strange promise of injecting pinball (or break-out) mechanics into the tried and true action RPG formula. Creature in the Well is available for Nintendo Switch as well as Xbox One and Windows for $14.99. It’s also available as part of a Game Pass subscription on Xbox and PC. Expect it to take around 5 hours to complete. The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts! You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygank Shane Kelly – @8bitShane Nate Heininger – @natestl (00:00) - Creature In The Well (04:47) - Core Mechanics (06:24) - Story And Characters (10:21) - Art (14:10) - Room To Room Progression (17:00) - Raygan’s Mechanics Corner (27:34) - Controls (32:45) - Tools/Weapons (44:58) - Walk All The Way Back (54:51) - Length (56:37) - Wrap Up (58:27) - What’s Making Us Happy This Week (58:44) - Nate - Magic Sword (01:00:02) - Raygan - Steven Universe The Movie (01:02:21) - Raygan - Control (01:03:22) - Shane - Lei Low Tiki Bar (01:06:56) - Outro

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  1. 0:00 Creature In The Well
  2. 4:47 Core Mechanics
  3. 6:24 Story And Characters
  4. 10:21 Art
  5. 14:10 Room To Room Progression
  6. 17:00 Raygan’s Mechanics Corner
  7. 27:34 Controls
  8. 32:45 Tools/Weapons
  9. 44:58 Walk All The Way Back
  10. 54:51 Length
  11. 56:37 Wrap Up
  12. 58:27 What’s Making Us Happy This Week
  13. 58:44 Nate - Magic Sword
  14. 1:00:02 Raygan - Steven Universe The Movie
  15. 1:02:21 Raygan - Control
  16. 1:03:22 Shane - Lei Low Tiki Bar
  17. 1:06:56 Outro

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