The Fourth Curtain
The Fourth Curtain
Alexander Seropian & Aaron Marroquin
The Guts of Indie with Animal Well's Billy Basso
1 hour 21 minutes Posted May 28, 2026 at 5:00 am.
] Intro: Billy Basso An introduction to Billy Basso, developer of Animal Well. [0:07:54] Choosing film school over game dev Billy reveals he went to film school because he "deep down wanted to make video games...
Intro: Billy Basso
Choosing film school over game dev
Checking out the entire company repo: Billy’s first game job
How making games for doctors shaped his design philosophy
Mobile games felt like casino design
Animal Well started as a side project at Level X
Tunic raised the bar and stressed him out
Cold-emailing Dan Adelman changed everything
Dunkey's announcement brought 100K wishlists in a day
Outro: Wrapping Up
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We're hyped to talk secrets with Billy Basso, creator of the award-winning smash Animal Well. Beginning with educational and medical games he went on to solo develop Animal Well, which delivers a huge game in less than 40 MB. Surgery, celebrity and an ARG - this week! TIMESTAMPS [