This time on the Moving Pixels Podcast we discuss Daniel Mullins’s game Pony Island.
This is a weird little game that I think I kind of love almost solely for its weirdness. It’s always throwing something new at the player and never allows itself to become complacent or stale. And it ends in the most pitch perfect way possible of an uber triumph of bombastic proportion within its own stylistic confines.
I also like that there may be more underneath the surface that we just weren’t able to tease out. It gets into a discussion about deep dives with games. With regards to Pony Island, I said that I was going to go back in and satisfy myself to figuring out whatever else may be in there regarding its lore and possible hidden meanings. That’s still coming.
Go play this game.
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“By destroying the file you won’t be able to play Pony Island!” “But it’s the only way to advance the plot.”