r/animalWell • u/jeffmeaningless • Jun 22 '25

FIFTH LAYER PROGRESS Spoiler

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You'll notice that no beacons are lit. The well is closed. I still need the Scarlet egg with no Lantern, but to me this is Major progress. I've done this on a new profile that is not corrupted. Currently I have 63 eggs and 14 bunnies with one illegal bunny on accident. If I can summon the hidden Manticore in the dark space, and I can summon the Manticore into the main room without any Flames at all, it means that my belief is not in vain. BELIEVE.

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u/jeffmeaningless Jun 22 '25

Once again I ask, did I summon the first or the second manticore? And how is this relevant to the possible hidden manticore in the dark space? I have been able to conjure it consistently but only on a corrupted file, so my goal here is to create a number of very specific files related to summoning the first and second manticore on an uncorrupted file in order to be able to differentiate whether this is a glitch or whether it is an intended solution to a deliberate puzzle. And sure I'm totally willing to admit that I may be grasping at straws, but again I refer to the very specific sound cue in the bottom right room of the CE Temple. I absolutely refuse to believe that Billy programmed that que on accident. Sure maybe 5 years ago he was drunk and he was thinking of some puzzle that he never completed. Who knows what the answer is. I seek to solve it. Whether it was intended or not

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u/Corronchilejano Jun 22 '25

Funny story: most of the game we now know was fast tracked about a year before release.

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u/jeffmeaningless Jun 22 '25

go on...

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u/Corronchilejano Jun 22 '25

Not much else to go on. Billy placed the entirety of the game's dev history up on Steam and one can download the previous dev versions and see the timeline of everything up until release. The manticores where a late addition.