Balatro Dev's Prestigious Golden Thunk Award Goes to Animal Well | Push Square
Watch your back, Geoff; the mysterious developer of 2024's breakout pokerlike, Balatro, is getting in on the award show game. Opting for a more cost-effective Tweet thread instead of Keighley's whole song and dance, Localthunk used their newfound fame to highlight a series of promising indies, bestowing upon the excellent Animal Well the prestigious Golden Thunk award for Game of the Year 2024.
Considering Balatro's complete takeover last year, Localthunk's praise for the similarly lone-wolf developer is probably worth its weight in gold: «Animal Well was an engrossing experience. Dripping with style and secrets and making me feel like an imposter in this industry as a developer, Billy Basso created a true masterpiece.»
Localthunk also recommends some very promising runners-up, none of which have been announced for PS5 and PS4, and thus, their names shall not be uttered here (that said, we could see the universally acclaimed fever dream that is Mouthwashing coming at some stage).
«This sucks»
What's a GTA?
What do you think of Localthunk's Golden Thunk pick? Have you had a chance to play Animal Well, or Balatro for that matter? Record your admiration for everything Balatro in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With six years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
I don't have a twitter account, anyone happy to share those runners up?
Totally agree Animal Well was incredible.
@ThomasHL I got you. Runners up were
The first he specifically said got accused of being a Balatro clone but was actually announced well before it. Rsspect!
An excellent idea by Localthunk — making use of the Indy fame! Indy games have really taken off the last few years, in terms of
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