Disc
Disc inventory icon
The Disc is a tool that can be thrown by the player. Only one disc can be active on the screen at once.
Interactions
- Dogs will chase the disc. If thrown within their range, they'll grab it and knock it down. Otherwise they'll just chase the disc out of their reach until the player catches it or it leaves the screen. Dogs interacting with the disc can be safely passed through without damaging the player.
- It can trigger switches if hit from the correct direction.
- It can trigger buttons. Most often buttons, that are set sideways on walls, but horizontal buttons can be hit as well.
- The player can jump atop the disc. Upon doing so the disc will lose about a square's height. Then the player and the disc will travel perfectly straight horizontally until they hit something.
- Vines will stop a thrown disc.
- Walls will make the disk bounce off.
- Fans and Beluga's spray cause the disc to rise up.
- The disc is thin and can be thrown into thin gaps of walls.
- Jumping off a disc will cause it to disappear.
- If the player is on the same horizontal axis as the disc when they collide, the disc will disappear (the disc is caught by the player).
- Can break stalagmites and stalactites, but not metal spikes.
Techniques
- The player can jump on a thrown disc to catch a ride. The disc will lose a little height (about one square's worth) and will carry the player horizontally until the player jumps off.
- While falling off a sledge, the player can instantly land on the thrown disk in the same motion with correct timing.
Name
Though this tool is called "Disc" in game, it is also called "Frisbee" in other places, not visible during gameplay. The ID or "API name" of one of the Steam achievements is RIDE_FRISBEE.[1] Datamined names of files include frisbeeStand_animation.png and frisbeeShrine.png.[2] This difference is due to the name Frisbee being a trademark.[3][4]
Location
Can be obtained from the Dog Shrine, however the Ghost Dog will chase you for it until you substitute it with the Mock Disc.
Progression
The disc is required to progress in the first half of the dog area to get past dogs. The crossing from the first half of the seahorse area to the second is blocked by toggle blocks. The disc is required to hit a switch hidden behind a disc slot on the border between the two halves.
References
- ↑ ANIMAL WELL Achievements · SteamDB (archived)
- ↑ data mining group in Discord. mdyio5.txt (archived)
- ↑ Fractl and Billy Basso on Animal Well Discord (5 June 2024). Discord message in channel #ask-the-dev-well
Fractl: This reminds me of a question I had while playing the game…was ‘Slink’ and ‘Disc’ intended to avoid the trademarked terms ‘Slinky’ and ‘Frisbee’, or was it more of an artistic choice? I was surprised to see that ‘YoYo’ was not trademarked. // Billy Basso: yes hah
- ↑ The United States Patent and Trademark Office and WHAM-O HOLDING, LTD. Document Search SN 72056220
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