Finding the secret in-game audio message from the developers is the answer to that.

Thisleads you to a Tamagotchi pedometer, which you mustreach in less than 100 steps.

At step count 99, you could unlock a chest containing a message in wingdings.

A screen with the player’s blob and a hummingbird in Animal Well.

The step count resets after 99,999 steps.

The hummingbird’s message

Notice how thehummingbird pops all your bubbles?

The squirrel’s message

The next wingding code can be obtained bysneaking up on five squirrelsin a single run.

standing above the switches in the whale puzzle in animal well

However, this will likely require a new save as the squirrels easily get startled and will run away.

If you have one extra heart left, itbelches you out along with some wingding curses.

Blob’s message

Obtaining the final message is also not easy.

The hummingbird cussing at the player in a wingding message in Animal Well.

That’s where the eight wingding messages go, which will reveal a map.

This solution to the wingding character puzzle was first discovered byDiscord user Plurmorant.

By then, you’ll also haveacquired the moth form, which is needed to reach the island.

The Tamagochi pedometer displaying 7444 steps in Animal Well

Use the Top here to dig through the ground for an absolutely epic payoff.

Finished the Manticore puzzle and saw the end credits?

Cool, now onto the rest of the game!

the peacock with several eggs, the kangaroo, and a candle from animal well post game second layer

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