{"id":24306,"date":"2026-08-07T09:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/pony-island-2-panda-circus-gallop-out-of-hell-in-this-phantasmagorical-follow-up-to-2016s-indie-hit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:37:18","slug":"pony-island-2-panda-circus-gallop-out-of-hell-in-this-phantasmagorical-follow-up-to-2016s-indie-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/pony-island-2-panda-circus-gallop-out-of-hell-in-this-phantasmagorical-follow-up-to-2016s-indie-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016\u2019s indie hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Mullins explains how he plans to follow up his quirky classic without losing what made it stand out in the first place<\/p>\n

Glitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes. The game taunting you by \u201cpossessing\u201d your Steam friends. Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade ago, when Pony Island came out to critical acclaim.<\/p>\n

Fans of Daniel Mullins, the celebrated indie developer of Inscryption, will be forgiven for forgetting that Pony Island 2: Panda Circus is in active development. After all, it\u2019s been almost three years since the announcement \u2013 and a full decade since it was first teased as an Easter egg in Pony Island\u2019s ARG (Alternate Reality Game) \u2013 with only a single trailer and a bunch of tunes from the soundtrack released to the public.<\/p>\n

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\nDaniel Mullins explains how he plans to follow up his quirky classic without losing what made it stand out in the first place
\nGlitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes. The game taunting you by \u201cpossessing\u201d your Steam friends. Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade ago, when Pony Island came out to critical acclaim.
\nFans of Daniel Mullins, the celebrated indie developer of Inscryption, will be forgiven for forgetting that Pony Island 2: Panda Circus is in active development. After all, it\u2019s been almost three years since the announcement \u2013 and a full decade since it was first teased as an Easter egg in Pony Island\u2019s ARG (Alternate Reality Game) \u2013 with only a single trailer and a bunch of tunes from the soundtrack released to the public. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel Mullins explains how he plans to follow up his quirky classic without losing what made it stand out in the first place Glitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes. The game taunting you by \u201cpossessing\u201d your Steam friends. Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade …<\/p>\n

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