Gaming News Silksong could finally be released… But in a version created by a fan tired of waiting
It’s been almost four years since the Hollow Knight Silksong presentation took place and it made an impression. Since then, gamers have eagerly awaited a release date at every conference or Nintendo Direct, but the new game from small team Cherry continues to be coveted.
But where did Hollow Knight Silksong go?
If it took a while to get there, it’s Hollow Knight became a reference almost immediately from metroidvania. Impressive universe, amazing art direction and gameplay that is as fluid as it is challenging. SO when the team announces a new game in 2019 centered around the character Hornet, it’s the effervescence. Along with a roughly two-minute trailer, E3-goers were able to play what appeared to be a snippet of a very advanced version of Hollow Knight: Silksong for about twenty minutes.
We were then promised to go the opposite way to the first game, viz rise to the surface. To make the journey better, we talked about 150+ new enemies, new areas, new bosses and everything you would expect from a sequel like this. But Hollow Knight Silksong has been very discreet ever since, only reappearing in very specific ways at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase conference in June 2022, still no release date. The difference is that Microsoft had indicated that what was shown should be released within the next year.
It’s the end of April and Hollow Knight Silksong still hasn’t been dated by Team Cherry who, remember, consists of only a few people. All of these expectations have led to a tendency to bet on the game coming out at every conference or presentation, a sign that we are Start thinking of the game as a little Arlesian. The team wants to calm down and explained it on their Discord last February that she wanted the title out as soon as possible
It’s very likely to be possible, and fewer testers travel for you since it’s a team. Sela viendra et се sera un jeu glory quі vаut la реіне d’attendere.
Well, he’s almost on Reddit
That was too much for one Reddit user who decided to rebuild the game himself using Unity. Called Falcon175, he realized a real demo in a few days, shows Hornet moving, jumping, and taking out a few enemies. The result is relatively simple, with simple backgrounds and incomplete animations, but it’s still pretty impressive for something made by someone in such a short amount of time who just want to practice and learn how to operate the engine
Because yes, this demo doesn’t feel like pulling the ground out from under their feet and to incur the wrath of the lawyers, but simply to help a game developer who is obviously a fan of the license and wants to play the title, to make his weapons. He also specifies it in his contribution, so as not to leave any ambiguity. Don’t expect to restore this demo to make the wait easier:
This project was just a way for me to learn Unity, all assets are obviously owned by Team Cherry and this “game” is not distributed in any way.
The community did not fail underscore the impressive nature of the work doneeven indulge in some nice teasing like “Finally we have Silksong” or “You know, Team Cherry screwed up when the community thinks, “Well, I’ll do it myself.”“. At the moment it is not known exactly when Hollow Knight Silksong will be released, but we cannot rule out that Microsoft’s original promise will be fulfilled. thanks to a surprise releaseas was the case with Hi-Fi Rush.
