How Hollow Knight Became The Face of Indie Games

Going Indie January 27, 2024
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🕹 Get a browser that’s literally better at everything: https://operagx.gg/GoingIndie2 Sponsored by Opera GX! Since its release, Hollow Knight has become the face of Iindie games. But it didn’t begin like this. When the developers made the first prototype, people hated him. It took years before the Knight became what it is today, and it only happened because the devs saw something that others didn’t. 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! https://discord.gg/MBZRYGVKpS 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/GoingIndieYT Huge thanks to Rob for helping out with this video https://twitter.com/primehylian?lang=en 📃 Research Links Hungry Knight gets poor reviews https://web.archive.org/web/20150211001500/http://georgelazenby.newgrounds.com/ Hollow Knight on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/ Hollow Knight Abilities https://www.thegamer.com/hollow-knight-guide-collecting-all-abilities/ Hollow Knight price history https://steampricehistory.com/app/367520 Samus Returns Sales https://www.vgchartz.com/game/182673/metroid-samus-returns/sales Samus Returns price history https://psprices.com/region-gb/game/1756255/metroid-samus-returns Metroid Game Sales https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Metroid Hollow Knight Sales https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/02/hollow-knight-has-sold-over-2-8-million-copies/ Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11662585/hollow-knight The Making of Hollow Knight https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/10/16/the-making-of-hollow-knight Ludum Dare https://ludumdare.com/ LD Jam #29 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424060031/http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/04/19/ludum-dare-29-theme-voting-begins Nintendo Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2008 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080425e.pdf Dev Video Interviews https://youtu.be/NlAQBklYms0?si=x-eNVzQWsUU3Q6vu https://youtu.be/A4USnK1Dmlk?si=E3NNiD8aH5GqPtwI GATES OF HALLOWNEST [Hollow Knight Animation] @CyberCrows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZOzVq7X-b8&ab_channel=CybeR Fans reacting to Metroid Prime 4 Trailer https://youtu.be/2O0HsmmibbQ?si=fZexnrEFBYX8mAix

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