How Hollow Knight Makes You Feel Feeble

How Hollow Knight Makes You Feel Feeble

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Hollow Knight
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Hollow Knight (2017)
Duration: 15:46
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Welcome to The Anatomy of Hollow Knight.

In this episode, we take a look at how Team Cherry created one of the tightest games I have ever seen. Diving into the game feel, sound and map design of one of the best indie games in recent memory.

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Timestamps:
Introduction - 00:00
Overview - 00:20
Feeling Feeble - 01:30
Mechanical Mastery - 04:02
Tenuous Teaching - 06:30
Silence & Signifiers - 08:22
Mystifying Map Design - 10:33
Lost in Translation - 12:38
Final Thoughts - 14:25


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