Now thatElden Ringofficially has a release date as of earlier this year and FromSoftware is providing consistent updates for it, it seems as ifHollow Knight: Silksonghas taken its place as gaming’s hottest title that’s gone completely dark. Excitement for the sequel has begun to turn into frustration and despair as fans are beginning to lose hope thatHollow Knight: Silksongwill ever even come out.
One Reddit user seems to have unintentionally become a chronicler of the game’s development time as they’ve been “poorly drawing” the characters fromHollow Knight: Silksongonce a day ever since it was announced. Posted on a semi-regular basis to the sub-Reddit r/HollowKnight, user u/WeeblesJeebles has nearly hit 700 days of poor drawings and, unless the game makes an appearance at the upcoming Nintendo Indie World Showcase, it seems like they’re going to continue their regular posts for quite some time yet.
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u/WeeblesJeebles posted their drawing for day #683 yesterday and has commented on older drawings saying that they weren’t necessarily expecting the project to last as long as it has, but since they committed to doing it initially, they feel the need to stick with it. The posts have grown popular amongtheHollow Knightcommunityas well with plenty of fans looking forward to each new post because, as the wait grows longer, it becomes that much funnier that u/WeeblesJeebles, who is in on the joke, has committed themselves to the project.
One community member has archivedall of u/WeebleJeebles' posts which can be found right here.
As of November 10,Hollow Knight: Silksongwas revealed 1,000 days ago, but news on the project has been extremely scarce. It seems as if with each passing gaming event, fans are hopeful that Team Cherry will make an appearance to announce its finalized release date, however, as each event comes to a close without so much as a development update, fans walk away disappointed but, at this point, not surprised.
There were plenty of rumors thatSilksongwould be launching at some point in 2021, given that Team Cherry has said previously that the originalHollow Knighttook the team roughly two years to create and, since the sequelwas revealed in 2019, it stands to reason that it could have launched this year. Because of how quietSilksong’s developmenthas been, however, there’s no telling how close it is to release or what complications, if any, the team has run into while working on the sequel. For now, it seems as if fans need to be a little bit more patient and enjoy u/WeebleJeebles' drawings while they wait for more news.
