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ShoneChello Feb 10 @ 5:50pm
What would happen if Silksong gets canceled?
I'm asking this because Earthblade, another upcoming Metroidvania from a different dev team, got canceled[exok.com] and I'm worried that the same thing might happen to Silksong.

(and in case of confusion: no, Silksong did not get canceled. yet...)
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Originally posted by Perseus:
Originally posted by Hotel Security:
Yeah but this is a first-time game by a first-time developer in a space saturated by Metroid clones. HK is the follow up to a hugely successful game in the genre that most consider to be one of the best. Not really comparable. Silksong likely won't run out of money.
You didn't even read the article linked by OP, did you? Earthblade wasn't cancelled due to money issues, or fear of failure, or even lack of experience (they made two other "big" games before, and multiple small ones).
Those devs' decision came from the fact that working on their game had become too difficult, in part because of the success of Celeste, their previous game.
If anything, this is almost as comparable as it could be to Hollow Knight and Silksong.
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Fenix Feb 10 @ 5:56pm 
Silksong is probably "Mostly" Complete... they could block off the incomplete sections with a hidden wall or something, and release the game now if they wanted too... and the just add the completed areas later as a free update.
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purevessel Feb 10 @ 9:18pm 
That wont happen. Why would team cherry do that?
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Stealth-Boy 3000 Feb 11 @ 12:34am 
Originally posted by Fenix:
Silksong is probably "Mostly" Complete... they could block off the incomplete sections with a hidden wall or something, and release the game now if they wanted too... and the just add the completed areas later as a free update.
They wanted to
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purevessel Feb 11 @ 5:40am 
Originally posted by Stealth-Boy 3000:
Originally posted by Fenix:
Silksong is probably "Mostly" Complete... they could block off the incomplete sections with a hidden wall or something, and release the game now if they wanted too... and the just add the completed areas later as a free update.
They wanted to
minor spelling mistake
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Hotel Security Feb 12 @ 6:13am 
>I'm asking this because Earthblade, another upcoming Metroidvania from a different dev team,

Yeah but this is a first-time game by a first-time developer in a space saturated by Metroid clones. HK is the follow up to a hugely successful game in the genre that most consider to be one of the best. Not really comparable. Silksong likely won't run out of money.

>they could block off the incomplete sections with a hidden wall or something, and release the game now if they wanted too... and the just add the completed areas later as a free update.

Yeah, that design sucks and it's lame when developers do this. We already have enough incomplete games releasing. We can wait.
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purevessel Feb 12 @ 6:19am 
Originally posted by Hotel Security:
>they could block off the incomplete sections with a hidden wall or something, and release the game now if they wanted too... and the just add the completed areas later as a free update.

Yeah, that design sucks and it's lame when developers do this. We already have enough incomplete games releasing. We can wait.
would you be upset if it was an incomplete early access mode instead
he said free updates, not paid dlcs
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Fenix Feb 12 @ 8:25am 
I guarantee more than enough in the game, right now, if they blocked off areas to finish them later, we would be busy for a while. then BAM!, an update with a hidden wall or 10 you have to break... MORE Content, for free. I don't see a problem with this.
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gambo Feb 12 @ 10:21am 
Originally posted by Fenix:
I guarantee more than enough in the game, right now, if they blocked off areas to finish them later, we would be busy for a while. then BAM!, an update with a hidden wall or 10 you have to break... MORE Content, for free. I don't see a problem with this.
why hidden walls:dungdefender:
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Fenix Feb 12 @ 1:37pm 
Didn't they do that with the Expansions here?
Godhome added the Junkpit behind a hidden wall that wasn't there before right?
I don't know, but that is what I read....
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purevessel Feb 12 @ 1:44pm 
Originally posted by Fenix:
Didn't they do that with the Expansions here?
Godhome added the Junkpit behind a hidden wall that wasn't there before right?
I don't know, but that is what I read....
The only difference is that it wasnt there before.
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ShoneChello Feb 12 @ 2:47pm 
Originally posted by Hotel Security:
>I'm asking this because Earthblade, another upcoming Metroidvania from a different dev team,

Yeah but this is a first-time game by a first-time developer in a space saturated by Metroid clones.

I will add that they are the makers of Celeste, a very well received precision platformer game.
:os_niko:
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Perseus Feb 13 @ 5:01am 
Originally posted by Hotel Security:
Yeah but this is a first-time game by a first-time developer in a space saturated by Metroid clones. HK is the follow up to a hugely successful game in the genre that most consider to be one of the best. Not really comparable. Silksong likely won't run out of money.
You didn't even read the article linked by OP, did you? Earthblade wasn't cancelled due to money issues, or fear of failure, or even lack of experience (they made two other "big" games before, and multiple small ones).
Those devs' decision came from the fact that working on their game had become too difficult, in part because of the success of Celeste, their previous game.
If anything, this is almost as comparable as it could be to Hollow Knight and Silksong.
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gambo Feb 13 @ 11:24am 
Originally posted by Fenix:
Didn't they do that with the Expansions here?
Godhome added the Junkpit behind a hidden wall that wasn't there before right?
I don't know, but that is what I read....
well that was one breakable wall, adding 10 would be pretty bad if someone plays the game without spoiling it for themselves and not notice a wall, missing out on some content
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purevessel Feb 13 @ 11:28am 
Originally posted by Żuczek:
Originally posted by Fenix:
Didn't they do that with the Expansions here?
Godhome added the Junkpit behind a hidden wall that wasn't there before right?
I don't know, but that is what I read....
well that was one breakable wall, adding 10 would be pretty bad if someone plays the game without spoiling it for themselves and not notice a wall, missing out on some content
Then make it clear or smth
like, make it a glowing crack idk
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gambo Feb 13 @ 11:35am 
Originally posted by PureVessel:
Originally posted by Żuczek:
well that was one breakable wall, adding 10 would be pretty bad if someone plays the game without spoiling it for themselves and not notice a wall, missing out on some content
Then make it clear or smth
like, make it a glowing crack idk
then why bother making it a breakable wall at all, just slap a new corridor there:NoGoat:
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