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Bruh, I saw this posted on Twitter and every single commenter was like “Well, it’s a rare case” or “It’s still a bad game” 😭

I think the second lesson here is that reddit fucking sucks

haters will never prove you wrong with their success, they just be hatin' for the sake of hating.

The thing to remember is that modern tools are mature enough, and there are so many cheap or free resources and code snippets available, that you can make your fun idea exist and iterate on it almost for free. Keep your day job until you're ready to look for funding

This is also further proof that people on reddit are consistently wrong about everything and have been for ages. Source: I used to use reddit. I then gained sentience. I stopped using reddit.

Man. If this shows you one thing, and one thing only, it's that gamers sure do have their finger squarely on the pulse. They just cut straight through the bullshit to show their asses at any occasion.

The first reply was constructive at least. But like... what problem does that one user have with cartoony 2D platformers??? Those are awesome!! And the fact it has the hand drawn aesthetic makes it so unique the platformers that usually use pixel art.

Let me add this" if you're an indie *in any field*... " @teamcherry.bsky.social is really an inspiration

imagine getting so fucking OWNED

lesson here is reddit nerds dont deserve good things

This is why I stopped posting to Reddit!

Hollow Knight is actually my third-favourite game (between Death Stranding at #4 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution at #2). :)

lesson learned: never interact with reddit

Geez I get how one would say it looks meh at the time, but they really didn't need to be mean

Big fan of this reply

Otro día más en la rueda del hamster.

What the actual fuck is wrong with those comments???????? Buncha heartless pricks!

>r/gaming There are landfills with less trash

I feel like this is a good thing to see for anyone brave enough to put their creative project out there for others to buy/play/use/enjoy. I certainly needed to see it to day.

the lion doesn't concern himself with opinions of redditors

Balancing risk taking aside, this post made me feel better :)

It might see play once Polukranos rotates

common reddit L congrats to everyone out there simply trying ☺️

My kingdom for a high res copy of this image.

Also Dust: An Elysian Tale Dean Dodril had no industry experience but working on the Jazz the Jackrabbit games but still managed to make a masterpiece with some of the most beautiful 2D animation there nearly by himself with only the music, VA work, and script editing delegated out.

Moral of the story: Reddit users are always wrong

We want everyone to live their own dream life! ♥️ We agree, never give up!

yeah... just yesterday was released 40+ videogames and guess what, pretty sure no one of them are giong to get the expected money. Is not that simple. Also Hollow Knight was published in 2017 when the market was much different Dont quit your job if you are not sure you can get money with indie games

Incels are painful

tbh the idea I have is extremely niche and it's more of a "I've played too many of these games and they get a lot of things wrong" situation where I'm the only one who cares.

Ah, those comments... I hope those guys never left the cave they belong too. Or even better, they did and humble up.

How where people suppose to know that was the best Metroidvania ever created.

We need this in 8k

You can also use it as inspiration to never use Reddit, because it’s fucking terrible and a waste of energy to engage with

I used to hate reddit but nowadays I use it more, some boards have real nice helpful people (like audio production stuff) but there's a LOT of assholes, specially in hobbyist communities and even more in gaming :(

These reddit comments make me so sad. I recently started an indie 2d platformer project, it'll take years to finish if I ever finish it but I dont care, its what I want to make and people who want it will want it. I hate the idea of people shitting on a game idea just because the genre is common

Having the courage to show your game online is hard because we're sure to read these kinds of comments. Seeing this image made me really happy right now :)

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As someone who’s been trying to work on a 3D platformer from scratch, I needed this.

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- Well to be FAIIIIR, hindsight is 20/20 bu- Oh god, wtf.

My current aspirations lie outside gaming, but... Thank you. I needed that.

Well that was an emotional roller coaster.

I literally never played, nor watched HK, and yet I know it. and I absolutely love the character designs and the atmosphere.

Oh, I wish....

Father speaking to his son: "Don't give up on Basketball, son! Kobe Bryant never gave up!" Miserable people:

Also just to be clear: Don't quit your job for your project. At least not unless it's already making you enough money to live off of and you know for a fact it'll keep stay that way

it's also a good reminder to avoid reddit like the plague when you're trying to get your game known

God I want to find the trhead for this. I bet its hillarious

Some people have really bad instincts as to what the future will look like. And then there's these dickheads. How much do you wanna bet they've been talking about AI to all their friends for the past two years? (Friends which they surely must have, right?)

Those people bother me. They were just trying to promote their friend work, and yet those people still felt the need to act rude and cynical about it

survivorship bias

Wow that did not age well.

is that true ? if so holy plutonia

reddit moment

Reddit.

Reminds me of looking at Redigit sharing Terraria stuff on Reddit very early on! Except the comments weren't like Hollow Knight here I don't think

Also Scott Cawthon made like a dozen games that saw very little success before he made FNAF.

KEEP RRRRRRROLLIN THOSE DICE BOYS N GIRLS YEEHAW

Damn, those are some harsh comments.

I love the juxtaposition of the dream ... the naysayers and the sales The only way to combat the miserable people in the bottom half of the internet is to forge on and ignore them (although that's easier said than done) Thanks for sharing this - it's come at PRECISELY the right time

remember!! Redditors are the worst!!!!!

Yeah. I hope I'll manage to sell too next time.

It's interesting when the same people then fall over each other demanding the next remake of (perfectly playable game). Sometimes they say "oversaturation" but what they mean is "game not specifically made for me"

To be honest, your game will not be Hollow Knight. Not as good, not as popular, or more likely both. Steam is full of games that don't even have enough reviews to put a rating on them, and many of them had a lot of real effort and even budget put into them. Statistically, your game will fail.

Most of the comments in that thread are positive, this montage is a bit... Pessimistic.

Not as relevant but you should also add this one

All of that is inspiring, but the comments proving that we should ignore the first reflex of internet comment sections to dump on things is the cherry (I know) on top. Amazing snapshot in time.

To have the level of success like something like HK is like catching lighting in a bottle. There are plenty of amazing Indies that are barely noticed No, the bigger takeaway from Team Cherry is that if you aren't having fun, why are you doing it? Silksong took 7 years because they had so much fun.

Absolutely incredible how Reddit has just always been a cesspool. I would LOVE to track down these toxic assholes and *politely* ask them if their opinions on Hollow Knight have changed, but also hope they languish in obscurity forever.

This just in: People like good games regardless of their genre.

I hate this stigma of "the market is saturated with this genre so you're just by principle not allowed to make the thing you like". Screw the market in that case!

oh damn

Those comments are awful, why do people have to be such assholes? Completely unwarranted.

even more proof that Redditors are actual troglodytes

Proof, if it were needed, that the users of Reddit know nothing and should forever be ignored.

Nasty comments on reddit... Not surprising on this platform. Congratz to the dev with their second game release.

What's funny is that a lot of these comments have been from now deleted/suspended accounts. Team cherry/ HK will never be forgotten, but these redditors sure were. Props to that one guy who went back and gave his respects to the game's success though.

I feel like this is saying a lot about r/gaming.

They couldn’t even tell what genre the game was

oh my god

Some day I'll finish that game

Why yes, I did just go and buy Hollow Knight just because of that. (Finally got a steamdeck, rather than 20 year old consoles).

That SCREAMS to me how terrible the general gaming populace was 10 years ago Let's see... That would of been... Bo3? Right at the start of the shift in AAA vs Indie thinking by the masses? 🍀

I'm worried because I also quit my job for my game, and the comments I get on it are mostly positive... so I assume the opposite result will occur!

Fuck Reddit, lmao.

"one more indie 2D sidescroller because we don't have enough of those 🙄" WOW.

If I'd quit my job to my project full-time, I'd be living in a cardboard box. But still, it seems to look nice! Those reactions are grifters, of which we seem to have way too many these days.

The day I wish to have, to be seen creating something that would make people feel joy. Im nowhere near it at all. A dream it stays for now.

Paid off quite well

Definitely a huge inspiration to continue following my dreams and making them reality ♡ I hope one day people like playing my game too :)

yep i always get a few dumbass comments like this from bitter dudes who didn’t make a game themselves

What a ride.

Those posts are some of the most sour grapes omg, just miserable people

And to remind oneself to never read Reddit

Exhibit number 8 billion on why Reddit should not be taken seriously.

I'm already unemployed anyway, trying to pursue my dream seems like a better choice than wasting away anyway.

Damnnnnn. This is powerful

This reminds me of those forum posts from 1999 saying SpongeBob is gonna fail.

I've never seen this before. It really puts into perspective of things. My main issue is I'm not an artist, so I can't really make the game I want to, so it's...pretty rough. But this does help inspire me at least a bit

It's literally a 5 star on Steam lmfao Moral: Don't listen to the feedback for a teaser. They don't know just what's in store for them.

I've been thinking about this image quite a lot recently, especially because my current game has similarities to Hollow Knight. Maybe I'll end up the same... just maybe...

Those fucking reddit comments. I swear, when 2 games exist within the same genre they're always like "BLAH BALH BALH the genre is oversaturated with shit! Why can't indie game developers create new genres every second!" This is why I hate reddit sometimes. They hate everything and steal options -

I should quit my job

I try to remember that there are people who can only express themselves in disdain and negativity, and so I don't let it bother me. This is a great example of that.

From being called “beyond forgettable” to having the sequel crashing Steam servers. THAT’S PERSISTENCE!

And as inspiration to never listen to reddit

Redditors are some of the most toxic people ever I swear to god

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Redditors are just so rude

Lmao I love this

The comments were so fucking ass bro god forbid we get another platformer 💀

It's really funny when people have really bad takes on things and give a lot of doubt surrounding them. Then those takes age like milk, while the content they doubt age like wine!

I still don't understand how people didn't fall in love with Hollow Knight at first sight. It's everything I love in a game + charming visuals and a uniquely themed world.

hey i looked up everyone in this screenshot and they're exactly the kinda people you think they are, except for babygotsap; he's got some weird views but they're not bad, but the rest of them drop slurs on the regular lmao

man, those comments aged like milk XD

Oof. Those comments did not age well.

Yeah, except the quitting your job part (I know you already posted a disclaimer about it) lol

The thread got 26k upvotes and most of the popular comments are very positive. This screenshot is super misleading about the overall tone of the comments. www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...

if you are a human being, you shouldn't be using reddit for anything.

Why must they be so mean :(

was it the stupid subreddit?

Me writing extreme horror

Mighty fine inspiration, will remember this

how to pin someone else's post to my profile forever

Guarantee you these guys were in the chat for every Nintendo Direct the past 6 years saying “where silksong”

It's always Redditors lmao. These losers are probably never going to have any ability to create and complete anything, so they're stuck criticizing everything-

Remember: Never trust a redditor's opinion

Hahaha, those replies, hmm... let's see... have NOT aged well. As the old saying goes, "Time will tell."

These negative comments are crazy. 💀 Even if platformers are a saturated genre, I think the gameplay and art style should speak for itself. Hollow Knight was a massive gamble and I’m glad it paid off!

Wonder how old Mutilated_Pencil is doing these days, wonder if they are full of crow. Stuffed to the brim, burping up feathers.

Whoa, this is super inspiring.

Its crazy seeing something that has a nicely polished style like hollow knight and saying its beyond forgettable like the game has such a distinct look to it!!

Incredible

I'm working on a project of my own, and at times, I admittedly do worry that it won't get much attention once it's published. Seeing this definitely puts a smile on my face and gives me hope that I can make a hit novel!

My anxiety wouldn’t let me quit my job until the side project was successful

what a bunch of miserable people but of course, it's reddit good thing reality shut them off

Oh, wow. Hollow Knight is the first game I played since the '90s, when I decided to ditch gaming and focus on my business projects. I just bought a PS5 last year and downloaded this game. It was so brilliant and so beautifully done, I spent months playing it. MInd blowing it was made by an indie

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Further proof that Reddit is absolutely worthless.

I find this game extremely boring but that are some shitty takes, it always had a propper visual style to stand out

I used it as inspiration to write my book xD Gonna publish it once the art's done.

Those ppl in the replies in that screenshot sure do look silly now… Sending all the love to team cherry and every indie dev you’ve got this!

Reddit moment

jfc gamers (like not all of them but a weirdly large percentage) are so mean and entitled.

Survivor bias is a bitch. And being charmed by this bitch is a straight highway to a broken heart. BTW, I understand comments. From trailer is hard to say game is THAT good.

Thanks for posting this 🥲

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Chernobyl is less toxic than this =3=.

I watched video yesterday why cd players shouldn't touch battlefield game. Comments reminded me them. This is video if someone is interested. youtu.be/xNXo8MUy64U?...

Big Streamers Just Don't Get Battlefield.YouTube video by The Kingerdyoutu.be

Reddit

I saw the Hollow Knight content, and then the "10 years ago", and I think I just aged by 20 years... I can't believe it's been that long since the game's development and such

Considering that it's reddit, I'm surprised the post wasn't deleted for promoting the game.

on the other side of the coin, there are people like these: www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com... (the top comment is actual constructive criticism, not hot garbage) like yes, Hollow Knight was an immense success, but Team Cherry did NOT work in enviable environments. it was a huge risk, like Cuphead.

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The moral of the story isn’t to quit your job because you might make win the game dev lottery. It’s that making reddit users look dumb will always be funny.

HA ! The sour comments. I never got to play HK, but i finally got it last week. Mind. Blown. Like someone distilled fun.

"never give up" is a great message and reddit's a sour grapes vineyard but the fact remains there is truth to the saturation and for a lot of the people never giving up their stuff is going to end up in it unless they never give up and RISE ABOVE IT, they can only be as good as HK if they work at it

I think the first answer is pretty reasonable, honestly.

Wow. Those commenters were assholes. It's amazing that Hollow Knight's origin was so humble. It's king of the heap now!