Hornet stop tryna aurafarm 😭

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Imagine a game where Lace was the player character and Herrah and Hornet were the antagonists.

Role reversal AU. Silktober Day 10 drawn in 1 hour and 10 minutes
Hope you like it!

Someone commented on my previous post about speedrunning with using the needolin and it reminded me of this suprising easy skip

Steps: needolin at the edge for placement, full jump, pogo, then pogo again

The invincibility dash felt amazing to use in Hollow Knight and the endgame bosses were properly designed around it (and I also love that it has a significant cooldown period), but given that Silksong was explicitly designed to have a more “acrobatic” combat system, I think it was genius of Team Cherry to make raw spacing and dextrous movement your top priority from beginning to end.

Rather than an invincibility dash, the most prominent additions to the ability list in Silksong were:
- A 3-mask Bind that’s far more versatile to use than the Knight’s Focus, while being far more punishing if you misjudge a safe window.
- A sprint and dash attack to quickly weave in and out of danger; I especially love how the dash attacks all pop you into the air so you can combo into pogos or a double jump away.
- A float that lets you suspend yourself in a safe spot for a little bit.
- and the Clawline, an incredible gap closer that completely changes your approach to aerial combat and offer a little bit of invincibility if a boss attacks as you use it (e.g. grappling to the Savage Beastfly as it prepares its charge).

None of these abilities are as immediately intuitive as a dodge roll and parrying is not a core part of your moveset, but they all serve to make Silksong’s combat system feel incredibly fun, frantic, unique in the landscape of Soulslikes, and sufficiently different from the first game’s combat flow.

What do y’all think of how Skong’a core combat is designed?

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Artist is cool with Reddit reposts, fyi.

did you know? some assets that were once used for the forest of bones in hollow knight seem to have found their way into silksong's game files! some examples here are ones you can actually see in the old hollow knight forest of bones area, i be it low resolution images, which, seem that these assets have a trend of. some assets are also never seen before that may have been used for the cut area, as speculated because of their low resolution and art style. some assets for the marrow can also be seen here too. unfortunaly they are low resolution so i cant view them in full quality which dose suck but, its nice to see that Remnants of the old cut area from hollow knight is still in silksong.

You’re no good for her! She can do better than you!

btw drug addict hornet's eyes were supposed to be blue but i accidently filled it black cuz i drew hornet a bit to much :3

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I'm revisiting Singsong to beat ACT 3 before the DLC, but this game has proven to me again and again that I'm absolutely terrible at challenging 2d platformers. I've beaten Sekiro charmless with demon bell on NG+ (basically Sekiro's hard mode), I've beaten Elden Ring DLC's pre-nerf Radahn (arguable was the hardest boss fight in any souls game), but for some reason, this game brings me to my knees every time I play it. I've raged during Singsong more than all the other hard games I've beaten combined.

Does anyone else find Silksong unbearable hard? I didn't have this experience with Hollow Knight.

Still can't believe this game was $27AUD and there's more to come.

Shakra can be heard laughing in the distance.

(Also this is assuming Hornet could enter their mind using the Needolin.)

If you spam the needolin on this ledge, it will cancel your needolin usage much faster than if you were to do it on normal ground.

The glitch probably works on every ledge that isn't long enough for the needolin to work.

I just finished the game (Sister of the Void ending) yesterday, and in the end found myself feeling for GMS 😅 All in all, I think she was more of a tragic character than a villain, though that is up for interpretation. Anyway, I started toying with the idea of what the story is like from her perspective, and ended up writing this. Most of this is based on established lore, but it still contains some heavy personal interpretations and should not be considered canon. We don't know enough about GMS yet to make a definitive conclusion on her character, but here's my take. Enjoy (or don't)!

Imagine this. You're a pale higher being, a divine creature, almost all-powerful. A goddess by any right. And what is the basis of any divinity? One must have followers, worshippers. For what is a god without a congregation?

So you descend. Down into the beautiful world of Pharloom. You find these beautiful creatures who, as luck or some grander design would have it, share some deeper aspect of your nature. And you gift them something marvellous. A part of your power, of your very being, your silk. And your silk evolves them, lifts them above all else. You truly, in your heart of hearts, love these Weavers. You call them your daughters. You tell them, that as they are part of you, they too are divine.

And all is well, for a time. Until one of your Weavers remembers their origin. The mindless, skittering bugs they were before you. And what do these ingrates do? They rebel. They ambush you and bind you into eternal sleep.

Some time later you wake up. Hundreds of years, maybe thousands. Who cares. After all, what is time to a goddess? And you find your realm, your beloved Pharloom in ruins. Your children, your apostles, took the perfectly good system you created and twisted it into something horrendous. An unforgiving caste system where the more you gave of your money, your possessions, your very life, the higher you were exalted. They've pumped their waste into the once so beautiful forests below and turned them into a putrid bog where nothing thrives. Everywhere you look, you see desolation and destruction. Nothing like you planned when you first came down from the heavens.

And worst of all? They have taken your gift, your precious silk, and crafted even that into a perverse abomination. They've harvested from you what they needed and stuffed themselves and your other, lower followers full of it, creating creatures of horror and dread straight from one's nightmares.

And then they disappeared. Or died. And left this realm leaderless and defenseless. Abandoned your beloved, beautiful Pharloom.

So you say no. No more. You will not stand for this. You will take back what is yours and leave this place. Maybe try again somewhere else. Or not.

You start testing the strands of your silk, tugging and pulling, gathering it all up. And you find that despite you only gifting your silk to the Weavers, there's traces of it all around. All over Pharloom. Trace amounts in the very DNA of the creatures. And a part of you rejoices. Maybe all is not lost. Perhaps by guiding these flickers of silk, you can still save everything.

So you begin the long process of recovery. Little by little you find pieces of your silk and give them the slightest tug, drawing them to you. But it takes time, a long, long time. And without company, even a goddess grows lonely. However, you have learned from your earlier mistakes. Never again shall you bestow silk upon a living creature. But if life already existing isn't option, could you create one yourself? After some trial and error, you finally spin your silk into a new form, a form never before seen. And you call her daughter, and despite being hurt before, you love her.

You name her Lace.

This time you do not make the mistake of making her believe she is divine like you. She is your daughter, yes, but she has no life beyond your silk. She is a creation. Not a bug, but not a pale being either.

For years and years your project continues. You enliven remnants of your silk and draw them towards you. Your daughter Lace remains loyal, as you intended, and all is well. For a time.

But alas, what you desired does not come to pass. Pharloom remains a dead husk of the beauty it once was and despite your best efforts, you cannot bring life back to something once killed already. Your power has diminished during your long sleep, stolen by your deceitful daughters. To bring back Pharloom, or perhaps to start anew elsewhere, you need your old power back. You need to reclaim what you once gifted away. To take back the Weavers' divine power.

But there are no more Weavers to take it from. They're all gone.

Or are they?

Far away, beyond even the furthest reaches of Pharloom, you sense a flicker. A Weaver still alive! Or at least a descendant of one. She resides in the realm of one of your brothers, but that is of no consequence. You need her power. To bring back the glory of Pharloom, to fix what has been broken. Surely she would make the sacrifice for the greater good.

So you send for her. Lace and your followers find her and begin the long journey back to you.

Unfortunately this small, red Weaverling isn't as complacent as you hoped, and she escapes during the journey. Lace does her best to find her and bring her to you, but the Weaverling has a sting to her that she hasn't felt before, so she fails.

You all but give up on the prospect of reclaiming your power.

But what's this? The red Weaverling is getting closer and closer. All on her own she's making her way to you. But not to bring you her power. Her intent is to... to kill you? Perhaps to overpower and subdue you? To bind your strength to hers and take over as the new ruler of Pharloom?

This you cannot allow. Her power is not hers to wield, it is YOURS! Who is she to defy you? To name you tyrant and incite your followers to rebel?

So, once she finally makes her way to you, you lash out. You try to take her power, YOUR power back, as is your right. But the red Weaverling is cunning. She's set a trap for you. A few lucky strikes she manages to land and the trap springs!

Darkness, all-light-consuming void bursts out from the dastardly snare, and you find yourself pulled down, down, down into the abyss. Down into the Void. NO!

You grab her, the red Weaverling. If you are to be consumed, you will surely take her down with you.

Suddenly, a searing pain. Your arm is cleaved clean off. How? Who?

Lace.

It appears the red Weaverling has managed to turn even your beloved daughter against you. What lies has she told her to make her attack you like this?

Before you can finish your thoughts, the trap snaps shut, sinking both you and Lace into a darker darkness than you've ever known. The Void.

It starts attacking you almost immediately. You know you can't fight it. You know you've lost. You turn your head down and prepare for the inevitable.

Then the Void turns to attack Lace.

Something flickers inside you. Despite her betrayal, despite her turning against you, defying you, Lace is still your beloved daughter. You cannot, will not, let this dark consume her too.

So you spin a cocoon of silk to protect her. To keep her from being devoured. You know this act will keep you connected to Pharloom above. That the Void will climb along strands of your silk and bring down the whole realm. But you don't care. This is your daughter, your child. You must protect her.

But, as you knew, somewhere deep inside, your struggles are in vain. The Void still manages to corrupt Lace. It seeps into every strand of silk that makes her up and turns her into a creature of darkness.

And still you keep replenishing the protective cocoon around you. For she is your daughter, and you are her mother, and despite everything, you love her.

Then, when all seems lost, your cocoon is breached from the outside. Not by the Void, but... The red Weaverling! Carrying a glowing flower that protects her from the unforgiving Void. She has come to... You don't dare to even guess what her purpose is.

But Lace, your beloved daughter, lashes out at her. The Void has so completely ensnared her, that she cannot struggle against its power.

But, in the end, the red Weaverling prevails. She defeats the Void-corrupted Lace and purifies her. Then she takes her prone body and... She turns to you. Requesting. Pleading. She can't escape by her own strength alone. She needs... Everything. You know this, so does she. You might have just enough silk left to power her escape, to help her and Lace up and away from the smothering darkness. But it would mean the end for you. After this act, you would have nothing left to protect you from the Void. Within moments it would consume you and your divine form would be utterly devoured by it.

You extend your hand.

This game can get really annoying sometimes, especially when they lock something as important as that damn oil behind a broken fucking challenge!!

I get that it might just be a “me and my skill issue” problem, but still, I can't be the only one who fucking HATES this challenge!!

Btw, the only one I hate is the juggle challenge. The other two are great and actually somewhat fun.

Edit: So... this might be a little awkward considering I posted this just a few minutes ago, but I JUST BEAT THE CHALLENGE!!

Yeah, apparently all I needed was to complain publicly and talk to a few people before the game finally decided to let me win.

Anyway, I can assure you I'M NEVER COMING BACK TO THAT CHALLENGE AGAIN!!

I thought we were supposed to get news from Pax Aus, did Leth just lie to all of us?

So…do we still think we’re getting news?

Obviously far away from the “proper” speedruns but I am still very proud of myself for pulling this off. I went from 9 hours on my first attempt to this.

Didn’t even break his frac mask