Q 01/05

Which character's planned playable expansion for Hollow Knight grew so large it became the sequel Silksong?

A) Lace

B) Hornet

C) Bretta

D) Cloth

Answer · why

B) Hornet

Hornet was promised as a playable extra when a crowdfunding stretch goal was met, but the idea became too large and too unique to stay an add-on.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the plague-ruined underground insect kingdom that the Knight explores in Hollow Knight?

A) Pharloom

B) Anor Londo

C) Hallownest

D) Hyrule

Answer · why

C) Hallownest

Hallownest was described by Team Cherry as in some ways the inverse of the world tree that forms the setting of Faxanadu, one of the game's inspiratio...

Q 03/05

Hollow Knight's backtracking and ability-gated areas place it in which genre alongside Ori and the Blind Forest?

A) Metroidvania

B) Roguelike

C) Soulslike

D) Immersive sim

Answer · why

A) Metroidvania

Metroidvania worlds open up as new abilities are found, and Team Cherry modelled the game's disorienting sprawl on Metroid itself so that players coul...

Q 04/05

In Hollow Knight, the Knight's hit points appear as a row of which objects, extended by collecting four shards?

A) Hearts

B) Shells

C) Lanterns

D) Masks

Answer · why

D) Masks

Masks start at five, and the 16 shards hidden around the kingdom can raise the row to a maximum of nine.

Q 05/05

Which crowdfunding site hosted the Team Cherry campaign whose 2,158 backers helped fund Hollow Knight's development?

A) Indiegogo

B) Kickstarter

C) Crowdfunder

D) GoFundMe

Answer · why

B) Kickstarter

Kickstarter backers took the campaign well past its goal, which paid for a technical director and a composer to join the team.