Well, the launch of "Hollow Knight: Silksong" is only days away, and loads of people are really itching to venture through all of Pharloom with Hornet taking the reins as the main heroine in the sequel to "Hollow Knight".
I'm just really glad Team Cherry's able to put the brakes on delaying the game again and again while working in absolute silence, after so long. Complete lack of communication really hurt so many people eager for at least a few updates on its progress.
What previously started as a planned campaign after backer funding, it went into becoming a whole game in itself, because of its increased size, scope, and length. Team Cherry's minimal staff creating a far larger world compared to the previous did also contribute to said delays, but, out of my opinion, they could have, and perhaps, probably would have, avoided much of it if a few more people were brought onboard to help out and guarantee a more sooner launch date, but their choice for doing all that solo dev work is their choice. Not pinning any blame, though.
Team Cherry's got talent, but more people may be necessary for their later projects. Just saying.
Hollow Knight's come quite far, and despite the long wait for Silksong, people are really thrilled to play that game and enjoy so many additions, not to mention exploring a more bigger map than Hallownest's.
With this, of course, the process of mapping all of Pharloom will once again be done by the one mapper that did Hallownest's, Theembracedone. I'm sure those of you in the VGMaps community remember, as well as the praise Team Cherry gave for it.
However, as much as Theembracedone would really have the honor of mapping it with the same tools and programs to do it, I feel it may be on wait, due to that mapper being occupied with work on the choice-making, mystery, mature horror-induced, visual novel, "Where Birds Go To Sleep".
That is not to say Theembracedone has to do it alone this time. Any mapper, if willing, can feel free to contribute to the process, so it would be done in less than years' time. I do commend that mapper doing Hallownest, but a little help now and then is needed, and given the increased size of Pharloom's map, that may be a necessary requirement. The more volunteers, the better, I say.
Who's looking forward to playing it, as I am on the former, and mapping Pharloom, if any for the latter, may volunteer to it?
