#The hollow knight but not that hollow knight

[demgozellegs]

QUIRREL

The best boy! I've wanted to do a design for Quirrel for quite some time, and I'm so happy with how he turned out!

[revretch]

I was at a teahouse in Portland earlier and heard a woman describing something with such seriousness and fervor I thought she was discussing some kind of religion. It took me a while to realize she was describing Hollow Knight

[lilybug-02]

Authors note: I do not recommend catching spiders with your bare hands

Bug Fact: Roughly 90% of all insects spend at least some portion of their lives in soil.

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[corvidcorgi]

BUGKNIGHT: A Solo TTRPG/Prototype Metroidvania (By Someone Who Just Played Their First One Ever) (Guess Which One)

Needs: mapping supplies, d4s.

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This kingdom is beautiful, dangerous, and bigger than you.

Upon entering an environment for the first time:

Name & describe it (3XP).

Include three common challenges blocking the way (eg: high walls, sharp thorns, toxic air), at least one hazardous & at least one new.

Include one legend you've heard about it.

Environments have 3d4 areas. Upon entering an area for the first time:

Map it (1XP).

Occupants: Roll 2d4 to determine how many. If both results match, there’s one, and they're friendly.

Discoveries: Roll 2d4. If one is a 4, there's a clue, secret, or relic to discover. If both are 4s, it's not blocked.

An area has 1d4 entrances/exits. If you can't find enough exits to reach all areas in an environment, they exist but are blocked.

Once you've explored at least half an environment's areas, you can discover a new adjacent environment, and again once you've explored all areas.

Friends have:

A story (1XP). Hear it by sitting with them.

A desire (2XP). Fulfill it with a discovery from a nearby area.

A task (3XP). Complete it in another environment.

Spend 10XP to define a specific new ability that lets you overcome relevant challenges.

This game is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA license, and I give permission for it to be archived off-site for posterity.

Creator's Notes:

Is this playtested? No. Is this playable? Yes.

This was Something New for me in a whole lot of different directions, and I'm proud of it.

I was planning to spend November doing a writing challenge and then in the last week of October I picked up Hollow Knight for the first time and then I blinked and I had 60 hours in the game.

There is a many-bullet-pointed TODO list in my doc for stuff to follow up on. Maybe. I'm trying to decide if it would defeat the point of the exercise to make a different version that's longer. Or a different edition. Or companion editions (The thrilling sequel to BUGKNIGHT: Metroidvania ........ BUGKNIGHT: Inventory Management!)

I spent so long trying to figure out how to emulate the combat experience from Hollow Knight in 200 words and also fit in the exploration stuff and finally I went "Nope, that's going to have to be something else, we gotta focus on exploration."

Same for the movement mechanics. Didn't work. Too granular.

Honestly also same for worldbuilding. There's a lot going on in the HK lore and in the end I decided it was out of scope.

"Fuck it, that's out of scope" could be the alternative title for this piece, actually.

The end result is that this reads more like a dating sim for archaeologists than it does Hollow Knight.

I'm choosing to be fine with that.

200 Word RPGs 2024

Each November, some people try to write a novel. Others would prefer to do as little writing as possible. For those who wish to challenge their ability to not write, we offer this alternative: producing a complete, playable roleplaying game in two hundred words or fewer.

This is the submission thread for the 2024 event, running from November 1st, 2024 through November 30th, 2024. Submission guidelines can be found in this blog's pinned post, here.

[the-east-art]

Year for four of this meme!!!! Let’s give it up for year four!!!!

[saltyspittoon]

didnt know what to draw so i gave the knight a cheeseburger

[silksongeveryday]

Journal Entry 101: Lightseed

(Drawing Hornet everyday until Silksong comes out - Day 670)

[webbdiverr]

@waffleofsin

[ostebee]

Dewi and Sam be like (it was Hornet's idea)

(Dewi and Sam are belonging to @lilybug-02 )

[lilybug-02]

Hornet v. Sam duel when?

Bug Fact: Generally, only about 5% of the spiders you see in a building have ever set foot outdoors!

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[whimsy-beetle]

I gave him swords! The silliness is strong with this one.

[thethrillof]

@goodmode

yes yes i know the last part wasn’t written down but it’s true.

[notthesaint]

Experimentation wip

Guys I am not pregnant but I may have birth and delivered a new art style.

[the-east-art]

Just playing around :3

[bairentuofeiqiu]

Pale King