Like millions of others, I purchased the eagerly anticipated video game Hollow Knight: Silksong within a few days of its release. As I write this I’m a short ways into it, just beyond the first of many challenging boss battles, and with many directions to map out and explore. Its design digs deeper into patterns and directions established by the same small creative team’s masterpiece Hollow Knight from 2017. I can already see evidence of design decisions made with eight years of feedback ...
