Countless indie teams have been forged in the feverish days of creativity a jam entails РІР‚вЂњ Team Cherry is no different. Pellen and Gibson met 15 years ago through mutual friends, but didnРІР‚в„ўt start working together until shortly before Hollow KnightРІР‚в„ўs development, when they began entering game jams together. (Well, two game jams, to be precise.)Р”Р„ri Gibson (left) and William Pellen (right) The Pale Knight Rises In just its first two weeks on Switch, Hollow Knight sold more than 250,000 copies, adding Team Cherry to the growing list of indie developers finding success on NintendoРІР‚в„ўs handheld a marketplace not yet flooded like Steam or the App Store.Р”Р„nd it all began with a game jam.

Hollow KnightРІР‚в„ўs PC, Mac, and Linux release passed the 1 million units sold threshold the day before the Switch launch РІР‚вЂњ a milestone that took 15 months to reach. РІР‚СљThe game is built upon our love of classic Nintendo games, so this is the peak of a 30-year cycle: growing up playing them, gaining enough skills to create our own homage to those games, and releasing it on the same platform that inspired us in the first place.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљBut mainly it was amazing.РІР‚СњР”Р„ri Gibson, Hollow KnightРІР‚в„ўs art supervisor, co-director, and the other half of Team CherryРІР‚в„ўs beating heart adds that seeing Hollow Knight on the Switch is still РІР‚СљsurrealРІР‚Сњ for them. РІР‚СљIt was amazing! Kinda scary, too, because it was our launch day and we were all the way in Los Angeles, so far from our office,РІР‚Сњ Pellen says. The Reggie heРІР‚в„ўs referring to is, of course, Mr.Р’В Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, who, at E3 2018, took valuable moments out of the companyРІР‚в„ўs presentation to help sell the dream of a tiny Adelaide-based indie developer. ThatРІР‚в„ўs William Pellen, Hollow KnightРІР‚в„ўs game designer, co-director of the studio, and half of Team CherryРІР‚в„ўs creative core. РІР‚СљI was spying on Hollow KnightРІР‚в„ўs Discord to watch the communityРІР‚в„ўs real-time reactions, and when I saw someone type in, РІР‚ВReggie said the words Hollow Knight, I canРІР‚в„ўt believe it!РІР‚в„ў I burst out laughing. Team Cherry has more than a little in common with Hollow Knight РІР‚вЂњ a game that propelled its creators from obscurity, to moderate Kickstarter success, to glowing reviews, to the top of the Nintendo Switch charts in a whirlwind few years. A diminutive, seemingly unremarkable champion answers the call to adventure, delving into the unknown, travelling further with each skill acquired, with each battle conquered.

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