Tomorrow in my 2nd year (undergrad) studio class I'm showing / lecturing about ' Knytt (2006), which was hugely influential on me and my career. Maybe my favorite videogame from this century.
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Recently I stumbled upon an old forum post that claimed: "The original Knytt is NOT interesting (it's only exploration with few enemies and no power-ups)"
Wow, huge disagree! I love Knytt Stories too, but what's so inspiring about Knytt *is* how "stripped-down" it is.
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I've never encountered another game that so exactly nails "lonely" as a core aesthetic and design pillar, and yet in such a gentle and optimistic way.
The way Knytt offers beautiful little pieces of one-shot tunes totally changed how I think about game music.
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Knytt is one of my favourite games of all time. So incredibly beautiful and atmospheric. That *feeling* of scampering over the landscape… of hearing an underground waterfall a screen before actually seeing it…