Everything-Silksong-Timeline (2019-2025)
- The Teaser (Feb 11, 2019)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong Trailer, Website, Blog Post goes live (Feb 14, 2019)
Notable stuff from the blog post;
"Hornet’s gigantic adventure has been growing (and growing and growing!) for well over a year now, with the very first pieces coming together right after the original PC release of Hollow Knight on Feb 24th 2017.
and
"Almost from the very start, Hornet’s adventure was intended to take place in a new land, but as we dove in, it quickly became too large and too unique to stay a DLC, as initially planned. We do know that makes the wait a little longer, but we think the final, fresh world you’ll get to explore is worth it."
and bunch of other game features + adressing Kickstarter backers in general.
- Team Cherry Silksong QnA (Feb 14, 2019)
Here they talk about the blog post stuff, essentially information that was already discussed in the blog. For example, announcing that Silksong will have more than 150 enemies at launch. Notable thing here is what Williams says after; "We are getting there." So at this point, (confirmed by William) they were close to 150 enemies. At the beginning of 2019.
- Silksong Steam page is live (Feb 15, 2019)
- LATE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! Blog Post (March 19, 2019)
Notable section;
"Mini Silksong Update: Right up front, we have to say a very quick, a very sincere thank you to all of you and your response to Silksong’s surprise-announce. Keeping a secret like that for 2 years is crazy tough! And the enthusiasm and passion from the community and fans is the world’s best reward. We’re right now working double-hard to make Hornet’s big adventure the giant, sprawling, surprising journey, you deserve.
But today is a speed update! So we’re not going into lavish details, or revealing new game features. Instead, we’re doing a quick-dash-intro to a few of Hornet’s friends and rivals, an all new cast of wild, strange bugs within a vast new kingdom – the haunted land of Pharloom.
Hornet will wake in this withered land, a kingdom dedicated to faith and pilgrimage, crowned by an enormous, shining citadel and bursting with weird and wonderful creatures."
Intruduction of Lace, Shaka, Trobbio, Sherma, Garmond and Zaza
- Silksong Demo playable in the Nintendo Switch section of E3 2019 (Jun 12, 2019)
- 20-minute YT Silksong Gameplay at Nintendo Treehouse: Live (Jun 13, 2019)
- Silksong E3 Wrap Up - Blog Post (Jun 25, 2019)
Notable thing here is the "Release" section;
"Thanks to everyone for asking and we’re sorry that we still don’t have anything conclusive to say. For Silksong we’re running on Cherry-time over here, that means both ‘When it’s ready,’ and ‘When it matches the quality and scale of Hollow Knight.’ Just know, we will talk about a release date when we’re 100% certain we can hit it. The last thing we want to do is make promises, only to see things slide. For now, we’ll continue stuffing all sorts of strange critters and surprises into Silksong. We can’t wait for you all to play it.
Cherry Out!"
- Silksong demo playable at PAX Aus with Silksong pins given away to the players (Oct 10, 2019)
- Team Cherry Holiday Sign Off Blog Post (Dec 13, 2019)
Notable sections;
"Silksong Development Progress
Right up front: We’re still going, building this (very large) game. Our desire to keep building, and building, and building sure hasn’t diminished, but our timelines have stretched a bit both to account for all that exciting new stuff and to tie up everything else.
As a small progress tease: You may remember for Silksong we promised over 150 all new enemies. To us, that always seemed a conservative estimate, and it turns out we were right! Here are just a few foes that came to life this week, enemy number 163, 164 and 165."
and
"And as some assurance: We’re not just randomly building things without an end in site. We know how this story unfolds and as much as we add, our intent is always to evoke the feeling of exploring a vast, surprising new world; one that matches (or exceeds) the scale and diversity of the original game."
and
"To date, Silksong’s complete score is sitting at about 30 (stunning) tracks, with several still to come. That’s already a step above Hollow Knight’s 26 tracks, and is a combination of Pharloom’s many varied locations, more unique boss themes and Chris’s own desire to one-up his achievements with the first game."
Silksong Riddles by Leth (May 29, 2020)
After finishing the riddles from the riddler we got our rewards;
Huntress, Grindle, Caravan, Seth
Edge.
I mean, EDGE magazine.
Silksong EDGE magazine "A world-exclusive look inside Hollow Knight: Silksong" (Dec 31, 2020)
If you wanna read it here you go
If you can’t read, here you go
- Fan met Ari Ari Gibson and asked about Silksong (Aug 25, 2021)
"Just to add to this, Ari was a really nice bloke to chat to. I didn’t want to bother him too much (as he was having lunch with someone) but he did mention that Covid has not impacted production of Silksong because the team is so small (meaning social restrictions etc didn’t really apply). Apparently the scope of the game is Waaaaayy bigger than they initially expected it to be, hence development is taking a longer than anticipated."
- PC Gamer asked Team Cherry something, they answered (Feb 12, 2022)
"We're still working steadily on it, and we're all looking forward to sharing more about it once we get closer to release."
- VA of Hornet says "Yup, I’ve finished up my part on Silksong." (Mar 15, 2022)
- New quote from Team Cherry for winning Unity Awards (Apr 30, 2022)
"We're honored that Hollow Knight: Silksong won the 2021 Unity Award for the most anticipated game, and hugely appreciate all of the fans who support us as we work on the game. Thank you so much. We're looking forward to the day we can share the game with you all. It can't be too much longer, surely!"
- 2nd Silksong Trailer from Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase + "Confirmation" (Jun 12, 2022)
- 7 seconds of new footage (Jun 14, 2022)
- 4 seconds of new footage (June 17th, 2022)
- Silksong confirmed for PS4 and PS5 (Sep 16, 2022)
- Silksong Delay Confirmed by Leth (May 10, 2023)
- I MET ARI AND MAKOTO KOJI (hornet v/a) AT AVCON (not a shitpost) (July 22, 2023)
Q: "I have to ask. Did they say anything about Silksong?"
A: "a little bit. one of my friends asked if the game was bigger than hollow knight, and ari said it was hard to tell because you move so much faster. he also said something along the lines of "we're all just speeding through the game sometimes", which was a little after he said they were testing the game. it's not clear if he meant playtesters or just himself and William.
he also said something like 'man, we gotta get the game out soon' if i remember correctly. i said don't think you have to rush the game and he said that'd suck if it was. development seems to be going nice."
- I met Ari Gibson and Makoto Koji at PAX!! (Jan 14, 2024)
Q: "Did you extract the information soldier"
A: "Actually yes, not from Ari but from another producer of a different game that has had access to what they have of Silksong! It’s essentially finished. They just have no reason to rush because they’re trolls 😔 (disclaimer that i could be remembering wrong lol)"
- Do you guys think Crowsworn will be released before Silksong? (Feb 23, 2024)
"No chance" - Leth
- Hollow Knight: Silksong has a Microsoft Store page now! \o/ (Apr 1, 2024)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong "Ratings" + Official Xbox Account trolling (Apr 4, 2024)
- Leth’s short QnA on twitter (Dec 27, 2024)
Q: "@ griffinmatta is Silksong real"
A: "Yes
- Leth’s short QnA on twitter Part 2 (Jan 18, 2025)
Q: "I just want to know if the game is progressing in its development or if the team has given up on the project, please i only need a: yes, the game is real and someday it will release", PLEASE"
A: "Yes the game is real, progressing and will release. <3"
- Leth doing QnA on Discord out of goodness of his heart (Jan 18, 2025)
Notable stuff from the QnA;
Q: "Is the game progressing nicely?"
A: "Yep"
- Met Ari Gibson a few days ago (Jan 18, 2025)
"I just ran into him, I recognised him immediately since he’s a local. I only asked for a photo, and said I’m a fan and have been playing Hollow Knight since 2018. He joked that “that’s probably because you don’t have a sequel to play”, and I said “I wasn’t gonna bring that up”, and he said something about it being “soon”. Very friendly guy."