Gleamlight will be released for Nintendo Switch in early 2020 according to Nintendo. You will need to perform multiple attacks such as using The Nail and Nail Arts along with the Spells and Abilities in order to defeat them. Bosses are special Enemies that feature their own arena, a large amount of health, and a variety of unique moves and abilities. And of course, Gleamlight isn’t out yet, so we can’t say if the similarities are merely superficial. Gorb is a Warrior Dream Boss in Hollow Knight. Gleamlight’s enemy design is very different from that of Hollow Knight, a game that makes heavy use of bug-like imagery. Obviously, no single entity can own an art style or even specific mechanics. “The dev team is aware of ‘ Hollow Knight’ but the game has nothing to do with that title,” the rep continued. “‘ Gleamlight’ is still in development and it’s not final at this moment,” the representative said. In response, a representative told Polygon that Gleamlight may still see some changes. Was Hollow Knight an inspiration of some sort? Are the developers of Gleamlight aware of Hollow Knight at all? Polygon reached out to Gleamlight publisher D3Publisher, noting that fans were unfavorably comparing the aesthetics of the game. Both games also make ample use of darkness to set a somber tone.

Notably, Gleamlight’s feature list boasts that the game will have the player “navigate without the reliance of any standard game UI, while tracing the world’s mysterious unspoken story.” Hollow Knight also has a minimalist UI and tells the player very little about what is actually going on.

The attacks and movements also seem familiar. The color palettes seem similar, the hand-drawn style is similar, and the main character has a similar design to that of characters in Hollow Knight. YouTubeĪccording to developer DICO, the aesthetics are influenced by “beautiful stained glass artistry,” which tracks - but even so, the similarities between both games are striking. Some of the comments on Gleamlight’s reveal trailer. The footage also has more dislikes than likes at the moment. While the trailer for Gleamlight has only been viewed over 11,000 times as of this writing, all the top comments are about Hollow Knight. Evidently, I’m not alone: The top response to Nintendo’s tweet about the game calls it a Hollow Knight “ripoff,” and nearly all replies after that mention the existing Metroid-style indie game in some way. When I first saw the footage, I initially thought I was looking at DLC or a sequel for Hollow Knight. Nintendo held an indie game showcase earlier in the week, and one of the games revealed for the show was an action title called Gleamlight.

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