Steam’s only 5 million-million-year-old Knights of the Hole: A Song of Zith triggered a shock wave, not only from the online record of Steam’s independent game of history, but also from the collapse of platforms such as PSN, eShop and Xbox, but also from the Internet corner of the proliferation of pirated games. And it gave rise to a scene in which pirated players are calling for people to buy a real game and not to break it.
On 4 September, the White Knights: A Song of Silk, created by the three-person independent studio Cherry Group, was officially released, with a full-platform price of $20 and a 10-dollar price for Steam, six years after its first publication. As a continuation of a network-wide sale of over 15 million Vague Knights, their sale led to technical failures in shops such as Steam.
Following the recovery of the platform, the number of players began to expand sharply, and the song of silk also peaked at 56,2814 online players on steam, standing 18th most popular game in Steam ‘ s history, an achievement that is all the more alarming given its independent positioning, and the total number of actual players on the platform will undoubtedly be much higher.
An unencrypted version of the GoG platform, The Song of Thread, is available in the hours following distribution, when players who buy games from the regular channels are unable to enter the game even because of technical failures. What is truly surprising is the response of some senior pirate players who, on social platforms, urged others to support Team Cherry and buy The Song of silk.
It’ll be out in 15 minutes.
This may be the first game I’ve bought on the day of sale in 10 years, “User Pyrokzg responded to a 7,000-spectrum post in the piracy-related subreddit forum. “For me, this is even the first time in my life,” another named Vamsi-Thupu.
The problem of piracy has existed since the very beginning of the video game, and manufacturers have chosen to protect their interests by using means such as D encryption. However, while D-encryption can deter piracy, it has a serious impact on the performance of the game, especially on low-asset equipment, and therefore continues to suffer from player disease. And this encryption is not incoherent, nor are the decrypted D encryption games.
The famous Queens are specializing in D encryption. Break
So why is this pirated player standin’ in solidarity on “The Song of silk”? It is clear that the entire Internet has a great deal of goodwill towards small, independent studios like Team Cherry. The great success of the former Knight of the Hole has not only enabled a small team like Team Cherry to develop this ambitious continuation, but has also given players confidence in their teams.
In addition, there is a general perception among players that Team Cherry is a respectable game-oriented style. First of all, the game begins with an unencrypted version, and the Australian studio, a three-member team, has been working to fulfil the commitments made many years ago when KickStarter was raised by the Hole Knights, and has also proven its seriousness in playing games by the good reviews received by players when the game comes online. In the current market environment where the value of the game is increasing, the relative cost-effectiveness of the Song of silk is even more precious and shows respect for the players.In short, “He’s worth it!”, Team Cherry is a “good man”, and players think their success is theirs.
User No-Shape6053 also said on the pirate subreddit: “This is a team of 3-4 people who respect and respond to the expectations of fans at every point. To ensure that the PC version is not encrypted so that all supporters of the Vagina Knights can get the song on the platform of their choice free of charge. If we can support them, now is the official time.”
The Cherry Group offers free “Song of silk” for all early players who participate in the Vagina. Code
“Please support developers if you can, they are worth it,” by iTznowbie. There are similar comments. “This is the only game that makes me feel guilty if I play piracy,” says Bethfire 24. “Hey, this game is cheap. This one, we shouldn’t steal it, Sythrin says.
Interestingly, some expressed surprise at this collective campaign against piracy, which led to a discussion on why it appeared in the song of silk, while other violent independent games in the past failed to trigger such a reaction.
User MixaLv says: “At times, people here claim that the title of the game, the price of the sale or the identity of the independent production team have no influence on them, but I think the song of silk is so respected.”
“I’m also surprised,” user Alliertx adds. “Many times people say, `Who cares if you’re an independent studio game’, but everyone seems to be quite resistant to the theft of the silk song.”
User Someone Existing 1 states: “Team Cherry has won an amazing reputation for himself, because they are just three people’s studios, with far fewer employees to pay, so they can press the game very low. And they’re not as greedy as most companies, so their DLCs are all free of charge, and there’s no micro-trading or bullshit that must be connected.”
So far, the overall rating of the Vacant Knights: A Song of silk has been 84 per cent, but only 46 per cent, mainly because of their inexplicable Chinese translation and the difficulty of the game. Team Cherry indicated that he had received feedback from the player and that efforts would be made in the coming weeks to improve the localization of Chinese.
I don’t know how to translate.
The White Hole Knight: A Song of silk has now been officially released for $20, landing on PC, PS4/5, Xbox Series S/X and Switch Platform, Switch 2 for free upgrade.