Today marks Hollow Knight's 8th birthday, a fitting time to go on a journey through the game's lifetime, and explore the development of the game's most popular speedrun; Any% No Major Glitches. Through the dedication and passion of dozens of speedrunners, the category developed tremendously from its infancy, turning into an extremely optimised speedrun with countless fascinating skips and strategies. So, let's go back, 8 entire years. This is the World Record History of Hollow Knight Speedruns...
This project has been in the making for almost two months. I hope you all enjoy it.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:00 - Early History
0:09:10 - Two Major Finds
0:17:38 - The (Almost) Barebones Route
0:28:55 - The Run Gets Much Harder
0:37:14 - Two Updates, Three Discoveries, Two Runners
0:55:00 - A New Generation
0:59:38 - The God Gamer
1:10:05 - Pest
1:20:51 - Catching Up to Pest
1:29:33 - The Race to 31
1:42:42 - A King Skates In
1:57:00 - A new route? (Epilogue)
2:00:51 - Epilogue of the Epilogue
CREDITS:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ov4jTnPgi3VLDnqMVdr2oDx3hXRK6MnWikZ5ggosMZI/edit?tab=t.0
Music Used in this video:
The Hollow Knight OST - @ComposerLarkin
The TOHU OST - @ComposerLarkin
Hollow Knight Piano Collections @ComposerLarkin
The Celeste Soundtrack - @LenaRaine
Undertale OST - Toby Fox
A Short Hike OST @mguitars
Cult of the Lamb OST - @RiverBoyBeats
Risk of Rain 2 OST - @AstronautDown
Home - We're Finally Landing
Thumbnail by Bluequills (@bluequills )
Additional editing help from @AverageImposter and @PyeFive
Chart sprites created by @Fly-Sky-High
Massive shoutout to Eridan for their work in compiling the community's history. Check out their spreadsheet if you're interested! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tGiKda_nTw_r5s7ZnPXJeQYOYxyDASEDp6gE2sGgMus/edit?gid=1263869062#gid=1263869062