Shovel Knight Developer Explains the Games & Knights 

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1:50 RIP Tinker Knight

“He’s a king knight that doesn’t even make sense” omg he’s totally right

Shovel Knight is a classic. Still gonna look and play great in the decades to come.

I love that hes just sort of laughing along with his creations.

That main theme song is one of the best chiptunes of the last 10 years. Such a banger.

Have played all 4 campaigns and unlocked all characters in Showdown, I got so much respect towards Yacht club games and can't wait Shovel Dig and Cyper shadow.

9:46 I guess you could say he’s a hollow knight

This video just reminded me of how outstanding SK sounds. Shovel Knight is unmatched in the realm of modern-day chiptune music. It remains one of the very best video game OSTs of the 2010s.

David: _"King of Cards is definitely the comedy."_ Me, who got the ending: *"How unfortunate that you are attempting to deceive me."*

The documentary on Dishonored and Prey (3 amazing games and 3 amazing expansions) is going to be tremendous

"Sorry Google Stadia, not today!" indeeed!

The issue that I had with King of Cards has nothing to do with the game itself, which was fantastic. The issue I have is that it doesn't feel like a satisfying ending for the story arc. Shovel Knight was the breakout success with surprising depth for a 2D platformer. Plague of Shadows took it to a new level, revealing that these guys aren't just minibosses, there's real lore as to how they got here. Specter of Torment blew it wide open, revealing the depth of pathos and tragedy that these people went through. Then, King of Cards felt like some welcome comic relief, a breather before what should have been the spectacular grand finale. Which we aren't getting? Just leaving the Black Knight hanging there? His story, as well as Polar Knight's, is heavily teased but unfinished. There's one final chapter left to tell.

Love how when he’s listing all the knights King Knight has a Santa hat.

I laughed so hard that King Knight heals after a good cry😀

Got Shovel Knight in the 3DS eshop when only the base game was out. That was almost an investment, never knew I'd get this much game out of just €20

I have it on my 3ds and the 3d effect is really good. The cutscenes are really cool with the layers, too. I also love the magic of that game. My favorite Knight to play as is still the shovel knight.

Shovel Knight is truly an incredible game. I love it. It deserves all the praise it gets and more.

Hollow Knight: *Is amazing* Shovel Knight: *Is amazing* Conclusion: *Knights are amazing*

0:08 The bombastic love The cutting drama The comedy king *Im not apologizing for those*

I love Yacht Club. The only problem I have with Shovel Knight is that showdown isn't on 3ds, but that's just encouragement to get a switch

I see my self 5 years from now listening to the main theme and crying.

I'd would be interesting to see a documentary made about Larian Studios, Divinity Original Sin II, and the upcoming Baldurs Gate.

They didn't explain how they make money from this insane amount of free content though. I've never understood.

I'm just waiting for the Propeller Knight dating sim "Propeller of Love." Or the level editor mode "Tinker of Worlds."

he forgot tinker knight! D:

Really respect Yacht Club for the Shovel Knight series and the variety of mechanics and systems they've implemented in each game, even tho I only liked Specter of Torment lol. But it's cool to see them expanding even more into other genres while sticking w/ the Shovel Knight IP!

I love noclip docs so much! I wish y'all would do one on terraria

Great video. I'd love to see one of these for Axiom Verge.

1:53 How did he forget Tinker Knight?

This is a fantastic game. Really a masterpiece.

David just serving fantastic reference after fantastic reference... Megaman, Zelda II, FFVIII, Magic: The Gathering... how can I not play this?

Thanks a lot for this great video. It was so much fun to hear from the maker of this great game. Thanks for your work

It's crazy how much content is in this game! I had no idea. Definitely gonna be checking this out.

Great video. Really nice to hear him speak about the game. Clearly a ton of love and talent was put into this game. What a classic.

After five years I’ve beaten all of them. Best games I’ve ever played by far. Thanks so much for making them.

1:19 Maybe I’m forgetting something, but I don’t actually recall a single enemy in the entire game that works like that.

This is in the top 3 games of all time for me. Love playing it on Vita and Linux.

so yeah this video reminded me I own shovel knight, good time to redownload it and give it a proper go!

Super excited for whatever yacht club is working on next, they've very quickly become one of my favourite teams. If they can do what they did with a 2d platformer to a 3d platformer, I will be a very happy boy.

Shovel Knight is one of the best games I've played in the last decade, this team deserves all of their success

My nephew introduced me to this amazing game, and I'm loving it. Am looking forward to playing every stages and the showdown. So far, like Shovel Knight . Truly it's an amazing and fun game!🙌🏼😍🤩

Love the end credits here, the mouse cursor being thrown everywhere like someone is waiting on a cutscene to finish. Lol

I love how even then, devs were throwing shade at Stadia.

Cool if we got a Shovel Knight cartoon with a similar sense of humor close to both Adventure Time and Earthworm Jim.

1:49 Tinker Knight didn't get mentioned. Huh.

The mechanics of the shovel reminded me of the spear in the NES game Whomp Em.

They where all perfect but Spector of torment was a masterpiece, it had a great story AND I got to ride on spikes

Love this. Love shovel Knight. Let the digging go on forever!

Awesome!

The Play Station Vita is what I play Shovel Knight on, Wish I could get it on my Nintendo Switch because it has a bigger screen because I can barely see out of one of my eyes and I had Surgery for my eyes which gave me glasses so It kinda sucks to play on suck a small screen, But I'm glad I can actually play the game! It's very Entertaining and I love how your always doing something, I've beat the game twice already and I've only just gotten back into! I remember playing it in 2016 along with Terraria and Pokemon Pearl!

Awesome doc! Shovel Knight FTW!

1:50 RIP to any tinker knight fans

An awesome game. Had know idea there was four player modes. I need to try it agian.

specter knight music is so good

It's amazing they added the 3 separate games as free updates. Very rare nowadays.

9:46 Did... did this guy just make a Hollow Knight reference? . . . . . . HYPE (lol)

Another banger Danny!

Hope they make more shovel Knight games

I was so close to knowing all 4. I got the first 3 spot on

My son and I are playing thru Shovel Knight Treasure Trove. We love this game!!!

I love this series.

Been waiting for this!

Showdown has a Story Mode?! *immediately reinstalls game*

I love this series so much XD

I’m kinda disappointed the dev didn’t go into depth about the indevidual characters but at least I got to hear the inspiration behind are 4 favorite knights.

When you create so many characters that you forget Tinker Knight.

I absolutely love the shovel knight games , yacht games keep up the good work.

I really need to play Shovel Knight. Which is the best game to play first?

Very nice

They really be doing my man king night dirty

I have never played SK and probably never will but i really enjoyed this video :)

Hey! I played it on PS Vita :)

they made something incredible and kept adding and adding for FREE. this screams fun.

Its more than a advertising marketing video than an interview...

1:45 Poor Tinker Knight lmao

my favorite knight is king knight

One of the best deals in gaming.

1:50 Rip Tinker Knight

... I take personal offense. I no longer live with my mother. I live next door to my mother. It's a duplex, but it's totally different!

I bought it and I play it with my 8bitdo snes controller. This game is so friggin AMAZING!

1:41 man forgot tinker knight. 🥶

He called King Knight hollow. He's a hollow knight.

"When you get to know him it's kind of hollow." A Hollow Knight you say?

can't tell if its the camera or if his hands are ridiculously massive

I love everything about Shovel Knight's development and developers and everything, so it's such a shame for me that it's not my type of game :(

1:53 *sad tinker knight noises*

i guess i need to play shovel knight again lol

1:40 bruh, he forgot tinker knight

10:49 the only thing about this game funnier than king ir cards *SPECTRE OF TORMENT*

Why does specter knight change colors?

Top tier game

I’ll buy it for ps vita so I have a reason to play it again lol

I own this game on 3DS and I've only played the shovel knight campaign. Now I feel like a idiot.

Hey developers of the game I am currently on my way to 100% all the achievements from Shovel knight and I just want to some things that made me piss blood with frustration. When trying to get the Naked King achievement the fight against the Enchantress was so stupid and maddening, her bullshit of going under the unbreakable blocks almost made me lose my fucking mind. Despite that, the King of Cards DLC was the most enjoyable out of all other DLC. The only problems with the whole four DLCs is that they make Shovel Knight feel like the most boring one of all the playable characters by default, honestly, all the other charters give so much more enjoyable moves sets compared to him. Two more things that I have to complain about the fucking bottomless pits and the fucking spikes need to die, the whole instant death bullshit was not fun for me. And finally, the showdown mirror boss fight with gems collection and fucking continues if you fail was so fucking stupid, whoever thought that was a fucking sadist. Despite all my complaints I still like all the campaigns in the game, the world, and the characters that live in it. Best of luck on your next project and I hope you die in a fire.

I cant bring myself to enjoy this game much. Don't get me wrong. Most games I play are Retro in nature such as Axiom Verge and Wargroove. There is just something about SK that makes me feel overly bored. I think every game I have for switch is Pixel art except BOTW and maybe one other that I can't recall at the moment. I wish I could like this game more than I do but I put it down after 20 minutes because it doesn't hold my attention much. I know how important this game is to the indie and retro scene, most of the games I do love these days wouldn't be here without this game.

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Rip tinker knight