MoonlightWyvern

she/her Hollow Knight: Lacesong (:

[moonlightwyvern30]

Hi Mrs. Moonlightwyvern! I had a question…

Literally HOW do you make the dialogue for Lacesong?? I’m working on a little project that involves Hollow Knight, but I can’t figure out how to write Hollow Knight-y sounding dialogue. I don’t have the eloquence man…

So I wanted to ask someone who was actively making Hollow Knight type dialogue, not to mention that from the snippets I saw, it’s pretty accurate too!

Any tips? Advice? It’d help a lot! Thank you!

Hollow Knight dialogue is most reminiscent of old English. Some phrases have words swapped around (Like in Shakra's dialogue, she says "come to know this kingdom all" which would be a strange phrase in the English we use today), and they also tend to use more complicated words and phrases. I find the dialogue from Hollow Knight to be similar to the dialogue in Lord of the Rings, since they both seem to take after old English. Whether you have or haven't watched those movies, I highly recommend studying the dialogue from both LOTR and Hollow Knight for reference. Some characters like Hornet often speak professionally and more seriously compared to others such as Lace. Each character has their own way of speaking, and some have certain "quirks" in their dialogue (like how Twelfth Architect sometimes says two similar words next to each other connected by a hyphen). This is why it's important to study the dialogue from each character that you're writing to get a better sense as to how they speak.

I also find it helpful to try to imagine what a character's voice might sound like. Reading through a character's dialogue with a unique voice in mind helps me better understand their way of speaking.

Sorry that this a long answer. I just love ranting about stuff like this lol. I hope this helps you in whatever project you have!

[moonlightwyvern30]

ooh for the bell best, something sort of sing-song-y? something that sounds like... say-yah/sigh-yah!! or ah-lee-ay!! idk there's a vibe i can imagine but idk how to describe it well tbh it's a pickle 😭

You're probably on the right track. I don't want to concern myself with the Bell Beast name just yet though, not until I get a VA for Lace.

[moonlightwyvern30]

Maybe you'd call Bell Beast "Bella" instead of "Eira"?

The name "Eira" along with all of the other weird words the other characters say aren't supposed to sound like a known language, and I'd like the name of the Bell Beast to also fit in with the bug language. It's for this reason why I haven't come up with a name for the Bell Beast yet. I want it to be different from what Hornet says and also sound like something that Lace would say.

[moonlightwyvern30]

So... I redesigned the Knight crest again. The tool slots were overlapping with the old design, and it kind of bothered me, so I decided to redo the whole thing. And before anyone asks, this isn't a new crest. This is just a new sprite for the Hunter Crest to match with Lace.

[moonlightwyvern30]

SHERMA NO GET OUT OF THERE!

[moonlightwyvern30]

I did some experimenting with a new crest design to replace Hunter Crest, and I think I landed on one that I like The only issue with it is that the tool notches overlap with the crest icon when there's a tool equipped, but I don't feel like trying to change the design to work around it. Also, this does not mean that I'm making an entirely new crest. I'm just redesigning Hunter Crest to fit Lace. Edit: forget what I said about not changing the crest design. The tool overlap bothered me too much, so I redesigned the whole thing (;

[moonlightwyvern30]

Hello, can I ask when your mod will be released? I can't wait to play as Lace and learn about your mod's lore

I don't have an exact date yet, but it should hopefully release before the end of this year. But with everything that I have to do, including dialogue, voicelines, and translations, it might end up taking longer.

[moonlightwyvern30]

Without sharing spoilers if you don't want to, but if Hornet will replace Lace's fights in the game, what's the context for her to be present at the flower bed in her second fight? Is she just on her way to fight GMS? Does she want to test Lace to see if she's truly capable of taking down her mother? Also, are you planning on reanimating the cutscenes as well?

I'm not going to say much about Hornet's role in the story, but I will say that she's in the Cradle for similar reasons as she is in canon. And yes, I am planning on reanimating the cutscenes (once the templates are released, that is)

[moonlightwyvern30]

so i noticed that in hornet fight there will be used hornet hk ost but i think it would be rlly cool if it was red maiden instead! ofc no pressure, you do you, its your mod after all

Lace's theme and boss-fight are really fast-paced, so it would make sense for Hornet's theme to be at a similar pace. Red Maiden is a lot slower than her original theme from HK, as it's meant to be a gauntlet theme (and it's also representing Hornet's pure anger during that segment, which she isn't exactly feeling during her fight with Lace)

[moonlightwyvern30]

Hello again! (anon from before) I'm sorry if I'm asking too many questions, i don't mean to overwhelm you but is your mod going to be available on Nexus? Or are you planning to publish it on a diffrent site?

I'm thinking about releasing it on Thunderstore since that seems to be where most people post their mods, and I think it's also what the Hollow Knight Modding Discord mainly uses.

[moonlightwyvern30]

Hi Ms. Moonlight Wyvern! I just recently found your channel and I saw the whole Lacesong thing and I thought it was so freaking cool bcs she’s one of my favorite characters (Karmelita is no doubt my fav). I was wondering if there was any way I, or any other member of your community, could help with the mod in some way? I, me, personally, would love to help with anything!

…I’m not a programmer though, or I can’t draw, BUT REGARDLESS OF MY LACK OF SKILLS I CAN HELP. PROBABLY.

Thanks and take care of yourself!

I am looking for a voice actor for Lace and some translators for the new dialogue I'm writing. I'll probably put out applications for those soon (once I work up the courage to do it) If you can't do either, that's fine. It makes me happy simply knowing that there are people out there who are looking forward to what I'm making

[moonlightwyvern30]

Hello! (first ask, kinda nervous) Have you done the taunt for Lace in your Lacesong project? If not, i have a small idea, it could be her laugh when she enters a new phase in her Lace 2 fight!

I have just recently reanimated her taunt!

I do like the idea of her laughing for the taunt anim, but the only problem is that the spritebox is too small which would cause the animation would look weird if I tried to do it.

[moonlightwyvern30]

Hey! I started working on a skin mod myself recently but when I test the Bellhome sprites they're all out of place and I don't really know how to fix it. I found your blog and your skin looks really good so I was hoping you knew what the problem might be. Is there a way to fix it? Many thanks!

I haven't gotten to the Bellhome sprites yet, so I can't really be of much help, but I'll try. If you are working directly from the spritesheet, the animations tend to not flow very well. The issue could also be that you're not lining up the sprites correctly in relation to the other sprites in the bellhome.

Again, I'm sorry I'm not familiar with these animations. If you can explain your issue more in-detail, I can probably try to help, but idk. Maybe ask the modding discord instead. They've got a place where you can chat and ask questions about skin making and stuff.

[moonlightwyvern30]

I don't know why I decided to do this lol

[moonlightwyvern30]

I just finished watching the trailer and the progress update, and I have to say that I have never been more interested in a project for any game that I have played. Its just looks already fantastic. And with the praising out of the way xd, I wanted to ask on if you are changing some lore alongside the interactions. I saw the question where somebody asked you, why would GMS protect Hornet, and where you gave it your little explanation as to why.

So if there will be like more of these "little explanations".

There are a few bits of lore I am changing for Lacesong. They all will directly bridge off of canon lore, as I am trying to keep this as lore-accurate as possible. There also will be a lot of things that aren't directly explained through dialogue or in-game text and will instead be shown through sprite animations or slight hints in the dialogue.

[moonlightwyvern30]

Phantom seems a bit angry at their sister today...

[moonlightwyvern30]

I just wanted to get into Blasted Steps, but my evil twin keeps denying me entry ):