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SETH'S WISH GRANTED TO HAVE THE NPC HE DESIGNED COME TO LIFE
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Seth’s Wish Story:
Seth Goldman loved Hollow Knight, a 2D action-platformer on Steam with “Overwhelmingly Positive” reviews, and a Metacritic “Must Play” on Nintendo Switch. Australian indie studio Team Cherry developed the surprise hit and rewarded their fans with substantial direct contact on the creation of their second outing, Hollow Knight: Silksong.
While looking forward to Silksong, Seth learned that he had Ewing Sarcoma – an aggressive form of cancer that can metastasize from bone to lungs, spine, and other bones and soft tissues. Earlier this year Seth’s caretakers informed him his case was terminal, with a prognosis of only a few more months to live.
Amidst other preparations, Seth’s father contacted The Marty Lyons Foundation a non-profit dedicated to realizing the wishes of children ages 3 to 17 diagnosed with terminal diseases. Krystal DeWitt Monroy, Director of Program Services, resolved to make Seth’s Hollow Knight dream a reality. Monroy has coordinated several other gaming wishes before, and finds us a “wonderful, generous community”. Corresponding directly with TheGamer.com via email, she describes Seth as a special young man and she “was happy to have coordinated his wish.”
Seth designed the boss’ look and named him after himself as a sort of memorial. Team Cherry was happy to work with Seth, describing him as “a really cool young guy we were fortunate enough to meet and get to know.” Team Cherry revealed Seth in a Reddit post teasing that he “guards a secret long forgotten and will attack any who stray too close”, and “will fight until the very end, and beyond.” Seth got to see Seth in action before passing, “I saw some footage and he is amazing and fast.” It was easy to read pride in another post where Seth called Seth “a monster.”
After Seth’s death, his father sent Monroy an email (graciously shared with TheGamer.com) telling her, “Seth had a real dream come true” due to her work with Team Cherry. “He LOVED that game,” he said, adding “Seth’s soul lives on in a video game and in the hearts of all that knew him.”
The Hollow Knight subreddit poured out support and appreciation for Seth and Team Cherry. The news of his passing saddened many, but said that in honor of him they would be thinking of Seth every time they encountered Seth in game. Wish granted.
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