HKViz mod

A Hollow Knight mod which records analytics while playing, like player movement and collected items, health, charms, deaths over time.

The visualizations + website for viewing recordings is contained in the hkviz-web repository.

Visit hkviz.org to see the site in action:

• 🎥 to record analytics for your own gameplays visit the install guide.
• 🌐 to analyze public gameplays of other players explore public gameplays.
• 📜 and lastly there is the visualization guide that explains the different visualizations and how to interpret them.

I have Ideas/Feedback (e.g. for some additional data to record.)

Feel free to open a issue on this repository or write @olivergrack on discord.

Setup for development

Clone this repo, and create copy the LocalOverrides.targets.example in the HKVizMod folder, and rename it to LocalOverrides.targets. Change the directory reference in the copied file to point to your HollowKnight installation.

Install the HK Modding Extensions for VisualStudio, by searching Manage Extensions inside the VisualStudio search. Inside the extensions panel search for HollowKnight and install the found extension.

The following programs might also be helpful when modding

• AssetRipper to decompile a complete Unity project from HollowKnight. Mostly useful for c# scripts.
• AssetStudio to extract assets from HollowKnight, like sprites and textures.
• FSMViewAvalonia to view FSMs.