Games For Windows Magazine: Knytt

By: Derek Yu

On: November 6th, 2007

Games For Windows is fast becoming the most indie-friendly magazine around, what with its 3-page spread on Dwarf Fortress (yes!) a few months ago, and now this little write-up (scan) on Knytt. Go Nifflas!

And by the way, I had no idea Knytt was pronounced “KNIGHT.” I’ve been pronouncing it “KNIT” this whole time. I don’t think that’s gonna stop, either. Also, I’ve been pronouncing metanet‘s N as “CHEESEBURGER,” which I’m now worried is totally wrong.

And The Underside as “CAVE STORY.” (Ohsnapwtfbbqkekekekejk <3.)

(Thanks very much to The DMac for the news/scan!)

Posted in Community, Developers, Platformers, Windows | Tags: Nifflas

crukid

Dear god, the second paragraph reminds me of why I love it when you post.
Nikica

Hehe I LOL’D, Podunkian hates when somebody says that The Underside is like Cave Story !!!
Pnx

Really? I’ve been making that mistake too? Do you auppose my pronounciation of Dwarf Fortress (“WORLD’s GREATEST GAME”) is wrong too?
Skyleak

Yes Pnx; it is actually pronounced “Dorf fortress”
Benzido

Pnx: Seriously? that’s how I pronounce “toribash”
contra

lol @ knight
Dusty Spur

I am totally going to still say KNIT.
gum

being from sweden, i can assure you that it’s NOT pronounced “knight”. more like “knit”.
it’s even more like “knytt”, though.
axel

Yar, he’s right. It’s Swedish, and it’s pronounced like “knit”, except with a strong “K”. But I guess Derek was being sarcastic anyway, so _WHO WANTS TO SING?!_
Cycle

Hey man, I wrote a three page indie article, a three page article on DEFCON and cover indie and freeware games each month, I even interviewed you Derek, why you gotta do this to me man, we’re totally the most indie-friendly magazine :(
Mr. Podunkian

whoa, dude… not cool…

not cool…
Noyb

No mention of Knytt’s atmosphere and music? Typical skepticism that all indies want is to be devoured by the corporate games machine? Okaaaay…
Cycle

We happened to us Derek, we used to be tight :( remember when we used to rock out all night, what happened to those days man? What happened?
Cycle

What happened, rather. Cursed lack of sleep!
Derek

Bro. We still tight. *fist pound*
larsiusprime

Yeah, I’m from Norway, and our language is pronounced almost exactly the same as Swedish, and I can definitely confirm that it’s pronounced “Knit.”

A lot of english words originally come from the Scandinavian langauges – pretty much anything with a KN in it came from the Vikings…

Knife, Knight, Knot, etc… and in the original Scandinavian, those all had hard, not silent, K’s.

I think it was the later Norman french influence that swallowed the “K’s”
konjak

I am Swedish and in no way is “knytt” literaly pronounced like “knight” from a Swedish standpoint.
konjak

Adding to that: Personally, I’ve been reading it like an English person would: “nit”.
Mizumon

LOL’d at the Underside pronunciation. ^o^”
Sergio

Pronunciation of Knytt is something I believe Nifflas is asked a lot… If I remember rightly (I probably don’t) it is said “knit” but the k sound isn’t completely silent or something.
http://www.shotbeakgames.za.net/niche Tr00jg

It is with a hard “k”… afaik. There is even an audio of Nifflas saying it.
Nikica

It’s “knjit” and Dwarf Fortress is “GREATEST GAME IN UNIVERSE” !!!
haowan

KERNIT THE FROG
http://gnomeslair.blogspot.com/ gnome

Wow.. a Microsoft sponsored mag spreading indie love? I’m shocked…

Ni! (the knights who)
Movius

Knytt in Shinning armour?
whitebrice

You guys know that Nikujin got a mention in the latest issue of Retro Gamer with tigsource as the download link, right?
negative zero

i thought it was pronounced keh-night. holy shit, that’s an eye opener.