According to achievements, the green, goblin-like enemies you encounter several times throughout the game are called "dirks".Some of the characters have semi-official names, but in the game they are not said.All There in the Manual: Since no verbal information is visible or audible, some details can only be gleaned from official but out-of-game information.The Frog Men and the Bomber-toads bleed orange.If it is, then it implies something about the Drifter. The Titans are Ambiguous Robots and this makes the substance look more like Machine Blood. This same blood seems to be shared by the Titan whose organs are on life-support.This substance may be the titular Hyper Light.
This is seen early and often as fits of sickness cause him to cough it onto the ground. Alien Blood: The Drifter's blood is a shimmering magenta fluid that evaporates quickly.The opening cutscene appears to show the event that led to this was a massive explosion. After the End: One of the few concrete details about the continent the Drifter travels through is that it almost certainly was once much more advanced, and the small villages dotted across it are almost completely unaware of what most of the technology around them does.Most of these are in hidden areas that require a sharp eye and/or some good intuition to get to. 100% Completion: 32 modules, 16 keys, 16 monoliths, 12 outfits, 6 guns, and 186 Gear Bits to earn upgrades.Hyper Light Drifter provides examples of: The story of the Drifter and the world he's in is laden with symbolism yet sparse on concrete details, as there is very little text in the game beyond brief comments meant to help the player, so most tropes about characters and setting are up to interpretation. An animated adaptation was later announced on 28th March, 2019 and is currently in early planning stages. Metal Weave Games held a successful Kickstarter campaign for the Hyper Light Drifter Tabletop Role Playing Game in 2019. A proper successor game, Hyper Light Breaker, was announced in 2023. While taking inspiration from Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash is also dramatically different, being in full 3D and has a much more expansive story complete with voice-acted dialogue. Heart Machine have announced a Spiritual Successor, Solar Ash note Originally titled Solar Ash Kingdom, with the last word dropped during development, which released on PS5 on console and Epic Games Store on PC sometime in 2021. The game is also Nintendo Hard, with combat and platforming challenges being unforgiving at times, but rewarding to players who master them. Gameplay is inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Dark Souls, and focuses on frantic yet precise combat and a whole heaping load of collectibles. Despite the personal nature of the quest, his journey takes him to the far reaches of the continent, seeking the mysterious Modules that could lead him to the Immortal Cell, all while a mysterious monster continues to appear. He explores a long-since ravaged world, in search of a cure for his debilitating disease which is slowly killing him. The protagonist is simply known as The Drifter, a lone wanderer with a Laser Blade and a drone to activate old-world objects. Hyper Light Drifter is a 2D isometric Action-Adventure by Heart Machine, successfully funded on Kickstarter and released 31st March, 2016.