One developer has said it will give away its game for free to anyone who responds to a social media post, but only if Hollow Knight Silksong shows up at this afternoon’s Nintendo Direct.

Game developer Pere Albacar, who founded Guateke Studios, is gearing up to release “cute” indie Sands of Hope. “Explore the sandy landscapes of Cydonia as you use your ancestral powers to build and attach magnetic cubes, find energy cores to restore the land’s water flow and meet other villagers with the help of a loyal dog,” reads the upcoming game’s description (and, yes, you can pet the dog).

Now, in anticipation of this afternoon’s Nintendo Direct, Albacar has said that anyone who responds to his social media post will be gifted a Steam code for Sands of Hope if we do indeed get some information on Hollow Knight: Silksong. And, well, at the time of writing, Albacar has had 32k replies.

“Ohhhh boy, what have you done,” reads one such response, to which Albacar replied: “Wasn’t expecting 20k comments haha.” It has, of course, more than that now. When someone else added they hoped Albacar was “ready” for this afternoon, the developer said he wasn’t. “There’s so many comments,” Albacar wrote in what seems to be good humour.

Many have said that even if Silksong doesn’t get a release date or equivalent this afternoon, they will still check out Sands of Hope anyway. The game is due to be released on 4th August via Steam.

A demo for Sands of Hope was released earlier this year, and reviews for it are currently looking pretty good overall. “Lovely puzzle game, I like the visual style and the humour. Looking forward to the full release,” reads one review from the demo. “This game is very promising,” another added.

As for Nintendo, its Direct will take place on 31st July, at 2pm UK time. It is scheduled to run for around 25 minutes long, and include information about games from Nintendo’s publishing partners. This will include titles coming to both Switch and Switch 2.

Do you think Silksong will be there?