Knightmared

About

You are outnumbered. Demons pour into the arena without end. Your only job: survive.

Knightmared is an auto-attack survival roguelike where weapons attack automatically so you can focus on movement, survival, and build decisions. The real game happens on the upgrade screen, where every choice shapes your run and opens new possibilities.

The core loop

• Survive in a timed arena. Difficulty escalates every 5 seconds with new enemy types and denser spawns.
• Collect experience from defeated demons. Each level-up pauses the action and lets you choose one upgrade: a weapon upgrade, a player ability, or an item.
• Gold carries between runs. When the timer ends the boss spawns—kill it to win; die and return to the meta screen to spend gold on permanent upgrades.
• One run takes about 15–20 minutes.

Weapon Mastery

• Weapons evolve through kills: every kill with a specific weapon increases its mastery.
• Mastery unlocks stronger upgrades, increases critical chance, and alters the upgrade pool available during runs.
• Characters begin with a signature weapon (for example, the Knight starts with a sword) and can acquire additional weapons during a run.
• This creates a parallel progression layer where committing to weapons across runs unlocks advanced options.

Build variety

• Six weapons with distinct attack patterns and upgrade trees.
• Twenty-nine items across five rarity tiers and eight permanent stat upgrades.
• Arsenal Expansion unlocks weapon slots (start with one, unlock more via meta upgrades) allowing 1–3 equipped weapons.
• Combine weapons and items to discover synergies; hundreds of build combinations are possible.

What this is not

• Not a reflex or aiming skill game: there is no aiming or precision execution—auto-attack removes the reflex barrier.
• Not predatory monetization: one purchase, no battle pass, no loot boxes (as stated by the developer).
• Runs are short (15–20 minutes) so progression persists via gold and meta upgrades.

Early Access

• The developer intends to release in Early Access to build with player feedback.
• Current Early Access state: playable from beginning to end, with full 15–20 minute runs, a boss fight, and core systems functional while balance, pacing, and performance are refined.
• Planned additions include more weapons, enemy types, arenas, characters, and community-driven balance passes.

Feature overview

• Weapon Mastery system tied to kill counts per weapon.
• 6 weapons, expandable arsenal, and deep build synergy potential.
• 15–20 minute runs with escalating intensity every 5 seconds.
• Strategy-focused gameplay: decisions over execution.
• Gold carries forward for meta-progression and permanent upgrades.