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Good Night, Knight

A dynamic hack-and-slash adventure that mixes procedural generation with hand-made scenarios and a darkly humorous story. Featuring heavy-hitting deliberate combat, robust stealth mechanics, threatening enemies with unique movesets and a vast array of game-changing items to discover.

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Developer
RedEmber
Publisher
No Gravity Games
Release
February 16, 2021
5 years and 168 days ago
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Mixed57 reviews66.7%

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About the Game

KEY FEATURES:

  • Strategic heavy-hitting combat: Skill, timing, and good positioning are key to your survival.

  • Double the fun in the co-op mode. Click the orb in your tent and play with your friend!

  • Robust stealth elements: Sneak, peek around corners, with the help of the dynamic field-of-view system and learn where enemies are patrolling to catch them off-guard. Or hack-and-slash your way through them all!

  • Procedurally generated dungeons: Randomly generated areas and a mix of hand-made scenarios makes each campaign unique and interesting.

  • Huge amounts of loot to find and equip: Mix and match gear, potions, and curses to find your preferred playstyle.

  • Risk/Reward management: Choose between retreating to rest or venturing onwards for extra rewards.

  • Extra challenges: Enable many different extra challenge modifiers for even more rewards, but don't get too greedy!

  • Prepare yourself for battle: Food, ingredients, and provisions help you stay in top shape during battles. Gather resources during combat, and manage how much to spend during preparations.

  • No permadeath: Progress is saved while advancing through the campaign. And just like real life, death can still be very costly.

  • Optional Ironman mode: In this game mode, if you die, everything is lost! Only for the toughest Knights!

ABOUT THE GAME:

Become the one and only - extremely honorable, brave and … a little bit sleepy Knight of the Holy Divers. The ancient evil has been banished, the princess rescued and the Knight retires - but something is wrong. You awake falling to your death - probably - from the top of the mysterious underworld spire. Regain your memories and save the world - most likely - again. Go forth Holy Diver it’s - definitely - all up to you.

Good Night, Knight is a humorous twist on stories you likely already know from fantasy books and games, set in a pixel medieval world. With a range of unique and peculiar knights, creatures and many different story events Good Night, Knight offers a truly unusual experience.

This charming 16-bit sneak-and-slash adventure is a mechanically-deep dungeon crawler featuring robust stealth, stamina management, a dynamic field-of-view system, versatile items, resource management, and much more to discover!

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