Knights Within News

I'm excited to announce that Knights Within will be releasing into Early Access on May 15!

As a solo dev, I think Early Access is the right way to release my first project.

What you can expect right away from the early access build next week:

• Solo or up to 4 player co-op
  
• Quick play and server browser matchmaking (using steam matchmaking)
  
• 2 game modes, the standard mission mode and an endless difficulty climber version
  
• 2 map biomes, each with their own procedural generation of areas
  
• Over 65 gear loadout customizations to equip, including 6 sub-classes
  
• Character color customizations
  
• Over 90 in-mission upgrades, most for you, some for your enemies
  
• Multiple out-of-mission keep upgrades to improve your runs
  
• Multiple enemy types and procedural bosses
  
• Leveling and prestige system
  
• In-Game achievements
  
• Custom soundtrack by Chris Morrone
  

and this is just the start, you can expect more information like a roadmap soon. Until then, feel free to join the Discord early connect with the community

Looking forward to the next chapter :)

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small update
(please expect less frequent updates to the demo as I prioritize working on the base game for early access release)

New

• 2 new wanderers
  
• New song, multiple other songs updated
  

Updates

• Changed enemy arrow trail fx to better differentiate between arrows & fireballs
  
• Reduce Smoke bomb mutation size ~20%
  
• Updated enemy ground trap fx to have a more clearly defined border
  
• Boss’ gunner attack now actually shoots bullets instead of arrows. Also added a little delay to start the attack to give some warning
  
• Explosive Firearm rounds AOE now correctly counts as ranged damage instead of AOE (enables the triggering of rifle specific perks on the aoe)
  
• Gear descriptions now show Perk trigger chance (if relevant)
  
• Piercing ammo does 90% dmg on first hit and 10% less every hit after (was 85% every hit)
  
• Piercing ammo now goes through Enemy shields
  
• Bosses should no longer be the same subtype in a row
  

Fixes

• Implemented a safety to hopefully catch weird instances of being stuck without being able to perform actions
  
• Fixed chain damage vfx not properly
  
• Fixed Dome and Trap abilities not destroying Enemy Seekers
  

Thank you for trying the demo!

small update
(please expect less frequent updates to the demo as I prioritize working on the base game for early access release)

• New objective type: Destroy
  
• Fuel cells should less frequently spawn in unreachable areas
  
• New pickup: Medallions. Enemies have a very small chance to drop medallions
  
• Medallion costs for certain interactables now scale in multiplayer
  
• Multishot beacon now fires 4 rounds, each dealing 50% dmg in a specific horizontal arc (was 3 rounds, 60% dmg completely random direction within cone)
  
• Updated various perk sfx
  
• Slow trap mutation radius reduced to 125 (was 200)
  
• Current beacons and mutations are now shown in beacon selection menus
  
• You can scroll in the beacon/mutation lists in Tac Info while holding the button down
  
• Reduced sprint stamina cost further to 4/s (was 5)
  
• Boss’ health now scales with # of mutations
  
• Increased the potency of some weaker boss attacks
  

Thank you for trying the demo!

small update
(please expect less frequent updates to the demo as I prioritize working on the base game for early access release)

• Able to go back pages in tutorial by holding interact
  
• Improved mission select menu scaling for non 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions
  
• Fixed clients not seeing their bullet vfx when hitting nothing
  
• Reduced base Dash cost to 8 (was 10) but mobility gear stat now affects this as well. Increased base dash distance slightly to compensate
  
• 4 new beacons
  
• 3 new mutations
  
• Changed spawning mutations (elites/specials etc) to work off of base % chance instead of being additive % chance. This should make the increase more gradual when these mutations roll
  

Thank you for trying the demo!

small update
(please expect less frequent updates to the demo moving forward as I prioritize working on the base game for early access release)

New

• 1 new mission interactable: Resupplies
  
• 2 new beacons
  

Updates

• Refactored perks and beacon code to allow chaining of more effects (paving the way for future modifiers) some Beacons will feel stronger
  
• Reduced Beacon Medallion activation cost to 6 (was 8)
  
• Updates to various Ability Mod Stats
  
• Mission select menu updates
  
• Improved rain particle collisions
  
• Reduced gunners firerate to 3 rps (was 3.5)
  
• Berserkers dashes have progressively less range, making avoiding the second and/or third dash possible purely with movement
  
• Support drops now show how much ammo/health is being picked up
  
• Barrier and Heal on kill Beacons improved to 8% chance per stack (was 5%)
  

Fixes

• Fixed HUD buttons not changing automatically when on default auto setting
  
• Fixed thorns beacon not always triggering
  

Thank you for trying the demo!