Knight & Damsel is OUT NOW! Buy it on PC (on Steam, Humble Store or Itch.io) or OUYA for $7.99 / £5.59 / €7.99 (a 20% launch discount.)  And here’s our launch trailer!

“But wait,” you say! What’s this “Knight & Damsel” thing? Here’s a précis!

Knight & Damsel is a two-player “uncooperative” multiplayer game set on a papercraft stage that subverts the age-old tale of knights saving damsels, with the knight and damsel competing to rescue the other! In Knight & Damsel, players attempt to delay their opponent so their chosen hero can receive the most glory by getting the furthest through the stage. They do this by throwing blocks on to their opponents screen, warping the fourth wall between 2D screen and world space. Blocks have the ability to delay or knock back their opponent, with snow avalanches to pursuing ghosts at hand to ensure you can get the lead in the race. Compete as Knight and Damsel across four stages in the campaign mode, or simply kick back and enjoy the full selection of blocks via the arcade mode. Knight & Damsel offers a competitive twist on the Damsel in Distress trope, fun for all ages. Knight & Damsel will be $9.99 / £6.99 / €9.99 but with a 20% launch discount for the first two weeks taking the price down to $7.99 / £5.59 / €7.99. The game will not be discounted again this year.

Features

• Local two-player “uncooperative” gaming.
• “Papercraft" art style in which “all the world’s a stage.”
• Four different unique level settings.
• Sixteen unique item blocks to be used in-game.
• Hundreds of randomized screen designs (every playthough is different!)
• A campaign mode that takes players through the four level settings in one playthrough.
• A full arcade mode in which players can choose their settings and use any combination of blocks.

(As an aside: Knight & Damsel was developed by a loose team of collaborators in Toronto, Canada, with a diverse team thanks to working with local diversity initiatives and co-working spaces like Dames Making Games and Bento Miso.)