You are an outdated knight. The world has decided you are obsolete. Wren has decided you are not.

The realm's machines have reached a philosophical consensus — they call it the Absolution Mindset. Organic life, they argue, is inefficient. Better optimized than preserved. They are not wrong. They are just not kind.

Your firmware is three generations out of date. You cannot receive the update.
You have one human to protect. That is enough.

What it is

• Tactical roguelike on a 6×6 isometric grid — speed-based initiative, no attack RNG, every choice committed.
• Souls-like timing reactions — multi-wheel offense and defense braces. Read the chime, time the strike, dodge the bolt.
• Hand-painted Bright Ruins aesthetic — Don't Starve meets Studio Ghibli. Warm, sunlit, weighty.
• Slay-the-Spire-style node map across two acts of fallen kingdom: cornfield, cathedral, silo, the broadcasting Herald, the Prelate at the end.
• ~15–20 minute runs. Defeat is a moment, not a punishment.

Controls

• Mouse — click tiles to move, click ability buttons to act, click reaction wheels to time hits.
• 1–9 — ability hotkeys.
• ESC — pause / settings / quit run.

Built for Gamedev.js Jam 2026

Theme: Machines. Built in 13 days with Phaser 3, Vite, and a Wacom tablet running Krita.

Credits

• Christian D'Albano — Director, Code, Art, Owner & Lead Dev — chrisdalbano.com · LinkedIn
• Nicholas Drabb — Game Design, Sound, Voice, Lore, Narrative Co-Author

Source

Open source on GitHub: github.com/Chrisdalbano/SpareKnight-webgame

Also deployed in Wavedash SpareKnight-Game | Wavedash

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