Burning Knight
Rate itA pixel-art bullet hell roguelike with a date-seeded Daily Run shared by everyone.
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Burning Knight is a fast action roguelike from Rexcellent Games in which you raid a castle full of bullet-spraying enemies while a flaming knight hunts you. Its Daily Run seeds the whole dungeon from the date, so every player gets the same run that day and can compare results on a daily leaderboard. You get one go: once played, the daily door disappears until the next day.
About Burning Knight
Burning Knight is a top-down shooter roguelike with bright pixel art and dynamic lighting. Each run takes you down through procedurally built floors full of enemies, bosses, shops, secrets and a large pool of items that change how you fight, from ranged builds to melee or magic. It was released on Steam in June 2020 by Rexcellent Games and published by 2Awesome Studio, and its developer later made the full source code public.
The Daily Run uses a seed built from the UTC date. That means everyone who plays on a given day gets the same layout, the same item drops and the same enemies, and the result is posted to a leaderboard for that day. The game marks the daily as done after you enter it, so there is a single attempt per day.
Alongside the daily, the game offers seeded runs that you can enter yourself for practice or speedrunning, a boss rush and local co-op, though the daily is played solo. The last content update, v1.4.0, came out in November 2022; the daily needs no server for its seed, since it is worked out from the date on your machine.
It suits players who enjoy bullet hell action and want a short, fair daily contest where everyone starts from the same dungeon.
How to play Burning Knight
- Start the game and go to the Daily Run door in the hub.
- Enter to begin today's seeded run; you can only start it once per day.
- Fight through each floor, dodging bullet patterns and collecting items, keys and coins.
- Defeat the bosses and avoid the Burning Knight as you go deeper.
- When the run ends, check your place on the day's leaderboard.
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Tips
- Learn enemy bullet patterns in normal runs before your daily attempt.
- Since everyone has the same seed, compare notes with friends after playing.
- Explore for secrets and shops, items can turn a run around.
- Use seeded runs to practise a specific layout without spending the daily.
Questions
Is the Daily Run the same for everyone?
Yes. The seed is calculated from the UTC date, so every player gets the same run, and scores go on a daily leaderboard.
Can I replay the daily?
No. The daily door is hidden once you have entered it, until the next day.
When does it reset?
At midnight UTC.
Is it free?
No, it is a paid game. Its source code is public on GitHub.
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