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Kitty Knight: Survive Till New Year
Mission briefing
A survivor-lite about a tiny kitten knight holding out through three months of end-of-year horrors: Halloween pumpkins and skeleton pipers in October, homework swarms and deadlines in November, snowmen and a winter storm in December. Swing your sword at the cursor, click again while the blade is in the golden zone to parry, roll through charges, pick one of three upgrades on every level and beat a boss each month. Spend fish on permanent upgrades and skins, and chase your best run on the leaderboard.
Field manual
Survive until New Year: three months, each with waves, an elite and a boss. Move with WASD or the arrow keys. Left-click to swing the sword toward the cursor (J, K or Enter also work) and hold to keep swinging. Click again while the blade is in the golden zone at the end of the swing to parry: foes are knocked back and sparks fly back at them. Right-click or Space rolls toward the cursor, and nothing can hit you mid-roll. On phones use the joystick on the left, the sword button to attack and the arrow button to roll. Pick one of three cards on each level up. The Training Yard in the menu teaches every move. P or Esc pauses.
Launch orders: press Launch mission above and the game loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first move. It is designed for a flexible screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly. If it offers a fullscreen control, use it — a fight this size deserves the whole screen.
Field notes for action operations
- First run is reconnaissance. Spend it learning where the danger actually spawns from instead of chasing a score — most action games announce their patterns honestly in the opening minute, then repeat them with worse manners.
- Movement is a defensive stat. A moving target at half health outlives a stationary one at full health in nearly every game on this board, so keep relocating between shots, strikes and reloads.
- Learn the exit before the entrance closes. In arena and chase games alike, the players who survive longest are the ones who noticed the second doorway while everyone else was watching the first.
Kitty Knight: Survive Till New Year — questions from the ranks
What does it cost to play Kitty Knight: Survive Till New Year?
Nothing at all. The mission is free from the first order to the last — no sign-up, no download, no paid tier guarding the good levels. The advertising around this page is what keeps the board free.
What sort of mission is Kitty Knight: Survive Till New Year?
Kitty Knight: Survive Till New Year is filed in our Action theatre. Like every operation on this board, it is a browser game — read the briefing above for the publisher's own account of what you are deploying into.
Can I run Kitty Knight: Survive Till New Year on a phone or tablet?
Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly.
Do I have to install anything before playing?
No installation of any kind. Kitty Knight: Survive Till New Year is an HTML5 game: press the launch button and it loads on this page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.
After-action
Mission complete, or still pinned down? The full Action theatre is one click away — The main hall of the board: 469 operations where something is always moving, exploding, escaping or being chased. If a game has a pulse and a problem, it is probably filed here.
