In playtestRun and gun, Boss rush, Dark fantasy

Thornwake

No healing. No names. Two knights.

Online, 64 ms

A dark-fantasy run-and-gun boss rush for one or two knights.

Ardmoor is overgrown. Queen Isolde feeds her Heartbriar on memory, and the Thornbound guard every road to her throne. You are the Unnamed, a knight whose heraldry has been scratched off the shield, carrying a repeating crossbow and three candles of life.

It is a boss rush: four bosses with three phases each, two stages to fight through on foot, and an ink-drawn map of Ardmoor between them. Anything that glows pale gold can be parried with a shield bash in midair, which fills the seal meter for heavier bolts. There is no healing. A second player joins as the Forsworn, on the same keyboard or a gamepad, and a fallen knight can be parried back to life.

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Screens

Thornwake: Isolde, Queen of the Heartbriar, in the Throne of Thorns — Isolde, Queen of the Heartbriar, in the Throne of Thorns

Thornwake: Brannoch, the Gaoler, swings his flail at two knights in the Gaol Pit — Brannoch, the Gaoler, swings his flail at two knights in the Gaol Pit

Thornwake: Corvane, the Queen's Champion, and his spectral twin on the Queen's Stair — Corvane, the Queen's Champion, and his spectral twin on the Queen's Stair

Thornwake: Two knights cross the Hanging Wood by moonlight, a memory shard above them — Two knights cross the Hanging Wood by moonlight, a memory shard above them

Thornwake: Morwen, the Drowned Abbess, sends hymn rings through the Drowned Chapel — Morwen, the Drowned Abbess, sends hymn rings through the Drowned Chapel

Thornwake: Lantern fire spreads across the Gaol Pit in the Gaoler's last phase — Lantern fire spreads across the Gaol Pit in the Gaoler's last phase

Thornwake: A skull-flinger keeps watch over a memory shard in the Paupers' Ossuary — A skull-flinger keeps watch over a memory shard in the Paupers' Ossuary

Thornwake: Corvane looses a crescent slash across the stair — Corvane looses a crescent slash across the stair

Thornwake: The title screen, both knights at rest — The title screen, both knights at rest

Thornwake: The map of Ardmoor, every road to the Heartbriar open — The map of Ardmoor, every road to the Heartbriar open

Features

Four bosses, three phases each
Two run-and-gun stages with hidden memory shards
Local co-op for two on one keyboard or two gamepads
A midair shield-bash parry for anything pale gold
Three endings, one only for those who find all six memories
Every knight, boss and backdrop drawn in code, every sound synthesized

Details

Genre: Run and gun, Boss rush, Dark fantasy
Platform: Browser (keyboard or gamepad)
Modes: Solo, Local co-op for two
Status: In playtest
Accounts: No account needed.
Updated: 14 November 2026

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