The knight must defeat wave after wave of hamsters until himself defeated or capturing the required number of falling stars. Each wave gets progressively harder and consists of a day and night period.

Daytime
During the day time, the hamsters will go after the King's carrots. Once near a carrot they will begin to dig it up. Once the carrot is dug up it will pop out of the ground. A hamster can then carry the carrot off the map and capture it. If all the carrots are captured, it is game over. If a carrot that is out of the ground is protected long enough, it will go back into the ground.

Nighttime
During the night, the hamsters transform into evil versions of themselves. Stronger and faster than their day time version. They are no longer interested in the carrots, and will chase you around the map. If you die, the game is over.

The Heroes
To help defeat the hamsters, a platform dispenses upgrades that can be purchased by pressing the right bumper button on the controller. You must have enough gold to buy the item. How much gold you have is shown in your health bar. Each knight has two different attacks and one special. The special cost mana (blue bar). Some specials use the full bar, others only use part of it.

Kids mode is accessed through the options screen at the title. It is a no-gore, kid-friendly version of the game where kids just play with the hamsters and win.

The game has its own progress but is limited to the unlocked characters for the normal gamemode.

This mode was tested for ages 2-8.

Deep in Sneaky Forest, the King's Templars and an apprentice chase a hungry band of hamsters that are racing off with the King's prized carrots. These magical carrots are known throughout the land and keep the people of the Carrot Kingdom fed and happy. After the Great War, the King's knights have been reduced to guarding these carrots from the pesky hamster horde.

As the Knights raced after the hamsters, the apprentice dreamt of a real adventure and glorious battle. A falling star flashed across the sky and the apprentice made a fateful wish...

"I wish I could battle a great evil..."

The star, was no ordinary star. It was the great wishing star. Like they say be careful what you wish for.

KOTH is best played on a gamepad but keyboard and mouse controls are supported

Gamepad Controls

Left ThumbStick - Move Left/Right | Menu Navigate
A - Jump
B - Melee Weapon
X - Throwing Weapon
Y - Special
A - Menu Select
B - Menu Back
Right Bumper - Purchase Items/Upgrades
Left Bumper - Use Item
Left/Right Trigger - Prev/Next Item

Keyboard Controls

Player 1
Left Arrow / Right Arrow - Move Left/Right | Menu Navigate
Z/Space - Jump
X - Melee Weapon
C - Throwing Weapon
V - Special
Z - Menu Select
X - Menu Back
Q/E - Prev/Next Item
R - Use Item
F - Purchase

Player 2
Arrows - Move
4 - Jump
5 - Melee
6 - Ranged
1 - Use Item
7 - Purchase
8 - Special
9 - Next Item

Mouse Controls
Right Button - Melee
Left Button - Ranged
Middle Button - Special

Knight of the Hamsters does not currently support online multiplayer, but up to two players can play local co-op.

A second player can join the game but having player 1 enter the Proving Ground from the Map. Once at the proving ground, the second player can use a second controller or the player 2 controls on the keyboard to select his knight. Players can drop out of a game by pressing "B" on the gamepad or Num-5 on the keypad.

Locations throughout the Carrot Kingdom are access via the map screen. Some locations are combat locations where the player will battle hamsters for wishing stars and unlock progress to new places. Other locations are non-combat locations for the player to explore.

Proving Grounds
Navigate the options to choose a knight during gameplay. The selected knight will demonstate his abilities on target dummies. A second player can join the fighter by pressing left/right on the controller or cancel with "B".

Overworld Map
Navigate the different locations of Hamster Kingdom. Select a location to go there. The starting area is Happy Valley

Combat Locations
There are several game levels. Each unlocks when the player has collected enough stars.

Royale Zoo
The zoo is a peaceful place where the caged hamsters can be safely view. To exit, walk off the side of the map.

Treasury
The treasury is where the player stores his gold and views with achievements. Access to "Club Hamster" is above. There are several ways to get in. Can you find them?

Castle
The castle has NPCs that will give advice and the wizard will sell you potions when he arrives.

Club Hamster
Could this be where the princess is sneaking off to?

Happy
Happy is a weak but happy hamster. In large groups, he can overwhelm.

Pinky
Pinky is very fast and tougher than Happy. She should not be underestimated.

Tuffy
Tuffy has a large amount of hit points and resists knockback especially from ranged weapons.

Wizzy
Wizzy conjures up spells that traps you in a bubble helplessly floating in the air. During the night, he throws fire ball spells

Gassy
Gassy wanders into the world and will blow up after a amount of time shooting goo everywhere. Standing near a gassy when they explode will spell certain death.

Harpy
These hamsters developed wings and drop slow moving music notes on the player.

Ninjy
He will disappear and jump out of the shadows with a vicous slice. The are extremely dangerous and should be dealt with quickly.

Shiny
Shiny is tougher than Tuffy and can take lots of damage and resists most knockback.

Sneaky
Leave too many coins around and Sneaky will come and steal them. If you kill Sneaky he will only drop half the coins he stole.

Ghosty
Ghosty is a dead hamster that haunts the grave yard. He will try to scare you with you get to close. They do not chase players so it is best just to stay away from them.

Baby
Small swarming baby hamsters. They are weak but normally show up in a large swarm.

Eddy
A big dumb hamster, very strong attacks and very tough. Pounds the ground to knock around everyone. At night, his earthquakes turn into pillars of fire.

Mommy
Whispers of a giant winged hamster living in Scary Cave can be heard throughout the land. I hope it is not true.

Beasty
???

Templar - The Holy Warrior

Sword
The templar uses his enchanted sword to slay hamsters

Knives
The templar is a skilled knife thrower and can upgrade his skills to throw many at once.

Holy Cross
The holy cross can summon holy energy that destroys evil


??? - The Dragon Master

??? - The Undefeated Horseman

??? - The Spirit of Mushashi

??? - The Herald of Thunder

??? - The Dark One

??? - The Slain Knight

??? - The Legend of the Woods

??? - The Fist of Justice

??? - The Candy Guardian

Upgrades

These items spawn on a platform. Use the purchase button to buy them. Upgrades last only until the end of a level.

Pro Tip:
Attacking the item will destroy it so a new item will spawn faster. This is helpful if you want to purchase something else and don't want to wait.

Chests

Purchasing a chest will spill out hearts and magic bottles that will recharage health and mana.

Traps

Traps spawn through the map. Purchase them and they will be active for a short amount of time.

Explosive barrel - Explodes after a moment
Ballista - Fire arrows across the screen.
Spikes - Smashes everyone who gets under it

Potions

Once you have collected enough stars the wizard will show up at the castle eager to sell you potions. Unfortunately, he doesnt remember what any of them do. Potions are used during combat to do something really neat.

Camping
Camping on high ground is the best overall strategy for early nights. Few hamsters have the ability to break your defenses. Carefully plan when you will break camping to grab coins before Sneaky gets them all.

Back-2-Back
A coop only strategy. Similar to camping high ground allows players to focus attacks in a single direction.

World Wrap
Take advantage of world wrap. The hamsters are not really smart and this fools them into chasing you back and forth. World wrap is also useful for dodging attacks and defending carrots.

Armor Up
Armor reduces damage and important for later levels. An early armor purchase may save money on chests and allow faster upgrading.

Don't forget potions
Potions have lots of interesting effects and can be helpful to later levels.

Defending carrots
Losing a carrot will increase the number of hamsters that invade the level. Protect the using ranged attacks on weaker hamsters to knock them off the carrot then use melee on larger resistant enemies like Tuffy.

The Deluxe Edition includes the original soundtrack for Knight of the Hamsters. The soundtrack was created by Tyler Piersall. If you like old school game music, you'll love these tracks.

Knight of the Hamsters OST

• Happy Valley
  
• Grassy Plains
  
• Carrot Fields
  
• Sneaky Forest
  
• Ninjy Village
  
• Wizzy Tower
  
• Dusty Desert
  
• Graveyard
  
• Scary Cave
  
• Club Hamster
  
• Castle
  
• Map
  
• Map 2
  
• Zoo
  
• Treasury
  
• Proving Grounds
  
• Knight of the Hamsters
  
• Intro
  
• Ending