About KnC
KnC: Kryvavitsa and the Monster is a turn-based survival puzzle game. The Monster tries to reach the Exit while Kryvavitsa and Shadows advance after each player action.
The project began as a DOS game dated 13 February 1999. Later Windows-era rewrites in 2003-2005 explored Visual Basic GUI forms, multilingual resources, settings, and skin support. The 2026 version is a Web/PWA remake that keeps the Original 1999 visual mode as the primary MVP target and adds browser, PWA, and local-save support.
How It Plays
| Goal | Reach the Exit with the Monster. |
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| Turn order | Monster, then Kryvavitsa, then all Shadows in shuffled order. |
| Walls | Push one Wall at a time to open routes or crush Shadows. |
| Enemies | Orthogonal adjacency after an enemy action is defeat. Diagonal contact is safe. |
| Progression | Each victory increases the number of Shadows by one. Defeat keeps the same level and regenerates the board. |
Current Release
| Version | 26.06.01.0047 |
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| Runtime | Static Web/PWA hosted on GitHub Pages. |
| Engine | TypeScript domain logic with deterministic random behavior and unit-tested turn rules. |
| Rendering | HTML5 Canvas with Original 1999 PNG assets, Windows 2003 skin GIF assets, and Modern Color fallback mode. |
| Input | Keyboard arrows, mouse clicks, and touch taps on adjacent cells. |
| Storage | Browser localStorage only: progress, record, settings, language, and save version. |
| Languages | English, Russian, and Ukrainian UI resources. |
Visual Modes
Source And History
The repository preserves the historical source archive under OLD/, canonical project documents under DEV/, public documentation under docs/, approved runtime assets under public/assets/, and the current implementation under src/.
Read the detailed public timeline on the History page or in the Git documentation file docs/HISTORY.md.