Handcrafted First-Person Dungeons
Explore labyrinths filled with secret walls, alternate routes, treasure, and tools that open new mechanics.
About the Game
Heart Light: Knight of the Gnomes is a hand-drawn dungeon crawler built around a tile-based movement system. Set in a colorful fantasy world following the fall of humanity, players become one of the first gnomish knights to descend into a forgotten labyrinth, confront the creatures living below, and recover the secrets of its ancient builders.
Game Loop
Each expedition begins in the World Above, where players prepare their equipment, brew potions, sell or disassemble unwanted gear, and speak with other adventurers in a shared community hub. The World Below is a solitary journey through handcrafted dungeon floors filled with monsters, alternate routes, puzzles, hidden rooms, ingredients, treasure, and fragments of forgotten history. What begins as simple exploration soon turns into the discovery of an ancient calamity that threatens the world.
The Heart Light
The deeper a gnome travels away from sunlight, the more dangerous the darkness becomes. Players must decide when to continue exploring and when to return to safety before their fading Heart Light leaves them changed. The game blends old-school dungeon-crawler tension with whimsical gnomes, mushroom-based powers, magical crystals, and an eerie, cozy-dark tone. As the character's inner light fades and their courage is tested, the world may begin to reveal itself in strange and unsettling new ways.
“The World Above is hearth and home, with friends and laughter bringing cheer.
The World Below, where old beasts roam, hides ancient things all gnomes should fear.”
Short Description
Heart Light: Knight of the Gnomes is a hand-drawn, first-person dungeon crawler that puts a subtle spooky twist on the genre. Explore a forgotten labyrinth, battle strange creatures, brew potions, unlock Ley Magic, and return to the surface before the darkness changes you.
Key Features
Cozy-Dark Fantasy
A colorful world of gnomes, mushrooms, crystals, and old ruins. A unique, hand-drawn, storybook style that adds a grim twist.
Ley Magic & Rune Tablet
Unlock magical abilities through the Rune Tablet and shape a spell loadout by connecting magical crystals.
Alchemy & Preparation
Gather roots, seeds, herbs, and stranger ingredients, then experiment with them to brew useful potions before the next descent.
Strange Creatures Below
Battle imps, undead remnants, redcaps, trolls, and other creatures with distinct behaviors and histories.
Persistent Wall Markings
Use magic chalk to create persistent wall markings. Leave yourself directions, warnings, or customize your own wall art and decorate the dungeon.
Mushroom Traits
Each level of the dungeon holds unique secrets and interactions, but the real prizes are the mushrooms on each level. They're well hidden and worth the discovery.
Shared Social Hub, Solo Adventure
Meet other players above ground to chat and compare discoveries. Once the descent begins, every gnome faces the dungeon alone.
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About Photon Loreworks
Photon Loreworks is the independent developer and publisher of Heart Light: Knight of the Gnomes.
Photon Loreworks is an independent solo-development studio creating Heart Light: Knight of the Gnomes.
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