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Once upon a time, there was a small Czech community around a brand new game Knytt Stories. A number of levels were made and the members spent a lot of time playing them. But as the time passed, dust fell upon their web and forum and the community was forgotten. But not all was lost. A robot once visited their website thinking: This shall not be forgotten.
Twelwe years later, one member of the community remembers it. He looks for the web, but it is not online anymore. However there is a screenshot from the said robot. It does not contain much, but an email address of the original author of the web is there... A week later the member of the said community opens his mail account and is surprised! The mail is not dead. And the miracle continues. "I made the web online. It is not 100% working, but you can download it's archive and the uploaded levels are there..."
knytt.ic.cz knytt.balak.me (http://knytt.balak.me)
Let me take you on a journey to the ancient times. The year is 2007. Knytt Stories was just released.
Some of these levels were never shared here.
Juni's Walk - Vojta008
This level hasn't a story
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A level from the author of the Czech knytt website. It will not take a long time to finish. If you are looking for a real challenge, scroll down to its evil twin by Judas.
Uploaded: 2007/09/15
Download: English original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Vojta008%20-%20Juni%27s%20walk.knytt.bin)
The Dark witch - Nachtom
Journey to find a mysterious artifact
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The world is slowly dying, for darkness is spreading its rule. There is one small knytt who decides to set off on a quest to learn how to oppose it. The source of the dark power is a mysterious aftefact - a small red statue. For darkness to lose its power it needs to be destroyed. However, that won't be an easy job to do because there will be many obstacles blocking the way. Moreover, the artefact itself is guarded by the Dark witch.
The second level on this list is will take you on an adventure to save your world. The difficulty is targeted on new players, so there are no lunatic challenges at all. From today's view the graphics and music could be viewed as obsolete, since it uses only the default content, but the level design is well done. If you will enjoy playing, there is a sequel The Legend about Second town which is also worth playing.
Uploaded: 2007/09/16
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Nachtom%20-%20Temna%20carodejnice.knytt.bin), English translation (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Nachtom%20-%20The%20Dark%20witch%20v.2.0.knytt.bin)
The Escape from Paradise / Broken Pipe - Ondras
The broken pipe destroyed your home. Run!
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The broken pipe flooded a big part of your home, the Red Island, and changed it into a Blue one, where you do not want to live. So, you decided to leave.
Original title: Útěk z Ráje aneb Prasklé Potrubí
Uploaded: 2007/10/27
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Ondras%20-%20Broken%20Pipe%20%5Bcze%5D.knytt.bin), English translation (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Ondras%20-%20Broken%20Pipe%20%5Beng%5D.knytt.bin)
The best story - Judas
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Small Juni was going back home from one of her adventures with a help from fairies. Suddenly there was a strong wind and the fairy dropped her.
Original title: Nejlepí story
Uploaded - 2007/11/02
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Judas%20-%20Nejlepsi%20story.knytt.bin)
Revenge - Judas
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Our sweet knytt lived in peace in house on the edge of the forest. Suddenly...
A powerfull wizard "Mental" destroyed his house.
The knytt wants a revenge, but the wizard teleported him somewhere else.
Original title: Pomsta
Uploaded: 2007/11/04
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Judas%20-%20Pomsta.knytt.bin)
On a journey for a flower - Morgrim
Juni must find a rare flower...
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One day the Juni's mother got sick. A very rare flower is needed to make the cure. Juni went on a journey to search for it.
Original title: Cesta za květinou
Uploaded: 2007/11/06
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Morgrim%20-%20Cesta%20za%20kvetinou.knytt.bin)
Juni's Walk Hardcore - Vojta008 & Judas
This level hasn't a story
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As the title mentions, a hardcore version Vojta008's of the Juni's Walk level.
Download: English original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Vojta008%20%26%20Judas%20-%20Juni%27s%20walk%20Hardcore.knytt.bin)
Parareality - Milosh
Transcendental experience
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Original title: Pararealita
Uploaded: 2007/11/22
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Milosh%20-%20Pararealita.knytt.bin)
Stairway to Hell - Judas
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One night, coming back from a party, Juni fell asleep in a ditch. When she woke up, she found herself in a hole not being able to get out. Now she must find another way.
Uploaded: 2007/11/24
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Judas%20-%20Stairway%20to%20Hell.knytt.bin)
Invasion - Judas
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After all the adventures Juni decided to join the army, because she thought that nothing could surprise her at all. But she was horribly wrong. With the other knytts she was landed by an allied ship on a enemy planet. Her task was to conquer the planet in order to save her own world from a dangerous invasion. However, just after the landing, all the soilders found out, that out of newhere all their weapons disappeared. And they refused to fight without them. So the commander sent the most capable one to penetrate the enemy's rear in order to find out what happened and eventually secure the lost weapons.
Uploaded 2007/18/09
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Judas%20-%20Invaze%20%5Bcze%5D.knytt.bin), English translation (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Judas%20-%20Invasion%20%5Beng%5D.knytt.bin)
Legend about Second town - Nachtom(https://i.imgur.com/Bluwyb5.png)
The Dark witch has fallen, but many knytts are still missing. In the journal of long deceased traveller Achtom were some mentions of a certain settlement of knytts far away from the borders of secure Knyttown. Now it's year 862 after the Dark witch fall and the record turned into legend. However, some high-ranked knytts still believe it to be true, and so they send you to prove their hypothesis.A masterpiece. The largest and most detailed level with a world to explore. No more comment needed, just try it out!
Even if you finish your main task, your playtime is not over, there are so many things to do in this level. There is a number of small challenges. Finish them first, note their names and
then check the list of achievements if you found them all.
- Resurrection
- Thermometer
- Cellar
- Traps
- Windows
- Cheese
- Lego city
- Rose
- Calculator
- Cave
Uploaded: 2007/12/10
Download: Czech original (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Nachtom%20-%20Legenda%20o%20druhem%20meste%20%5Bcze%5D.knytt.bin), English translation (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Nachtom%20-%20Legend%20about%20Second%20town%20v1.1%20%5Beng%20v2.0%5D.knytt.bin)
Speed Up - Milosh
Just run
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Uploaded: 2008/01/06
Download: Original version (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Milosh-Speed%20Up-fixed.knytt.bin)
Psychedelic Adventure - Milosh
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Uploaded:2008/01/12
Download: Original version (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Milosh%20-%20Psychedelic%20Adventure.knytt.bin)
Autumnia Session - Milosh
Find your way to home
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Somewhere...
Where...?
Here.
In this quite nice level you find yourself on vast, mostly rectangular plains. A few unique challenges will test your knytt skills but the level is rather an environmental one. Just a friendly place to walk around, listen to slow music and feel the autumn atmosphere.
Uploaded: 2008/02/14
Download: Original version (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Miloshit%20-%20Tha%20Beepa.knytt.bin)
Because most of the levels have a Czech script, I translated a few of them with a help from Andula for you to be able enjoy their atmosphere.
I played Legend of Second town. It's decent enough by the standards of early KS levels, and clearly had plenty of effort put into it.
Although it has some pretty questionable design decisions. Such as not starting you off with the run powerup and making you go through some pretty tedious challenges to get it. Or the large amount of backtracking, particularly when you try to do things in the wrong order. However, the biggest problem is that the progression doesn't really make sense and causes a lot of confusion regarding the level's main objective. I get the impression that it was changed late into development without the creator fully considering the consequences.
Some of the books in the library give you some basic directions to the second town. Yet you can't read them until you've already been to the second town and found the yellow key. Despite this, Juni's dialog on the way there seems to be written with the expectation that you already got directions from the library, despite this being impossible. So instead, you end up having to find the second town without help, and your final reward is instructions on how to go where you already went.
It doesn't help that the level seems to have no ending. I had to open it in the level editor to confirm that I didn't overlook anything.
Also, the only good thing I can say about the translation is that I believe I usually understood what it was trying to say.
Hope this doesn't come off too harsh. I still had some fun with the level, and I appreciate you sharing it here. I just don't think it really holds up.