Hunter: The Reckoning — Day For Night

Hunter: The Reckoning – Day for Night is an interactive novel written by Josh Labelle and set in the World of Darkness. It is entirely text-based, with no graphics or sound effects, and runs to around 1,100,000 words with hundreds of choices. The player takes the role of a former Hollywood hopeful, once an aspiring actor or screenwriter, who turned to hunting monsters after an encounter with the supernatural in Los Angeles.

The story takes place during a summer of unexplained incidents across the city, including fires in the hills, hauntings in theatres and a creature attacking pets in Beverly Hills. Lines of investigation include EVRLST, a self-help and wellness cult led by a former 1980s star who is said to avoid daylight and not to have aged, and a figure known as the Baron of Hollywood. Allies include a retired special-effects artist, a mortician and a theatre manager. Players can also set hunting aside to pursue a screen career, building connections, working on films or making a deal to win a part in a major production, and may choose to side with the monsters.

The player character can be male, female or nonbinary, and gay, straight, bisexual, asexual or polyamorous. Players choose and upgrade a weapon and can pick a getaway vehicle from a garage. Story threads include confronting a celebrity who drains the life from their fans or pursuing a romance with them, solving a decades-old murder to lay a ghost to rest or banishing it by force, and exposing a cult that targets young actors.