Nighthawks

Nighthawks is a vampire role-playing game set in a world where vampires have been publicly revealed. Their existence is tolerated, but their thirst for blood is not. The player controls a vampire who died and was reborn six months earlier, and who has arrived in a city that has promised vampires a fresh start, only to meet suspicion and paranoia. The player takes over a failing nightclub on the wrong side of the tracks and works to turn it into a personal empire.

Progress is made through seduction, intimidation and the use of secret supernatural Gifts. These include Mesmerism, which exerts control over the living, Natural Dominion, which lets the player command animals, and Tenebrous Form, which allows the character to shift into smoke. The player can recruit ten companions, among them Madame Lux, Maze, Domino and Agatha, and can learn their stories and make use of their skills. The nightclub can be built up as a gathering place for outcasts, or the player can use their position to feed their own thirst and ambitions.

The game is fully voiced and contains over 800,000 words of writing, with a mix of dark humour and horror. It was written and designed by Richard Cobbett, with art by Ben Chandler, music by Thomas Regin, and Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games as producer. The project was funded through a Kickstarter campaign with 3,934 backers.