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Madame Lux by Lucy Kyriakidou (@lucyrawrs) I love fan-art... Ahem! I mean, it's time for the final countdown. We've got 48 hours to make this thing happen, people! That's still very doable, but we're obviously going down to the wire. If you've been... (Read More)

One of Ben's original test sketches for the Nighthawks visual style. As the title says, we're heading into the final week of the Nighthawks campaign, at around 65% funded. Still very doable! Certainly, I'm proud that over 2500 people have been eager... (Read More)

The first hit's always free... Okay. I wasn't originally planning to do this, but enough people have asked if they could play the actual demo build from the trailer that I figured... okay, sure, why not?  But with a few caveats! First, this was... (Read More)

And now, our final trip into the design notes before we hit the final hurdles. Just over a week left to make $50,000? Easy! Already preparing bonus stretch goals. But first... One of the most exciting parts of the Nighthawks design is how we're... (Read More)

Two weeks left in the campaign! And our penultimate design note before we head into the final push. Remember, every dollar counts. Tell your friends, spread the word, and if you've been thinking about checking out the higher tiers, this would be a... (Read More)

Some of Ben's art tests from the early days of the project. So, we've talked a lot about the game design and writing, but Nighthawks wouldn't exist in any form without the art of pixel-wizard Ben (as lovingly touched up by Ivan - the art, not Ben,... (Read More)

So, we're at the halfway point of the campaign, and coming up fast on 50% funded. Thanks so much for your support, be it backing, or sharing links, or just being excited about Nighthawks! Obviously, we've still got a fair way to go, so please don't... (Read More)

So, onto the second-most commonly asked question about Nighthawks, not including variants of "Can I bang Madame Lux?" (Answer: Wait and see). Specifically, if there'll be other romances and sexytimes, and how that will work with a protagonist of no... (Read More)

Greetings! We've had a great first week of the campaign, and now we need to keep the momentum going. As such, I'm planning a few big pushes where I'll ask folks (if they don't mind, of course!) to retweet something about the project to try and get it... (Read More)

While you start Nighthawks as a penniless vampire, it's not long before circumstances conspire to put you in charge of your own nightclub, also called Nighthawks. It's a poisoned chalice though, as not only is it currently run-down and failing, the... (Read More)

Greetings! So, we've been going for four days, and we're already more than a third of the way to making Nighthawks happen. However, as any Kickstarter watchers know, we're now entering into the quieter part of the campaign, where keeping up that... (Read More)

Few vampires have the luxury of a clean conscience. Even today, in a world of soup kitchens and some basic support networks, there's no getting away from the fact that a vampire is a predator. A hunter. Human to a point, but also a wolf amongst... (Read More)

Normally, updates like this are about things that a game has or is. However, sometimes what's just as important is what the boundaries are. So, in this update - we know there are vampires, but what about werewolves, fire elementals, zombies, etc? In... (Read More)

We've talked about the lore, so let's spend some time on the actual game. Nighthawks isn't a fixed story, and it's not a simple series of question marks with associated quests. Instead, it's a mix of life simulation and RPG... but what does that... (Read More)

With a few exceptions, vampires aren't part of ancient conspiracies and organised groups. They're individualists, typically used to hunting and surviving alone. The one thing that connects them to at least some degree is their blood origin - the root... (Read More)

Nighthawks is set shortly after vampires have been revealed to the world, with everyone still struggling to adapt. That includes the vampires. While there are a few notable groups amongst them, they're relatively small-scale. Vampires don't control... (Read More)

Wadjet Eye Games (The Blackwell Legacy, Unavowed) have started the Kickstarter campaign for their Vampire-themed RPG Nighthawks. The developers seek to raise $125k, and have already gathered $23k with 29 days to go. The team describes Nighthawks as urban fantasy RPG. Together with Richard Cobbert (Sunless Sea/Sunless Skies, The Long Journey Home), the team came up with a concept merging the interactive fiction with the atmosphere of Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines. The temptation to actually play this game was far too much to just leave the idea behind. (Read More)

Hello! Thanks for checking out the Kickstarter. As is typical, I'll be using these updates to go into some bits of the game in more detail than the main page allows. First up, the most common question we've received - do you get to create your... (Read More)