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Richard Cobbett

@richardcobbett.bsky.social
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Hello, I'm Richard. I write games. Please like them and also me. www.thecuriosityengine.com

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 4h
Hello! I will be available for game direction, writing and design work from next month for the first time in a very long time. If you enjoy any of the games listed in my portfolio here, please do get in touch at caraellison at gmail caraellison.co.uk/divebar/about/
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Luis @loosf.bsky.social · 4h
well nighthawks game seems to have an achievement for Consensual Necrophilia (lol vampires)
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🎃 Camp Chrystal Lauke Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 7h
Nighthawks: Oh no The legends tell of vampires with OCD But poor Veronica has RSD Girl 😭 same
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 5h
Pitching a new beginner’s guide called Welcome To The Cloudflare CAPTCHA Screen (Formerly The Internet)
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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 9h
Valve is due to make $20 billion this year. Here's a few suggestions for how they could spend some of this money to make life better for games developers: kotaku.com/valve-steam-...
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Here's What Valve Should Do With The $20 Billion It's Making This Year
There are so many ways Steam could work better for the developers that generate the profit
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 10h
The AI remixed screenshots are quite funny.
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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 13h
Gilt Devlog 23: Getting back to it! ben304.blogspot.com/2026/10/devl...
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Devlog 23: Getting back to it.
Well, Nighthawks has been out for a bit, people like it (thank you so much!) and progress on Gilt has resumed. I got enough of the first chu...
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Korlis @korl.is · 11h
Nighthawks is fantastic and growing on me the more I play it and close in on what I *think* is the finale...? Hob's Barrow is also such fun, spooky folk horror point-and-click vibes. At some point I really need to dig into the rest of Wadjet's back catalogue.
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Torgo of the Everglades @mikeleiderman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last of my Nighthawks posts before putting it to bed (returning to sanctuary?). Bought the soundtrack on Steam and this is my favorite track. Peace, suckers!
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GrimFenris @ulfrgrimdark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Besides S4 I like at least 1 other game to provide a break with. I exhausted Dawnwalker so my new choice is Nighthawks, another vampire game and fitting for this month. Its a sort of mix of a light RPG and visual novel. You get to make your own vampire. So far I am enjoying it a lot. #Nighthawks
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Been watching Lanterns carefully, and I just have a few questions despite paying careful attention. 1) Where did Hal's beard go in the last few episodes? 2) Why did it need to say it's now 2026, which I already knew? 3) What is a Green Lantern? 4) The ending was just a list of names, I don't get it.
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Tall Story Games 🔜 AdventureX @tallstorygames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wait a second? You like British comedy AND old-school #pointandclick #adventuregames? Better stick this on your wishlist then 👉 heirofthedog.co.uk/steam #IndieDev #IndieGame #PixelArt
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🎃 Camp Chrystal Lauke Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Finally getting some time to play a bit more Nighthawks. Onto Act III! Monika is one of my favourite characters. I would *despise* her in reality, but there's something delightful in watching her happen to someone else 👀
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Simon Bachelier @blackcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nighthawks by The Curiosity Engine (@wadjeteyegames.com) The vampire shot I needed! Not an official VtM adaptation, but it offers an adventure close to it. Story & Art didn't quite click at first, but after pushing through, especially mid Act 2, I was hooked! store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...
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Nighthawks on Steam
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, ...
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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every month Failbetter invites a guest writer from the wider world of games and fiction to contribute a subscriber story. They’re brave and weird and funny and choice-driven and perhaps they could become a welcome part of your routine too. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/fa...
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Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down
These interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret.
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Teddy Calavera @teddycalavera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I only reached act 2 & this game is brilliant, as expected. @wadjeteyegames.com is one of my favorite studio/publisher : The Blackwell series, Emerald City, Primordia, Gemini Rue, Technobabylon, the tremendous Unavowed & Old Skies There’s a big steam sale on their games right now too ♥️
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Torgo of the Everglades @mikeleiderman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Credits on Nighthawks. Enjoyed it and left a a positive review. I finished with ~65 of the 100 achievements and ending story related ones triggered as rare, so, I hope folks are just savoring it. Out of context quote to finishing.
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Gavaroc @gavaroc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nighthawks be like
An edit of the quote-tweeted screenshot, with Jack Frost replaced with the Nighthawks character Maze, who joins early on as a companion and slowly proves to be rather a repugnant individual.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 03/10/2026
Just want to say that if you like the work that I do, and all the spotlighting of weird games and lesser-known releases, please bookmark and regularly check Steam Hype! Comment, read the articles! The whole 'launching a new less-mainstream PC gaming site' thing is experimental. Help me make it work
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Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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Teddy Calavera @teddycalavera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Time to play Nighthawks 🧛🏻‍♂️🖤
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The War Llama @thewarllama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So, I was up until 01:30 playing #Nighthawks, completely absorbed and completely oblivious to the passage of time. This glorious game may very well ruin my life. The rumour that I played so long because I was trying to bang Saoirse is a scurrilous lie.
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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Big ol' Nighthawks session tonight. At this point (11 hours in, late Act 2) I'm thinking it's more of a visual novel with a skill system than an RPG as such, but still utterly compelling and one of my favourite games this year
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Jinxie 🌱 🖤 @jinxiestone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nighthawks is just such a deeply satisfying game. I'm absolutely hooked 🖤
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Jonas @thiem.xyz · 03/10/2026
Finished Nighthawks. It’s gonna be a weekend of post series depression. What an excellent game.
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Earnest Cavalli @ecavalli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The hunting mechanics in Nighthawks are unexpectedly nuanced and well thought out, with a depth not seen in any other vampire game. Drinking blood is finally as fun as it should be!
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Ivy Dupler @ivydupler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am SO incredibly excited & honored to announce that I am the voice of Madame Lux in NIGHTHAWKS, a new vampire RPG out now from @wadjeteyegames.com & @richardcobbett.bsky.social ! And don't worry: this burlesque vampire magician is absolutely romanceable... 🧛🏻‍♀️😈
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RoseTintedSpectrum @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Channel Advert Time: I talk about old TV stuff (Mostly UK, sometimes the UK's giant insane child), generally get baffled and annoyed and then I do a musical remix about it when bored. It's positively lovely, and your nan will hate the swears but it's fine. www.youtube.com/rosetintedspectrum
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Best quest in the game.
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Hi. I spend most of my time sitting on my own and making single player video games. I am obviously the person who should be forced to try and create and run a community around my creations."
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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's Friday, which means it's Game Theory: This week, a deep dive into a fairly late-game bit of @wadjeteyegames.com's new vampire RPG Nighthawks, which raises some REALLY fascinating questions when you realize one of your "party members" might be an actual monster. www.avclub.com/game-theory-...
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A new indie vampire game asks what you do when the evil is coming from inside the party
A new indie vampire game asks what you do when the evil is coming from inside the party
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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For some reason I was allowed to be in this amazing game. Glad to see the AV Club taking notice of @richardcobbett.bsky.social’s brilliant work.
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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 02/10/2026
I heard that the AV Club stopped doing game coverage. Maybe I heard wrong, but I'd like to think they made an exception just for us. Anway, they call Nighthawks "One of 2026’s most interesting games" and examine one of the game's more... interesting power dynamics. www.avclub.com/game-theory-...
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A new indie vampire game asks what you do when the evil is coming from inside the party
A new indie vampire game asks what you do when the evil is coming from inside the party
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Alex Remington @alexremington.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm still playing through Nighthawks. In my very personal opinion, I'd rank Wadjet Eye games in tiers: 1st: Old Skies, Unavowed, Nighthawks, Excavation of Hob's Barrow 2nd: Shardlight, Technobabylon, Resonance 3rd: Gemini Rue, Primordia 4th: Blackwell series, Shivah, Strangeland
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Ben Britton @benbritton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why, yes - that IS a Nighthawks article on AVClub, thank you for asking 😁
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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 02/10/2026
Steam Fall sale is ON! Too brain tired after Nighthawks launch to do a proper marketing for this right now. In the meantime, I will have blind faith that public desire for our games transcendes the need for me to tell everyone to buy them. There. Nailed it. store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...
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CMOT Diablerie @strangelibrary.com · 02/10/2026
www.the-gamers-lounge.com/sam-reader/2...
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Nighthawks Review — The Gamer's Lounge
Are all the good vampire games these days text-based? Well, Nighthawks certainly makes the case for that.
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the TERRIBLE EGG @wryterra.com · 01/10/2026
Next game I'll be adding to the games finished in 2026 list will be Nighthawks, a Vampire visual novel / story game that I backed on Kickstarter a good long while back. It's not the only Vampire video game I backed on Kickstarter but it IS the only one I finished. Or enjoyed. This one's good.
A picture depicting a number of characters from the videogame Nighthawks in a group portrait behind the title text.
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yay!
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Black Myron @blackmyron.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A "I'll play a little bit more" last night turned into playing until I finished the game because it's that engaging, a rare gaming experience these days - and I made one regrettable decision that means I definitely be playing again from the start!
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Tall Story Games 🔜 AdventureX @tallstorygames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT! Our Victorian point-and-click comedy, Heir of the Dog, launches October 29th! Check out our new trailer, and add it to your wishlist. Please share 🙏 👉 heirofthedog.co.uk/steam #indiegamedev #pixelart #pixelartist #indiegame #indiegames #pointandclick #adventuregame
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Pete Davison @moegamer.net · 01/10/2026
Wrote this late last night so resharing! Nighthawks is a triumph: a wonderfully compelling piece of interactive fiction that constructs an well-realised little world in your mind and populates it with memorable characters. Funny, tragic, dramatic, emotional, it's everything I hoped it would be.
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Alice @saintofawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Holy fuck everyone go play this. I just finished it and I'm in pieces. Becca is my bestie forever and ever
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The War Llama @thewarllama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me, playing #Nighthawks: "This is hilarious! Cats, LOL." "OHHHHH… that's META. I love it!" "😂😂😂😂😂😂" "Oh, this DeVoe thing is creepy." "Aaaaaaannnnnd that's fucked up."
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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have been the victim of writers for years, this is how I get my revenge on them.
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The audiobook for Montgomery Bonbon's latest mystery comes out TODAY! Your kids can listen while they drive to work, or whatever. It's narrated by me!
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beyondbooleans.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The itch demo of The Tragic Loss of M. Slazak is now playable in browser! Because I forgot to do it initially, sorry😅 beyondbooleans.itch.io/the-tragic-l...
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Pete Davison @moegamer.net · 01/10/2026
Nighthawks: this is who you are in the dark For all the chaos we see on a seemingly daily basis in the games industry of 2026, good things are still happening. One of my favourite trends is the resurgence... moegamer.net/2026/10/01/nighthawks-…
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Nighthawks: this is who you are in the dark
For all the chaos we see on a seemingly daily basis in the games industry of 2026, good things are still happening. One of my favourite trends is the resurgence of what I like to call, using my own idiosyncratic taxonomy of the genre, the "storytelling RPG". This is a very distinctive type of game...
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(Mask goes up)
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think I listened to about two seconds of Amelia’s audition for Monika before sending Dave a message like “Cast her before she changes her mind about wanting to do it!” The only downside was subsequently playing Hades 2 and constantly expecting Hecate to say something truly dreadful :-P
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Nick @drstrangebork.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think I spent maybe five minutes with Nighthawks before I knew that I was going to love my time with it. That feeling hasn't let up.
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