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Earnest Cavalli @ecavalli.bsky.social · 9h

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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Jinxie 🌱 🖤 @jinxiestone.bsky.social · 8h

Nighthawks is just such a deeply satisfying game. I'm absolutely hooked 🖤

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Jonas @thiem.xyz · 7h

Finished Nighthawks. It’s gonna be a weekend of post series depression. What an excellent game.

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 6h

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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Ivy Dupler @ivydupler.bsky.social · 9h

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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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 13h

Oh thank you so much for this! 😁

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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 13h

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

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 15h

This is a serious problem that nobody talks about.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 15h

It’s a serious problem that nobody talks about.

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Booyeena @mooyeena.bsky.social · 15h

I need to get any and all of these. I devoured Nighthawks in a matter of days and it left me ravenous and feral for more.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 17h

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

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 17h

What?! I thought they stopped doing game reporting. I'd like to think they made an exception just for us.

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Ben Britton @benbritton.bsky.social · 19h

Why, yes - that IS a Nighthawks article on AVClub, thank you for asking 😁

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Clay TN (He/Him) @clay-tn.bsky.social · 17h

LOOOOL I cant disagree. I need to get the rest of the Wadjet Eye Catalogue.

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Mikko Rautalahti @mikkihel.bsky.social · 19h

Here's a whole bunch of truly excellent games. I just finished Hob's Barrow a couple of weeks ago and it's a really nice and atmospheric piece of folk horror! People keep saying that point and click adventure games are dead but it's not true and it has never been true, the whole genre is thriving!

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Neon Bird Games @neonbirdgames.bsky.social · 19h

I still need to play Old Skies, but can echo everything Clay says here Unavowed is on my Greatest of All Time list. Not just for point and clicks either. Just all games, period. Blackwell Series is probably the best multi-game storyline you can experience (and be prepared cry… a lot)

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Byrd - Remembering out Oct 1! @byrdbrnz.bsky.social · 18h

If you like point-and-click adventures, seriously do yourself a favor and pick up...honestly any of these titles My favorite streams have been when we played Unavowed, Shardlight, Primoria, Technobabylon, and Strangeland. Gave us some fascinating topics to dig into and discuss

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Phillip Sacramento - The N.I. Voice Guy @thenivoiceguy.bsky.social · 18h

If you want to settle in to a cracking narrative adventure this Fall season; you're spoiled for choice by the folks at Wadjet Eye... ...plus, you can hear me in a bunch of 'em; like The Excavation of Hob's Barrow and the brand new Nighthawks!!

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 19h

I will happily accept the title of “Emotional Menace.”

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Matt Penn @mattp3000.bsky.social · 19h

Everybody's recommending their favorites and for me that's Technobabylon and Unavowed. This is a deal you should jump on.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 19h

I’ve personally been using AGS for 25 years, but I’ve heard good things about Adventure Creator and Power Quest. Both are unity plugins.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 19h

I don’t make the rules!

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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 20h

Three games here I *loved*: Unavowed - remarkable modernisation of point-and-click adventures with the ability to choose party members and some branching plot lines The Excavation of Hob's Barrow: Wickerman, the video game. It's SO atmospheric. Old Skies: really clever and moving time travel plot

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Satsuma Danger @clementinedanger.bsky.social · 20h

Each one of these is a treasure and not one is worse than any other but my personal favorites are Hob's Barrow for the folk horror and Unavowed for that dark urban fantasy vibe. Good stuff!

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 20h

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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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 20h

Thanks so much for the review! One small correction is that mapping the sewer is not required. I never did it once, despite testing the game dozens of times. :)

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 20h

It takes me ages to choose a name for one of my games, let alone one for myself. Given the opportunity to change my name, the I’d just develop crippling choice paralysis and not choose anything. Hm. Actually, “Crippling Choice Paralysis” is not a bad name.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

I am not up to date on the latest second-best revenge protocols and practices. I need to reread the manual.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

Oh thank you, whoever you might be!

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

I wrote that design in my early 20s and it’s very… what a guy in his early 20s would find edgy and cool in the mid 00s. There’s a story involving two competing brothels that makes me want to burn my old design notebooks in a chemical fire.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

I have a shelf of notebooks full of plots and ideas that never saw the light of day. Between projects I take them out and leaf through them, thinking IT IS TIME TO FINALLY MAKE ONE OF THESE! Only to realize why I never pursued the ideas in the first place.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

Some kind of action platformer most likely. Though I doubt i’d be able to gain the skills to do such a thing.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

Oof. Honestly I don’t handle it very well. There’s a reason why I’m focused more on publishing right now. If I have trouble being creative, I can pivot to helping others with their creativity. I consider myself very lucky that my business model has enabled me to do that.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

20+ years ago I kept a notebook where I scribbled an idea for an epic Sci Fi RPG that I never made. It’s corny and silly but I sometimes wonder What If…

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

Definitely “Legal? She’s dead!” from Blackwell Deception.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

“That’s my secret, Cap. I’m never chill.”

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

Apathy. GenX-ers like me have honed disaffectedness to an art form.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

Hmm. The third season of Telltale’s Sam and Max does some fascinating things with the traditional p-n-c format that still blow my mind.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21h

Been awhile since I did one of these. I’m up early and launched a game last week. Ask me stuff. ngl.link/davelgil1

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Anonymous messages!

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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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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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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 01/10/2026

I was all set to design a new project, but a whole bunch of projects came our way for publishing that I just can't say no to. So... stay tuned for that.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 01/10/2026

Just a guess, but I'm assuming this AI isn't terribly smart.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 01/10/2026

Never thought I'd be nostalgic for when all my spam was for porn or politics.

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