Vampire — Parliament of Knives

What kind of game this is

Vampire: Parliament of Knives is a text-based interactive horror novel, listed on Google Play as a game. Jeffrey Dean wrote it, and the listing gives its length as 600,000 words. It is aimed at people who prefer branching fiction and political intrigue over graphics-driven games.

Nothing is shown on screen beyond the written text, and there are no sound effects. The listing says the experience depends on the reader's imagination to fill in the scenes. The listing is rated 12+.

Loyalty or betrayal in a vampire court

The story starts when the Prince of the city in Canada vanishes, and his second-in-command, Eden Corliss, asks you to find out what happened. She is your sire, the vampire who Embraced you, and you have served her so far. The Prince's absence also opens a route to her position.

Your choices decide whether you defend Corliss against the accusations being made about her or join her rivals to bring her down. The listing describes both cunning and violence as ways to gain power in this court.

The World of Darkness setting

The novel is based on Vampire: The Masquerade and set in the World of Darkness, a story universe shared with other works. The listing presents the book as a horror story within that setting, with the undead politics of a single city as its focus.

How the text-only story plays

The story is delivered entirely as text, and your choices are what move it forward. Because there are no graphics or sound, the scenes, characters and tension exist only in the writing and in what you picture as you read.