<s>
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
the	B-Application
tabletop	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
developed	O
by	O
Choice	O
of	O
Games	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
web	B-Protocol
browsers	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
include	O
Night	O
Road	O
(	O
2020	O
)	O
by	O
Kyle	O
Marquis	O
,	O
Out	O
for	O
Blood	O
(	O
2021	O
)	O
by	O
Jim	O
Dattilo	O
,	O
Parliament	O
of	O
Knives	O
(	O
2021	O
)	O
by	O
Jeffrey	O
Dean	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Sins	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sires	I-Application
(	O
2022	O
)	O
by	O
Natalia	O
Theodoridou	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Night	O
Road	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
courier	O
delivering	O
secrets	O
for	O
vampire	O
elders	O
in	O
the	O
Southwestern	O
United	O
States	O
;	O
in	O
Out	O
for	O
Blood	O
,	O
a	O
vampire	O
hunter	O
who	O
protects	O
his	O
town	O
;	O
in	O
Parliament	O
of	O
Knives	O
,	O
a	O
vampire	O
navigating	O
vampire	O
politics	O
following	O
a	O
coup	O
in	O
Ottawa	O
,	O
Canada	O
;	O
and	O
in	O
Sins	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sires	I-Application
,	O
a	O
vampire	O
in	O
Athens	O
,	O
Greece	O
,	O
where	O
an	O
ancient	O
vampire	O
plans	O
to	O
rule	O
over	O
humans	O
as	O
a	O
god	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Choice	O
of	O
Games	O
approached	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
,	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
series	O
,	O
to	O
pitch	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
adaptation	O
as	O
they	O
considered	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
its	O
Storyteller	O
System	O
foundation	O
to	O
match	O
up	O
well	O
with	O
Choice	O
of	O
Games	O
 '	O
design	O
philosophies	O
of	O
game	O
mechanics	O
used	O
to	O
support	O
rather	O
than	O
dominate	O
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
–	I-Application
Night	I-Application
Road	I-Application
,	O
Out	O
for	O
Blood	O
,	O
Parliament	O
of	O
Knives	O
,	O
and	O
Sins	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sires	I-Application
are	O
text-based	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
games	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
makes	O
choices	O
that	O
affect	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
endings	O
;	O
these	O
include	O
both	O
main	O
endings	O
and	O
failure	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
characters	O
are	O
created	O
and	O
customized	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
including	O
choosing	O
their	O
attributes	O
,	O
gender	O
(	O
non-binary	O
,	O
male	O
,	O
or	O
female	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
sexuality	O
(	O
bi	O
,	O
gay	O
,	O
or	O
straight	O
)	O
;	O
Sins	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sires	I-Application
additionally	O
lets	O
the	O
player	O
choose	O
to	O
be	O
asexual	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
choose	O
between	O
androgyny	O
,	O
femininity	O
,	O
and	O
masculinity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sins	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sires	I-Application
follows	O
a	O
vampire	O
in	O
Athens	O
,	O
Greece	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
ancient	O
vampire	O
Aristovoros	O
plans	O
to	O
subjugate	O
humans	O
and	O
rule	O
over	O
them	O
as	O
a	O
god	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
developed	O
by	O
Choice	O
of	O
Games	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
,	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
series	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
fifth	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
edited	O
by	O
Jason	O
Stevan	O
Hill	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
written	O
by	O
Kyle	O
Marquis	O
(	O
Night	O
Road	O
)	O
,	O
Jim	O
Dattilo	O
(	O
Out	O
for	O
Blood	O
)	O
,	O
Jeffrey	O
Dean	O
(	O
Parliament	O
of	O
Knives	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Natalia	O
Theodoridou	O
(	O
Sins	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sires	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
video	O
game	O
adaptations	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
began	O
after	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
brought	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
in-house	O
and	O
expressed	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
license	O
it	O
out	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
Hill	O
reached	O
out	O
to	O
them	O
;	O
he	O
considered	O
the	O
tabletop	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
Storyteller	O
System	O
they	O
are	O
built	O
upon	O
to	O
match	O
up	O
with	O
Choice	O
of	O
Games	O
 '	O
design	O
philosophy	O
of	O
stories	O
enhanced	O
by	O
rather	O
than	O
dominated	O
by	O
mechanics	O
,	O
with	O
decisions	O
impacting	O
outcomes	O
and	O
where	O
even	O
failure	O
leads	O
to	O
good	O
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
partnership	O
,	O
Marquis	O
pitched	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
different	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
hardboiled	O
Mummy	O
:	O
The	O
Resurrection	O
adaptation	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
investigates	O
serial	O
killers	O
by	O
assuming	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
their	O
favored	O
type	O
of	O
victims	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
ideas	O
including	O
one	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
an	O
elder	O
vampire	O
defending	O
their	O
backwoods	O
domain	O
in	O
Maine	O
and	O
one	O
about	O
an	O
occult	O
treasure	O
hunter	O
;	O
Paradox	O
liked	O
the	O
courier	O
idea	O
that	O
was	O
eventually	O
used	O
for	O
Night	O
Road	O
,	O
and	O
adapted	O
its	O
core	O
concept	O
for	O
their	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
web	O
series	O
Vein	O
Pursuit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paradox	O
would	O
also	O
answer	O
questions	O
about	O
the	O
setting	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
whether	O
there	O
was	O
anything	O
to	O
keep	O
in	O
mind	O
while	O
writing	O
about	O
a	O
specific	O
location	O
or	O
whether	O
there	O
was	O
anything	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
of	O
picking	O
up	O
story	O
threads	O
from	O
early	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producing	O
the	O
games	O
within	O
the	O
given	O
time	O
constraints	O
was	O
a	O
challenge	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
to	O
handle	O
not	O
only	O
game	O
design	O
and	O
writing	O
a	O
story	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
managing	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
lore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
either	O
case	O
,	O
some	O
compromises	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
done	O
for	O
game	O
balance	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
with	O
the	O
vampire	O
clan	O
banes	O
,	O
whose	O
effects	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
tweaked	O
while	O
ensuring	O
they	O
still	O
feel	O
substantial	O
;	O
Marquis	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
include	O
two	O
vampire	O
clans	O
from	O
the	O
tabletop	O
game	O
:	O
Nosferatu	O
,	O
as	O
their	O
appearance	O
would	O
make	O
them	O
unable	O
to	O
work	O
as	O
couriers	O
without	O
revealing	O
themselves	O
as	O
vampires	O
,	O
and	O
Malkavian	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
required	O
all	O
dialogue	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
rewritten	O
for	O
them	O
in	O
"	O
delusion	O
speak	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
had	O
been	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
earlier	O
game	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
–	I-Application
Bloodlines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
Night	O
Road	O
was	O
in	O
part	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
adventure	O
game	O
Sam	B-Application
&	I-Application
Max	I-Application
Hit	I-Application
the	I-Application
Road	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
forward	O
momentum	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
go	O
wherever	O
one	O
wants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marquis	O
enjoyed	O
writing	O
a	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
game	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
present	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
how	O
the	O
world	O
has	O
changed	O
since	O
the	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
tabletop	O
games	O
were	O
originally	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
looked	O
through	O
developer	O
notes	O
for	O
other	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
material	O
to	O
avoid	O
overlap	O
with	O
other	O
stories	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
;	O
he	O
specifically	O
wanted	O
to	O
avoid	O
including	O
"	O
ancient	O
tomb	O
"	O
tropes	O
,	O
considering	O
this	O
something	O
that	O
had	O
never	O
been	O
done	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
Ankaran	O
sarcophagus	O
in	O
Bloodlines	B-Application
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
not	O
wanting	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
challenge	O
for	O
Marquis	O
was	O
to	O
balance	O
horror	O
with	O
the	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
tabletop	O
games	O
 '	O
systematized	O
setting	O
;	O
he	O
tried	O
to	O
counter	O
this	O
by	O
drawing	O
from	O
more	O
obscure	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
setting	O
,	O
to	O
populate	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
world	O
with	O
"	O
the	O
unknown	O
"	O
–	O
things	O
that	O
belong	O
to	O
the	O
setting	O
but	O
are	O
less	O
categorized	O
than	O
the	O
Camarilla	O
vampires	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
were	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
published	O
by	O
Choice	O
of	O
Games	O
through	O
2020	O
–	O
2021	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
web	B-Protocol
browsers	I-Protocol
:	O
Night	O
Road	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Out	O
for	O
Blood	O
on	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
Parliament	O
of	O
Knives	O
on	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Hill	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
that	O
Choice	O
of	O
Game	O
would	O
develop	O
further	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
games	O
;	O
Sins	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sires	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2021	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
early	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Usurpers	O
and	O
Outcasts	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
for	O
Night	O
Road	O
that	O
adds	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
a	O
Tremere	O
or	O
Caitiff	O
vampire	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
was	O
excited	O
for	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
considering	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Darkness	I-Protocol
a	O
great	O
space	O
for	O
storytelling	O
and	O
Choice	O
of	O
Games	O
a	O
developer	O
with	O
a	O
good	O
track	O
record	O
for	O
narrative-focused	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
liked	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
premises	O
,	O
and	O
appreciated	O
Parliament	O
of	O
Knives'''	O
political	O
theme	O
,	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
favorite	O
aspects	O
of	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
