Spinnerzeit
Press Kit
Spinnerzeit makes gothic strategy games about power, consequence, and the cost of control.
Studio
- Developer
- Spinnerzeit
- Based in
- Germany
- Website
- www.spinnerzeit.com
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Spinnerzeit is an independent game studio building The Darker Night, a family of gothic strategy games about vampires, cities, and the bargains hidden inside power. Its current projects are The Darker Night: Regent City and The Darker Night Tactics.

The Darker Night: Regent City
Rule a hidden vampire court through a magical gothic city diorama.
Keep a night city running while vampires stay invisible to humans. Acquire buildings, assign managers, balance Blood, Coin, Influence, Secrecy, Exposure, Court stability, and Dread, then face the consequences of every tradeoff.
Key Features
- - A tabletop city as the main play surface
- - Keep vampires invisible to humans while the city keeps running
- - Acquire buildings, assign managers, and collect tribute from court holdings
- - Manage resource pressure across blood, coin, influence, secrecy, exposure, court stability, and dread
- - Face consequences, tradeoffs, witnesses, and new city pressure from every choice

The Darker Night Tactics
A tactical RPG about territory, coteries, and blood.
Command a vampire coterie, outplay enemies on a modular tile-based city map, customize characters, and spend mortals as part of your strategy.
Key Features
- - Tile-based tactical encounters with gothic urban style
- - Coterie building through equipment, abilities, traits, and synergies
- - Territory control, fog of war, neutral humans, and evolving city encounters
- - Grayscale ink art brought to life with blood-red accents and motion
Contact
For press inquiries, review keys, screenshots, or additional material, contact Spinnerzeit at spinnerzeit@gmail.com.