Lowlight

Lowlight is a roleplaying game set in a rain-soaked cyberpunk city. You pick who you are, call a contact, and the two of you talk your way through bars, rooftops and back alleys.

The characters don't just reply. They dim the lights, bring the rain, put on a song, or walk you somewhere else. The room changes with the story. They pull from the lorebook with keywords. Expressions change on context, and memory persists across rooms and districts. 

What's in the alpha

• Play as any character in the city, and call any of the others
• A room for every place on the map, with its own light, weather and sound
• Set the scene, or draw street encounters partway through
• Take gigs: jack in and slip past the lacquer, or forge papers at the Ferry Stairs
• Play liar's dice at Hae's noodle stall with custom stakes
• Regenerate any reply, and rewind or branch from any line
• Head out solo and meet strangers around Lowlight
• Save, load, and keep several playthroughs going
• Five characters, all playable or available as contacts.

What you need

• A Windows or Linux PC
• An OpenRouter key. You pay OpenRouter for what you use, and you pick the model each character runs on. You enter the key in the game.

How builds work

This first alpha is free for everyone. From the next build on, patrons get each new build first, and when the one after it ships, the previous build goes free here for everyone.

I'm making Lowlight alone. If you want the newest build, devlogs, or a vote on what gets built next, it's on Patreon.

Notes

• The art starts with AI image tools. I edit the characters by hand and the rooms in Lowlight's own studio. The splash screens are mostly as generated. The music is made with Suno, and the sound effects are licensed.
• The characters' words are written live by the model you choose, under that model's rules.
• It's an alpha, so expect rough edges. To report a bug, use REPORT A BUG on the title screen or press F8 in a scene.