Wizard Confidential
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
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Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle?
Wizard Confidential is an interactive urban fantasy noir novel by Anthony Eichenlaub, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, 207,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, fueled by the vast unstoppable power of your imagination.
Seattle, 1927. You're a private eye in a city drenched in secrets. Bootleggers run speedboats over the border to supply speakeasies and jazz clubs; gangs shoot it out in dark alleys; and the coppers are even more crooked than the crooks. Crime isn't the only thing lurking in Seattle's misty streets: there are werewolves, vampires, and wizards. The wise citizen avoids the dark.
Too bad for them that you're not wise enough to back down - and that you're a darn good wizard yourself. You crack the cases that nobody else can, and right now, you've got some big ones. City Hall wants you to investigate an out-of-town union leader who's much more than meets the eye. The Dry Squad wants you to help track down a notorious gang of bootleggers before the Feds move in. And you? You want to find your partner, who's gone missing under circumstances more mysterious than any of your other cases.
But bigger than all those other problems put together is the rogue wizard who's been popping up around town. Who is he? Why does he always appear just when something major is going down? What does he want? And most importantly, what does he know that you don't? The city's future is at stake, and you're the only one who can save it.
Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, or bi
Solve cases with brains, fists, charm, magic, or good old-fashioned gumshoe work.
Romance a sultry jazz singer with a family full of secrets; a charismatic rabble-rousing union organizer, or a sharp-dressing smooth-talking City Hall staffer
Use magic to control the elements, craft illusions, or divine the future.
Build your detective agency into the biggest one in town - if you can save your partner!
Bring a labor organizer's message to the people as a champion of the working class, or bust the unions and ally yourself with the city's elite.
Trade bullets and wisecracks with Seattle's most notorious gangs, bust up a bootlegging ring, or stay above the fray and come out smelling like roses.
Battle a dangerous wizard for the fate of the city.
On these mean streets, the only thing tougher than the vampires is you.
