Twilight Heroes

Twilight Heroes is a browser turn based role-playing game developed and published by Quirkz Media. This game was released to the web on October 31, 2007. In 2011, operation (and possibly some elements of design) were subsequently taken over by a different gaming company, Metroplexity Games.

Premise
In this game, the player takes on the role of a superhero in this game as they battle monsters and villains in turn-based combat, collect items and chips (the currency of the game), and complete quests. The setting of the game features surreal humor, satire, popular culture references, and word play, most notably spoonerisms and anagrams. Twilight Heroes is free-to-play but includes donation benefits.

Gameplay
Gameplay in Twilight Heroes has been described as a much more interactive version of a Choose Your Own Adventure story. The player chooses an area of the city to "patrol" and patrolling has two outcomes: either combat will be initiated or a small story will be displayed. Patrolling consumes game turns, and once all of the turns are used up, the player will reach to their bed time and have to prepare for their day job. The player can consume caffeine-based items like coffee or tea to increase the number of turns, but only for a limited amount per day. The game day resets and players are granted more turns at rollover, an event which occurs daily at 11:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5).

Initially, the player can only visit Somerset Square and their hideout, a suburb in which the player resides. This suburb includes shops and low-level patrol areas. In order to recover Hit Points and Power Points, the Hideout is the location where the player can rest. The player can also assemble or weld items here, access their computer (if available), handle character specialty-only items, and turn transportation styles in the garage.

Players can take on quests, battle bosses and progress through the plot of the game. As the player increases in level and gains new modes of transport, patrolling becomes available in more areas. A bicycle player, for example, can enter more parts of the city than a player who is on foot, while a jetpack player has much greater range and can even patrol in the sky.

Plot
The game takes place in a fictional city called Twilight City, which, while one in which superpowers, renegade robots and monsters are commonplace, resembles an ordinary American city. The currency of this city is the casino chip. In a city ravaged by violence, the player starts the game as a middle-wage, apathetic, ordinary resident. Once the apartment of the player character is ransacked, he or she tries to fight back against the criminals. On the street, the player meets a suspicious man, but is knocked unconscious quickly. The player character discovers a talisman upon waking up, an object which grants superpowers to the character. The talisman's qualities differ according to the player's chosen character level, with the four available classes being: Elemental, Gadgeteer, Naturalist, and Psion.