Dark Omens

The stars are aligning. Something old is stirring beneath the world. Gather your friends, take up an investigator's mantle, and try to stop it — before the Doom Clock runs out.

Dark Omens is an online co-op horror adventure inspired by classic Lovecraftian "investigators vs. cosmic threat" board games. Two to eight players take the role of investigators, travel a map of haunted real-world locations and stranger realms beyond the gates, gather clues, brave encounters, collect Conditions and madness — and race to solve the Mystery before the Ancient One awakens.

What's different

Every campaign is written fresh by an LLM:

- Pick an Ancient One — Cthulhu, Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, Hastur, Shub-Niggurath, Nyarlathotep, Ithaqua, Dagon — or let the system surprise you. The whole scenario is generated to match: a unique theme, three-act Mysteries, key NPCs, omens.

- Encounters in the field — investigations, dread visions, gates to other worlds — are spun up on demand for your investigator, your location, your foe. No two playthroughs tell the same story.

The bones of a deep cooperative horror board game — with fresh fiction every time.

Play together

- 2–8 players, online co-op.

- Email login — one-tap code, no password.

- Host creates a room, picks the threat, friends join from anywhere. The campaign generates while everyone chooses an investigator — you're playing within a minute or two.

Status

Alpha build, shared for early playtesting. Expect rough edges, balance experiments, and a growing feature set. Bug reports and feedback are very welcome.

Credits

A solo hobby project. Lovecraftian Great Old Ones (Cthulhu, Azathoth, and friends) used under public domain. Code original; narratives generated at runtime by an LLM.