Not Tonight (video game)
2018 simulation video game developed by Panic Barn and published by No More Robots for Microsoft Windows
Not Tonight is a role-playing adventure game by British studio PanicBarn, released for Microsoft Windows in August 2018, and for Nintendo Switch (as Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition) on 31 January 2020, the actual date of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Set in an alternate timeline shortly after the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, the player takes the role of a citizen of European heritage who must survive under an authoritarian British government, working as a bouncer across various venues and earning enough to avoid deportation. Along the way, the player must make decisions on whether to change the course of events or remain complicit with the new administration.
A downloadable content game called Not Tonight: One Love was released for Steam on 25 June 2019; the DLC later came bundled up for the Take Back Control Edition at the time of the game's release.
A sequel, Not Tonight 2, was announced in August 2021, and was released on 11 February 2022.
Gameplay
The gameplay of Not Tonight is based on the responsibilities of a bouncer, working in Albion (England) as a person of European heritage who was newly stripped of his or her British citizenship and has become stateless. As a bouncer, the player must analyse various parts of the guests' identification cards, checking whether they are under age, have provided expired documents, have provided fraudulent information, are hiding contraband, or have an incorrectly matching photograph, and determine whether to allow entry to an establishment. As the game progresses, the player must undertake additional measures as requested by larger venues or by the state. This includes: stopping various nationalities from entering, those who wear certain clothing, individuals who are not on the guest list, people without tickets, and various other rules as gameplay becomes more challenging. Additionally, the player can also accept bribes or sell recreational drugs which will immediately gain money at the expense of losing social credit.
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