You Control the Story.
Greetings, fellow fantasy lovers and game enthusiasts!
I’ve just completed a heroic quest in writing that has taken the better part of two years. I’ve been drafting and coding and generally letting the characters that hop out of my mind run wild. The result is an interactive fiction game of epic adventures and legendary love, published by Heart’s Choice, the romance division of Choice of Games.
There are so many cool things about interactive fiction! This game is entirely text-based and fueled by the vast power of your imagination. In this epic fantasy romance, you get to choose who your character is and how they relate to the world around them.
One of the things I’ve enjoyed about writing interactive fiction is is the ability to create scenarios that appeal to many different people. If you’re into fight scenes, I’ve got you. If you want to read in the library of the Keep, have at it. Relaxing in the hot springs? Check. Delving into the history and politics of the Fae and the kingdom? You can do that, too!
This medium also allowed me to write different romance options in the same story, which has probably been my favorite part. Why stop at one rogue royal when you can have five?
Their Majesties’ Pleasure is a swoon-worthy, spicy as you like it romance with a dynamic plot and multiple outcomes, depending on the choices you make.
YOU get to decide the heat level. This game earned a 3-pepper rating from Heart’s Choice, which means it’s smoking hot. But there are always options to avoid the sex scenes. Do you prefer conversation and companionship? Sparring? Sweet kisses? Or do you want ALL the spice?
You can play this game any way you choose.
Their Majesties’ Pleasure: Game Description
In this enchanted escapade, will you revel with mysterious rogues, cunning Fae, a warrior prince, or a headstrong princess? Where will your heart and loyalty lead you as the kingdom trembles on the edge of war?
Their Majesties’ Pleasure is a 225,000-word interactive erotic fantasy novel by Leia Talon, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
As a member of the royal guard, it is your duty to protect the heirs to the throne: the rebellious, fun-loving brother and sister who lead you on a merry chase outside the fortress. They open you up to a world that you never knew before: a secret network of assassins, corrupt city officials, and a cabaret brimming with songs, spirits, and sex. And when you are done carousing in the city, you can move into the dark of the magic-filled forest, where demigods and Fae throw jubilant, bacchanal revels, which include orgies for those so inclined.
But the forest is not a peaceful neighbor, and as the enmities of generations past rise up, the realm begins to tip towards war. You are at the center of a tangle of intrigue, and your loyalty is tested at every turn. Your actions could spell the difference between a tentative peace or fierce battle on two fronts.
What happens if your allegiance to the realm comes into conflict with the devotion of your heart? Which will you choose: loyalty or love? Can you find a way to have both?
• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi; asexual; monogamous or polyamorous.
• Romance a provocative prince, a feisty princess, a rogue king, a demigoddess, or an immortal warrior.
• Choose high-heat or sweet options, or avoid sex scenes entirely with lively conversation.
• Pledge your loyalty to the King, turn away from the Crown to side with its enemies – or become a spy to play both sides against the middle.
• Plunge into a steamy urban underworld full of assassins, criminals, and riotous taverns.
• Indulge in mysterious Fae revels, with magical food and drink to heighten your senses and otherworldly music to accompany your dances.
• Uncover the secrets of ages past to help prevent – or to incite – a future war.
Indulge your fantasies in Their Majesties’ Pleasure.
Major Milestones
This game has been nearly two years in the making.
I reached out to Heart’s Choice in July of 2021, and after submitting writing samples I was invited to pitch a few concepts. They liked this one, and we started the outlining process. Thus, was a story born and an interactive fiction novel developed through hard work and persistence.
MAJOR MILESTONES on this project:
Started outlining Oct 2021
Project greenlight Jan 2022
Started drafting Feb 2022
Finished drafting Mar 2023
Revisions April – May
Dozens of beta testers
3 professional editors
Final read through: 5 days!
Total words: 225,000
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You see above where it says 225,000 words? A single playthrough is closer to 50-65,000 words, which is comparable to a short novel, except you get to choose how your character thinks, responds, and shapes a kingdom on the edge of war.
An In-depth Review of Their Majesties' Pleasure:
This game is such a treat! The setting is delightful, and there’s a broad range of ROs with different personalities and distinct sexual and romantic desires. The steamy scenes are creative, varied, and wonderfully explicit while still coming across more romantic than raunchy. (It’s worth pointing out – and celebrating – that this is the first three-pepper Heart’s Choice game that isn’t m/m – and it features a gender-selectable PC and both male and female ROs.) The non-sexual dialogue options are written with as much care and interest as the flirtations and sexual encounters. I ended up really loving most of the characters and wishing I could spend more time getting to know them.
It deserves to be pointed out what a sensory delight this game is. Leia Talon’s prose is lush and descriptive and brings the setting to life in a way that appeals to all the senses – though the greatest impression I was left with was gustatory. I want the food in this game. Seriously, even the stuff I wouldn’t eat in real life came off sounding completely delicious. This is easily the tastiest thing I’ve played since Teahouse of the Gods.
Although the heart of the game is the romance, there’s a decent political-intrigue plot that adds tension and excitement throughout, especially the second half of the game, and the romance is cleverly worked in as both a source of and a relief from tension.
I hope a lot of readers will give Their Majesties’ Pleasure a try. I think most will find themselves easily caught up in its delights.
— Aletheia Knights, Interactive Fiction Player and Beta Tester.
