A Player's Heart
Heart's Choice · 2020 · Indie, RPG, Sexual Content, Interactive Fiction, Romance
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About A Player's Heart
Find love, fame, and intrigue on the stage of the city's all-woman Opera! Put on a show, survive drama on and off-stage...and win your lover's heart.
A Player's Heart is a 222,000-word interactive lesbian romance novel by Melissa Scott. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You're a rising member of the all-woman Opera company, one of three great theater companies in the glittering rivermouth city of Tristendesande. But Tristendesande’s legal ruler is a three-year-old boy, and his mother the Regent is under ever-increasing pressure from the Castagi Ambassador to rein in the city’s notorious freedoms, the theaters among them. The Opera’s leaders are determined to stay neutral, but the louche, disreputable Electricity Theater—where, scandalously, men and women perform on the same stage, in the same acts—is equally determined to undermine the Ambassador’s influence. And in the hothouse of the theater, love and politics are always entangled.
Who will you choose? Will you seduce your elegant rival at the Opera, Celeine, with a glittering smile and a dancer's grace, the remains of last night's paint on her lips as she helps you strive to be your best? Or the innocent Myrr, a genius "artifex" on the stage crew: olive-dark, clever, quick and resourceful, holding you close with strong hands and broad shoulders? Or will it be Mervelles, the daring star of the Electricity Theater, with her dapper suit and deliberately messy dark hair, a nimble and sensuous dancer at home with her contradictions? Or perhaps you'll have the society hostess Jasquillyn Isalis, with her kohl-lined eyes and hair piled fashionably high, scented with rose perfume, diamonds flashing against her warm ivory skin.
Save the day with your brilliant performance and win your true love's heart. On and off stage, a player's heart conquers all!
And now, the curtain rises.
A Player's Heart is a 222,000-word interactive lesbian romance novel by Melissa Scott. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You're a rising member of the all-woman Opera company, one of three great theater companies in the glittering rivermouth city of Tristendesande. But Tristendesande’s legal ruler is a three-year-old boy, and his mother the Regent is under ever-increasing pressure from the Castagi Ambassador to rein in the city’s notorious freedoms, the theaters among them. The Opera’s leaders are determined to stay neutral, but the louche, disreputable Electricity Theater—where, scandalously, men and women perform on the same stage, in the same acts—is equally determined to undermine the Ambassador’s influence. And in the hothouse of the theater, love and politics are always entangled.
Who will you choose? Will you seduce your elegant rival at the Opera, Celeine, with a glittering smile and a dancer's grace, the remains of last night's paint on her lips as she helps you strive to be your best? Or the innocent Myrr, a genius "artifex" on the stage crew: olive-dark, clever, quick and resourceful, holding you close with strong hands and broad shoulders? Or will it be Mervelles, the daring star of the Electricity Theater, with her dapper suit and deliberately messy dark hair, a nimble and sensuous dancer at home with her contradictions? Or perhaps you'll have the society hostess Jasquillyn Isalis, with her kohl-lined eyes and hair piled fashionably high, scented with rose perfume, diamonds flashing against her warm ivory skin.
Save the day with your brilliant performance and win your true love's heart. On and off stage, a player's heart conquers all!
- Play as female, romancing women.
- Find love with a scandalous rival, a fashionable noblewoman, your reliable friend, or an ambitious fellow actress.
- Choose to play male roles, female roles, or to be a theater technician.
- Show your skill at intrigue in Madam Isalis's salon.
- Attend a scandalous performance and escape the watch.
- Bring your fellow players together, or seek to outdo them all.
- Court your love in a fencing match or through shared performance.
And now, the curtain rises.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I don't think it was a bad game just not really for me. The romances felt a little rushed and maybe because that wasn't what I was used to from other CoG games, I found the fact that I didn't have to work for love interests to be interested in me a little bit annoying. Apart from that, the setting was lovely and I loved all the parts about opera.7 found this helpful
Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 107: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆☆ (7/10) [i] A Player’s Heart [/i] is an LGBT, regency-style interactive novel about fame, scandal, and performance in an all-woman opera troupe. Set in the elegant, riverbound city of Tristendesande, you take on the role of a rising stage star—playing either a deva (female roles), dragon (male roles), or artifex (tech and design)—as you build a reputation and navigate tangled affairs of the heart and society. On paper, it has everything: duels in bathhouses, whispered flirtations in salons, rival troupes with secrets, and four distinct romance options. But while the setting is lush and the premise ripe with drama, the execution often feels too muted to fully deliver. The result is a game that’s undeniably unique and stylish, but emotionally undercooked, with pacing and payoff issues that keep it from greatness. [b]🔷 Pros: [/b] [list] [*] Lush, theatrical setting. The city of Tristendesande feels ornate and deliberate, from the patterned silks of the dressing rooms to the perfumed salons where gossip thrives. The language leans into operatic drama—bowed heads, dueling blades, whispered gasps—but do…3 found this helpful
Really liked it. Pretty well-written without being over-written. Only takes a couple hours to get through. Some of the world politics is kind of just dumped on one page, but it doesn't really matter. The politics of the Opera itself are more clear/important.1 found this helpful
An excellent romance with an all woman cast and a fun premise. I enjoy theater a lot so I was very happy to try this one out. Lots of ways you can go about your acting career and 4 wonderful women who's affections you can pursue. Some NSFW themes of a sexual nature.1 found this helpful
Choose your own adventure, set in opera. Are you star of the opera, or would you rather like to be constructing sets and making sure everything runs smoothly? The story is filled with intrigue and your choices will decide the direction it proceeds.1 found this helpful
An intruging, quite well written lesbian romance between the personal at a special theater. The setting is extremly well done, wonderful writing. The main conflict is about performing a play and censorchip at the theater, with the romances are tied directly into. The romances are well written, but i find them a bit to much pushed in your face. Every romance option falls imidiatly in love with you and tries to get together with you, at wich point you can turn them down, but shortly before the climax you are forced to choose one, even if you turned them all down. They then get together with you and the romances are a bit streamlined and similar at that point. Stil, the price is fair, the setting well written and despite beeing forced the romances are not badly written so i can still warmly recommend this game.
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