Some Sword / Some Play
SOME SWORD/SOME PLAY
You are a professional duelist, bound to the service of your noble patron, the eccentric Marquessa. But that doesn't mean you can't have a little fun.
You'll meet:
- Good-natured Bailey, muscular and easy-going, your friend of many years. But could you be more than friends?
- Mysterious Lumi, a magical seer, submitting to the will of fate. Can you fulfil Lumi's prophecy?
- Stern Roan, your commanding and uncompromising nemesis. But maybe you could learn to take instruction?
This is a NSFW piece of Interactive Fiction. I mean it. Please don't play if you don't like smutty things. It contains graphic descriptions of erotic adventures (as well as regular descriptions of non-erotic adventures). Please read the Content Warnings before proceeding.
(On the initial play, I suggest you pick “How To Play" or “Begin Game" from the main menu. The "scene select" will let you jump to specific scenes, but won't make much sense on the first playthrough.)
CONTENT WARNINGS
This interactive fiction contains:
- Graphic text descriptions of sexual activity.
- Mild consensual DS/BDSM play (including spanking and some degrading language, mostly optional).
- Some light, playful boundary pushing.
- Heavy flirting and innuendo, only some of which is skippable.
It does not contain:
- Any depiction or threat of non-consensual sexual activity.
- Any homophobic or transphobic incidents or language.
- Any NSFW illustrations (the title card is as visually NSFW as it gets).
It is not intended as a depiction of SSC/RACK sex.
HOW TO PLAY
The "How To Play" option will take you through a short tutorial, but for reference:
Simply click on the option you like best when prompted.
For the most part these options are things your character will say or do.
However, if an option is wrapped in pluses (as below) it is asking you, the player, to make a decision about the truth of the game universe.
For example, you will be asked to choose the pronouns and sexual characteristics of you potential partners. This is not (obviously) the protagonist's choice, but rather the player's authorial decision. (All three main romances are playable as any combination of M/F/NB with any configuration of naughty bits.)
The other symbol to be aware of are options wrapped in minus signs; these indicate exits from the current scene, and can be used to avoid sexual scenes that you're not interested in.
Doing so will not block you from completing the game.
A few more tags and symbols to be aware of:
- “[LIE]" indicates a lie.
- “[SECRET]" chooses this option as your characters secret. You only have one, so choosing a SECRET option will lock off the other SECRET options.
- “::: TEXT :::" indicates the link takes you to a new chapter.
There are some light puzzle elements, but failing to complete them successfully will not gate off major content, nor prevent completion of the game. This is intended to be a chill and hopefully stimulating experience, not the Dark Souls of getting off.
Note there is no Save facility: a playthrough will take 20-30 minutes, so allow yourself time. (It can be left open in a tab, of course, just don't close it.)
CREDITS
- Game text and art by Moniker Ersatz.
- Playtesting by various excellent people - I love you all.
- Poetry from To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell - I really do recommend reading it; it's one of the greatest attempting-to-get-into-someone's-pants poems ever.
- Built with INK from Inkle Studios.
Comments
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Very well written. I will say, it would be nice to confirm your own gender details at the start. There were a few times where after the 30th (exaggeration) time asking me if I have boobs or a chest, I would assume it was talking about my partner. But there's no way to go back and change it. I know it's for accessibility and I'm fine with all the ambiguity just an editorial note.
Deam, the best game of its kind, had never felt so exciting yo read something, good work keep it up :D
This is gorgeous. Thank you.
I enjoyed reading it so much that I got a bit aroused. And while I am waiting for a sequel, I am defeinitely looking into your other pieces of work.
APPRECIATION & FEEDBACK :::
Hiya! Awesome bit :D I enjoyed myself reading that story (still am).
I believe i might have found a typo (screenshot below);
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I might have found a typo. Let me know if that helped :D
TYPO TL;DR (details further below):
The word 'Thir' in the sentence;She begins to disrobe, firstly pulling off the tunic revealing her small breasts. The seer's sigil is tattoed just below thir collarbone.
I assume it was supposed to be Thin. Or, another word. Nonetheless, i couldn't find the definition anywhere and wanted to support your good work.
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WHERE: ''BELOW DECK, underbelly city'',
after shenanigans' encounter, back on the Yacht);
WHEN: "YACHT",
Waiting to go in the "Derelict liner";
WHO: Lumi;
She/her (sub), Punishement;
WHAT (choices): Reader chooses to change he/him (his) mind while waiting a few hours to infiltrate the Derelict Liner from below when Automatons are assumed to be halved in numbers, then,
prompted text is followed by the typo ('Thir');
"That's Right." (to Lumi referring to being punished);
"Strip." (to Lumi, Lumi, tugging at the neckline of her tunic.);
Lumi nods excitedly.
She begins to disrobe, firstly pulling off the tunic revealing her small breasts. The seer's sigil is tattoed just below thir collarbone.
(screenshot)
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Hope it helped. thanksfor the awesome product :D
played in Web Browser, itch.io, feb-02 2025
--WM
Okay so I found this while scrolling through itch the night before. Set aside time to go through and just got with the first run and exploring all the scenes and I thought to myself "Damn this was really good! I need to see what else Jemma has made..." And I LIterally bought Brute of Greengrave not even two weeks ago for my kindle and just never made the connection??? Now I have two things by you that I love!
I dont remember ever having so much fun reading, i enjoyed every bit of it.
Great game!
Thank you so much. It was very nice.
I loved this game! Please expand on it! I want to spend more time with my man, Bailey ❤
please give us save options or back buttons. your writing is wonderful, thank you.
roan omg.... ><
OMG I needed this so much thank you T_T I've been looking for nsfw that isn't male gazey and your work did that and more. I love your characterizations of these three and how the sex scenes completely fit each of them perfectly. The idea of a seer being into bdsm where control is taken from this is both really hot and really cool at the same time.
What font did you use for this? It has a lot of character.
Just one question
Will it be updated?
lumi .. holy freaking guacamole.....
Are the characters featured anywhere else in your storied? Because I'd love to see Roan again...
Ah, no. If nothing else, I'd have to choose a gender for them, which would be awkward.
That's fair. I just love how Roan was written so much!
Bailey my beloved
Wow, I love this so much. I really enjoy your writing and would love to read some more of it.
This is GOOD.
Delightful! I really appreciate the agency and liberty given to the player, and yet the writing was so nice and sexy I was still perfectly happy to go with what I figured the characters wanted of my protagonist. Everyone was lovable and memorable and I'm definitely going to replay a few times to see more options.
Also, whoah, the worldbuilding! That world is so evocative!
though i do have a question, is the game under development? as it does say it is under status, but I just want to make sure
such a good game, would wish for some kind of sequal, but this was really good
I need more Lumi!!
and the Marquessa!
same!! im really interested in the Marquessa's relationship with the main character
really hope this is not the end. Hoping to see more soon!
yep, i wonder as it does say its in dev...
Unbelievably good
Nice game, it was really calming and cute even when you follow the seer dirty path xD
Im looking foward to more games like that now, ur so tallented
This game is so good. Never stop, please.
Oh I love this so much. Love the stories for each characters, love the intimate moments. I caught myself smiling like a fool. Such a beautiful writing!
hey, i dunno if you (jemma topaz) still read these comments, but i feel like i’ve been the only hardcore fan of this game (mostly roan, actually, entirely roan) for over two years, to the point that my obsession has spawned new OCs, fanart, and smutty fanfiction. its been changing my brain chemistry since i played it girl!
I do read them, yes! Are any of your OCs, fanart, fiction online? Link me! Either here or at twitter (@MonikerErsatz).
In any event, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
sorry to leave you hanging for a month!!!! here's the link to my DW post with some basics about my oc and a fanfic i just finished: https://lesbocannibal.dreamwidth.org/1777.html and you can keep tabs on my DW if you want to see more about the ship! again thank you so much for writing this game!
I love love love this game. Hits just the right spot in story and smut.
the most fun I've had in these style of games where its wall of text then answer a, b, and c
Short and sweet
I hate the fact that I can't download this game because it's so fucking good.
Man, i just played through this once and was extremely sad to see it end. I do hope thay there comes to be more at some point.
What an incredible piece!! I play a lot of interactive fiction and this is one is definitely special. The world building, the dialogue, and the characters are really engaging. I was instantly drawn in to play the other routes as I finished my first.
Will we ever be getting more of this?
I wish! Major medical issues have left me unable to program (at a keyboard, sitting up) for extended periods, so most of my creative work is now fiction.
I would love to return to this world, but it's unlikely.
insert darth vader yelling "NOOOOOO"
true, i've been searching for somethin as goood as this for months.
And unfortunately this is all we get
lumi lavender " the femboy " feels literally canon.
ey you got the same name as mine, wanna smash?
no.
Can we get a Android version pls
This is actually incredible and I don't just mean the smutty bits. The world building and the incredibly clever ways the MC is left anonymous are genius. I'm a fan of in depth character creation but I found myself really loving how little we got to say about our MC and how it left everything to our imagination. And all the subtle hints or casual comments explaining what kind of world this is without a lore dump was so incredibly impressive to me. This is just an amazing short story as a whole and I really enjoyed it.
Also I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed Lumi's scenes. Actually learned something about myself lol. I love this story for what it is but I'm also going crazy trying to come up with some good scenarios for the Countess/Lumi threesome. I would definitely pay for a sequel or a dlc type thing.
Thank you!