Belle-de-Nuit

Belle-de-Nuit is a 115,000-word, text-based interactive romance novel set in Paris, with no graphics or sound effects. You play a swordswoman protecting the Belle-de-Nuit, a luxury brothel, and try to secure its next major patron. His duelist, Sebastian, is skilled enough to threaten your reputation as Paris’s best; you can challenge him with your blade, pursue him romantically, or both.

The Belle-de-Nuit

Some of the courtesans have been your friends for years, and you may have a childhood sweetheart you want to take away from her customers. The shy bartender has a heavy secret, and no one knows why they came to Paris or what they left behind. Madame expects you to focus on the brothel’s future, but its house is full of possible lovers.

You can choose a sweetheart—or become involved with more than one—from among a rival duelist, a lady of the night and the shy bartender. Play as female, gay, straight or bi, and navigate Parisian nightlife, where seduction, wine, lies and kisses intermingle.

Duels and secrets

You fight to protect the women of the Belle-de-Nuit and its honor, using steel or seduction. Climb rooftops, duel in narrow Parisian streets, outwit your foes, cross-dress to fool and seduce, or throw a rose to the person you choose. You can also role-play as a courtesan, pour drinks or play cards with clients, and uncover secrets whispered at dusk above the Parisian skyline.