why you should play midsummer night's choice

in midsummer night's choice, you play as duke's only son or daughter. your mother die when you young, and father sick for almost as long.
with war on horizon, your father plan marry you off to lord or lady penderghast - someone far older who you never meet before, but have money and resources to spare.

you, of course, run away with help from best friend prenzie and courtier morgan. but you can not possibly run without disguise.
so, you crossdress, escape to magical forest rule by faerie queene, and shakespearean hijinks ensue. you learn hidden secrets, meet and possibly seduce your fairy reflection, put on performance, engage in battle, and choose your fate.
oh, and again, you meet and possibly seduce your fairy reflection. is that not amazing?
so, will you fight for father, or for faerie queene? will you learn how harness magic, prove self artist, or bravely charge through whatever may come?

how do this game handle crossdress?

want say up front that this crossdress aspect have little focus in characters' eyes.
would say most uncomfortable part happen during play chapter, where prenzie ask if you "forget real sex" after so long in disguise.
but, far as see through many different play throughs with both male and female character, never see any question if "really" man or woman. if anything, people so convince by disguise that even when remove for play, no one know.
you might encounter points where disguise falter, but no one question - they take as joke, or just believe you strange.
if do happen find something uncomfortable, promise will update.

romance

you have 4 romance choices, 3 with gender that you influence.
you choose prenzie and morgan's genders as game start. meanwhile, lady penderghast if you play as male, or lord penderghast as female.
piccolita only one not able choose, who always female.
in any case, gender not factor in who able marry, so can marry anyone - or no one - regardless what play. :)

choices, choices!

something that really love about this game: your choices often come back. can not change major story beats, but things like your disguise, choices during play, character dialogue and reputation, and more can all come back to spice up - or haunt - your playthrough.
first playthrough probably take about two hours, and even plays after this still take time. with everything this game track, each time you play will have at least small but fun differences.

downside: for completionists, some achievements really obscure, with specific choice path that not always so obvious. this can be very fun when you stumble on accident, but frustrate if want all. for instance, one require specific disguise as male character, specific low stat, and then choose to insult someone. there also is no back button, so if you make mistake when hunt for achievement, you need restart entirely.

humour

this is game where you have chance seduce fairy reflection, sing sweet ballads to bear, and die tragically on stage as fake blood spurt everywhere.
of course this game hilarious.
naturally have shakespearean tropes and references, but not need deep knowledge for good laugh. often, choices and even failures hilarious - you can make horrifying "cute" face, dance so hard you make mess, and completely fail at relate with common folk.

to buy or not to buy?

to buy, absolutely.
you can demo here, or through ios app store and google play store.
all require purchase to complete game, but demo come with first act. if you enjoy that and ache for more, definitely get full game!