A Rose by Another Name

Rated 18+ for violence, death and (optional) explicit sexual content.

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A short interactive story based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but with a queer twist. In A Rose by Another Name, you play as Tybalt, a trans man devoted to his family, during the events leading up to his tragic fate.

• Play as a trans man.
• Become intimate with one of three men or none of them, each leading up to a different epilogue.
• Fight and sacrifice your life for the honour of your family and the safety of your cousin.

You can currently play the entirety of Chapter One, with an approximate word count of 8k words.

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Content Warnings:

• You play as a set character with a set background, gender and name. There is no character customisation.
• This will be a short story of only three chapters and an epilogue, with an expected final word count of around 20k words.
• The text is written in a first-person POV.
• The story may contain historical inaccuracies for the sake of storytelling.
• The story includes mentions of period-accurate sexism and homophobia, as well as deadnaming occurrences.
• The story contains descriptions of gender dysphoria.
• Each romance can lead to an explicit sexual encounter which is entirely optional (you may choose to read the scene, skip it, or not engage at all).
• As per the original play it’s based on, this story contains violence and major character deaths, including MC’s and two of the ROs’.
• There is no happy ending.

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Note for mobile users:
While the game is playable on mobile/smaller devices, the UI is currently not fully optimised for it, which may result in the game not working properly on some devices.