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Is Jazz Age worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a text-only story with substantial choice-driven narrative
- Players interested in romance between a federal agent and a nightclub owner
- Readers drawn to 1920s New York stories involving Broadway and Prohibition
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking visual scenes or sound effects, since the story is entirely text-based
- Players looking for action-focused mechanics rather than narrative choices and relationship paths
Our take on Jazz Age
The story is entirely text-based, with 125,000 words and no graphics or sound effects; imagination supplies its presentation.
What is Jazz Age?
Set in New York City in 1926, Jazz Age follows a small-town newcomer pursuing a Broadway career, fame, fortune, and romance.
This 125,000-word interactive novel uses choices to shape the story and is presented entirely through text, without graphics or sound effects. The protagonist can seek work on Broadway or in a speakeasy, and can help a lover protect an illegal club or side with another who wants it shut down. Other paths involve the FBI, workers’ rights, and the protagonist’s family home. Players can choose a male, female, or non-binary character and select gay, straight, bi, or poly romance options. Potential partners include a federal agent and a nightclub owner, alongside encounters with flappers, socialites, and historical figures.
How Jazz Age plays
- 01Character identity choices
- The protagonist can be male, female, or non-binary, with gay, straight, bi, or poly relationship options.
- 02Career paths
- The story offers a choice between auditioning for Broadway and pursuing a career in a speakeasy.
- 03Conflicting loyalties
- Choices can place a lover’s illegal club against another lover’s efforts to close it.
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Jazz Age: platforms & release
Is Jazz Age worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a text-only story with substantial choice-driven narrative. Skip it if: players seeking visual scenes or sound effects, since the story is entirely text-based.
Where can I download Jazz Age?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Jazz Age's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Jazz Age on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
