Platform: Windows (also on Mac, Linux, and Android)
Release: 2018
I stumbled on Your Dry Delight while doing a search on The Visual Novel Database for visual novels set during the 1920s. Given that most visual novels come out of Japan I was mostly expecting stuff set during Japan's Taisho era, but was pleasantly surprised to see The Blind Griffon (an English language favorite of mine) and then I found Your Dry Delight, which looked to be up my alley with one exception.
It was boys' love, or M/M as it's often referred to by western romance readers. I'm acutely aware of the fact that a lot of BL media is aimed at heterosexual women. There's not much in the way of own voices and I do not know if either one of the duo that forms Argent Games is a gay man. But Your Dry Delight was well reviewed and rated in Itch.io, and the game can also be found on Steam where it is rated Overwhelmingly Positive so I figured I'd give it a chance.
It's not that I dislike having a gay romance in a story, but BL (though it's getting better) still has a lot of protagonists who "aren't really gay" but "gay for their particular love interest." Being from a western developer, I figured this was going to be less likely with Your Dry Delight. And in any case it had a short playthrough time, so I knew whatever happened, would happen quickly.
So that's the mindset I went in to enjoy a story set in Prohibition America.
