The Gilded Lady: Life and Love in a Cyborg Shop

The Gilded Lady is a sci‑fi otome / visual novel about technology, society, and an individual's place within them. Play as Eliza Clemens, a cyborg mechanic (name and appearance customizable), living in one of the few remaining cities on Earth as climate collapse and disease reshape daily life.

The Gilded Lady shop specializes in installing cybernetic replacement limbs for sufferers of Neo-leprosy, a devastating redux of that old end‑of‑days affliction. A fragile balance that keeps life survivable is suddenly upset by a technological breakthrough, and Eliza must choose who to face it with.

Routes

• Alex Thompson — Eliza's long-time assistant and protégé. Their bond is tested as the needs of suffering and the demands of a free market clash with compassion and personal risk.
• Casey McKenzie — Eliza's best friend since grade school. Philosophical and pragmatic, Casey faces an almost extinct reality where pregnancy is still possible. Will Eliza consider a platonic co‑parenting path and confront the last un‑automatable problem?
• Alma De La Mer — The fearless leader of the scavengers, Alma longs to leave the city to build egalitarian, self‑sustaining communities. Is freedom worth the cost?

Features

• Branching narrative with multiple endings
• Romance and platonic life‑partner routes
• Customizable protagonist (name and skin tone)
• Touch UI mode for accessible play
• Adjustable dialog settings
• Dyslexia-friendly font option
• Optional curse‑word censoring

Notes on Content

This game depicts relationships between consenting adults, including non‑explicit sexual encounters (not visually depicted). One route contains themes of violence and death in a bad ending. Another route features extended philosophical discussion in accessible language.