Story: It was a typical warm day on Mount Olympus, which promised to become a typical cool night. To enjoy the somewhat boring afternoon, everyone’s favorite love goddess, Aphrodite retired to her chambers. Her ever-faithful servant, assistant, confidante, and friend, Cupid, soon interrupted her daydreaming with some cool wine.
“Look at the moon, Cupid,” she said. “Every day it seems to get farther away.”
“Indeed it does, my lady,” Cupid nodded.
“I wonder if life is this boring there.”
“Is it my lady’s wish to travel to the moon?”
“What would be the point? I’ll never be free of this earthly responsibility.”
“My lady bears a heavy burden.” Cupid bowed his head.
Aphrodite sighed. “Even now the moon seems farther away.”
“Cheer up, my lady,” Cupid smiled. “It’s only a few centimeters a century.” A thought struck him. “ But it is still sad that, one day, Earth will lose its cosmic lover.”
“I could stop it.”
Cupid was caught off-guard by this remark. “Huh?”
Aphrodite stood and paced the room several times. “I could turn all of humanity’s rage and hate into waves of passion and love. Perhaps that will draw the moon closer!” She punched the palm of her hand. “Cupid! We’re going to Earth!”
“Where my lady leads, her Cupid will follow."
Aphrodite jumped from her pallid balcony, falling to Earth. Cupid, on the other hand, tripped over the handrail, and howled curses the entire way down.

In this game, you play as the goddess Aphrodite. Several regions on Earth have fallen completely into the chaos of hatred and rage. Its your job to re-channel this energy into love. There are certain couples in each region that are destined to be together, and it is your job to make sure that these people hook up. The regions, called chapters, range from a trailer park to a racetrack, and finally an entire city. You must use your powers (explained later) to alter the normal chain of events of a region and ensure that those destined lovers meet and mate.

The Regions are:

Chapter 1: Home Grown Lovin’ -- A trailer park. There is only one couple who is preordained. You must get the two to meet in a romantic setting (the local river, a slow dance at the nearby honky tonk, etc) and then foster their bond from mere friendship to wild affection.

Chapter 2: Drop Dead, Gorgeous -- There are three preordained couples here. Problem is, one person who is destined to be loved by another, has been killed. You have to find a way to help the jilted boy get revenge on the people who killed his love. Be careful! Those people are also betrothed, and if you tear them apart in revenge, you will have to start their relationship over. The third couple is already dating, but the man’s shyness is driving a spike in between them. Give that boy an iron spine and watch the sparks fly!

Chapter 3: Queen of the Road -- Karen McLeod is the best female racer to grace the tracks in a long time, but her masculinity is harming the way her pit crew chief feels about her. Try to beat her in a few races and take her self-esteem down a few notches, so that the chief can support her. Perhaps then these two can shift into high gear.

Chapter 4: Tee’d Off -- Golf is fun, right? Where else can you assault people with little white balls and get away with it? And get to drive a little cart in the process? Apparently, one couple has had it up to their nine-irons with each other’s game. Search the country club to find the missing links to this problem, and keep an eye out for a new special person for each. While you’re at it, why not try to win the local tournament? Maybe the prize can help you find those special someones?

Chapter 5: Fairy Tale -- Things are a little confusing right about now. There are two destined couples here. The problem is, each couple is a little sweet. A female couple and a male couple are all wrong for each other. The perfect match for these people is in the other couple (one of the women is destined to be with one of the men and vice versa). Can your divine power straighten out this queer situation?

Chapter 6: Mature Audiences -- Life is getting boring at the Happy Valley Retirement Village. Widow and Widower are bound to be together. Just speed up the process before both parties end up in their mutual graves. Perhaps a Senior’s Ball will push them into each other’s arms.

Chapter 7: Love and War -- A battlefield is not a good place for a love story, but try telling the goddess of love that! The commanders of two fighting units are destined to be with each other, however past encounters and present situations are getting in the way of their inevitable beautiful union. Play the double agent, and get the two warring sides to sign a truce long enough for them to realize that they are meant for each other.

Chapter 8: Midtown Madness! -- It is written in the stars. Ten couples from this city are destined to fraternize. Can you possibly make Mr. CEO fall for the pretty young street urchin? Can the corner reverend step down from his soapbox long enough to realize that the mail lady likes him? Will the pigeon lady ever fall for the old jogger? Can the pimp overcome his position and fall for one of his employees? Cops and robbers, witches and holy rollers, everything about this situation dictates that it is impossible for anyone of the destined couples to meet! But you are the goddess of love. You can solve this problem easily. Right?

You walk around and interact with the mortals in each chapter, and must learn enough from average people to find a way to force the destined couples together. You can talk to friends, parents, coworkers, strangers, casual acquaintances, old flames, bartenders neighbors, any one who may know anything about your victims. Once they have met, you can begin to use your divine powers upon them. You can also use your powers on innocent bystanders to complete your objectives.

Your powers have unlimited use, but grow weaker and stronger depending on how well your targets are moving along in their love lives. Your powers are:

Look and Word-- Forces one person to look at their love in a new light and say something flattering.

Love Potion- A sort of affectionate hand grenade, the Love Potion effects everyone its blast hits. They are temporarily smoother, sweeter, more charismatic, and generally easier to love.

Gender Warp- The ultimate sex change. Gender Warp will turn a male into a female and vice versa until you decide that the effect is no longer needed. If used on a bystander, you can control that person until you no longer need their aid.

Magic Moment-- The perfect divine finishing move, this power makes the stars twinkle a little brighter, the sun set a little more golden and rain a little gentler. All adding upon an already romantic moment. If used at the right moment, you can boost the affection between your targets to steamy levels.

Shameless Flirt-- Not so much a divine power as a natural ability, this little act of playful seduction will show shy and insecure lovers that someone finds them attractive, and may bolster their advances.

Serenade- When used on one of the target lovers, Serenade sets that person up to sing a love song to their intended lover. When combined with Magic Moment, the effects could be spectacular.

Booty Shaker-- This power will boost the target’s dancing ability, and may attract their significant other a little more.

Casanova-- When used on a male target, Casanova allows this person to talk much smoother and sweeter than before, thus increasing their attractiveness.

2 Dozen Roses-- This makes one of the targets leave a gift for their lover. This is perfect to use when you want to get a few more points on the affection meter, or simply recover lost ones if you screw up and make the other mad.

Super Tease-- This power is an advanced version of Shameless Flirt, and must only be used on the most hopeless of lovers. Poor use of it may make the target more attracted to you than to their intended lover.

Obviously, you won't be simply walking around and talking. The game has several mini-games to liven things up a bit. For instance, in the "Queen of the Road" chapter, you will drive a racecar. And in "Tee'd Off", you will try your divine hand at golf. Also, you will have to earn the trust of a few of your victims. You may have to outrun the old jogger in "Midtown Madness!" before he tells you of his crush on the pigeon lady. And the "Employee" may have to be saved from a gang of thugs before she considers you her friend. One of the rednecks in the first chapter will definitely require you drink him under the table. And you may need to find a way to prove you're a goddess (Something you will have to try to hide throughout the game) before the witch in the final chapter decides to follow you. You will have to prove your marksmanship to one of the commanders in "Love and War." The stuff you will have to do to make friends is almost enough to test your infinite patience. This makes the game a sort of level driven Harvest Moon, as you will have to befriend the betrothed before you can start to help them.

When all the lovers are united, you are given a report card from the King of the Gods, Zeus. If you score high enough, you can enter the secret chapter. In this chapter, you’re efforts of pulling the moon closer to Earth have worked too well! You will have to find a way to drive a spike in between already very loving couples and push the moon back to where it should be. Good luck!