1.I feel like the ending is too good to be true. The friends used prefered pronouns of Alexandra and her dad didn’t even notice anything strange. And her friends appeared in the chat out of nowhere, somehow at perfect time and aware of content of the conversation.
Besides, the dad listened to them despite previously admitting, that they all are just suspicious pervets in his eyes.
2.I wonder what the dad even does for his job, as it seems he doesn’t have any software that Alexandra also doesn’t a have. Does he respond to e-mails all day long?
3.It never occured to Alexandra, that she could just cave in to demands of her dad, get this disliked-but-highly-paid job,
get financially secure future and then use the money to become more independent from her dad and get gender-affirming surgery,
possibly even being able to help her friend Sammy to transition too.
4.Seriously, the game lacks “How to advance if you got stuck” manual. Thankfully I found a helpful community guide on Steam
5.Is it possible to decrypt the work message that the dad has saved in his profile? And how?
6.Alexandra’s dad is still better than my lot in this life. My dad got in a prison and doesn’t care about me. And my
adoptive grandfather (who played role of a father figure in my life) is just a full-blown narcissist, who once literally laughed at thought of me being killed. I think I would have traded places with Alexandra if I had a choice
1. The segment where all Alex's friends chime in against John is meant to be metaphorical - they're not actually breaking the rules of the chat program to talk to John, but instead it's Alex speaking using the lessons and confidence she's gained from them. That's why their icons are underlaid beneath Alex's icon and why John still says it's Alex speaking. As for John, that's a fair point - I know that in real life, people like John don't become better people overnight, and often double down on their bad behavior. I wanted to give Alex a happy ending to give hope to trans girls who needed it. The player doesn't need to forgive John, and it's left ambiguous whether or not he will actually become a better person.
2. In the emails on Alex's profile, it says Alex works at a pharmaceutical company.
3. I think you're reading a bit too much into that.
4. I admit, the terminal puzzle was a bit much - sorry about that.
5. Yes, it is - but secrets are more fun to figure out on your own. :)
6. I'm not sure what to tell you here - this doesn't have anything to do with the game, and I'm not sure why you brought it up. I'm sorry your dad is a jerk, but I can't give you a meaningful solution. :/
Yes, it is - but secrets are more fun to figure out on your own. :)
I surrender, I have no smallest clue how to decrypt it. Care to provide a hint or the solution? Also, in my opinon, games with puzzles should be completed with a file that contains hints and solutions to the puzzles
I’m not sure what to tell you here
Because I find it hard to emphasize with the heroine of the story when I have to deal with next level of sh*t in my real life. I mean, she is a good kid and I don’t want her to suffer, but from my perspective her troubles are overdramatized
If anything, I bought this game to get experience of what more privileged life felt like in 90s. Because while 90s were rosy time for Americans due to economic prosperity caused by fall of the USSR and its satellites, with whole new world for capitalists to exploit, I happened to live on remnants of collapsed Soviet Union. While Alexandra was busy chatting with her friends on the information highway about latest episodes of her favorite anime series, my real life in 90s was very different, with my family struggling every day to make ends meet. Like my mom is still proud of that one time when she managed to make money by selling her own socks to a guy who was going to a date. And my first computer? It was literally stolen (although its former owner forgave us and let me keep it), because no way we would be able afford to buy it fair and square otherwise. As for the Interent, I got access to it only at the end of 2000s (and even that
happy event was overshadowed by my grandma slowly and painfully dying from cancer during that time)
This is so good. I love this game. I played it on Steam purely to buy it again :)
I cried a lot at the end. I also found my transfemininity at about Alex's age through online forums and silly anime (Little Witch Academia!) so this felt like a whole lot of me.
wowwowwow. Absolutely amazing, such a good story about trans people with an amazing atmosphere. John is terrifying! I absolutely loved this, so sad but so good. play it
Just finished streaming this after not playing it for 5 years.
I love you all. Thank you for making this piece of art that shows how Alex has -zero- chill and how the game itself has no chill and will flay everyone to the bone and make them feel things. Some updates: I've been following the Laguna path for about 2 years now, next month! Playing this game a second time made me resonate far more with Laguna than my prior play through. I am so happy to have found so many girlies online to build community and friendships. And... you know what? I'm figuring it out.
I wanted to buy this game on steam bud sadly it isnt available in Germany because the Age Restriction Formular isnt filled out - if you ever have time to do this Im buying it immediatly <3
I wish things were given more room to breathe, like in Terranova--right now it feels like every single conversation has to be nonstop gender. But there's a lot of attention to detail, like including actual fanart and fanfic and stuff, which is very nice.
i almost never write anything but, this game has made genuinely tear up and made me cry in a way i haven´t cried in a long time and and the panic i felt during the Jhon sections was way too real and the hope from the ending and that little smile that "She'll figure it out" generated on me to the point i hadn´t even realise that the were a smile in my tear filled face
you have made a wonderful experience not just for transgirls but anyone willing to gave this game a shot i highly doubt i can comment my experience in this moment of my life since inside the closet there is not that much to see but the internet and especially this game had made my day (sorry for the bad English and hella long comment but i felt like speaking specifically since i just finished it) thanks for this ;3
I don't normally make comments about the content I play, but this one really stuck with me.
You've really created something quite beautiful and touching. Seeing a multitude of trans girls at different stages in their experiences really was special and relatable. God, the longing. So well expressed.
I really like how it doesn't shy away from some of the harshest struggles that trans people face both in a literal and metaphysical sense. All while cloaked in an aesthetic that just screams "reclamation of childhood". It just all comes together in a way that's unique and evocative.
I could criticize the finicky volume slider/CRT settings, the terminal issues, etc. However, I didn't play this game to have a flawless experience. I played it to feel something. You definitely achieved that.
Thank you for making this. Thank you for making me cry. Hopefully we're all on our own paths toward figuring it out. <3
Prinzipiell finde ich das OS sehr überzeugend und an sich mag ich es ja auch mich durch Informationen zu wühlen. Allerdings passiert das Storytelling via Chat und ist zunächst absolute Zeitverschwendung. ich habe gefühlt eine halbe Stundenlang die Texte übersetzt und vorgelesen sowie alle mir möglichen Optionen ausprobiert um voranzukommen, sowie Seiteneinträge und Mails durchforstet.
Am Ende des Tages, sind die irrelevanten Infos sehr Detailgetreu, aber leider fehlt mir etwas der Rote Faden warum ich überhaupt dieses Spiele.
Ich kann kann Ahnen, dass es um eine Person geht, die ihrem Hobby nachgeht und ihrem Vater zuwider Pflichten sowie wünsche von diesem vernachlässigt.
Allerdings catched mich die Story leider so gar nicht und es kommt auch nicht wirklich in Fahrt.
Die Umsetzung ist wirklich gut, aber leider holt mich die Geschichte bisher so gar nicht ab. Ich hätte mich z.B. auch über mehr Details der Protagonisten gefreut, seien es Fotos, Fantasien oder andere kleine schmutzige Geheimnisse. Hier geht es darum Mäuschen zu spielen, allerdings ist es für mich eher wie ein Rückblick in mein jugendliches ich.
Hi there! I'm CJ—I'm working on a master list of interface drama and would like to include your game as an interface drama. I really loved playing through this game. It was recommended as a companion piece to our game Terranova and I agree; it gave me a lot of queer feels. ;;
I'm reaching out to devs like you to confirm that I have accurate tags of your game.
Right now, the tags on Secret Little Haven are:
- lgbtqia+ - nostalgia - relationship driven
If there's any other tags on the list, or ones you'd like to add, please let me know.
> I wish i was trans You either have something to figure out about urself or need to better understand about others, in both cases I wish you the best <3
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i got this game in some charity bundle years ago and got around to playing it a couple years ago.
this game broke me mentally for a solid few weeks
10/10 i'm still feeling the effects of it i should play it again
(SPOILERS!!!)
My thoughts and questions.
1.I feel like the ending is too good to be true. The friends used prefered pronouns of Alexandra and her dad didn’t even notice anything strange. And her friends appeared in the chat out of nowhere, somehow at perfect time and aware of content of the conversation. Besides, the dad listened to them despite previously admitting, that they all are just suspicious pervets in his eyes.
2.I wonder what the dad even does for his job, as it seems he doesn’t have any software that Alexandra also doesn’t a have. Does he respond to e-mails all day long?
3.It never occured to Alexandra, that she could just cave in to demands of her dad, get this disliked-but-highly-paid job, get financially secure future and then use the money to become more independent from her dad and get gender-affirming surgery, possibly even being able to help her friend Sammy to transition too.
4.Seriously, the game lacks “How to advance if you got stuck” manual. Thankfully I found a helpful community guide on Steam
5.Is it possible to decrypt the work message that the dad has saved in his profile? And how?
6.Alexandra’s dad is still better than my lot in this life. My dad got in a prison and doesn’t care about me. And my adoptive grandfather (who played role of a father figure in my life) is just a full-blown narcissist, who once literally laughed at thought of me being killed. I think I would have traded places with Alexandra if I had a choice
1. The segment where all Alex's friends chime in against John is meant to be metaphorical - they're not actually breaking the rules of the chat program to talk to John, but instead it's Alex speaking using the lessons and confidence she's gained from them. That's why their icons are underlaid beneath Alex's icon and why John still says it's Alex speaking. As for John, that's a fair point - I know that in real life, people like John don't become better people overnight, and often double down on their bad behavior. I wanted to give Alex a happy ending to give hope to trans girls who needed it. The player doesn't need to forgive John, and it's left ambiguous whether or not he will actually become a better person.
2. In the emails on Alex's profile, it says Alex works at a pharmaceutical company.
3. I think you're reading a bit too much into that.
4. I admit, the terminal puzzle was a bit much - sorry about that.
5. Yes, it is - but secrets are more fun to figure out on your own. :)
6. I'm not sure what to tell you here - this doesn't have anything to do with the game, and I'm not sure why you brought it up. I'm sorry your dad is a jerk, but I can't give you a meaningful solution. :/
I surrender, I have no smallest clue how to decrypt it. Care to provide a hint or the solution? Also, in my opinon, games with puzzles should be completed with a file that contains hints and solutions to the puzzles
Because I find it hard to emphasize with the heroine of the story when I have to deal with next level of sh*t in my real life. I mean, she is a good kid and I don’t want her to suffer, but from my perspective her troubles are overdramatized
If anything, I bought this game to get experience of what more privileged life felt like in 90s. Because while 90s were rosy time for Americans due to economic prosperity caused by fall of the USSR and its satellites, with whole new world for capitalists to exploit, I happened to live on remnants of collapsed Soviet Union. While Alexandra was busy chatting with her friends on the information highway about latest episodes of her favorite anime series, my real life in 90s was very different, with my family struggling every day to make ends meet. Like my mom is still proud of that one time when she managed to make money by selling her own socks to a guy who was going to a date. And my first computer? It was literally stolen (although its former owner forgave us and let me keep it), because no way we would be able afford to buy it fair and square otherwise. As for the Interent, I got access to it only at the end of 2000s (and even that happy event was overshadowed by my grandma slowly and painfully dying from cancer during that time)
This is so good. I love this game. I played it on Steam purely to buy it again :)
I cried a lot at the end. I also found my transfemininity at about Alex's age through online forums and silly anime (Little Witch Academia!) so this felt like a whole lot of me.
Thanks for this. <3
wowwowwow. Absolutely amazing, such a good story about trans people with an amazing atmosphere. John is terrifying! I absolutely loved this, so sad but so good. play it
"...I want to be a girl, Alex."
Just finished streaming this after not playing it for 5 years.
I love you all.
Thank you for making this piece of art that shows how Alex has -zero- chill and how the game itself has no chill and will flay everyone to the bone and make them feel things.
Some updates: I've been following the Laguna path for about 2 years now, next month! Playing this game a second time made me resonate far more with Laguna than my prior play through. I am so happy to have found so many girlies online to build community and friendships. And... you know what?
I'm figuring it out.
You will too, girl! ~<3
Victoria Dominowski you owe me a package of tissues ;_; thank you for creating this
I love it!! Couldn't contain my excitement going through it, and really resonates with me too much!!
Love this game! Probably the best explicitly trans game I've ever seen, and one of the best retro desktop simulators!
genuinely amazing and this probably wouldve cracked my egg if i wasnt trans already <3
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 <3<3
I wanted to buy this game on steam bud sadly it isnt available in Germany because the Age Restriction Formular isnt filled out - if you ever have time to do this Im buying it immediatly <3
Thanks for letting me know, I fixed that just now!
This is genuinely the best game I have ever played and made me cry please make another game I am begging you
this game looks awesome
^_^
I wish things were given more room to breathe, like in Terranova--right now it feels like every single conversation has to be nonstop gender. But there's a lot of attention to detail, like including actual fanart and fanfic and stuff, which is very nice.
really good game! but im really confused about the unlockable codes? i cant find anywhere to enter them?
i laughed, i cried, i wrote fanfiction for a show that didn't exist. excellent work.
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thank you
one of the most beautiful games ive ever played. as a trans person, thank you.
i almost never write anything but, this game has made genuinely tear up and made me cry in a way i haven´t cried in a long time and and the panic i felt during the Jhon sections was way too real and the hope from the ending and that little smile that "She'll figure it out" generated on me to the point i hadn´t even realise that the were a smile in my tear filled face
you have made a wonderful experience not just for transgirls but anyone willing to gave this game a shot i highly doubt i can comment my experience in this moment of my life since inside the closet there is not that much to see but the internet and especially this game had made my day (sorry for the bad English and hella long comment but i felt like speaking specifically since i just finished it) thanks for this ;3
I don't normally make comments about the content I play, but this one really stuck with me.
You've really created something quite beautiful and touching. Seeing a multitude of trans girls at different stages in their experiences really was special and relatable. God, the longing. So well expressed.
I really like how it doesn't shy away from some of the harshest struggles that trans people face both in a literal and metaphysical sense. All while cloaked in an aesthetic that just screams "reclamation of childhood". It just all comes together in a way that's unique and evocative.
I could criticize the finicky volume slider/CRT settings, the terminal issues, etc. However, I didn't play this game to have a flawless experience. I played it to feel something. You definitely achieved that.
Thank you for making this. Thank you for making me cry. Hopefully we're all on our own paths toward figuring it out. <3
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Prinzipiell finde ich das OS sehr überzeugend und an sich mag ich es ja auch mich durch Informationen zu wühlen. Allerdings passiert das Storytelling via Chat und ist zunächst absolute Zeitverschwendung. ich habe gefühlt eine halbe Stundenlang die Texte übersetzt und vorgelesen sowie alle mir möglichen Optionen ausprobiert um voranzukommen, sowie Seiteneinträge und Mails durchforstet.
Am Ende des Tages, sind die irrelevanten Infos sehr Detailgetreu, aber leider fehlt mir etwas der Rote Faden warum ich überhaupt dieses Spiele.
Ich kann kann Ahnen, dass es um eine Person geht, die ihrem Hobby nachgeht und ihrem Vater zuwider Pflichten sowie wünsche von diesem vernachlässigt.
Allerdings catched mich die Story leider so gar nicht und es kommt auch nicht wirklich in Fahrt.
Die Umsetzung ist wirklich gut, aber leider holt mich die Geschichte bisher so gar nicht ab. Ich hätte mich z.B. auch über mehr Details der Protagonisten gefreut, seien es Fotos, Fantasien oder andere kleine schmutzige Geheimnisse. Hier geht es darum Mäuschen zu spielen, allerdings ist es für mich eher wie ein Rückblick in mein jugendliches ich.
Ratings:
Dito: 2.5/5
Chat: 1.85/5
Gesamt: 2.18/5
Secret Little Haven is the first entry in the new mental list "Games I have recommended to my therapist".
Hi there! I'm CJ—I'm working on a master list of interface drama and would like to include your game as an interface drama. I really loved playing through this game. It was recommended as a companion piece to our game Terranova and I agree; it gave me a lot of queer feels. ;;
I'm reaching out to devs like you to confirm that I have accurate tags of your game.
Right now, the tags on Secret Little Haven are:
- lgbtqia+
- nostalgia
- relationship driven
If there's any other tags on the list, or ones you'd like to add, please let me know.
Thank you for your time!
John's sections almost gave me an anxiety attack. 10/10
> I wish i was trans
You either have something to figure out about urself or need to better understand about others, in both cases I wish you the best <3
puzzles are really hard for some reason (not really im just stupid) other than that absurdly good game