Secret Paths in the Forest
Secret Paths in the Forest is a 1997 puzzle game developed and published by Purple Moon.
Secret Paths in the Forest is a 1997 puzzle game developed and published by Purple Moon.
Secret Paths in the Forest is a puzzle game developed and published by Purple Moon in 1997. It is the first game in the Secret Paths series.
The Forest Treehouse is a magical place that can be accessed from anywhere for help if someone is in need. A group of seven girls, who normally do not interact in school and sometimes outright dislike one another, have bonded in this secret place and converted it into a girls-only clubhouse. Time acts oddly around the treehouse, and two other girls from vastly different time periods have met this group before and been chosen to help them with their problems. The first is Hannah-Rose, who lived at least one hundred years before the setting; she has passed the duty to the second, the player, leaving behind her diary, which acts as an in-universe instruction manual.
Each girl has a power that not even she understands; she can lead the player character through the door of the Forest Treehouse and end up in a mystical Secret Path. These are beautiful scenic paths that have the basic theme of "forest" in their design, although they take the theme in vastly different directions. Inside are puzzles which, upon solving, reveal Secret Paths Stones. Upon collecting all of a girl's stones, they form a Garland, or a necklace that displays a fable with the answer to her problem.
The stories of the Secret Paths games are split into optional story arcs; clicking on one of the girls in the Forest Treehouse will move the player through her path as past events leading up to her predicament are revealed.
Secret Paths in the Forest is abandonware and no longer sold or supported by its publishers. Files are archived here for these platforms:
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