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« on: February 17, 2023 @765.53 »


There is nothing I can say about this game that fully encapsulates the feelings I had playing it. You play as a young trans girl on the early web, posting on a forum about an anime you watch. There are themes of community, hate, abuse, but ultimately a happy ending. This is not my experience, but it feels raw and true. and I don't think it could have been possible if it wasn't set in 1999 and based around forums and instant messengers. I genuinely cried at this game and I'll tell you that does not happen often.


Terranova is another game that I haven't finished. (I kinda stopped playing games for a while) But i really want to pick it back up. It has a very similar premise as Secret Little Haven, I don't know if it'll make me cry as well, but it shares themes of LGBT and the experiences are much closer to mine (set in 2000s, roleplaying communitites). if you play either of these, or have another game with similar framing let me know!

I didn't mention Hypnospace Outlaw because there is already a thread for that here, one of the earliest threads on this forum. Definitely if you like Hypnospace go read that thread, give it the revival it deserves.
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2023 @807.53 »


There is nothing I can say about this game that fully encapsulates the feelings I had playing it. You play as a young trans girl on the early web, posting on a forum about an anime you watch. There are themes of community, hate, abuse, but ultimately a happy ending. This is not my experience, but it feels raw and true. and I don't think it could have been possible if it wasn't set in 1999 and based around forums and instant messengers. I genuinely cried at this game and I'll tell you that does not happen often.

 :omg:  :omg: this sounds sooo good i really need to check this out thank you for sharing!  :cheesy:  :cheesy:
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2023 @801.77 »

The "Emily is Away" games (I think three are out there, I played one) are very similar! It's technically not the web-web (as in browser), but old chats and instant messaging like MSN or AOL.
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