Alex Cole, a teenage trans girl in 1999, navigates self-discovery amid old computers, online fandom, and friendships on a magical girl fan forum. She browses the early internet, chats with friends, and uncovers curiosities in her digital world. This indie adventure captures the wonder of tight-knit web communities through personal exploration.
Players interact with SanctuaryOS, a Unity-built operating system featuring a web browser, chat client, doll maker, text editor, and searchable fan forum. Core gameplay centers on using these nearly dozen applications to explore internet treasures and personal themes like gender and creativity. It draws in fans of nostalgic PC simulations and introspective stories.
Secret Little Haven is a game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.
Join her on her story of self-discovery through friendship and media as she explores her computer for the treasures and curiosities of the early internet.
Play with SanctuaryOS, an entire operating system developed in Unity, with nearly a dozen applications such as a Web Browser, Chat Client, Doll Maker, and Text Editor, as well as an entire web forum for you to search through. SanctaryOS captures the magic and wonder of old computers, and of the tight-knit sites and communities formed in the early days of the web.
Explore the internet. Explore yourself. Find haven in your life's small comforts.
[CONTENT WARNINGS: Parental conflict, gaslighting, flashing visuals]
