When a pretty plant in Alma’s garden begins to speak to her, she knows that a dark mystery is afoot! But in Victorian England, women are often dismissed as nothing more than hysterical fantasists. Can you help Alma find her power, and solve this dangerous situation before it’s too late?
When Mother Nature speaks to you… will you listen?
Set in early 1900s England, Secrets In Green is a historical slice of life/horror visual novel with an intriguing mystery.
CONTENT WARNING: THIS GAME EXPLORES THEMES OF MENTAL ILLNESS, AND DEPICTS MOMENTS OF MILD THREAT AND VIOLENCE THAT SOME MAY FIND DISTURBING.
Our protagonist, Alma, is sent to a cottage in the countryside to recover from an unfortunate episode of mental illness. As a lover of plants, she finds peace tending to the overgrown garden on the property. However, while admiring the large ivy growing across its fence, she discovers a leaf bearing a single written word – hello. Naturally, her father and carer brush it off as nothing but a hallucination – a symptom of her hysteria. Little do they know that this message is very, very real.
Alma must now fight a battle that has been fought again and again throughout history – the struggle of making yourself heard and respected as a female in a very male dominated world, in a period of history where women were downtrodden and dismissed. Can she solve the mystery before it’s too late?
This curious visual novel features:
Fully illustrated backgrounds and character graphics
A 14,000 word story
Partial voice acting
Impactful player choices, and three possible endings to achieve
An evocative, original soundtrack
A strong message of female empowerment!
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