## Description

_SuperSecret_ is a family-friendly internet world for older kids and
teenagers with a strong focus on casual gaming and exploration. Although only
few of its kiddie users may know, the visual design of this Flash project is
strongly reminiscent of classical 2D graphic adventures of the early nineties
with its hand-drawn scrolling graphics and its point-and-click movement. The
core gameplay, however, has a certain RPG feel to it due to its character
development system.

After choosing one of eight different character models for each gender and
customizing its looks, the player finds himself standing around as a newbie in
the starter room where the first NPCs offer help and guidance. As
_SuperSecret_ ‘s character development system doesn’t track levels like oh so
many other RPG’s, but lets the player mature instead, the user doesn’t start
at level one, but at ten years of in-game age. The age level can be raised by
accumulating age points, a goal to be achieved mainly by carrying out two
activities:

1) Casual gaming

The developers licensed many of those free flash games from all over the
internet to be played within _SuperSecret_ , too many to list them here with
more being added constantly. Giving those games some play time will reward the
player with age points and some in-game currency which is called Spenders.
It’s not important whether the user does well playing the games, just playing
will suffice to get the rewards.

2) Questing

There are many NPC’s placed in the game world that either sell something or
have one or more quests ready for user consumption. Most of the time, the
quests are of the FedEx kind where one or more items need to be found and
delivered to someone. Besides lots of age points and Spenders, the player can
acquire many items here that can be sold or used.

Every new age level achieved will result in certain improvements of the gaming
experience. Exemplary, the developers’ present for the user’s eleventh
birthday is his/her own apartment which can be stuffed with all kinds of
furniture. Making age twelve will see the user becoming a pet owner, age
thirteen will give access to new areas of the game world and, more
importantly, will change the visual appearance of the player rendering him
taller and more mature. Later on players can buy cars and achieve their
driver’s license, put their Spenders to a bank account and gain interest, and
more.

The social side of _SuperSecret_ is simple and clean to keep the game family-
friendly. Two chat systems are available, one is SimpleChat where only pre-
defined messages can be exchanged, the other one is SuperChat (after parents’
approval) which works like a normal chat system with heavy content filtering.
Furthermore, players can make friends with others, throw parties in their
apartment, or send gifts (not only pleasant ones) around.

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