There's something wrong with the forest. No matter how bright the sun shines, it remains dark and foggy. It smells like something died. Strange noises fill the rusty air. Squeaks and screeches. The dull thump of someone chopping trees. The wind playing eerie melodies on ghostlike flutes.

Shivers run down her spine.

She just left the city. Cars can't drive here anymore. Mother told her to go visit grandmother. The old lady lives all alone at the other side of the forest. Quite a walk from here. It's probably best if she stays on the path...

The Path is a short horror game loosely based on the fairy tale of Little Red Ridinghood but set in modern times. It's especially the earlier versions of the tale that inspire Belgian developer Tale of Tales. Combined with a more contemporary psychological interpretation. In essence, The Path is a very sad and cruel game. It's about growing up. But it's far less optimistic than most such stories. It's about making choices. Choices that are unfair. Choices that inevitably lead to (self-)destruction. There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.

In The Path you get to play not one, but six incarnations of the famous female protagonist called the Red Girls, sisters, each of a different age and with a distinct personality. Each destined for devastation.

Today, Tale of Tales are revealing the youngest sibling: Robin.

Robin is about nine years old. A very lively child. She loves playing in the forest. Only on the path, of course. Mother tells her to never go into the woods. She never says why. Robin thinks there may by fun things to play with in the forest. She sometimes hears the creaking sounds of what seems to be a swing! Or the howl of a wolf in the distance! Robin likes wolves. They are her favourite kind of animal!

Little does she know that the Wolf likes her as well. But not quite in the same way. There are very good reasons why you should never stray from the path. The forest patiently waits for young girls to crush them in its deadly embrace. Will you be the one who signs her fate?

Features :

• play six different avatars with distinct personalities
• interact with autonomous characters driven by Drama Princess technology
• unique free-form gameplay: do what you want when you want it
• mix the music in realtime through in-game activity
• lose yourself in an endless forest filled with attractions and attrocities

Robin has opened her own Livejournal where she will be sharing the last days of her young life as the production of the game continues.

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