🎊 Happy New Year from all the Second Maze family! 🎉



In 2026 we hope to continue to delight you with even more special games from creative indie teams! 🎆

We hope you’re enjoying the Second Maze Winter Sale with 44% discounts on Milo and the Magpies, The White Door and Follow the meaning🎁

We hope you’re enjoying the Steam Winter Sale discounts on Milo and the Magpies, The White door and Follow the meaning (which is now also included in our Steam Bundle with 15% off). And don’t forget to check out our mobile launch of Milo and the Christmas Gift[linktr.ee]! ❄️


See you in the new year with more awesome indie games! 🎉

Hello Detectives,



Detective Paul Trilby is thrilled to finally welcome you all to Follow the meaning - available NOW on Steam! 🕵️

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2720280/view/4469354702763459155

Roughly 1.5 years ago we embarked on our very first game development journey. As two brothers who previously worked on designing physical escape rooms, creating our first adventure game together is a dream come true. And now we can finally share it with all of you!
 Are you ready to Follow the meaning?

Follow the Meaning is a debut point-and-click puzzle adventure game from new indie developer HiKing Mind Studio, published by Second Maze. The game is available for €/$4,99 full price
with a 25% launch discount in the first two weeks!

https://youtu.be/OnOpWD5u-nA

Follow the meaning is a surreal hand-drawn puzzle adventure that fits nicely into the classic point-and-click genre. Help detective Paul Trilby uncover a sinister conspiracy in his odd little wall-divided society. A short, strange, satisfying adventure for those in search of something different.

• Whimsical worldbuilding with a sinister undertone
  
• Hand-drawn graphics to bring the offbeat world to life
  
• All characters speak their unique gibberish language
  
• There will be 21+ languages available
  
• A hint system that reveals all intractable objects on the screen
  
• A walkthrough video available from the setting menu for some extra help on any of the puzzles
  
• 15 achievements, including a lost cat case

  
• Custom soundtrack and sound design to enhance your experience
  
• A short but surreal adventure with an average gameplay time of 1.5 hours
  
• Steam Deck-compatible

<h2>Thank you!</h2>

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came together to help enhance the world of Follow the meaning: Giliam and Jorick of Driftwood Audio for their amazing work on sound effects and for creating the gibberish language used by all characters in Follow the meaning, Victor Butzelaar for enhancing the surreal element with a fantastic soundtrack, Bob Rafferty for his amazing work on all the trailers, all our incredible translators who localised the game for 21 different regions - with Turkish* translations to be added shortly post launch - and of course, the lovely Ibolyacolorhead who you can watch playing through the first chapters of Follow the meaning on Steam throughout the whole launch period!

Most importantly we want to thank all our fans and followers from the past year. It is not easy to get your first game and new studio name out there, but we feel a lot of love for what we have been crafting. You all have been super helpful and supportive, especially after publishing our first demo during Next Fest! Your excitement kept us going, thank you all so much.

Last but not least a special thanks to our publisher, Second Maze, who guided us through the process of developing and releasing our first game. Their Rusty Lake series has been a major inspiration for us, and we couldn’t wish for a better mentor.



We are now very excited to hear what you think of our adventure and it would mean the world to us if you would leave a review!

If you encounter any issue or bug, please reach out to us directly on our Discord, on Steam discussions, or use our email: support@secondmaze.com.

With all that out of the way, we wish you good luck solving wacky cases alongside detective Paul Trilby in Follow the meaning! Was that a cat in that tree? 😼 🌳

Ps. 1
🔎 Make sure to check out www.followthemeaning.com Ps. 2
The Follow the meaning demo is still available for free with the download button available in the sidebar! 👀

Fellow investigators 🕵️

Have you read the news? The Follow the meaning Demo from HiKing Mind Studio is out now and available to play for free as part of Steam Next Fest! 💥


We hope you will enjoy this 15-minute glimpse into Paul Trilby's investigation into the Hospital and the Wall they built to hide their secrets! Check out the free demo below and, while you're there, please consider helping the devs with their first-ever game and wishlist Follow the meaning!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2720280/Follow_the_meaning/

Follow the meaning is the first game developed by HiKing Mind Studio and published by us, Second Maze. And we're all very excited to present you with a first look at the gameplay and story of this atmospheric, hand-drawn, point-and-click puzzle adventure. So make sure to play the demo and share your thoughts with us and the devs in the Steam Discussion Board and on our official Discord server[discord.gg]!

Ps. To celebrate this release all our Second Maze premium titles are 33% off! ✨

✨ 2024 starts excitingly with a collaboration with the incredibly talented team at HiKing Mind Studio to publish their debut game: Follow the Meaning! 🎉

Get ready to step into the shoes of seasoned detective Paul Trilby 🕵️ who, after receiving a disturbing letter, embarks on a puzzle-filled quest to uncover the secret experiments conducted in the mysterious Hospital on the other side of the wall! 👀

Make sure to wishlist Follow the Meaning to stay up to date with more news and info on when you can expect to assist Detective Trilby on his case!

But fear not, you can already assist with this investigation by checking out https://www.followthemeaning.com 🔍

Ps make sure to Follow and wishlist:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2720280/Follow_the_meaning/