Just thought I'd add to this since the title suits my questions perfectly.
But what are you supposed to do in this game exactly?
Im just starting and last night someone helped me grind a bit and we got to the caves, now I play today and I can only do forest 1.
Are you supposed to start at forest 1 every time you play?
The walkthroughs online don't really go over the flow of the game and you should be doing when.