Forlorn Memories

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Factsheet


  • Developer: Sascha Alexander Groß (Forlorn Alex)
  • Publisher: Sascha Alexander Groß (Forlorn Alex)
  • Residence: North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
  • Start of development: 2021
  • Founding date: 2022
  • Revenue: $0 USD
  • Invested Development Days: 321 Days
  • Source of funding: Self-funded through loans, savings and through Patreon.
  • Game engine: Unity 3D 2021.3.3f1
  • Made with: GIMP, 3ds Max, Blender, Adobe Photoshop, Maya
  • Genre: Adventure, RPG, Simulation
  • Controls: Mouse, keyboard, game controller
  • Stores: Steam, itch.io
  • Release date: To be announced
  • Website: www.forlornmemories.com
  • Regular Price: USD $14.99, EUR €13,99, CAD $16.99, GBP £10.99
  • Availability: Digital Download
  • Languages (Full Audio): English, Japanese
  • Languages (Subtitles): English, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Turkish
  • Contact: sascha.gross@forlornmemories.com
  • Cast List: Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • Collaborations: Makeship, Sword of the Necromancer, Witchfall
  • Social Media: X, Bluesky

Game Description


Forlorn Memories is a story-rich steampunk fantasy retro inspired RPG with monster catching, life/dating sim elements, contemporary storytelling and QoL improvements to create an RPG experience that feels both nostalgic and modern at the same time.

The story revolves around a group of heroes who have little in common except their shared quest to recover their lost memories.

Development History


The development of Forlorn Memories began in mid-2021 and is being developed by Sascha Alexander Groß, a developer from Germany who is chronically ill and works online under the pseudonym Forlorn Alex. The project began a year after Forlorn Alex experienced the loss of his previous video game intellectual property Liquidation. He had to hand it over to his development partner to focus on his health, hoping Liquidation could eventually thrive under new leadership. Once his health stabilized again, this drastic event served as a strong motivator that inspired him to create a new project, not for profit, but driven by a sincere desire to create a heartfelt tribute to a genre he has cherished since his early years.

Since then, Forlorn Alex has wholeheartedly pursued his dream of completing Forlorn Memories, regardless of any challenges he may face.

Mature Content Description


■ In the Forlorn Memories settings menu, there is an option to enable censorship.

■ This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work:

Fantasy Violence (against fictional cartoon humanoids and monsters), Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Cartoon Blood, Use of Alcohol (e.g. Wine, Beer) by some adult characters, but consumption is not glorified.

Features


  • Characters - Explore the world of Forlorn Memories with over 20 different playable party members, each with their own unique abilities, classes, backstories, goals and dreams. Once a party member decides to join you on your journey, you can switch between them at any time.

  • Two Art Styles - Forlorn Memories uses two different graphic styles, the anime-inspired Chibi style (SD) used for the exploration part and a more detailed, non-chibi-style (SD) graphic style for the game's battle scenarios and story sequences designed by talents such as Yoshitomo Ikawa (Mistwalker).

  • Tactical Combat - When words fall flat and a conflict escalates into combat, experience the accessible yet deep combat system where you identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses.

  • Friend or Foe - Detailed interactions and relationships between playable characters and NPCs. This can even optionally lead to friendships, romantic relationships, marriages and other peaceful couple activities.

  • Explore the World - Run, swim, sail, fly, drive and ride through the world. Forlorn Memories offers a variety of movement and travel methods to travel through a huge fantasy world filled with events and side stories.

  • Crafting & Gathering - Mix potions and medicines, dig for buried treasure, craft armour, clothing and weapons, catch bugs, mine ores, go fishing, cook various foods and create and repair your own automata. How you achieve your goals is up to you.

  • Give abandoned pets a new home - Adopt pets like cats, dogs, horses and more. (Yes, you can pet them and name them!)

  • Gardening - Grow different types of plants. Gift them to NPCs, sell them, use them as a crafting ingredient or use some of them in battle. Or you can grow tiny sprout spirit creatures that can help you on your journey and evolve over time to learn new skills.

  • Minigames - Conquer the skies with your own airship and destroy enemies with your mech in the game's fully optional Shoot 'em up and Top-down Shooter sections.

  • Full Voice acting - Starring Caitlin Glass, Alan Lee, Xanthe Huynh, Lindsey Vega, Deneen Melody, A.J. Beckles, Kristen McGuire, June Yoon, Vanille Velasquez, Anairis Quinones, Chris Okawa, Sarah Anne Williams and many more.

  • Original soundtrack - Composed by Alec Shea, Bryan Valenzuela, Morgan Cosseron, Jeremiah George, Raul Sangonzalo, Dale North and more with vocals performed by Emi Evans (NieR, Terra Battle, Dark Souls) and Nami Nakagawa (NieR, Demon Slayer).

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