Press Kit

Description

Forgotten is an emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. Annie and her family cope with reversed caretaking roles when she moves from her long-time home. As she unpacks her life, memories of her deceased brother and homes from her past bleed into the present.

Players share in Annie’s doubt, social isolation, and vulnerability through a mature experience 1st person experience that centers an often neglected perspective. The game is a subtle reflection on what life with dementia might look like, as well as a story about regret, being in transit, and the complex relationships between siblings.

History

Forgotten comes from a very personal space. After losing her grandmother to Alzheimer’s Disease, Marlène pitched the idea for a game that would try to put players in the shoes of someone with dementia. It became a way of processing the grief and trying to understand her grandmother’s perspective in her final years.

Forgotten started as an 8-week student project at the IT-University in Copenhagen in 2018 and was uploaded to itch.io. No one expected it to reach very far beyond the university crowd. This prototype garnered over 13.5k downloads on itch.io, and over 7 million views on YouTube from Let’sPlays. It was nominated for Best Student Game at the 2020 Independent Games Festival, and the amount of people that it impacted was overwhelming.

The public response made it clear that the game speaks to an all-too-common sense of grief, with hundreds of players sharing how the game resonated with their own family tragedies. It was clear that Forgotten had to be finished and made into a full release, first as a hobby project and now as a full-time production.

Forgotten is finally set to release in 2025.

Features

Short & Subtle: A short and subtle experience designed to be enjoyed in one sitting.
Personal: Inspired by real stories and includes real-life photos of the developers' own family members - some of whom suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

Story Rich: Explore Annie's life through dialogue, mementos, and letters from the past. Meet family members and unpack the tensions and dynamics between them.
Subversive Vignettes: The player's own memory comes into play. As the world around Annie shifts and changes, players share in her failing faculties.
Immersive Audio & Original Music

Images

Screenshots and Key Art to use for promotion.
Can also be downloaded on Google Drive.

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About Autoscopia Interactive

Autoscopia Interactive is a small and diverse game studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with developers from Denmark, The Netherlands, and the U.S.

Our studio name comes from the word "autoscopy" — an experience of "watching yourself" from a distant point of view. We make introspective games that put players in underrepresented roles, and hope to give you a glimpse of yourself from another perspective.