Forgetter

Forgetter

Sometimes Monastery · 2021 · Story Rich, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Experimental, Mystery

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About Forgetter


WELCOME TO MINDJOB

Is turbulent life experience a rite of passage for creative people? Could you be a great artist, musician, writer without traumatic (or dramatic) life episodes?

Well, Mindjob, a high tech company proves once again that nothing is impossible. With cutting edge technology, this company recycles genius minds that belong to deceased artists, modeling them into pain-free, skill-savvy, creative wonderlands.

And you, yes you, the 114th Forgetter, are going to make this happen by joining the company and entering the mindscape to:

- explore the creative minds being recycled

- smash everything related to the artists' traumatic memories,
- including real life artworks!

- vacuum the debris and clean the mind!

- comfort the remaining consciousness left in the minds and escort them to eternal peace

This job is revolutionary! You can:

- experience the pleasure of constructive destruction!

- witness the life episodes of genius minds!

- occasionally time travel from the sweet 1980s all the way to the cursed 2010s, aka the last innocent phase of pure-human history

- be exposed to real "contemporary art" ( a school in human-art history) and enjoy its aura

- and of course, earn a handsome salary!

- Oh, and get a bonus, if you're doing a fabulous job!

DO YOUR BEST & FORGET THE REST!

*Forgetter is an exploration videogame in which the art collection from dslcollection seeps into the narrative. Set in the near future, players take up a job at a technology company as cleaners of dead artists’ brains, identifying and removing traumatic memory blocks in their minds in order to recycle their brains for newborns. Many memory blocks are constituted by Chinese contemporary artworks.

*The artworks used in this game are provided by dslcollection. Should you have any interest or inquiries about these artworks, please kindly reach out to dslcollection.

This game is made by Alan Kwan and Allison Yang Jing from Sometimes Monastery

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Apr 22, 2021
This is a great "game". This game has a heavy focus on story, as someone who usually prefers fast-paced action games, I still really enjoyed Forgetter. The gameplay of this game is very simple, but Forgetter is still an enjoyable game thanks to it's story, Forgetter's story is unique, and rather deep. This game has very breathtaking environments and levels, the art style is very appealing, however, due to this, it makes the game very demanding in terms of hardware, luckily, since this game is not a fast-paced game, it's still an enjoyable experience despite minor performance issues in certain sections of the game. This game is relatively short, and you would be able to beat it in an hour, but you can spend a lot more time in the game if you stop and look around at the beautiful artwork in the game. In conclusion, Forgetter is a fantastic game, and I highly recommend it, the price is reasonable. This game is the definition of "short and sweet". If you go into this game expecting a deep story instead of a fast-paced experience, you definitely will not be disappointed.
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Recommended Apr 21, 2021
What dos it mean to be an artist, is it the works is it the materials or the theme, what is the context behind art, is art without its context still meaningful. these were questions I had asked long before playing this game questions I had my own ancers to this is a game where you don’t play a morally right role, the whole point of the game is that you are desecrating the context from artists inner sanctuary’s for profit it is the definition of art that loses its meaning because if you are only allowed to think about the paint on the wall and not the reason it was put there then it is just that paint on a wall without reason without meaning. I almost cried playing this game it is a depressing game but its also an amazing game, the point is that it’s a warning a tail of thanks to the pain that we go threw as artists in all mediums because without the pain artists go threw there art would lose its meaning it would be baren and not relatable if you haven’t played this game you need to trust me you will be glad you did
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Recommended Apr 18, 2021
Disclaimer: I helped out with testing the game and got the game as a free copy. The game is mostly a "walking simulator", so the gameplay is kept relatively simple and the focus lies more on the experience of entering the very different minds of two artists and exploring their memories and traumas. Some of these memories I kind of expected (e.g. pressure from parents) but there are also other memories, some of them even pleasant that I didn't see coming. Personally, it felt like I got to know two people by discovering some of their key memories, which was interesting to me, because I don't know much about the artist life. I would have liked to see the game explore the different ways the "brain recycling" technology plays out for people, like in an episode of "Black Mirror". On a technical level, one can't deny some of the jankiness (weird hitboxes, some graphical glitches), but it shouldn't stop you from finishing the game within an hour as noted by the game in the beginning. All in all, if you can look past these shortcomings, I think it can be an interesting and thought-provoking little trip. :)
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Recommended Sep 13, 2024
One of my favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, so this hit me straight away. Part narrative, part gallery, and a whole lot of dreamlike pondering.
Recommended Oct 13, 2021
I liked it. The voice acting really hit a bad note with me, a lot of it just was under par and I'd prefer no voice acting with just text honestly, but other than that, powerful artistic imagery and a good story, well thought out and provocative.
Recommended Jun 12, 2021
A janky little game, nothing profound, but not too thoughtful unless you search for things yourself, and the game does a good job of getting you to think a little. While they certainly could have explored their themes and topics on a much deeper, more profound level, it dips just enough to get you thinking a little bit, which is nice, though there was a missed opportunity to make the impact of the story much stronger if the game wanted to. Certainly enjoyable and recommended, however lightly

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