Cryptomnesia

“Cryptomnesia – is a type of memory disorder in which a person cannot remember whether a particular event occurred in a dream or in reality, whether they wrote a poem or just memorized what they read, or whether they were at a concert of a renowned musician or only heard a conversation about it.” 

It's a game about half-erased traumatic memories and the struggle to recover them. It's a polylogue about weaving together your terrible dreams and nightmares. Furthermore, it's a story about living through something monstrous. About a failing memory that ready to trick us into passing off frames of an old movie as direct experience. About elusive fragments of images too horrible to focus on. And about a quest to discover the grim truth of our traumas at any cost.

The characters in this game are a small group of people who have collectively experienced something that deprived them of their memories, but left scars and marks on their bodies and minds. In the game, they try to reconstruct a picture of what happened based on scattered and poorly connected fragments, collectively creating a history of frightening events.

This game is for you if:

• You do love horror stories, especially those with detailed scenes of brutality.
• You enjoy composing and telling horror stories.
• You prefer creating stories over competing against each other.

This game is not for you if:

• Horror stories make you feel disgusted, anxious, or uncomfortable.
• You find games that you can't win rather pointless.
• You don't like to fantasize or make up stories.
• You're under 18 years old.

GMLESS | STORY RICH | 2-4 PLAYERS | 1-3 HOURS | 18+

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Trigger warning

This game explores themes of physical and mental abuse and typical elements of the gore-horror genre. Please do not open this file if you are under 18 years old or if such content may cause the strong negative feelings in you.