Memory's Reach News

Explore the Kogil Rainforest, a massive scientific facility used to monitor the life signs of the lost planet of Virishal.

Check it out in this new zone preview trailer!

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The Kogil Rainforest is the first major area of the game, where you will encounter your first challenging puzzles and collect your first new ability that will help you to explore more of the planet's regions.

As you explore the rooms and restore power to the facility you may discover hints that something is not right with the planet Virishal. But numerous locked paths and impassable obstacles will keep the truth hidden from you... for now. Be sure to return later once you discover new abilities to reveal more of the jungle's secrets!

Just a quick update to say that the Pre-Alpha Demo has been updated to the latest version, specifically the version that was shown at PAX Aus this year.

Here's a list of the most visible changes:

• Many graphical improvements, especially to shaders and post effects.
  
• Added three additional hidden collectibles.
  
• Various minor tweaks to the gameplay and level design to improve flow.
  
• Additional settings added to the options menu.
  

The long-awaited MacOS version is under development and should be out... soonish. Hopefully before the end of the year.

As mentioned when it was first released, this demo is intended to be a 15-20 minute experience built for tradeshows. It is designed to give a good overview of the gameplay with the expectation that it is being played for a short time at a noisy show while people in epic cosplay stop by to watch and your friends distract you with the cool swag they just purchased ːsteammockingː

I am still planing to release a much more substantial demo purpose built for Steam. This one will showcase at lot more of the game and will likely include the Kogil Rainforest area (that was also available at PAX by special request), as well as other new content and gameplay. Keep a look out for that next year!

Memory's Reach will be playable at PAX Aus this October. In addition to the latest version of the Pre-alpha demo (an updated version of the demo available on Steam) I'll also have the entirety of Sector 01 - the Kolgil Rainforest, available to play on request.

An in-development version of this area was playtested at AvCon earlier this year, so I'm excited to have a more complete version ready now, with more finalized art, tweaked puzzle balance, and rejigged level design.

The Kogil Rainforest is the first main area in the game, a massive scientific facility used to monitor the planet's life signs, long abandoned and reclaimed by the forest. Check out a couple of shots from the level below!

If you're attending the show you can find me at booth #29 in the indie section, on the right as you enter from the Queue Hall. Stop by and say hi :D

Memory's Reach will be playable at AVCon - Adelaide's Anime & Video Games Festival - this coming weekend.

Along with the latest version of the Pre-alpha Demo (featuring new updates and effects not yet in the Steam version) there will also be new areas from the full game available to playtest!

That's right, playtest! These areas are still under development, so you'll get a chance to look behind the scenes and see a mix of finished and in-development portions of the game, try out some new puzzles and mechanics, and gain a sneak peek of things to come. Meanwhile I'll be watching like a hawk and taking lots of notes :D I'll use your experiences and feedback to polish the design of these levels for the full game, so by trying out these areas you'll be helping to make Memory's Reach an even better experience!

Here's a peek at one of the areas that will be at the show: The Kogil Rainforest. A massive scientific facility used to monitor the planet's life signs, long abandoned and reclaimed by the forest.


Learn more about AVCon here.

Long ago in 2016 I took my first game, The Eyes of Ara, to AVCon. It was the first big show I ever did, so I'm very excited to be returning in 2024 with Memory's Reach.

See you at the show!

Memory's Reach has been selected to take part in this year's Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, presented by Dranknek & Friends.

Do you love puzzle games? Do you dabble every once in a while?

Are you a puzzle novice curious to know if the genre is for you?

Cerebral Puzzle Showcase was created to help you find your next favourite puzzle game!

The Official Showcase Livestream will take place from the 23rd to 26th, between 12:00 and 19:00 EDT, check out their Cerebral Puzzle Showcase website for more info.

I'm excited to have Memory's Reach featured along side other awesome puzzle games in this year's event. So please check out the Memory's Reach demo, be sure to give the game a Wishlist and a Follow, and then go take a look at all the other great games on show!