The Forgotten City News

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The Forgotten City is finally here, and we couldn't be more excited for you to play it, and see why IGN scored it a 9 out of 10 [link to The Forgotten City Review] and called it "Amazing."

Before you dive in, here are some things you should know:

The Forgotten City was made by a core team of three hard-working devs. It may have started out as a mod for an action RPG, but like the mod, this game is in a totally different genre. It’s a mystery adventure game, which rewards thoughtful conversation, exploration, and puzzle-solving. Combat is a small – and entirely optional – part of the game. If you don’t go into this expecting a Triple-A action RPG, you’ll have a much better time!

We’ve taken great care to create a game world with historically authentic ancient Roman art, architecture, costumes, and customs, with the help of two extraordinary historical consultants: Dr. Philip Matyszak (who has a D.Phil from Oxford and teaches at Cambridge) and Dr. Sophie Hay (who has 20 years experience excavating the ruins of Pompeii). We hope you have fun exploring!

Finally, we strongly encourage you to keep playing until you reach the canon ending (Ending 4). You’ll be glad you did!

We've polished the game as much as we can, but some bugs are inevitable on Day 1. So, if you experience any issues, please head over to the Discussions / Bug Reports & Fixes section, and we'll do our best to help you!

Most importantly, we hope you have fun! :-)

The Modern Storyteller team

Exploring the dimly-lit slums of The Forgotten City, you might stumble across one citizen’s room filled with bottles upon bottles of garum—an ancient Roman fish sauce made from fermented fish guts that was basically like today’s ketchup. Some of us might remember 2013’s great "Sriracha-pocalypse" when people feared price hikes and shortages of every hipster’s favorite chili sauce; here in this subterranean ancient Roman city, cut off from the rest of the known world, perhaps this condiment hoarder is also preparing for the worst: a life with no garum...
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With only two more days until The Forgotten City launches, we wanted to share with you a little info about the Digital Collector's Edition!



Always remember your adventure to The Forgotten City with these three real-world keepsakes:

1. A gorgeous hand-painted map of the city by Artist and Cartographer Francesca Baerald, ready to print

Specs: Color, A3

2. An intricately detailed statue of Magistrate Sentius, in classic ancient Roman style, ready to 3D print

Specs: Compatible with FDM and Resin printers. Default size:
28.9cm. Includes Printing Guide.
If you don't have a 3D printer, you can have it printed and delivered
by a third-party 3D printing service for a small fee.

3. The complete official soundtrack of The Forgotten City. Listen to Composer Michael Allen's stunning 30-track orchestral score, and experience the wonder, beauty, and joy of your journey into the past all over again.

Specs: Total length: 1 hour 17 minutes

couple of hundred years ago, the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham dreamt up an enormously unpleasant method of using architecture to stamp out anti-social behaviour. Bentham called for prison cells to be built around shielded watchtowers, or "panopticons", from which guards could monitor prisoners unobserved. He argued that the pressure of living under steady scrutiny, rather than punishments in themselves, would slowly mould each prisoner into a model citizen. Best of all, Bentham suggested, there doesn't have to actually be a guard in the panopticon for the panopticon to 'work'. After all, the suspicion of being spied on is often more daunting than the certainty...
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After over 4 years in development, The Forgotten City finally has a release date! In case you missed the news from IGN at E3, The Forgotten City will be coming to Steam on 28th July 2021!

To help celebrate this auspicious news we have a short new trailer to give you a taste of what’s to come in our much longer release trailer, coming on the 28th of July.

We hope you enjoy it and that you're just as excited as we are for you to begin your adventures in The Forgotten City!

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