Based in Portland, Oregon, Nina Freeman has won huge renown for autobiographical video games such as Cibele, which draw strongly on her own life and experiences – and her new game for MIF17 was every bit as frank and intensely personal.

Lost Memories Dot Net harks back to the early 2000s when Freeman was a young girl discovering the twin joys of online chat and creating websites. Gamers play a role based on the young Freeman, building both relationships and websites online while following a narrative that grows more intimate as the game goes on.