Forget-Me-Not is a BL (boy's love) visual novel exploring the relationship two boys, Emmett and Michael, over a course of time.

Long ago, Emmett used to be extremely withdrawn and hated socializing. Michael had just moved into his neighborhood and wanted somebody to talk to. In a short, strange course of events, they met on a rooftop and talked for a little while. Emmett soon grew attached to the complete stranger, opening up and may have even considered him a friend. However, the summer friendship ended when Michael moved away, but left Emmett with a problem he realized he could overcome.

The dreamlike memory of the boy became so blurred to him, that when the same boy transfers into his homeroom sophomore year, he doesn't recognize him at first!
They rekindle their friendship, which they quickly become close friends…to something a little more than friends. Emmett feels content with the way things have gone for them, but he can't ignore the strange feeling that something isn't right with Michael. There are things he doesn't know about Michael, even coming so far in their relationship, that he can't figure out so easily. What isn't Michael telling him?

→ For ages 16 and over ←
→ 3 different endings ←
→ About 3-6 hours in game length (per one playthrough) ←
→ 50+ event images ←
→ CG gallery and music room ←

“Overall the story was really sweet but also substantial. I felt that I really came to know the characters by the end. Obviously lots of love was put into all the characters, not just the two main boys. The heavy subjects were dealt with sensitively but not in a Very Special Episode kind of way, they just felt like real stuff that happens to real people." - xiaomao @ LemmaSoft


“What a WONDERFUL, truly groundbreaking visual novel. It touched on so many big issues that most VN's don't tackle, and it did it well. It was totally realistic and believable. They were two likable, flawed, and really human characters that pulled you into the story. The plots and dialogue all rang true and went beyond the superficial to get at the real heart of many issues that teenagers, and maybe people in general, face." - Dawnfire @ LemmaSoft

Story and art by:

Boniae

Music credits:

Björn & Gorden, Discount Fireworks, Podington Bear, Kakurenbo, Biggyzoom, Blear Moon, Electric Holiday Orchestra, Superpoze, Andrea Carri and Jahzzar.

Background photos:

Morgue File, Stock.xchng, Katherine Sparrow, SusanTheCat @ lemmasoft and Deekay @ lemmasoft.

Proofreaders/Beta testers:

Cam, Euphorics, Himi, Twinkletoes21, Stripesoflove, Mishaa, Moya, Nick, Elaina, and Daija.

Percent complete script:

Bluescorpion @ lemmasoft.

Preface - 2/26/2020 

I want to than everyone for their abundance of critique, love, and support over the years and it means so much! This game was created from 2011-2014, so it was pretty much the first thing I'd ever written and finished properly. I made the characters on a whim and decided to mess around with Ren'py, and then the project just took off. The story isn't perfect, the writing is clumsy, some of the situations are pretty questionable, and while looking back on it now, there's SO many things I would change and remove--but it's far too late for me to go back now. Although my heart no longer beats for this project, I will always appreciate it for being the story that helped me finally come to terms and accept myself. And now, it's finally time for me to let it go and for me to accept the game as it is. I deeply apologize to anyone over the years who may have been upset in any way by this game, and I'm disappointed that it took me until recently to properly revisit this story and comprehend the reality of it. I made this game because I wanted to help people, but I may have ended up hurting instead. I hope to improve in any other works I decide to create in the future.

I want to give a special shout out to my friends and those of you from the old Lemmasoft days who cheered me on and supported this project, and those of you who played it when the game was released. You have no idea how much you all helped shape and foster my passion for storytelling.

BE WARNED, there are some things in this game that may not be suitable for everyone!!! This is not supposed to be a cute, fluffy love story. It's a difficult story about depression and the realities of relationships in times of youth. Though there is no visually explicit or detailed scenes, there are some parts of the game where certain sensitive subjects are addressed.

(ie: drugs, violence, homophobia, depression, and mentioning of sexual abuse.)

If you are unsure about having to read something about that, please don't force yourself to play this game.

There are three scenes with a flashing effect that's a little bit straining. If you're worried about that, please ask me to upload a separate file without the flashing effect, I'll be glad to do so.

If you're stuck, you can check out the walkthrough here.

To anyone who ends up playing this, I really hope you can enjoy it somehow! Thank you! 

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