IF FOUND

Developer Dreamfeel

Publisher Annapurna Interactive

Format iOS, PC

Origin Ireland

Release 2020

Reading somebody else’s diary feels illicit enough as is, but If Found takes it a step further – you’re erasing it. Technically, it’s your own diary: you’re cast as the artistic Kasio, who has filled her journal with all manner of sketches, musings and scribbles about her life. And, for reasons currently unknown, is now taking an eraser to the lot.

Creating a game set in ever since they first met in 2014. “Early on, we had this idea for a witch’s spellbook,” McGee tells us. “I was obsessed with marginalia, like writing in the sides and all that kind of stuff.” The initial plan was that every chapter of their game would feature a different mechanic. “But all the mechanics were kind of crap, except one!” she laughs.