A game by Radical Fish Games for PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One, originally released in 2018.
CrossCode is a retro-style action-RPG inspired by the classics of the 16-bit generation, particularly those released for the Super Nintendo, a system famed for its library of charming and colorful RPG’s. You take on the role of Lea, who falls into the “silent amnesiac protagonist” archetype, but not in quite the way you’d expect. Lea is a player in an MMO called CrossWorlds, where the action happens in a real place that is populated by real people, along with limited-AI beings and other connected players. CrossCode is set at some undetermined point in the future where MMO's may be played in a way that simulates all five senses, and CrossWorlds takes pace on a distant Earthlike moon that is in orbit around a gas giant.
Lea wakes up in a room with no idea what's going on, and someone is communicating with her remotely. Apparently, Lea played CrossWorlds previously and somehow lost her memory, and her new friends are trying to help her regain her memory by revisiting the game's story and locales. In addition, Lea's speech synchronization system is not functioning, preventing her speaking. Little by little, she gains the ability to say a few words, including her name, “hi” and “bye”, and a few words that allow her to make inquiries, but this technological disability renders her largely silent as she relies on pantomime or one of her talkative companions to speak on her behalf.
