How it works

Memory in layers

A character's memory works in layers: stable facts about who you are, habits and patterns, the conversation right now, specific moments worth holding onto, and things the character has come to understand over time. Each layer behaves differently.

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Reviewed before written

Memory writes are intentional. Important things your character would remember pass a review step before they're committed. You decide what counts, and nothing slips in by accident.

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Knows what to forget

Most AI either forgets too fast or never forgets at all. Both break the illusion. Memories in Figurate age. Specific moments fade unless they prove themselves worth keeping. The character forgets what doesn't matter, the way a thoughtful friend would.

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You stay in control

Every memory has a source, a reason, and a record. You can see what your character has learned, change what they remember, and clear what they shouldn't be holding. Memory you can audit, every step of the way.

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In Umi's World, players spend hours with their companions across many sessions. The companion is supposed to feel like someone who knows them. That doesn't work if every session starts from scratch.

Memory in Umi's World is what makes the relationship feel real. The companion remembers the player's name and how they like to be addressed. It remembers the choices the player made hours ago, and the moments that mattered to them. It picks up on patterns: the player who always tries the cautious path first, the player who asks every question twice, the player who keeps coming back to a specific corner of the world.

The next time the player logs in, the companion greets them in a way that fits where they left off. The story picks up because the companion remembers it.

What the companion doesn't remember is just as important. Nothing private slips in by accident. Nothing the studio hasn't approved gets written. The relationship is rich without being invasive.