Ori and the Blind Forest creator Thomas Mahler is disappointed with the way video games handle World War II and hopes to do something about that with one of his next projects.

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Mahler's idea for a "Schindler's List for games" is simply called Project Memoir, which he describes in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz as an "extremely controversial" and "story-based game" rooted in true events outside the World War II battlefield.In the interview, Mahler highlighted what he refers to as the "embarrassing" treatment of World War II in video games."There are so many World War II games coming out, and every single one misses the boat on the really interesting things you can tell here, super-fascinating things in terms of human psychology, the history of mankind, and so on," said Mahler. "And every single game was just about, well, shoot some Nazis. It's just stupid."Project Memoir, an "interactive documentary," will follow the story of Rudolf Vrba, a real-life escapee of Auschwitz from 1944. Without detailing much in terms of gameplay, Mahler did bring up Telltale's The Walking Dead.The ideas Mahler discusses sound similar to This War of Mine , a survival sim from late last year that sought to depict the civilians, rather than the soldiers, affected by war.This War of Mine in particular was inspired by events that took place during the Bosnian War.Mahler is aware of the difficulty in finding funding for games like this, and discussed his plans to finance the project himself. Project Memoir is currently one of five works-in-progress at Moon Studios.You can read more about Mahler's thoughts in the full GamesIndustry.biz interview.Our review of Ori and the Blind Forest , Mahler's most recent game, called it "beautifully realized" and "brilliantly designed."

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