The Corridor

The main purpose of this update was technical. To update the UI wrapper and, in turn, address the way the music cues work. Hopefully, all the sound cues are working correctly now.

I thought, however, I would take the opportunity to try out a new feature – the ability to check your watch. Especially handy if you choose the Arigeta Databank, as you can see your memos. You can do this by clicking "check watch" in the top left-hand corner. This is a work in progress, probably buggy, and has a few logic bits to work out, but behold! As the game takes on a new level of immersion.

I also did some minor weaving, utilizing the different personalities you can play (based on watch selection) and tying some of the newer characters to characters you have already met. I also took the opportunity to refresh the What-Ho! Cinema scene. Snorkers now has a pre-Element-Zero backstory.

Here are the changes in full:

Bug Fixes:

The bin at the Diversion was showing duplicate rubbish items.
Music cues

Minor Changes:

Typos corrected (49 to be precise, yes I counted)
The ability to check your watch
What Ho! Cinema refreshed
Snorkers now has a sad story
You can now see Omstrad HQ
Three new Omstrad Artifacts to find
One new musical artefact to find
General tidy up
More typos introduced

Several more minor updates are planned, including a complete rewrite of Colin's for both technical reasons and, as mentioned in the Morning After Update, a misguided attempt at relying on AI in those scenes. The following minor update, however, will be Busting Bunkers!

Until now, the game has been pretty linear, but at the end of the last update, the player faced a choice: either head to Mad Jack’s or continue on your way. What will you choose?

No matter your choice, The On The Busses Update will get you on your way.

Known issues

Due to the long gap between updates, this version is slightly behind the current UI wrapper. This means some sound cues may continue longer than expected. However, fear not—heading to a new stretch of motorway should clear all sounds. This will be fixed in the next minor update.


Minor Changes:

Fixed some typos
More player customisation at the start
A new character to meet at the Heater
You can now see the bin in Camp Hood

Major Changes:

87 New lines of Dialogue
20 New items
19 New Locations
5 New Characters
4 New pieces of music
And of course, introduced some more typos

Road Map:

End of 2025 / Early 2026: Mad Jack’s (Huge Update – introducing 20 new characters)

Mid 2026: The End Game (Another huge update—by then, the size of the Corridor’s world will have doubled)

Early to Mid 2027: The Last Farewell (Final update & polish—so many items to find, you could open a museum)

It's the morning after Colins, and the important questions are: where are you? and what happened?

The Morning After update sets out to answer both of these questions, as well as pose many more! You can also now lead our Civil Servant protagonist through the entirety of Section 1 subsection B of the Corridor. Old friends are making a reappearance, and new ones to be made – or perhaps be avoided.

The other thing, as well as a major tidy-up of typos, is a brand-spanking new UI. The game has never looked so good. Here is a full rundown of the update.

Bugs Fixed:

Zara, the waitress, was not appearing though her text was
Searching for Angus, the architect, could cause a crash
Colonel Stirling was missing his eyebrows

Major Changes:

4 Pieces of music, including 'Caper Time' by Quinoa Jones.
5 New Locations
7 New Characters
16 New Items
42 New Images
140 new lines of Dialogue
Added Quiz Selecta™ technology: Following the roaring success of BinSelecta™ in the last update, the game now features a random selection of questions you are unlikely to know the answers to
Added Esperanto by Stealth™: por helpi vin lerni esperanton!
Major tidy-up of typos
Brand spanking new UI

Minor Changes:

Introduced some new typos
Tiara Tilly 'Foxies' blurb restored to its original ( no idea how it came abbreviated)
Shorter loading times, Audio and Image files have been optimized.
Updated past scenes to reflect the Ego watch selection from the last update – Ongoing.
You can now dance to Selena Ricci's 'Bounce, Bounce, Bounce' at Colin's – and if you are wondering who Selena Ricci is, don't worry, you are not alone.