CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS

Devlog

• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS released
  May 29, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS was released this day, Friday the 29th May 2026... Continue reading
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP - 13_14
  May 26, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  OH OKAY I concede it's almost over. The logical and lateral code puzzles completed, the aesthetics ramped as far as needs. There is flow between scenes and the game mechanics do bestir. It's in the lo... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP - 12
  May 19, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  AUDIO TROPES A word about audio in this game: done. Along the lines of previous released Mounsters, I've applied discrete timing delays to space voices into chord runs, effects matching early 80s arca... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP - 11
  May 16, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  WIRING OUTCOMES A bunch of outcomes are now available—that's just me finally wiring stuff together. Instance: stamina. Lose it and you'll lose the game. This bleak assessment is viewable via the Inf... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP - 10
  May 12, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  FALL GUY After obtaining Checkpoint 9, (as seen on the Map Screen), the player has little place to go but down. Hence, we're booting the situation southwards. During this stage, move Joystick Left-Rig... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP - 09
  May 09, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  MAP A map screen locates the player within the establishment. It shows whenever a new checkpoint has been reached. There are two checkpoints per floor, commencing 0 base left ending 9 top right. Image... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP - 08
  May 05, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  SETUP Encouraged by earlier tests which demonstrated clean switching between screens (scenes) and their kernels, I decided to make an intro which also happens to include the setup screen—an oft used... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP - BOSS IDEA
  April 30, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  A BOSS APPROACHES The boss level combines the following bundle: floating platform, shoot sticks, a bird, the player, and a sliding mechanism. The slider appears whenever you use Joystick Down. That's... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP 07
  April 24, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  PROGRESS and STAMINA Two bars beneath the UI's level number show progress and stamina. The top bar, Progress, increases on each successful colour sequenced transit of a corridor's layout. The lower ba... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP 06
  April 23, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  UI In keeping with a kind of minimalist aesthetic, the UI comprises a single digit and two lines, depicting progress and stamina. I had a go fooling around with making a font, and so I've decided to i... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP 05
  April 22, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  LANES (and their unfortunate closures) To confound, challenge and expectantly annoy, have eked out the next game mechanic. The big idea: each corridor is divided into invisible lanes. At the far end o... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP 04
  April 20, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  COLOURS Recently I'd been disabused of any noir b&w tropes and so a slew of colours are packaged each level. On some palettes, light shading creates an eerie atmosphere—but ypmv (your palates may va... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP 03
  April 18, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  ON THE LEVEL Considering how to transition (or vary) a level using the current perspective grift, figured on an alternating stairways pattern. regular floor → with stairs → pitched floor → with... Continue reading

  
• CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS - WIP 01_02
  April 16, 2026 by :: Glenn Main

  ABOUT CALAMITOUS CORRIDORS A corridor questing thingo. META Uses previous released game MOUNSTERS as scaffolding. CONTROLS Joystick Button for forward motion. Joystick Left-Right for corridor position... Continue reading