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Thanks for the heads up! The form of the story has changed a lot since this version, so I don't know if the relevant piece of code is still in there, but this is a good reminder that I should probably get the new version uploaded sometime. Honestly didn't really expect anyone to ever come across this, but if people browse around having something more recent up would still be good.

Updated with most recent version. Just passed 100k words. Will have its bugs. Enjoy!

Note: the 4/24 version was broken, hopefully the 4/13 version isn't

Not sure where the best place to put this is, but the download "tunnel_working_copy_4_24.html" is the working copy as of 4/24. It has, like, five times the text, so it's much, much bigger. The drawback is it hasn't been tested as extensively. However, the demo seems to have many game-breaking bugs at the moment, so that's not really a drawback in comparison.

If you want to give the game some extra time, I definitely recommend checking out the working copy.

Some bugs were found. Right now, accessing gardens crashes the game, and it's also possible to softlock yourself by working too much and not getting the experience to unlock resting. Hoping to fix these soon, but it's not a big priority as I'm working on Yellow Demo (up to yellow pass) currently.

I'm developing a new text-based game. I'd call it interactive fiction, but right now it's much more focused on the mechanics than the narrative. I've got a working demo up and am improving the early game at the moment after some feedback about it.

Here's the link: https://exfret.itch.io/the-darkest-tunnel