Play free in the browser, or download for Windows: https://dporto.itch.io/the-long-season
What it is
You are the border inspector at the airport of Caldera, a volcanic island in the middle of its long tourist season. Passengers come to your glass one at a time. You check their papers, open their suitcases, phone the offices on the island, and talk to them. There are no dialogue options: you type (or say) whatever you want to ask, and they answer as themselves. Every passenger is an AI character with a background, a reason to be here and, sometimes, something to hide. Then you stamp: admitted, denied or detained. And you live with it.
You can play alone or online with friends, each at a different station: one at the booth, one at the computer, one on the phone. The evening after the shift is spent together, in the flat you share.
What changed in October
- New faces for everyone at the booth: simpler pixel art, bigger pixels, retouched one by one.
- 13 languages: Italian, English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Turkish and Dutch. The characters stay in your language all the way through.
- Online nights are shared: same flat, same visitor at the door, same purchases, and you fall asleep when the host does.
- A gentler start: the tutorial is now a few short popups that show up when things actually happen, and whatever they mention pulses on screen until you click it.
A few honest notes
The passengers are played by a language model, so the game needs an internet connection and takes a few seconds to answer each line. It is built for a keyboard and a screen you can read: it runs on phones, but it is better at a desk.
The game is free and still being built. We read every message. If you get stuck somewhere, tell us where: that is the first thing we fix.