Korter 1996

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• Patch Notes·4 Apr 2026Official

  Dominoes patch

  Added new audio interactions in main menu Added an interactable dominoes box in apartment 5
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• Patch Notes·27 Mar 2026Official

  The Items Update

  It's update time again! We had a lot of fun with this one.We've spent so much time going through each apartment and adding appropriate items for the resident to make everything feel more lived-in. Some of our apartments were a little sparse, feeling more like a place to lay out the player's puzzles than a place that our characters genuinely lived in. We hope that we have expressed each character's unique personality in their choice of belongings and layout, without obscuring the puzzles too much!Not only do the residents of Korter 1996 get more items, you do too! We've almost doubled the number of catalogue pages (if you haven't seen it, the catalogue unlocks about a third of the way through the game). You now have access to many more items from other apartments for your own decorating, and even some unique items designed to blend together items from different apartments' colour palettes.We've also completely revamped the main menu and pause menu. More options, tidier UI, confirmation when you delete a game, all great stuff! Throw in some Mac fixes and that about sums up our update. We hope you enjoy playing as much as we enjoyed making this one! The full changelist is as follows;ItemsAdded so so so many new itemsEach explorable apartment has had attention given to areas that felt empty and appropriate items have been addedSome of these items have been added to the catalogue for decorating your apartmentA few sets of "rainbow" items have been added to the catalogue, which appear in matching colours for each apartment's colour palette, and add several in-between shades to help bridge the gap when decoratingImproved the art on some existing items that felt flatReplaced some placeholder art on some important itemsCatalogue Added an extra page per apartment with improved background artMassively increased the number of items availableFixed the book colour switcher and made it dependent on your progress in the gameAdded a few "container" items to the catalogue that let yo...
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• Patch Notes·31 Dec 2025Official

  2025 End of Year Update

  Korter team is sending off the year with our last 2025 update!🎉🎉🎉 Hope all of you are safe and well! For us this year has been very much focused on Korter 1996, with the release in June and polishing the rough edges with updates over the following months. Right now, we are very tired but happy, ready to wrap up and put a bow on the Korter year.What we’ve added and fixed in this update:TechnicalUpdated Unity version to address the Unity engine vulnerability https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01Fix for the pink menu on Mac bugImproved pixel precision in outline renderingFix a bug with the Tab shortcut making a softlock possibleGameplayAdded new seasonal items to the seamstress’ apartmentAdded new books, a clock and other items to the seamstress’ apartmentAdded extra placement areas to apartments with fewer optionsAdded a special gift box to the player apartment (unlocked when you get to the end and select Continue, this one works in existing save files)Visual ImprovementsAdded visual highlights to some menu buttonsAdded a controls summary, viewable from the pause menuImproved composition for the pattern notebookAdjusted glass dresser doors to improve placement optionsReplaced some duplicated postcards with unique artImproved alignment in the player notebook, and touched up the page turn animationsHere’s a little recap of 2025:In February, we updated our demo with lots of UI polish, our first step towards releaseKorter 1996 released on 19th June!In September, we were nominated for the Wings award at BLON festival in LithuaniaThen, in October, we won the Estonian Game of the Year 2025 award from MängudeÖÖ in Estonia!Mari-Anna was live on the Estonian morning TV show, Terevisioon, to talk about our game alongside the host of MängudeÖÖThe very next week, we showcased our game at TipiLAN in Tallinn, and ran a decorating competitionNovember and December were pretty quiet by comparison, except for a surprise New Year’s Eve Update!!! (This one, the post you’re reading!) Nex...
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• Patch Notes·23 Sept 2025Official

  Autumn Update Hotfix

  Fixed a layering issue that hid a puzzle piece in some cases in the Mechanic's apartment.
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• Patch Notes·22 Sept 2025Official

  Autumn Update, 20% Off and Spelkollektivet Anniversary Sale!

  Hey everyone!We're back with an autumn update for Korter 1996! This update is packed with bug fixes, quality-of-life improvements, and a few extra story-beats, interactions and items. You can safely use your existing save game and see the newly added items, and if you already completed the game, I would recommend experiencing the ending again! Content changes:Improved UI for the start of the gameImproved credits sequence with “where are they now” picturesWallpaper and colour enhancements in the Mechanic’s apartmentMore items for the SeamstressRecoloured the cat Bug fixes:Continued fixes to decrease the chance of the pink screen bug on MacFixed a couple of sprite sorting and placement issuesFixed an incorrect post-it label on the liquid puzzleFixed the "Plushie Picnic" achievement triggeringFixed a layering issue on the PCMade sure you can pet the cat, even after you completed all the content in that apartment! The path ahead for Korter 1996 definitely features a few more of these updates. We launched the game with the full story we wanted to tell and a generally bug free path from start to end, so we're really proud of that! But we’re not quite done yet. For future updates we want to make every apartment feel really lived in, and make sure every character's story is properly realised and has a satisfying finale. Next up, we’ll do a big items update, making the decorating part more interesting and versatile. In other exciting news…Starting now: Spelkollektivet 8th Anniversary Sale!That means; - Korter 1996 is 20% off! - Korter 1996 is 50% off if you purchase the Spelkollektivet Mega Bundle! It means a lot to be included since Spel has been the place that supported us throughout the development of Korter. Thanks for supporting us and playing our game :)Flan, Mari-Anna, Brian & Mitsuko
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