Secret Areas

In both Chapters a number of Secret Areas were hidden that are mostly dilapidated areas around the main paths and tell the player a lot about the Lore of the Maps.

Chamber 5
After exiting Chamber 5, a hole in the wall to the left of the ladder leads to a secret area.

Inside, you find an abandoned storage and maintenance room for Test Track 01 containing a notice board reading:

NOTE TO ALL PERSONNEL: NO ENTRY to Test Track 01 Maintenance is permitted at ANY TIME. For your own safety, Please avoid this area at all times. Any intruders in Test Track 01 will be subject to disciplinary measures.

Chamber 9
After solving Chamber 9, a hole in the wall to the left can be opened by removing the leaves using the Weed Whacker.

You find an abandoned Office Hall in which a meeting room holds a board reading:

To my beloved Catherine, Thank you so much for agreeing to take part in our experiments at this facility. I know you’re hesitant, but I honestly can’t think of anyone else who would be a better fit. Your mother would be proud!

Chamber 3
From the central open area, follow the trail of Lily Pads on the water to reach a ladder on the back of the building.

You find what remains of the Viewing Room for Chamber 3. The instructions on the wall read:

"OVERSEER'S GUIDE TO VIEWING: Congrats! You got selected to be a chamber overseer! What this means, is that you must make sure that TS-03 must complete Test Track 09 without any issues! This is being streamed to the public, so if anything goes wrong, please alert your superior. TS-03 is never to know the true purpose of Test Track 09."

Chamber 4
At the end of the Chamber, on the pathway is a partially open airlock with a chest behind it on the right.

In the chest we find a record disc reading "Notice to Experimental Labs". The disc can be played on a jukebox at the end of the map, which I will cover later in this list.

Chamber 6
On the pathway after Chamber 6, a small nook into the building can be found.

In there, you find a Notice Board reading:


 * "Incoming report of Ombra spy trying to steal research."
 * "KiTaco Tuesday to be discontinued due to budget cuts."
 * "Perpetual Testing Initiative to take place on 25th anniversary."

You will also find a chest with a Book titled "Journal Entry by Employee #2458" reading:

"September 30th 2022 - Today would’ve been the 35th birthday of Catherine. Once again, Jake takes the day off and disappears without anyone knowing. There’s no sign of him at his office, no reports of him leaving to the surface, nothing! He just vanishes without a trace. My coworkers and I always come up with ideas on where it is he goes to, but I think the only person that knows the answer would be his assistant, Suzie. Maybe next year I’ll do my best to try and follow him to wherever it is he hides. It can’t be anything too dangerous considering he’s back to his normal self the next day. Until then, it’s just a mystery."

In the chest the book is obtained, one of the pieces of paper has a custom name on it reading "Employee Termination Notice", hinting at the fact that the employee that wrote the journal was terminated after trying to spy on Jake.

Chamber 8
Using your bow, it is possible to hit a button on the flower on the wall of the cave at the end of the chamber. It opens up the handrails and you can jump over the lily pads onto the island infront of it.

In the tree, a sign reads "Welcome to the pointless islands :)", and yes, the island is pointless.

Chamber 9
By using the levitation obtained at the bottom of the chamber to fly to the left, you can find a hole in the building.

In there, a Notice Board can be found that reads:

"EMERGENCY NOTICE: It has been reported that a violent tremor has occurred on the surface. Above ground employees have been unable to respond to our communications team and we are now looking to send forced volunteers to investigate. The boss has made no comment on the situation thus far but we are preparing for evacuation. Please remain calm until an official announcement has been made. Thank you for your service."

Chamber 11
In the hallway located after finishing the chamber, you can activate a lever through the opening of the office, which opens the door on the opposite side. It should be noted that this lever only appears if the player has found the music disc located before entering Chamber 05 earlier in the map.

In the room behind it, a sign instantly greets the player that reads: "Please be seated until you've been called. Thank you!"

In the office room to the left, you can find a button labeled "REGISTER FINGERPRINT", that, when pressed, prints "*Thank you for registering to be a part of our experimental labs. Your fingerprint has been documented in our database. Please locate the overseer's office at the end of Test Track 09 for further instructions.*" into the chat and deactivates itself.

Chamber 14
This Chamber opens the player up to the old, dilapidated Chamber 12 and nearby hallways on the roof of the actual Chamber 12.

In a staff room behind the observation room we find a board reading:

"OPERATION NETHERIA: The symbol on the wall in blood red is a symbol being used by the Ombra Factories, which was provided to us by an insider. While we’re still unsure as to what it means, we know it has to do with their recent Netheria project that was leaked on Reddit." More about this area found in the Ombra Factories article.

Detour Area
At the end of Chamber 15, between the Winner's Lounge and the Testers Reward Program, the ceiling collapses and the Repair Bots guide the player through the detour area to the right.

In there, we find a book by a disgrunteled Employee titled "This place is a Joke" that reads:

"Today I found out that they’re making Dave Kitatcho the general manager for Test Track 09. I can’t believe the nepotism in this place. First Jake gets his childhood best friend to be his secretary, and now he makes his own nephew GENERAL MANAGER after only being here for two months! I’ve been here for SEVENTEEN whole years, and I haven’t received any recognition for my faithfulness to this company! To make things worse, the higher-ups have the NERVE to mock my newest invention. Faucets that also work as levers. They claim it’s impractical and has no real-world applications. Just they wait because this invention is going to take off one of these days, even if I have to transfer to the Ombra Factories in order for it to do so!"

In another room, Conference Room 09, throughout the area, a notice board reads in three areas:


 * "IMPORTANT NOTICE (left): The automated employees will be left in the facility to repair the perpetual testing track as well as maintain test subjects in cryogenic storage. Please do not interfere with their tasks."
 * "IMPORTANT NOTICE (right): The automated employees have been instructed to keep TS-03 suspended in Test Track 09 until the facility is back in working condition. Do not reanimate TS-03 under any circumstances."
 * "EVAC NOTICE (middle): Due to the catastrophic nature of what’s happening on the surface, we are evacuating the facility until further notice. Please follow the Kitatcho Laboratories High-Tech Evacuation Protocol manual that was given to your project coordinator to share. We should also mention that all test subjects are to remain in cryogenic storage for the time being until the facility is considered safe to return to. This includes TS-03 who is in the Perpetual testing track."

Testers Reward Program
At the top of a staircase to the right of the entrance, a button labeled "Fingerprint Verification Required" opens the door to the right when pressed after pressing the Fingerprint Registration Button after Chamber 11. In the room, a jukebox can be found and used for the record disc found after Chamber 4. Jake Kitatcho on the record says:

" * static* Are we rolling? Alright-good. Hello ladies and gents, this is Jake Kitatcho, founder and CEO of the Kitatcho Laboratories blah blah blah- Look. Some of you might not recognize my voice because I hardly ever make it down to the experimental labs, but trust me- I'm your boss. Now some of the lab boys told me that things have been getting pretty messy down there. Suzie informed me- and I quote that 'there are more explosions down there than there are test subject incidents.'

Now look- I'm no mathematician, but that sounds like a whole heck of a lot. And typically speaking explosions are the end result of test subject failure, not the instigator here at the Kitatcho Labs and so we want to make sure you guys are kept in check down there. So here I am about to whip up some fresh new ideas for you. Hopefully with a whole lot less explosions. If you wanna take notes, feel free just make sure you're ready for the test afterwards.

Now- first thing on my mind is turbines. Now we got that big fan sitting there in Test Track 09 for what- cool air? No! I pay the AC bills every month and I can keep this place as cold or hot as I want! Now I don’t want a cool breeze, I wanna see a man get launched up into the air! ...In the name of science.

Next up: speed plates. As amusing as it is to see subjects bounce around and float into ceilings, we need to give them a rush. An incentive for them to solve these chambers as quickly as possible with extremely high pressure so we can squeeze a little extra science out of 'em. I get that it may be a hard sell, but it's either that or slowness plates and God forbid we get anyone stuck in a test chamber because they can't move. Again.

Next on the list is one I'm pretty excited about. Death robots. That's right: floating turrets of death! Complete with fireballs and cute little beeps and boops. Letal beeps and boops, of course. Lethal- lethal beeps and boops that's- really? You’re- Whoever wrote this is-

Okay but it's too meta now. I'm supposed to write this easter egg thing and make it all cool and funny and instead it's just turning into one big meta joke- it's not even funny! It's not even funny! I mean come on, beeps and boops?? No one says that! Come on- come on man you can do better than that. Can’t send that garbage in in good conscience- y'know big plot twist- Woahh dramatic story beat oh my god!! Then LETHAL BEEPS AND BOOPS. Ah congrats on your efforts, congrats on finding this thing- jesus. It's horrible…. Oh god I forgot to hit stop recording- um. Hey! Hey, guys! Congrats on uh- finding this I guess it was- it was supposed to be much cooler than this. It was um- but, but you did it! You put in the effort, you did all the steps to um- yeah okay you can leave now it's- it's all good. It's all good. Like just leave, okay? What do you want me to say, something funny? You- *sigh* you want me to say the thing? When you- okay. Fine. Okay. Here goes.

LASAGA"