Timeline

1960s

1970s

  • 1974: The last known episode of Welcome Home airs.

2020s

  • 2020-2021: W begins to archive what they have found of Welcome Home.
  • February 14th, 2022: The Welcome Home Restoration Project’s website launches for the first time. Wally begins his attempts to establish a connection with you.
  • January 14th, 2023: The site updates. More information regarding the world of Welcome Home is uncovered.
  • February 25th, 2023: The site updates. Discussion of a collaboration between the WHRP and museum curator Question Answerer begins. Home is confirmed to be active alongside Wally.
  • Summer, 2023: W hears what they believe to be dialogue from Welcome Home, but fails to properly document it. They leave the TV on, and never really turn it off again.
  • July 27th, 2023: The site updates. The guestbook is closed. The culmination of the WHRP and Question Answerer’s collaboration is revealed: an in-person exhibition showcasing the WHRP’s findings. Question Answerer privately expresses doubt regarding Welcome Home’s existence.
  • October 13th, 2023: The site updates. Discrepancies between the WHRP's transcripts of recovered audio and the actual contents of the audio become more apparent, particularly in the case of Sally, implying that the other neighbors may be active as well.
  • November 20th, 2023: While cleaning up the Halloween decorations from the previous update, (presumably) the WHRP leaves out a series of instructions for Wally to follow. Any reason they may have for doing so is not revealed.
  • December 25th, 2023: Wally attempts to follow the WHRP's instructions to the best of his ability, but either expresses confusion or takes some liberties while doing so. W receives a 22-minute long transmission on their TV, and is successful in recording it this time. In the transmission, Eddie Dear has a strange experience at the Homewarming party that leaves him shaken.
  • February 1st, 2024: The WHRP website disappears.
  • March 9th, 2024: A new version of the site is established in the previous one's place, with the WHRP promising that this version of the site will be less susceptible to "bugs." The WHRP reveals an array of Christmas/Homewarming-themed merchandise, many of which Eddie is conspicuously absent from. W establishes awayfrompryingeyes.net, and in addition to the aforementioned transmission, reports receiving a phone call from Wally corresponding to the WHRP's discoveries.