Fake Site Evolution
Unfortunately, I didn’t take a particularly organized approach to the fake site experiement. As a result, I don’t have a detailed recap of how the site evolved. I did try to capture some snapshots along the way, which is what you see with the seven pages below. From the various versions of the home page you can link to most or all of the other pages of the site, but at some point I’ll try to compile a comprehensive list.
There were several versions of the first home page, where the status levels were changed. This is were I felt my first bit of remorse. I was trying to get a site up quickly and so I hadn’t formed any plans for clues or puzzles. As a result, other than the third one, which are the lost numbers (anyone know what those mean?), the contract numbers don’t mean anything. As it became apparent that some people thought the site was part of the game I realized people would be trying to decipher the meaning of those numbers.
Anyway, I tried to avoid fake clues in the future (well, other than the entire thing being fake) because I thought that would be particularly annoying. So, here are seven versions of the home page:
Home Page 1
Home Page 2
Home Page 3
Home Page 4
Home Page 5
Home Page 6
Home Page 7
