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As a follow-up to my original web game, The Great Cell Search, I wanted to create something that would be much longer, more involving, and take more puzzle solving to beat. What started out as a simple game evolved into a project that forced me to learn all sorts of PHP and Javascript techniques, as well as create an elaborate story to engulf players in. At the peak, the game had almost 8,000 hits per day, but that didn’t last, and the game only logged about 24,000 hits total. Maybe the game was too hard, or maybe I didn’t engage the right audience...