Field notes · the making of a game
This is the public release history of Oregon Trail by Ten Thirty Two. The earliest versions were a project splash page. Later releases became a playable way to describe a real business issue and prepare a brief for a person to review.
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Each earlier entry summarizes a verified source revision and its deployed version. “Splash page” marks an early presentation milestone; “Game & service” marks later app changes. The notes describe what changed, not a promise that every feature was present from the beginning. Exact deployment times appear only where the underlying record supports them.
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Recast the campaign game as an original theatrical workstage with dark architecture, warm cue lighting, a readable question surface, and individually lit choices. A compact world selector, clear exit, and persistent human-contact action adapt to phones; scene cues respect reduced-motion settings.
Included in this rollout. Source revision and deployment receipt will be added after verification.
Added twenty original photorealistic generated scenes, one for each campaign world, with responsive crops and scene-specific props. A brief no-slide broadcast cut marks each campaign scene; game navigation now resets scroll and focus before paint, while disabling smooth document scrolling so Play enters directly. Story text and controls remain live HTML, and the original vector stage remains a fallback.
Source revision e9d852fdd1 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Published a source-checked history of the first 17 Oregon Trail versions and linked it from the game homepage. The record distinguishes the early splash pages from later playable and service releases.
Source revision 27c2dd904b · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Added 20 original seasonal and business-process story worlds, including The Strategy Table and Night Shift Bureau, with a visible mode switch and open-ended project prompts. A submitted world route appears in the existing owner inbox after explicit consent; this release did not add email delivery.
Source revision 0b107c915a · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Added a separate Field Guide dialog explaining controls, privacy, and the choice to skip or submit a project brief. Play remained a direct game entrance for visitors who were ready to begin.
Source revision 8ed0499a07 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Added an optional four-stage text adventure with scripted setbacks, open-ended responses, and theme-based humor. Answers stayed in tab storage until the visitor chose to review an optional project brief.
Source revision 1b0337849a · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Moved Play higher on phone screens and rebuilt the game around one scroll area with readable choices, larger touch targets, persistent controls, and viewport/safe-area handling. Added validated tab-local draft recovery and removed the long curtain interstitial; physical iPhone behavior was not verified in the source release record.
Source revision 4879c7b27e · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Made a Play action or direct #game link open the full-screen journey immediately. Improved overlay scroll locking, browser-history handling, focus restoration, and exit behavior.
Source revision f296e5e3c3 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Added a brief theatrical curtain reveal and an in-game loop showing how the visitor's chosen obstacle repeats during daily work. Switched the Turnstile widget to compact size for narrow screens.
Source revision dc502432ed · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Clarified the site's business-intake purpose before play and added an open-ended issue response inside the journey, carried into an optional project brief. Visitors could skip the game to contact a person; submitting opened a private browser conversation rather than a login account.
Source revision ea84ece812 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Introduced original code-drawn scenes that change as the expedition reaches new landmarks, weather, river, and camp. A route ribbon made checkpoint progress visible inside the game.
Source revision 8ac34dad15 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Added west/east controls to the historical map, clickable reached checkpoints, and keyboard left/right navigation. Revising an earlier choice cleared later route answers so the summary could not mix incompatible paths.
Source revision b75291e92f · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Allowed a visitor to retain and switch among multiple private conversation receipts in the same browser. A new project request no longer replaced the earlier saved thread code.
Source revision 21c8995383 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Expanded the journey to seven decisions with supplies, momentum, trust, a river crossing, and 42,336 generated routes. Added a browser-held private conversation credential, visitor follow-up messages, and an owner-only inbox for manual replies and request status.
Source revision 3e26937691 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Moved the human-verification check ahead of duplicate-request acknowledgement and aligned the contact-form button wording. Gameplay was unchanged.
Source revision a64312cb91 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Replaced the static splash with a playable five-decision business journey and original pixel artwork. Added an optional, consent-based project request stored privately in Cloudflare D1 behind Turnstile, validation, and daily limits; playing alone did not submit answers.
Source revision 999f454fec · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Rebuilt the splash as a full-page poster around a credited U.S. National Park Service historical map with a horizontally explorable phone view. The release still described the project as in development.
Source revision b741dfc27d · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Moved the project mantra—heading into the unknown and lighting the way for others—to the opening message. Added a status note about private arrival and completion monitoring; the page remained non-playable.
Source revision fa04ec6071 · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Added a route-themed site icon and clarified that the connected relay and local queue were in staging. This was still an informational splash page.
Source revision cfd1b7118f · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
Launched an editorial Project Oregon Trail splash explaining a staged path from an authorized request to visible work and a verifiable result. It described the relay and local queue as work in staging; there was no playable game yet.
Source revision 3f0dd1ebce · Deployment checked before publication of this record.
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