UNDER CONSTRUCTION! WILL UPDATE AFTER THE MARCH 8TH 2024 WEBSITE UPDATE.
This is a handy-dandy guide to traversing the Welcome Home Website, whether it's your first time or after a major update!
Disclaimer: This is updated with only the current information for what's on the website. Earlier stuff that has been taken down is not on this guide.
There are currently TEN (10) main pages on the Website. You'll want to go through them all before going through any subpages or secret pages. You can technically do this in any order you want but here's what I suggest:
Homepage > What's Welcome Home? > The Neighborhood > About > Media > Merchandise > The Playfellow Exhibition > Stickers > News > Guestbook
Afterwards, we can get into the subpages and all the nitty-gritty secrets! There are three types of subpages: 1) Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages, 2) Wally's Drawings, and 3) Bug Recordings.
Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages*: These are the only pages without clickable links anywhere. You get to these pages by scrambling the letters Y, W, X, O, V, E and adding them to the website link (ex. www.clownillustration.com/eovwxy). These letters come from places on the Website's main pages where it appears the letters "glitched" out of place. These pages don't have any specific order:
EOVWXY, YXWVOE (Duet), YWVOEV, VOYWEX, WOXYVE
*WARNING: After the latest update, the "glitched" letters seem to no longer be out of place (for the most part) and the page links now all end with the word "deleted." This might mean these pages will be deleted in the next update.
2. Wally's Drawings: Across the site, there are GIFs of doodles being made on the main pages. These are supposed to be Wally drawing on the website, kind of like the drawings he leaves in the guestbook, except these are clickable links to recordings of Wally's voice. These pages have an order:
I > Will > Help > You > Understand > I-1 > Will-2 > Find > A > Way > Soon > Neighbor
3. Bug Recordings: Also across the site are GIFs of little bugs that are clickable links. These lead to video recordings of two of the characters talking to one another until one of them brings up Wally's name at the end, cutting off the dialogue. The videos are supposed to be from Wally's perspective. These pages have a specific order:
For every major update, this section will update, briefing the viewer on the latest of the Restoration Team's findings.
Currently, this section says "Write Hello."
Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages: In this section, there was a letter "Y" out of place.
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of Home beside the main picture of Wally at the top of the page. This leads to the "I" recording.
Miscellaneous
There is a GIF of a bug hiding under the guest counter at the bottom of the page. Be warned, there is not a link on this bug!
If you zoom out enough, there are GIFs of Wally's eyes watching you outside the Website's borders!
What's Welcome Home?
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of a yellow rose at the bottom of the page. This leads to the "Help" recording.
There is a drawing of blue and red roses at the bottom of the page. This leads to the "Will-2" recording.
Bug Recordings
There is a bug beside the image carousel that leads to the "4-14-bf" recording.
Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages: There was a letter "W" out of place in Wally's name in the phrase, "with Wally speaking to them on a regular basis."
The Neighborhood
Character Pages
All of the neighbor’s bios have a button underneath that says “Go back,” in colorful text. Except Wally’s button says “Goodbye,” in black text.
All of the neighbor’s bios are in past tense (“Julie was a rainbow monster”/”Eddie was a mail carrier”), aside from Wally’s which is in the present tense (“Wally is the most prominent character”).
Underneath Home, there is a black background with a white swirl on it. With every update, the swirl gets bigger. You can see this by double-clicking the map and opening the image in a new tab.
At the top of Sally's bio, there is text that says, "Reverse this image of Sally."
So Below
So Below is a secret page you can access by clicking the black space beneath Home's drawing on the map.
You
You is a secret page you can access by clicking the word "you" at the top of the page in the phrase "Even if you don't live there."
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of a flower on the image in Wally's bio that leads to the "Will" recording.
There is a drawing of a heart on the You secret page that leads to the "You" recording.
There is a drawing of a swirl at the bottom of the So Below secret page that leads to the "Neighbor" recording.
Bug Recordings
There is a bug next to the menu at the bottom of the page that leads to the "9-14-fp" recording.
There is a bug under Eddie's bio that leads to the "8-14-ef" recording.
Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages: There was the letter "X" out of place at the bottom of the page in the phrase, "and expand upon discovering new findings."
About
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of hearts beside the first few questions that leads to the “A” recording.
Bug Recordings
There is a bug at the very bottom right of the page that leads to the “10-14-js” recording.
Miscellaneous
There is invisible text at the end of the question "How did you begin your research into Welcome Home?" that says "But it hurts."
There is text written over the answer to the question "Why did you make this website?" that says "When I unwrapped the first letter, I felt it. I heard it. Open. Open. Open. I want it out. I’m going to get it out." At the end of the same paragraph, there is invisible text that says "Does it hurt?"
Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages: There was a letter "O" out of place in the header that says, "About Us!"
Media
Bug Recordings
There is a bug found below the Live Interview Audio Segment that leads to the "1-14-ph" recording.
Merchandise
Bug Recordings
There is a bug found beside the Currently Unknown Records that leads to the "6-14-jf" recording.
Phone
Phone is a secret page you can access by clicking the red button on the last image of the “It's-For-You!" Talking Telephone Toy.
The Playfellow Exhibition
Staff Only
Staff Only is a secret page that can be accessed by clicking the word “answer” in the fourth paragraph below the image carousel in the phrase "I still have so many questions to answer..."
This leads to a page of an image of scribbled text, most notably the words, “CODE IS 5 CHARACTERS! WORKSHEET IS 5 QUESTIONS- KEY??” Clicking on the image leads to another image of a safe.
Clicking on the image leads to a Guest Area where you must enter a password. The password is ‘BSPJW’ based on the answers to the worksheet found in the image carousel on “The Playfellow Exhibition” page, aka Barnaby, Sally, Poppy, Julie, and Wally. The initials of the characters’ names from the answers are the 5 characters needed for the password.
This leads to the Staff Only page. The header reads, "The Playfellow Exhibition" and "Can you hear me?" written multiple times. Under that is text that says,
"I had a dream when I began working on the Playfellow Exhibition. Wally Darling was sitting at the foot of my bed with a rotary phone in front of him, ringing away. It looked just like the little toy phone we were restoring for the exhibit. It kept ringing. Wally stared at me like he was waiting for me to pick up the phone. Just staring, unblinking. The phone ringing and ringing. I couldn't move. I couldn't figure out how to move and pick up the phone. He kept waiting. I couldn't pick up the phone.
"I keep getting phone calls, now. Or at least, I assume that's what's happening. I keep hearing it ringing. All day, sometimes. I check my phone and there's no new messages. I thought maybe some of the site staff were pranking me, but I tore up the workspace and couldn't find another phone that might be ringing. All that was there were the toys for the exhibit, and obviously those couldn't be ringing. But I kept hearing it anyway. The phone ringing and ringing.
“The more I work, the more questions I have. Why didn't any of the site staff I worked with remember this show? Even the ones who grew up in the 70s? Why can't I find any files on the Playfellow Workshop? Why isn't there a single TV guide ad saying what network or time the show was on? I keep digging and digging. I've poured over every recovery the WHRP has given me access to, every inch of their website, and the things I find make less and less sense. If I didn't know better I'd say everyone was coming together to pull an elaborate prank on me. I can still hear the phone ringing now. I don't know how to answer the phone. I need to answer the phone."
There is blacked-out text written over this that says, "Ring-ring. Hello? Can you hear me? Call back soon, please. Ring-ring. Ring. Hello? Can you hear me? Call back soon, please." six times and then, "Ring. Ring ring. Won’t you please pick up?"
At the bottom of the page there is text that says, “It’s in here.” Clicking on this just leads to the 404 Error page.
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of a house at the bottom of the page. This leads to the "Understand" recording.
Bug Recordings
There is a bug to the right of the menu at the top of the page that leads to the "2-14-sp" recording.
Miscellaneous
There is text under the menu that says, "Turn The Playfellow Exhibition upside down."
Stickers
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of a flower next to the header that leads to the “I-2” recording.
Bug Recordings
There is a bug at the very top right of the page that leads to the “11-14-jb” recording.
Miscellaneous
Above the Neighbors! section there is text that says, "Write 'OK.'"
News
Bug Recordings
There is a bug at the very top right of the page that leads to the “12-14-hb” recording.
Misellaneous
There is a drawing of a butterfly and flower on top of Frank and Julie's heads at the top of the page, but there is not a link on it!
Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages: There is a letter "E" out of place in the header "News!"
Guestbook
Signatures
As of the July 22, 2023 update, the Guestbook is now closed, but you can still view all the precious signatures HERE.
Many of the signatures have drawings beside them from Wally. These don't have links, but if you open the image in another tab, you can read their file names. The names are Wally communicating to the person who left the signature in response to whatever they said.
Y/W/X/O/V/E Pages: On Page 5, the signature left by Silly mc Billy has a drawing that says, "I love you." The letter "V" is out of place.
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of speech bubble beside the Wally and Barnaby art that leads to the “Find” recording.
Bug Recordings
There is a bug at the top of the page above the menu that leads to the “13-14-he” recording.
There is a bug on the 1st page of the Guestbook under the entry by zip that leads to the “7-14-ej” recording.
Transcripts
Bug Recordings
There is a bug besides Eddie's catchphrase transcript that leads to the “5-14-be” recording.
There is a bug over the "Happy Haunting To Boo and Yours" Storybook Records transcript that leads to "00" recording.
Miscellaneous
Beside the header for the Mystery Audio section, there is text that says, "Move Barnaby."
404 Error
This is the standard error page for the Website, meaning you can access it by entering in any invalid link name after the www.clownillustration.com/ domain. You can also access it by finding the link in the Staff Only page from The Playfellow Exhibition.
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of stars over the text that leads to the "Soon" recording.
YWXEOV
Wally's Drawings
There is a drawing of a phone to the right of the GIF that leads to the "Way" recording.
WOXYVE
Bug Recordings
There is a (realistic) bug that leads to the "14-14-bh" recording.
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