Specially made for those who loves HOGs

There are so many HOG nowadays. Lately I've been having fun with the ones published by Artifex Mundi. HOG
is Hidden Object Games, games in which you have to find hidden objects in various scenes, supplemented with
a back story and some clever puzzle mechanics. Mystery Case Files series was probably the first to popularize
hidden object games. I really love it when I can play casually and let my
train of thoughts wander along with the story and the beautiful scenes. I hope those with eagle eyes and the spirit of a detective
inside them will find this simple giveaway enjoyable:

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/HBZPs/9-clues-the-secret-of-serpent-creek

Ends in 3 days.

Solvers:

1. SilentGuy
2. blead01
3. Nuwanda
4. jeffhowe
5. Lavito
6. snoopyman528
7. windofmemory
8. MiniTaurus
9. cams02
10. narini
11. Caractacus

Aaand it's a wrap!

This puzzle train was originally inspired by this experiment from Starlynk. It was a small experiment to gauge how many people actually read the descriptions on a giveaway page. Starlynk made a series of public giveaways with hidden links to a private giveaway of the same game.

I wanted to go beyond that with my very own small experiment. I wanted to see, out of those who like playing HOGs, how many would spot something odd in the giveaway description and actually investigate it. Just like what we do in HOGs, right? NOPE. I soon realized that the time limit was way too short for someone to actually realize that this is a hidden puzzle. Nobody told them to look for something so they won't be looking. Hence this thread was made, and as consequence I have skewed my own experiment x'D

Participants of each GAs:

1. 1534 entries, non-entry* unknown
2. 51 entries + 36 non-entries = 87 participants (~5.67% of all participants)
3. 14 non-entries (16.09% of GA2, ~0.91% of all participants)
4. 11 non-entries (78.57% of GA3, ~0.72% of all participants)

*By non-entry I mean those who follow along the puzzle train but not entering because game is already owned.
The first one to reach GA2 is Adilx05, 33 people before him missed the URL link.

Thank you all who participated. I had so much fun creating this, so I've planned a longer, harder, and better puzzle train (I've learnt a few things here ^^v )