We need another ARG

[Ipquarx]

no one wants to make one because you guys are such starfishs to people who don't do it right

so then make one right, here, take some advice from the makers of the portal 1 and 2 args:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AdamFoster/20130617/194321/Alternate_Reality_Game_puzzle_design.php

if you make the game resonate with the people in the right way they'll love it
if you can add an actual story into it? even better

[Ad Bot]

[kanew2000]

what

the first link in alternative's post

[McZealot]

when the price dropped on BL I got a new key for $4.99 and a few weeks later made an arg on it out of boredom

stuttered a bit at first when the URL didn't work. then i got it together.
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=240499.msg6861035#msg6861035

It has a storyline. Try to play through it from the begginning-- it's pretty fun. unfortunately some bits involve things like emailing the "doctor" so you'll have to read the thread.

previews:



edit: the idea was that it was a "countdown" to your death but the date got hit 650 days ago sooooo

[QuadStorm]

I once thought I was going to make an ARG, but I never got around to it, not to mention it'd be pretty lame since I never even though of giving it some sort of storyline/real mystery so it'd really just be a game of decoding something through whatever method. I do have a pretty large amount of ideas on hiding information as a result of this; here's a partial list since I really won't ever make an ARG:
-password locked .pea archive file
-finding a download link to a file w/ info/leads/whatever
-hiding information using alternate data streams
-strings encrypted with some algorithm on this site
-sstv signals
-distorting sounds/audio through messing w/ equalization
-distorting sounds/audio by time compressing it then expanding it back out again (gives a pretty neat effect imo)
-verylow quality video
-image blurred just enough to be able to be enhanced (deblured) to be useable
-text hidden through a very small difference in color on a all black/white/any other solid background
-gif frames (gif image doesn't appear to move but info is hidden in a frame)

I hope those ideas are useful in making any future ARG (or not since now anyone would know exactly what to do to recover the desired information). There are plenty more hiding in my like 50 stickynotes on my desktop that I'm too lazy to search through.

[Epicduke]

here's my arg
you are a cigaretteg_t
solve it and get a prize

[Isjix]

here's my arg
you are a cigaretteg_t
solve it and get a prize

[ i ] you are a cigaretteg_t [ /i ]

we have to find out what the [ i ] things are guys we are finally getting somewhere with this arg

[Electrk.]

[ i ] you are a cigaretteg_t [ /i ]

we have to find out what the [ i ] things are guys we are finally getting somewhere with this arg

maybe we're supposed to change "you" to "i"

[Isjix]

maybe we're supposed to change "you" to "i"

[ i ] i are a cigaretteg_t [ /i ]

now we're getting  there wow i tink we're decoding something

[Electrk.]

"i are a cigarettegit" maybe? What does the slash mean though????

[blockguy™]

"i are a cigarettegit" maybe? What does the slash mean though????

actually it's cigarettegat because i  = a and i have written a 5 page essay in MLA format and sent to a mathematician at a prestigious university who has confirmed it

[CRITAWAKETS]

I was a ARG before...

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[Unwritten Calender]

binary isnt an arg

[Snoop Da Dogg]

I was a ARG before...

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Translates to
http://www.gmtower.org/forums/index.php?topic=9777.0

[Zharthon]

 I really dislike ARG's, especially the ones that attempt to creep the forget out of you, you can still have a mystery but not be hiding behind distorted voices, blood splatter pictures and knife pictures (reffering to the Mysteries of GMOD Tower thread).

I just have a distaste for 'scary' ARG's.

[|Orange|]

I made this thingy a while back, it was meant to be really long, but it ended up being a 1337th post gift

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=264867.0