Tips on starting a ARG?

>>18752798

Don't.

>>18752847
Thanks for the feedback, I'll keep that important information in mind

>>18752798
This picture is triggering me.

>>18752867
Yeah, I kinda thought the picture would trigger some people.

Whoops

hmm, you could make some messages through x as hints to sites of the game..idk

>>18752798
I remember when I was a kid I kept looking at this picture as there were rumours it was making people commit suicide and suddenly it turned into something looking like medusa I was so fucking scared it was a fucking .gif I guess

>>18752798

Do's:

>Make thoughtful, open-ended puzzles that lead to multiple different answers
>Have each separate answer lead to either a dead end or the right track
>Put in more effort than an elementary school science fair project
>Rely on several formats (audio, physical, digital, etc)
>Have an actual ending and some minor reward at a physical location(like a cheap gift card)
>Use geo-caching/usb dead drops

Don'ts:

>Use the same fucking cryptography shit as everyone else, look at the different options (Rot13, Navajo, Vigenere, Enigma, etc)
>Rely on the same tricks multiple times in it, variety is the spice of life
>Shill it constantly on 4chan. Try something different instead, like placing the first clue in a television, newspaper/magazine, or radio advertisement. Explore, be fuckin creative.
>Copy the same shit everybody else has done 50 billion times before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7mOxdEDNn8

BTC going full retard right now. Rise ashen one

Are we good?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6FvsKo162U

Insanity rising on a daily. May god be with us all. Is this an ARG?

Much love yall

Don't give away what the ARG is about right off the bat.

A lot of ARG'S start off with letting you knowing what it's in relation to, and then move forward (Ex. This is a Halo ARG, now find the clues). Don't do this. A lot of fun comes from figuring out what the ARG is about.

Make seemingly unrelated objects/ideas/websites vaguely related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJAXwAaA2w

The world is going through massive changes. Feel the birth pains.

This is our ARG

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Best ARG I've even seen was the MetaCortex ARG back in 2002-2003.

>Set in The Matrix universe
>centered around an HR employee who worked for MetaCortex (same software company Neo worked for)
>she starts to figure out what The Matrix is
>she goes missing
>Have to try to figure out if she's on the run, if she was abducted by Agents or if she escaped the Matrix altogether
>real websites with logins you have to figure out
>real email addresses that reply uniquely to each email received
>real phone numbers
>real world drop sites

Shit was cash. So many night spent in Yahoo chat and AIM messenger with everyone trying to figure it all out. I joined the military right before the end but I think she was on the run from Agents and ended up being murdered.

>>18753875
Thanks man, these tips are really helpful. DESU the place I live in is perfect for actual physical locations.

>>18753897
Bad example, but something like EverymanHybrid?

>>18753855
Yeah, I know about the story. The reason I put that picture in is because the idea of it kinda ties in with what I'm writing atm

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>>18753855
all spoopy stories about this picture were a hoax.

>>18752881
Wait... how? did I miss Something?

>>18755489
Yeah, like most things

What are ARGs, if you don't mind me asking.

>>18752847
Best answer in thread.

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>>18755489
>>18755497

>>18755945

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+an+arg

>>18755945
>What are ARGs
Have some kid show you how to use google

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game
https://www.reddit.com/r/ARG/
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/