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ARG TIPS
I’m putting together a fairly elaborate ARG to launch the Kickstarter for a deck of playing cards I designed. I have a TON of different ideas and different codes and all that, but I want more ideas !! What new codes should I use? How can I find new ways to hide information in stuff I write?
Fabrication Lab for ARG Puzzle Creation
The QUT School of Design has a very special place for the making of physical artefacts for Interaction Designers.
Today our 2016 Masters cohort got to visit the J Block Fabrication Lab... and now they can expand their imagination when designing objects for their ARG projects.
I can’t wait to see what they all make!
Visual Prototype for my ARG.
Mockup of fake website for corrupted AI.
Background image: Fiery-Fire
3 Things ARGs Should/Shouldn't Do.
3 Things an ARG Should Do.
Be Narrative Driven The most important element of an ARG is it's plot/storyline. This needs to be engaging, and go beyond the actions/events that the ARG Involves.
Involve Player's Problem Solving Skills An ARG needs to involve puzzles/clues/documents that either need to be solved or put together to move the storyline forward. They should also, where possible, allow the storyline to be altered by the player's actions in solving these puzzles to increase the sense of interactivity and 'realism' in the ARG.
Engage Player's Across Multiple Mediums To further the sense of realism and to blur the lines between reality and fiction, a success ARG needs to use multiple mediums in its delivery of content to it's players. Some examples of possible mediums are:
- Websites - Blogs/Twitter feeds/Online News Stories - Viral Videos - Phone Conversations - Billboards/Posters - Real Life Interactions with Actors
3 Things an ARG Should Avoid
Linear Plot or Lack of Interactivity As ARGs happen in the real world as well as virtual worlds, the players should have a deciding factor in how the story pans out. An ARG should be dynamic.
No Sense of Urgency There needs to be a sense of urgency to spur the players on through the ARG, or else the ARG will feel sluggish, and quickly the player will lose interest.
Appropriate Level of Difficulty This is perhaps the hardest factor to judge. Make a game too hard or challenging and players will lose interest after repetitively failing at a task. However, if it is too easy there is no sense of reward in accomplishing the tasks the ARG requires.
This is a flow chart of the plot made by the creators of the game.
