u/DrainingSun

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Apologies if this is the wrong tag, I couldn't see any others that fit best.

Around 3 years ago I attempted an ARG called Dreamworld here on Reddit. I'm very proud of the idea: It was a sort of interactive comic styled after a visual novel where players would vote for outcomes by upvoting or downvoting the post or a pinned comment. I planned more than what I did, like sections where you'd have to solve riddles, and there was much to do outside the comic, like a limited time chat with one of the characters or a puzzle that led to a secret tumblr page. Suffice to say, I loved making it.

Now it ended up failing, in a way. Some of that was me getting to ambitious and adding too much to the story, but a great deal of it was lack of player interaction for something that was meant to hinge so much on it. I did what I could, making fake advertisements and posting them here, but it eventually fizzled out. Part of it was me as well as I was off to college and dealing with burnout, but even before then it was starting to die. I still love this project and I'm tempted to try a reboot, but I'm concerned the same thing will happen and it'll be for naught. Do any of you have ideas?

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u/DrainingSun — 11 days ago