r/ARG

I've been trying to do an arg, but I can't even begin to imagine the plot, how to do it, blahblahblah, how do you guys get inspiration and do it?

Kind of new to ARGs, but found one through a post about some backrooms event, but then I realized that it's not an ARG anymore and kind of got disappointed

Are there any ARGs that feel like the backrooms or feel high budget, like it's worth spending your time on?

I want something that feels like it's going to culminate into something or feels interactive

Some years back I found a blog which claimed to have discovered an ARG made by David Bowie which encompasses his whole career.

Long story short I’m a huge lifelong Bowie fan, I followed this blog and found the ARG the authors say they found via clues (bootleg “unofficial” cassette tapes).
There’s websites, YouTube channels, books (some in code) written under pseudonym(s) which I now believe to be written by Bowie.
It’s a pretty insane rabbit hole even beyond the insanity of David Bowie having made an ARG.

It also ties into Twin Peaks. I know it all seems far-fetched but I have proof. Looking for some ARG experienced people who could analyze audio files, are familiar with other ARG mechanics I can show this to/can help with puzzles. I’m experienced in Bowie and not in ARG.

I already commented this on some post about new args so.

First of, idk if this is an arg in the first place since I just saw it from an ad. But it promises players can solve mystery with real life locations and it even has a website. It seems fairly new since the update was a day ago it says on the apple store. I think the general story is an investigation on a missing girl anyways it's on apple store which is why I can't play it for myself as an Android player ☹️ title : "Bellweather: the tuner"

Mods pls don't delete this I need someone to solve it for me I'm to lazy to solve it and my device ain't built for the app just wanna watch an"arg explained"video😞

this is a serious topic, is any arg ever had a decent goal for the antagonist like I get it, this deity wants to mess around with the protagonist until he defeats him, I don't care how the story goes or whatnot what I care is the why, why him, why in this way, why is he doing this etc etc was there any good goals other than "ah I take your body" "I'm your father" "it'll kill you" etc etc I'm asking cuz I'm making this arg where the entity's goal is entertainment, everything he does is to provoke the main character to do something, beat what he throw at him, solve what he build, reach the end, and start over

This is my point and click arg I've been working on for a few months now. It is NOT finished and is only on desktop (for now)

It is heavily story based and the puzzles are not going to be difficult; I want everyone to be able to play through and complete it. I appreciate any feedback (please do be easy on me, this website is my baby) but I do have 2 things in paticular I want to ask:

1. Did you enjoy your experience and want to play more?

2. What popular game/arg would you compare this to? I need a list of similar games for marketing purposes.

Thanks in advance to anyone who plays it <3

DreamEmulator.Online

It was on IG or TikTok, a guy was filming outside in usually very busy places like touristic places or metro station in day time while being completely alone
I wonder what happened to it

So I’m making an arg for the people in my school to solve and I was thinking of putting a phone number that leads to a voice recording to further the narrative, but I don’t know how to set one up, any help is appreciated!!

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?