Alright so I have followed ARGs. I have read about ARGs and I took part in creating puzzles for one. For my final I decided I was going to create an ARG from scratch which was extremely fun, but I think I did it slightly off. I followed all of the instructions I received on the final for creating an ARG. I also followed the rather formulaic method of having an issue of an oppressive entity that the protagonists are trying to over through and combined with the other ARG plotline they are on a quest to find their imprisoned loved ones.
So far so good, I have a working plot line. Yet, as I started to make the puzzles and figured out how my main character, Dr. Guerrero, was going to ask for the players’help. I had an epiphany. See Dr. Guerrero’s wife and daughter are being held hostage by this king pin who is obsessed with finding seven indigenous relics that could resurrect his dead love. In order for Guerrero’s family to be safe and eventually be returned to him, he must decipher ancient riddles that explain the use of the artifacts. Guerrero starts a blog which he calls for any one and everyone’s help in deciphering the texts. He also encodes messages asking for help.
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