Alternate Reality Games
Here are resources I’ve created about ARGs:
- ARG Stats: my listing of all publicly available statistics about many commercial & independent ARGs
- Presentation on cross-media, with references to the media used in many ARGs
- ARG Design Links: reference guide to ARG case-studies, articles & podcasts, at ARGology.org
- Awarded ARGs: listing of awards given to ARGs, at ARGology.org
- How to Play ARGs: quick intro to links to help learn how to play ARGs, at ARGology.org
- Social Interaction Patterns in ARGs: my provisional listing of techniques ARG designers use to promote social interaction [John Evans was very generous and created this wiki version, feel free add to it!]
- ARG Design Charts: examples of flowcharts & excel docs used for ARG design
- Anti-Hoaxing Strategies: how ARG designers put in cues that the story/game is fictional
- Player-Content Tiers in ARGs: online compliment to an essay about tiers in ARGs (how diff content targets diff player-types)
- Coming soon: a comprehensive listing of ARGs around the world (yes, beyond the USA & UK!)
