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Wiese 03-18-2017 08:56 AM

What if the audio also contains a morse code? Did you think about that?

Varstahl 03-18-2017 09:30 AM

The maximum I got out of it was some sort of barcode-like spectrum, but I'm farily sure that's only cognitive bias. I'm trying to get my hands on Edison though, I used to obtain great results with it on the audio side of things. Never used for ARGs but who knows.

Shade_Meadows 03-19-2017 01:48 PM

Well, i have a feeling that if these clues are not complete, we will have another clue very soon!

AvengingGibbons 03-20-2017 12:53 PM

Is there somewhere that we can see all info about the ARG so far? I found a wikia on it but it seemed incomplete and/or disorganised to me...

Nemin 03-20-2017 12:58 PM

Sadly the best thing you can do, as far as I know, is to read trough these threads...
Or maybe this wiki page can you help you a bit: http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index...rld:_Soulstorm

Gunnr 03-20-2017 02:55 PM

Want to skim through what's happened in the Arg? Try here :)

http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Soulstorm_ARG

Varstahl 03-20-2017 03:22 PM

Both the wikia and the Game Detectives wiki are outdated.

Xavier 03-20-2017 03:34 PM

Yeah sorry about that. I'll update it asap.

Havoc 03-20-2017 04:51 PM

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Both the wikia and the Game Detectives wiki are outdated.

Well, the summary is up to date at least :p

Gunnr 03-20-2017 08:32 PM

*Skimmed wikia* Oh damn, you're right! Oops. Xav, ya Slackin buddy :p
Lol

AvengingGibbons 03-21-2017 05:48 AM

So has anyone got any idea on why the OTT part of the morse code (maybe it isnt OTT but for referencing's sake...) is spaced out like it is, whereas all the rest of it is spaced normally? Any ideas at all?

Wiese 03-21-2017 01:23 PM

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So has anyone got any idea on why the OTT part of the morse code (maybe it isnt OTT but for referencing's sake...) is spaced out like it is, whereas all the rest of it is spaced normally? Any ideas at all?

That is a good question! Didn't think 'bout that.

AvengingGibbons 03-21-2017 03:54 PM

i was thinking maybe it symbolises 1 out of 3 ( --- - - ) and then the other codes might be second --- --- - and third --- --- --- .... hust a wild guess, probably wrong lol.. could it refer to the first of the 3 images??

Wircea 03-23-2017 12:30 PM

Do you think the past games getting a discount the past few weeks may be related to anything?

Nemin 03-23-2017 12:52 PM

Well probably it's to cause hype. If people see the sales, maybe they pick the games up or just think about the series, discover the ARG and such. It's "free" advertisement.

MeechCrunchies 03-23-2017 03:46 PM

Well, that and to maybe get some more people in on the ARG, considering it's basically dead

AvengingGibbons 03-23-2017 04:00 PM

it's dead coz theyve gave us low res frames with illegible pigpen symbols... that pigpen tells us the release date of soulstorm. u heard it here first

kjjcarpenter 03-23-2017 10:14 PM

The ARG is only going to get less interest as it goes along, because it's a niche experience and not inclusive of the larger fandom. There's nothing particularly Oddworldian about the puzzles, which is disappointing, and most people taking part don't actually know any of the ciphers, they're just Googling the answers, which seems kind of moot.

The unveiled pictures are neat, but that's all most folk care about.

Shade_Meadows 03-24-2017 12:39 AM

Wow, people are getting kinda of lame
=D Hype up people!

Vanilla ✜ 03-24-2017 02:14 AM

I thought everything in that short video was solved? Is there still stuff to do or are we waiting on something else?

OWI_Alex 03-24-2017 02:24 AM

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The ARG is only going to get less interest as it goes along, because it's a niche experience and not inclusive of the larger fandom. There's nothing particularly Oddworldian about the puzzles, which is disappointing, and most people taking part don't actually know any of the ciphers, they're just Googling the answers, which seems kind of moot.

Actually we're all thrilled with the way the ARG so far has been received.

The initial one last March was lowkey and intended purely for the fans, with the Ed reveal and some other highlights being the end goal, along with the reveal of the various Abe bodypart stills.

This year we opened it a little wider, stretched out the puzzles more to end in visual reveals like the photos and the recent video. The images got us some great press and people seem to really dig the style we're crafting.

We're deliberately not keeping it entirely within the Oddworld universe in terms of the actual puzzles because the goal was to widen the appeal somewhat, which we think we achieved. Although many of them absolutely are linked to Oddworld, but perhaps not that directly. Look harder.

With anything like this, we rely a little on you guys spreading the word and asking friends, family for help, and so on. That's how ARGs work, at least to my knowledge.

As for what's next? Well, you'll have to wait and see.

However, while by definition the ARG itself might well be niche, obviously there's a greater message being told, one that ties into Soulstorm, and the closer you're following it and the more you're invested, the more obvious that will be when you see and play the game. Let's just say I hope somebody is taking NOTEs.

But there are multiple goals here with the image reveals - yes we want you guys to be excited about each new screenshot, but we also want to see non-hardcore fans getting back into the brand, and those new to the series, which we're definitely witnessing.

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The unveiled pictures are neat, but that's all most folk care about.

Well, there you go.

Varrok 03-24-2017 02:31 AM

:thumbsUp:

Vanilla ✜ 03-24-2017 03:08 AM

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As for what's next? Well, you'll have to wait and see.

However, while by definition the ARG itself might well be niche, obviously there's a greater message being told, one that ties into Soulstorm, and the closer you're following it and the more you're invested, the more obvious that will be when you see and play the game. Let's just say I hope somebody is taking NOTEs.
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So all this stuff will be tied into SoulStorm? I can't wait, I hope we get some more news about it soon. :fuzgrin:

Xavier 03-24-2017 03:19 AM

Hey Alex, thanks for sharing this, good to see the ARG is providing the expected results :D

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Let's just say I hope somebody is taking NOTEs.

Dude...

There you go, just finished updating it:
http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Souls...d_transmission

:)

Nemin 03-24-2017 06:09 AM

Damn, amazing work you did there man, it really helps immersing yourself into the ARG.

Gunnr 03-24-2017 07:50 AM

^-^ time for some reading

Xavier 03-24-2017 07:51 AM

Thanks Nemin, I'm happy you like it.

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Did some extrapolation of data with new stuff I learnt from the Intel ARG, most of it is kind of readable. Left both the original and the improved version, the entirety of the images I processed (for better or worse :confused:) are here.

http://imgur.com/wcqn4qG.png
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http://i.imgur.com/W4UyXoQ.png
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http://i.imgur.com/fjY2A1y.png
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Not too sure on both the morse and the glyphs… some seem artifacts although some are clearly there. In the pigpens I dotted what I wasn't sure of.

Thanks for sharing this Varstahl, I've been looking at those and try some substitution ciphers on it but I'm getting nowhere.

This part of the ARG is super brutal, it makes me wonder if we're really supposed to be tackling it this way. :fuzconf:

EDIT: Looking at it a bit more it seems the biggest issue we have is video quality.
I've been looking at the video directly on YouTube and it seems the glyphs are a bit clearer there:
https://youtu.be/2l4jZVTUoak?t=1

I think it would really help us to have the original movie file.

Varstahl 03-24-2017 10:36 AM

Np Xav :)

I'll be honest, I haven't checked them for a while. But I'm kind of buggered by the NOTEs. Do we have music-sheet transposable data we didn't use yet? :P

Shade_Meadows 03-24-2017 06:33 PM

;D always a smile in my face when i see new posts

tmakz 03-25-2017 08:38 AM

Heya!!! How is everyone been a bit unwell this week so yeah so no word on pic 4 hopefully we get something because its End of March next week.