1 | The concept of an AlternateRealityGame (or ARG for short) began approximately with the art project ''ARG/OngsHat'', which used print media and Internet to tell its story. Modern [=ARGs=] follow the transmedia format established by ''Ong's Hat'' and thus combine tropes from other media while inventing some of their own. |
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3 | See also InteractiveStorytellingTropes. |
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6 | !!Alternate Reality Game Tropes include: |
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8 | [[index]] |
9 | * AlternateRealityGame: A online game where a fictional storyline is presented as a story happening in RealLife. |
10 | * EntryPoint: Most of an ARG's gameplay is hidden from the public eye. As such, the game-creators will insert conspicuous story/puzzle samples on their websites and advertisements to entice people into their game. |
11 | * {{Flashmob}}: This is usually an unintentional side-effect. An ARG may require its players to travel to real locations as part of the gameplay, which may result in multiple players showing up in large crowds at random places. |
12 | * {{Kayfabe}}: Part of an ARG's immersion stems from the storytellers playing various characters and/or pretending that the game is a true event. |
13 | * StoryBreadcrumbs: An ARG's storytelling is not one continuous narrative but rather pieces of information dealt out periodically to players as they solve puzzles and progress further and further into the game. |
14 | * UrbanLegends: Certain [=ARGs=] blur the line between reality and fiction by promoting their plots as mythological tales that may or may not be true. |
15 | [[/index]] |
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