How to make a Minecraft ARG
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To create a Minecraft ARG, start by choosing the point where the Minecraft gameplay will interact with reality. For example, in the infamous “Minecraft Player Trapped in a Loop” ARG video, the game becomes an ARG at the point where the shadow figure begins messing with the game, which causes the player (Sandy) to begin to think that someone is messing with the game or monitoring him IRL. In many of the “Don’t Look at the Moon” ARG stories, looking at the moon triggers something to drive the player to suspect someone (or something) is messing with their game.
If you’re going to build a Minecraft ARG, think about what kind of story you want to tell and then work backwards from there until you find the point where the game needs to do something that redirects the player to interact with something in reality. For example, you could build a Minecraft caving challenge where players come across QR codes or hints that direct them to a mysterious document you’ve published online.
You could also use a mod to radically change the way a player experiences a level. You might have a mod trigger the colors in the game to change radically and instruct the player to look out for the person watching them, or install a stone-eating mod that messes with the player’s inventory by destroying anything made of stone while suggesting the player’s PC or console is trying to keep them safe.
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If you’re going to build a Minecraft ARG, think about what kind of story you want to tell and then work backwards from there until you find the point where the game needs to do something that redirects the player to interact with something in reality. For example, you could build a Minecraft caving challenge where players come across QR codes or hints that direct them to a mysterious document you’ve published online.
You could also use a mod to radically change the way a player experiences a level. You might have a mod trigger the colors in the game to change radically and instruct the player to look out for the person watching them, or install a stone-eating mod that messes with the player’s inventory by destroying anything made of stone while suggesting the player’s PC or console is trying to keep them safe.
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