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    • #6995
      Aphra K
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      Does anyone know people developing or interested in alternative reality games in ireland.?

      Aphra.

    • #42706
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Hi Aphra
      Yes. I believe I know the opportunity and I have a team of 6 experienced programmers ready to go. Will be making contact with view to pitch shortly.

    • #42727
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Aren’t all games "alternate reality games"

      Is this another buzz word? ;)

    • #42750
      Aphra K
      Keymaster

      well technically yes they are but ARGs tend to be pretty multi-platform..anyone have a technical definition?

      Aphra.

    • #42757
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      "An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants’ ideas or actions"[/quote:30f929baa5]

      took the above from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_reality_game, as good as many of the more convoluted definitions I’ve read from Bolter, Murray, Landow and the rest.

      BTW IMHO David4482 even ‘experienced Programmers’ alone, unless they’re really exceptionally cross disciplinary will not deliver an ARG. Looked at ARG stuff last year as part of a 360 project.

    • #42781
      Aphra K
      Keymaster

      thanks Clevercelt…

      any chance you can tell us more about the 360 project??? :D

      Aphra.

    • #42784
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Nothing to tell Aphra, its dead in the water now, the pre-credit crunchiness squeeze’ killed it off before it got to fledgling functioning prototype – i.e. properly ‘floggable’ by commercial standards.

      you know what they say Aphra: – go tell everyone you know: Viral Marketing doesn’t work ! tomorrow’s ARG will be so yesterday already.

      Apparently Print & TV are dead, social media, mobile & Net AV are alive…. and yet the Irish Games industry remains a zombie, well maybe just urinating into the wind under current economic conditions…..

      I’m genuinely depressed ……………. :cry:

    • #42786
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      This http://cursebird.com/ cheered me up a bit though.

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