When: Starting Wednesday, May 6th — 10am PT
Platform: Multiplatform Alternate Reality Experience
Price: Free, 18+
Tags: #horror, #interactive, #puzzles, #ARG, #ContentAdvisory(See Below)
The immersive all-star creators of the Overlook Film Festival’s 2019 game All of Them Witches are teaming up again for an original ARG you can experience from the “safety” of your own home.
“Part murder mystery, part heartbreak novella, the game unfolds over a series of weeks, inviting players to dive into darkness and emerge once they find the light.”
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May 4, 2020: AOTW presents ARCANA, a narrative-driven game for the current state of the world that is safe to play while social distancing. Totally digital yet immersive, ARCANA is an interactive horror game that is an entirely internet-based, puzzle-centric, theatrical experience that can be enjoyed by players from their laptops or smartphones, without ever breaking CDC Guidelines.
Set during the current pandemic, ARCANA combines a twist-filled narrative with complex puzzles, riddles, and sleuthing. The story follows Jade, a tormented artist who turns to social media to battle her mounting isolation. Part murder mystery, part heartbreak novella, the game unfolds over a series of weeks, inviting players to dive into darkness and emerge once they find the light.
“It’s a game meant to be played at home but it’s not about the quarantine. Instead, it taps into the very real feeling of creeping on an acquaintance via social media as their life unravels.” — Eva Anderson, ARCANA co-creator.
Created by AOTW: In 2019, a super team of immersive theater, horror film, and escape room nerds got together to create a four-day, city-wide ARG for the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans called “All Of Them, Witches!” The team reunited in the midst of shelter-in-place orders across the nation, to create a new genre of immersive experience design. The AOTW team is proud to present ARCANA, a free-to-play, original experience for our current times.
AOTW is comprised of: Eva Anderson, Mali Elfman, Eric Hoff, Tommy Honton and E3W Productions (Aaron Keeling, Austin Keeling and Natalie Jones).
To Play Go To www.Arcana-Game.com ARCANA will begin on Wednesday, May 6th — 10am PT
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Content Advisories: Dark themes. Participant discretion advised.
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