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<div>{{ArgHeader|arg=Eye Sigil ARG}}<br />
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'''Duskers''' is a tactical, roguelike, sci-fi, survival horror game developed by ''Misfits Attic'', released on Steam on 18 May 2016. It's created using Unity engine.<br />
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The sigil was added on the release.<br />
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=Sigil=<br />
There is a secret menu in the game. It can be accessed by hitting F1, F2, F12 or DEL on launch.<br />
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In that secret menu, option number 3 reads <code>%*)!@(#$@*#$(&&</code>. Choosing it shows the sigil in the top left for a split second (0.05s to be specific) and opens this URL in browser:<br />
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<nowiki>http://misfitsattic.com/0-)$(_]]@!!+@=/</nowiki><br />
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[[Image:DuskersSigil.png|300px]]<br />
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=Piece=<br />
In the game there is a game log ([http://duskers.wikia.com/wiki/Unfiled Log 6 on duskers wikia]) that mentions both <code>0-)$(_]]@!!+@=</code> and another similair string, <code>1@$6[[=))!8-$(=</code>, which is garbled by the extra characters (this is common in the game's logs and is part of it).<br />
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By substituting this string in the url, you get a login form on the URL<br />
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<nowiki>http://misfitsattic.com/1@$6[[=))!8-$(=/</nowiki><br />
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As of right now, it's not known wether there are correct credentials for it.<br />
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The piece however, is just located in that folder as '''piece.jpg''' file, as discovered by Discord user '''dadpew'''.<br />
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[[Image:DuskersPiece.jpg|300px]]<br />
==Discovery process notes==<br />
While datamining, GameDetectives have found this log file:<br />
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Externally modified log detected<br />
[begin]<br />
<color=#cdca2d><br />
Note to self:<br />
1. Keep an eye on your resources. If you run out your only option is to soft reset.<br />
2. Figure out why everyone is dead.<br />
3. Before you reset, remember to write this note. <br />
<br />
Password: duck<br />
</color><br />
[end of file]<br />
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Saving Log to Drive... Save Complete.<br />
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For a while it was believed that '''duck''' is the password. This was later debunked by the developer [https://twitter.com/MisfitsAttic/status/763065495289335810 saying] that the duck password was a thing from the early iteration of the game.<br />
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=Developer notes=<br />
The developer Tim Keenan mentioned in an interview for the [http://kotaku.com/the-sigil-eye-conspiracy-is-indie-games-widest-spanni-1785342978 Kotaku article] that he ''received subtle assurances that [this ARG] is nothing he’d be upset about supporting''. The way he was involved by the puppetmaster was also described as ''cryptic'':<br />
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For me, it’s kinda like an ARG in an ARG, in a way, because how Duskers got involved is sorta cryptic too.<br />
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=Data Mining=<br />
In the code for the secret menu the sigil image is referred by the word ''sigil'':<br />
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public Image sigil;<br />
private bool showingSigil;<br />
private float timerSigil;<br />
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case 2:<br />
if (!this.showingSigil)<br />
{<br />
this.logo.enabled = false;<br />
this.sigil.enabled = true;<br />
this.showingSigil = true;<br />
this.timerSigil = 0.05f;<br />
Application.OpenURL("http://misfitsattic.com/0-)$(_]]@!!+@=");<br />
break;<br />
}</div>Houstonhttps://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Eye_Sigil_ARG&diff=19423Eye Sigil ARG2021-03-28T19:49:52Z<p>Houston: </p>
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<div>{{argbox<br />
| float = right<br />
| name = Eye Sigil ARG<br />
| image = File:Eye Sigil.png<br />
| description= The Eye ARG, also known as the Sigil or Eye Sigil ARG, lasted for nearly a year and spanned more than 25 seemingly unrelated indie games.<br />
| creator = [http://twinbeard.com Twinbeard]<br />
| type = Official<br />
| status = Completed<br />
| discovered = 2016-01-23<br />
| completed = 2016-11-15<br />
| timeline = [[Eye_Sigil_ARG/Timeline]]<br />
| halloffame = true<br />
}}<br />
{{ArgHeader|arg=Eye Sigil ARG}}<br />
----<br />
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''For a condensed timeline of events, see [[Eye_Sigil_ARG/Timeline]]''<br />
<br />
== The Sigil ==<br />
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In May 2015, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/ strange image] was found in the SteamApp root directory of the game "[[Crypt of the Necrodancer]]." The purpose of the image remained unknown until [https://i.imgur.com/miZtTX1.jpg another glyph] was obtained, by [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/croq00v snooping through the original image using a hex editor]. No clear answers about the images emerged for some time.<br />
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Around the same time, [https://steamcommunity.com/app/323380/discussions/2/530647080137884418/ a similar image] was found by players of the game "[[The Magic Circle]]" that also consisted of circles and arcs. The image was behind an airlock and had a similar sigil depicted on it, shortly after the game's release in June 2015.<br />
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=== A Shared Mystery ===<br />
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Then, on 23 Jan 2016, a user discovered yet another similar [https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniMetro/comments/42bd84/secret_map_canberra_puzzle marking] in a game called [[Mini Metro]]. Shortly afterward, users came forward and claimed that they had seen similar markings in other games, including [[Sokobond]] and [[Kingdom of Loathing]]. By a combination of astute observation and dumb luck, the image, coined the "eye sigil" (the word "sigil" came from the resource names used in the games), now tied half a dozen games together.<br />
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In each game where the sigil is present, it is accompanied by a second, hidden circular glyph with little circles, squares, and triangles on concentric arcs. While the sigil itself was easily visible (even though been in vague places or displayed after very specific actions), seeing the second image required completing some challenge or figuring out some devious puzzle planted in the game. In certain cases, the glyph was first recovered using data-mining strategies (i.e. digging through the files and assets of the game), before solving the mystery the intended way.<br />
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== The Big Picture ==<br />
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After several glyphs had been discovered, it became clear that each of them was a fragment, intended to be joined together to form a larger puzzle. While at first it was not certain how these pieces ought to be assembled, as more pieces were discovered we were able to fill in the blanks.<br />
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You can now try putting the puzzle together yourself with a tool made by DukeBG. [http://duke.a-comics.ru/sigil_arg/ Give it a go!]<br />
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Clean result: [[File:dukemap.png|frameless|128px]] [[File:Eye Sigil Clean Map.png|frameless|128px]]<br />
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The arrangement of the map was complete as of 14 Aug 2016 with two "straight" arcs left as speculation lines. On 13 Oct 2016, the final lines were confirmed and there were no speculative lines left.<br />
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These resources were made before there was any solid information in regards to how the map should be used or solved. They are included here for historical purposes:<br />
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*[[Eye Sigil ARG/Map Speculative Theories|Map speculative theories (list)]]<br />
*[[Eye Sigil ARG/Map measurements|Map measurements]]<br />
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=== Commonality Between the Games ===<br />
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The question of whether or not the games involved with this ARG were linked in some way was very difficult to answer. It was first postulated that each game's developers had attended [http://www.indiecade.com/ Indiecade]; however, this theory was later sunk. For all we know, the games (and one book) were created by a comparatively small teams or ''indie'' developers (with a broad definition of this word, pretty much just being ''self-published''). Many of them follow each other on Twitter or know each other in one form or another (including brothers David and Kyle J. Pittmans, who each had a sigil in their games).<br />
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=== Who Holds The Knowledge ===<br />
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As the ARG developed, some of the developers disclosed that they didn't actually know where all of these sigils were leading. They were presented, by a mysterious third party, with two images — the sigil and a map piece — and asked to hide the map piece behind the sigil (we can assume they were not told any particular instructions about hiding since all the developers did it in any way they liked). Moreover, they received ''subtle assurances'' that the ARG was nothing they’d be ''upset about supporting''. Some developers seemed to hold more knowledge, however, saying that ''the answer will reveal itself in time'' (this was said not as a clue, but as a remark by Kevin Simmons from [[Kingdom of Loathing]] at PAX West 2016).<br />
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== Letter Soup ==<br />
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[[File:Firewatch Soup Solution.jpg|thumb|right|The solved letter soup]]<br />
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On 9 Nov 2016, '''Firewatch''' was updated on PC with the '''Free-Roam''' mode. Unlike the Xbox One version that had been available since September, the PC version also added a sigil. The sigil is on a board in one of the abandoned old shelters at ''Camp Arapahoe'' and on a cover of a journal found behind it. Before the update, that board had a symbol that reminded [http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Hunter's+Mark Bloodborne Hunter's Mark]. The text of the journal found behind the board had some letters italicized, which spelled out `firewatchgamecomdataclientjpg`. That was a [http://www.firewatchgame.com/data/client.jpg valid link] on the game's website and a letter soup.<br />
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It was discovered that we had to overlay our map over it to read the line. DukeBG made [http://duke.a-comics.ru/sigil_arg/solver/ a tool to do it], which allowed for moving, resizing, rotating and flipping of the map over the letter soup.<br />
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A remark about the letter soup: it has the letters along the bottom and right edges cut off, we entertained the idea that we only have a quarter of the full letter soup. Also it has some anomalies that suggest manual letter placing (namely, the :V spot and the 26 spot).<br />
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=== Solution ===<br />
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It took several days for people to try to fit the map on the letter soup. Eventually, the answer was found:<br />
number one/elmourouj<br />
This turned out to be a correct login/password combo for the [[Frog Fractions 2]] ARG terminal at http://time-travel.club/client.html, which was previously thought to be a completely seperate ARG!<br />
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After logging in on that terminal, we discovered four soup tasting videos featuring Jim Crawford and Ben McGraw. They were first uploaded as unlisted videos on 11 Oct 2016, but were updated to public on 16 Nov 2016 after we discovered them. You can watch the videos on the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwLQ-83jgXVNz5T_HD5eZVQ SoupTasters YouTube channel].<br />
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== Sigil Master ==<br />
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In August 2016, a person named "Sigil Master" contacted the journalist Patrick Klepek after he wrote an article about the Eye Sigil ARG. The message was limited to an ''Eye of Sauron'' image from Lord of the Rings movies and a text messages "The stars are not yet right", and the Gmail address was deleted right after that.<br />
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The Sigil Master appeared again on 14 Nov 2016, right as the Firewatch letter soup was being solved, stating in an email to Patrick that "The great cathedral lies now in rubble, its halls no longer filled with glorious song. Doubt not my words." Coincidentally, the letter soup ''was'' solved and Patrick wrote about the results. Sigil Master then contacted Patrick Klepeck for a long conversation again, and then talked to another journalist, Austin Walker, through Twitter. All of the logs of these conversations can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ko6xf-Tlnb_It10blIjZ8ZbdBMtR4_eWmN3HhVR7YHo/edit#gid=0 here].<br />
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While this person could have been a creative troll reacting to the articles, the Sigil Master called out "[[Bit Bit Blocks]]" as a game with another sigil. They were proven right (the sigil was planted on 12 Nov 2015, and yielded a map piece that was almost identical to the [[Slide the Shakes]] one). Additionally, in his conversations he mentioned "Celulitte Church", which is actually something from the [[Frog Fractions 2]] ARG lore. The style of communication also strongly resembles that of Justin Bortnick, the Frog Fractions 2 writer.<br />
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The message from the Sigil Master Lorakis to the people that found ''his'' sigils was to ''push forward with whatever information they have, thus a portal [to Jixandlia] may be discovered''. This may or may not mean the game Frog Fractions 2 itself and would be further covered on the according wiki articles.<br />
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In the days following this, the Sigil Master reached out once again to Austin Walker, and answered a select few questions, particularly about this portal to Jixandlia. ''Yes, the portal to Jixandlia... though if we may be saved remains to be seen. You would have to emerge not only at the right place, but the correct when as well... the odds are low, but it is possible.'' He also suggests that seeking the remaining sigils may not add any further information to the search: ''While it is possible that you have not found all of them, enough have been gathered to suffice, else this conversation could not occur. If it amuses you to continue to hunt by all means do so, but do not let that distract you from the task at hand!'' Finally, he revealed that he has knowledge of one of the characters from the Frog Fractions ARG, Pontiff Zagmar, cursing the name and saying he was long dead, ''slain by the Empire when it was still a bastion of righteousness.''<br />
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== Conclusion ==<br />
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After the Firewatch letter soup was solved, it was concluded that the Eye Sigil ARG was, in fact, a part of the existing '''Frog Fractions 2 ARG'''. To learn more about Frog Fractions 2, check its [[Frog Fractions 2|wiki page]]!<br />
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== Later Notes ==<br />
On April 8, 2020, Jim Stormdancer posted his [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVIQZ_MUYAEJWAL?format=jpg&name=large original sketch] of the map on twitter.<br />
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== Confirmed Appearances ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! No. !! Found In !! Store !! Price !! Release date !! Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! Sigil Image !! Solution !! Puzzle piece !! Video <br />
|-<br />
| 1 ||[[Crypt of the Necrodancer]] ||[http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/crypt_of_the_necrodancer GOG] || $14.99 || 2015-04-25 || [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/crold8q 2015-05-29] || Image placed in the root directory of the steam game folder || [[File:Eye_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Piece is embedded inside the sigil image file || [[File:cotn_piece.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/NuQ-FnR2xhY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 ||[[Mini Metro]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/mini_metro GOG] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mini-metro/id1047760200 iOS] || $9.99 || 2015-11-06 || 2015-02-13 || Sigil appears by going back and forth between credits and menu || [[File:MiniM screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Clicking the sigil takes the player to a secret ''Canberra'' level. Puzzle piece is obtained by recreating the sigil on this level. || [[File:MiniM piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/ifpzHuq4rxg YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 ||[[Legend of Dungeon]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/238280/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-09-13 || [http://steamcommunity.com/games/238280/announcements/detail/762595855058385614 2015-12-08] || Sigil appears when clicking the dwarf in the pause menu. || [[File:LoDsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece is unlocked when using the remote control in a room on the 26th floor after finding the sigil. || [[File:LengOfD piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/yzSXAODJGsY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[The Magic Circle]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/323380/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2015-07-09 || 2015-07-09 || Sigil appears on the door of an airlock. || [[File:mcsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece appears above the room with the airlock. || [[File:MagicC piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/bFFA5ZCG2MY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 5||[[Neon Struct]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/310740/ Steam] || $17.99 || 2015-05-20 || 2015-05-20|| Sigil appears on the shirt of a character named "Stranger". || [[File:Neon sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by playing through the game talking to all strangers, getting all geocaches, saving a displacement orb for the end, and throwing it past the ending trigger. || [[File:NeonS piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/wd8l_dy7BTw YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 6||[[Mos Speedrun 2]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/333290/ Steam] [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.physmo.speedrun2 Android] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mos-speedrun-2/id835098788 iOS] || $8.99 || 2015-09-03 || [https://steamcommunity.com/games/333290/announcements/detail/108443129524049815 2015-10-15] || Sigil appears in a secret area in stage 3-4 after unlocking three eye pillars on different stages. || [[File:MosS2 screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The puzzle piece appears in a hidden level accessible after unlocking the sigil and completing the subsequent series of challenges throught the game. || [[File:MosS2 piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/6jsVxQxyNdI YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 7||[[Flickers]] || [http://flickersgame.com/ Website] || $0.00 || [https://games.digipen.edu/games/flickers 2013-05-01] || [http://neatsnake.com/flickers-soundtrack-remastered-game-update/ 2015-09-11] || Sigil appears on tree shortly into the game. || [[File:Flickers screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || There is a dot on the sigil level that disappears after a short time. Piece appears when reaching it (i.e. speedrunning the level). || [[File:Flickers piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/GYPix5-458w YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 8||[[Sokobond]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/290260/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/sokobond GOG] || $9.99 || 2014-01-21 || [https://steamcommunity.com/games/290260/announcements/detail/168092364619484173 2015-01-31] || Sigil appears whenever you solve a level with a solution involving hydrogen. When this happens, it appears with a count of such solutions you completed (out of 12 total). || [[File:Soko screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The piece will appear on screen once 12 solutions involving hydrogen are completed. || [[File:Soko piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/D2m5XEw5G98 YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 9||[[Moon Hunters]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/320040/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/moon_hunters GOG]|| $14.99 || 2016-03-10 || 2016-02-09 || Sigil appears in some levels as a statue structure. || [[File:MoonH screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Two players (or more) have to perform a specific pose while standing on the sigil in multiplayer. The piece will appear on screen. || [[File:MoonH piece.png|frameless|border|100px]]|| [https://youtu.be/zlTChsPsyxQ YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 10||[[Soda Drinker Pro]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/347720/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2016-04-13 || 2016-04-13 || Sigil appears in the corner of the room in Level 2. || [[File:SodaDrPro screen.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by glitching through wall. || [[File:SodeDrPro piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/BTdjoOkfQAU YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 11||[[Bellular Hexatosis]] || [https://neotenomie.itch.io/bellular-hexatosis itch.io] || $0.00 || 2015-11-06 || 2015-11-06 || Sigil is visible at the start of the game. Clicking on the sigil causes it to spin. || [[File:bhsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by clicking the colored mushrooms found elsewhere in the game in the order the sigil displays after spinning. || [[File:Bellular_hexatosis_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/iLjzz-a_BBM YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 12||[[Slide the Shakes]] || [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prettygreat.slidetheshakes2 Android] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slide-the-shakes/id1063892879 iOS] || $0.00 || 2016-02-24 || 2016-02-24 (presumably) || Sigil appears in the corner of the room in Level 88. Morse code hidden in the level spells out "ARCHUSB". || [[File:shakesigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Piece was on a USB hidden at an arch in L.A., that was a landmark in another ARG by the same devs. || [[File:Slide_the_Shakes_Piece_Unlabled.jpeg|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|- <br />
| 13||[[Souls of Darkness]] || [https://garybutterfield.itch.io/souls-of-darkness-pdf itch.io] || $8.00 || 2016-01-02 || 2016-01-02 (though webdings added only on 2016-05-10) || Sigil appears next to the name of the map. Symbols underneath the sigil are [[Wikipedia:webdings|webdings]] and correspond to a series of numbers. || [[File:SoulsOfD screen.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || The numbers were a book cipher to be used on the GAME SOLVERZ HINTS after each of the 11 chapters in the book. It led to <code>osdPcDotpng</code> which led to the image link of the puzzle piece. || [[File:SoulsOfDarknessPiece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 14||[[Kingdom of Loathing]] || [https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/ Website] || $0.00 || 2003-10-02 || [http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/static.php?id=oldannouncements2014 2014-10-03] || Sigil appears on first visit to ''The Secret Government Laboratory'' adventure zone. || [[File:KoL screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The drops of the monsters in the ''Secret Government Laboratory'' (Excluding those from Monster Manuel) had the first letters being all different letters from A to M. In alphabetical order, the last letters of each name give the string <code>nlry9htdotgif</code> which led to the image link of the puzzle piece. || [[File:nlry9ht.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 15||[[Quadrilateral Cowboy]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/240440 Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-07-25 || 2016-07-25 || Visible above several clocks in the "Malta Stock Exchange" level. || [[File:qcsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || One of the monitors on the "Malta Stock Exchange" level says "MISSING CHUNKS". Within the games files, the code that renders text on this screen needed to be modified: "DELETE_THIS_CHUNK" part should be deleted and the missing chunks that are spread in comments of other scripts should be "restored". Then the piece is displayed on the monitor, drawn by rectangles defined by the chunks. || [[File:TJ2Ss7I.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 16||[[There Came an Echo]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/319740/ Steam] || $14.99 || 2015-02-24 || 2015-02-24 || Visible on the wall in level 5, near a point called Foxtrot 6 || [[File:TCAE_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Datamining the sigil revealed an [http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=File:Equation.png equation] (solution=EIEIO), leading to "Old McDonald Had a Farm" phrase. Using this voice command in-game in front of where the sigil is shows the piece on screen. || [[File:TCAE.png |frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/eAQa4cSdD9k YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 17||[[Duskers]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/254320/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-05-18 || 2016-05-18 || Hit f1, f2, f12 or del on launch, then hit enter on seeing %*)!@(#$@*#$(&& and it appears in the top left for a split second || [[File:DuskersSigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Choosing the %*)!@(#$@*#$(&& option opens the browser with an URL containing a string of characters. An in-game clue links this string to another similar string, leading to the second URL with a login form. Currently the legitimate credentials to this form are not known, but the puzzle piece was found in that folder under the filename [http://misfitsattic.com/1@$6&#91;&#91;=))!8-$(=/piece.jpg piece.jpg]. || [[File:DuskersPiece.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 18||[[Clockwork Empires]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/224740/ Steam] || $29.99 || 2014-08-15 || [https://www.gaslampgames.com/2015/09/16/clockwork-empires-september-update-the-terrible-truth/ 2015-09-16] || Seen in the promotional drawing on their [https://www.gaslampgames.com/2015/09/16/clockwork-empires-september-update-the-terrible-truth/ website update page] for v43. Same art appears ingame at certain "strange artifact" events || [[File:ClockworkSigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The puzzle piece was hidden with OpenStego steganography software with the password 191761112 in the image with the sigil. The password is composed of the amounts of times the symbols in the promo image appear on the [[Wikipedia:Phaistos Disc|Phaistos Disc]] in order. || [[File:CEPiece.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 19||[[You Have to Win the Game]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/286100/ Steam] || $0.00 || 2012-05-06 || 2015-08-20 || Seen on the ''Listen to the Wind'' screen of the ''Extra Spicy mode'' near the end of the campaign. Alternatively available in the list of sprites by using the <code>edit</code> command by pressing ` in-game || [[File:YHTWTG_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Following the trail of clues in changed titles of the rooms, the player arrives to the clue ''Backmask the Myth'', referring to the screen ''Hydra is Myth'' of the original campaign. By playing the original campaign and entering the password <code>ARDYH</code>, the player is teleported to a series of secret rooms marked by the sigil. One of them has the piece in the pause menu. || [[File:YHTWTG_piece.png |frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/PlkkW70hYJA YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 20||[[Bombernauts]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/246920/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-07-31 || [http://store.steampowered.com/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/405677787252452070 2015-09-12]|| On a map named Sigil || [[File:bombernauts_sigil.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || There is a setting in the options menu called Awesomeness that takes text input and can return secret functions. The players on the Sigil level are given titles, namely ''complex, reduced, irrational,'' and ''transcendental''. Inputting <code>CRIT</code> to the Awesomeness option while playing the Sigil level makes the puzzle piece appear.|| [[File:Bombernauts sharp.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/8yMEaq_1Ur8 YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 21||[[QWOP]] || [http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html?webgl=true Website] || $0.00 || 2008-11-12 || [https://twitter.com/bfod/status/628654716696817664 2015-08-04] || Appears on a barrier if you go 3m backwards from the starting line (WebGL version only) || [[File:QWOP_Sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || To see the piece you need to have a device with an accelerometer. Go backwards to see the sigil and turn the device upside down. The gravity will switch and you'll fly up to the piece in the sky. || [[File:QWOP_Piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCUCMV0Ero YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 22||[[Choice Chamber]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/359960/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-07-16 || [http://steamcommunity.com/games/359960/announcements/detail/825671875018707506 2016-09-15] || In a normal playthrough you can only get a glitching heart after the cheating heart, which requires a shop that doesn't occur earlier than level 10. But using the debug mode to travel through rooms you can get the glitching heart on level 8. You'll see a pulsing sigil over the chest if you get to it. || [[File:CCsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Obtaining a glitched heart from a chest under the sigil pops up an error message that includes "say nothing". Saying "nothing" in a linked twitch chat while in room 8 causes the chat bot to emit a reversed [http://imgur.com/iIAI6ah imgur url]. The image, also mirrored, is cryptically asking you to go back 501 rooms from the beginning and into room -500. Once there you needed to wait while the map piece assembles itself. || [[File:CCpiece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 23||[[Reagan Gorbachev]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/364720/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2016-02-24 || [https://youtu.be/QVtLFqY9YEk?t=185 2016-02-24] || Sigil is in a hidden room in Level 22. Find the rocketlauncher and shoot the right wall at the end to get there. || [[File:RG_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Trigger an alarm so the door the enemies come through on the top of the level will open. You can walk through it after that and the piece is out there as seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3IJcaCJMw here] || [[File:RG_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 24|| [[Firewatch: Free-Roam mode]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/383870 Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-02-09 || 2016-11-09 || Sigil is on a cover of a journal found at ''Camp Arapahoe'' in one of the abandoned old shelters. Inside the journal there is a text, some of its letters are italicized. These letters spell out firewatchgamecomdataclientjpg. That's a [http://www.firewatchgame.com/data/client.jpg valid link on the game's website] || [[File:Firewatch_Sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] ||colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Not applicable, leads to the letter soup rather than the piece || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 25|| [[Bit Bit Blocks]]|| [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bit-bit-blocks/id967089737 iOS] [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BitBitInteractive.BitBitBlocks Android] || $2.99 || 2015-11-12 || 2015-11-12 || The sigil appears on a menu screen next to the version number of the game. || [[File:bitbitblocks_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Hit the menu buttons repeatedly. It will start playing the melody for the Ode to Joy. Go back to the main screen and tap the 4 blocks. They expand to 8, and play notes when tapped. Repeat the melody to obtain the piece. || [[File:bitbitblocks_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 26|| [[Read Only Memories]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/330820/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2015-10-06 || 2016-10-10 || Sigil is shown in the post-game email section, as one of the email icons. Replaced a conspiracy-alike image that [https://youtu.be/3ERiWbTLvFU?t=6m39s used to say "watching you…"]. || [[File:ROM-sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The email with the sigil's icon says to send a message to an email address; after following a scripted (but possibly manually operated) exchange, the piece was attached in the final message. || [[File:ROM_piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Questionable Appearances ==<br />
<br />
After the ARG got enough popularity and press coverage, a lot of developers (especially the ones, who felt they didn't ''get invited'') talked about adding the sigil in their own games for various purposes (be it fun or trolling, or just willingness to be included). It's easy enough to make a hoax like this and people who are solving the puzzle don't have a reliable way to verify the authenticity of the sigil. Especially when it's planted long after multiple media articles.<br />
<br />
Since sigil-like images like that do pop up and people raise questions about them, we're documenting them too. Once there is enough investigation, a sigil can turn out to be real and will be moved to the ''confirmed'' section.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Found In !! style="min-width:90px" | Release date !! style="min-width:90px" | Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! Sigil Image !! Reasoning <br />
|-<br />
| [[Roblox]] [https://www.roblox.com/games/488775941/unnamed level] || 2016-08-26 || 2016-08-26 || Appears after a button press in the beginning || [[File:Roblox-sigillike.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Roblox levels are user-generated content. There is no developer name or any sort of credibility to it. The user that posted the level (ChallengerDelight) registered on the website the same day. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4EfhnEMILU Here's what happens after beating the level]<br />
|-<br />
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/518580/ '''Accounting'''] || 2016-10-18 || 2016-10-18 || On the credits whiteboard || [[File:Accounting-sigillike.png|frameless|border|100px]] || 1. The people on the development team joked about the ARG after discovering it before, see [https://xb.reddit.com/r/gamedetectives/comments/585wof/found_sigil_in_accounting_for_the_vive/d8yr7m5/ here]. 2. The image is very different from the actual sigil in the bottom part, this is common for ''parodies''. 3. Very late inclusion of the sigil.<br />
<br />
After the Jig Was Up, it was confirmed that the sigil did not originate from Jim Crawford, but William Pugh was added to the credits nevertheless, making it an official part of the ARG.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Sigils That Were Not Found ==<br />
We predicted that there are more sigils that we didn't found based on the fact that every spot of the map was otherwise covered by multiple pieces (a redundancy to allow solvers not to find every single one). In the end credits Frog Fractions 2 lists "Extra Special Thanks" to people who planted sigils in their games, so we can find them ex post facto.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"<br />
! style="min-width:100px" | Person's name !! style="min-width:130px" | Game !! style="min-width:90px" | Release date !! style="min-width:90px" | Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! style="min-width:110px" | Sigil Image !! style="min-width:110px" | Piece Image !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| Chandana Ekanayake || [https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/wayward-sky-ps4/ Wayward Sky] || 2016-10-10 || 2016-10-10 || On [http://i.imgur.com/BmjjTXQ.jpg the bottom] of a suitcase filled with coloured bricks in a sandboxy menu / hub world area || [[File:WaywardSky_sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || || The game is a PS4 exclusive and console games have gaint gaps between going gold and releasing, so the sigil was probably planted months before october, although at the moment of release it could have hardly been relevant for solving the ARG.<br />
|-<br />
| Megan Fox || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/253390/ Hot Tin Roof] || 2015-02-20 || 2015-08-10 || In a hidden dungeon, behind a fake wall || [[File:HotTinRoof_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:HotTinRoof_Piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Each color is tied to a key/controller input: Blue = jump, Red = interact, Green = reload, Yellow = shoot. After you complete a sequence one of the bottom parts lights up. Once you've completed all sequences that you are presented with and all the bottom parts are lighten up, the piece is displayed. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iUnPqKCP0 Youtube]<br />
|-<br />
| Daniel Mullins || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/405640 Pony Island] || 2016-01-04 || 2021-03-20 || There is no sigil || || [[File:Pony_island.png|frameless|border|100px]] || style="max-width: 400px" | This one was not from Jim, but added by the developer after the ARG blew up in the news, the developer was dared by two friends to add a fake one. The game does not have a sigil itself, but a puzzle piece and the developer felt bad about it afterwards. However, it was never found until 2020-03-24. This piece is located on the fake computer in the text file help.txt place your cursor at the bottom right and the piece will appear at the left of the file. The piece was nevertheless made official part of the ARG by listing Daniel in credits.<br />
|-<br />
| Alejandro Quan-Madrid || [https://glitch.city/ Glitch City] Magazine || 2015-06-17 || 2015-06-14 || In the corner of the front page of Glitch City Issue 3, a print-only zine. || [[File:GlitchCity_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:GlitchCity_Piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || This sigil was in a print-only Zine given out somewhere in June 2015 from [https://glitch.city/ Glitch City]. The puzzle on [[:File:GlitchCityIssue3Pages67.jpg|page 7]], attributed as "???" to Rachel Sala, is a connect-the-dots diagram that produces the code for the imgur link of the piece.<br />
|-<br />
| Josh Sutphin || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/443250 Legacy of the Elder Star] || 2016-06-07 || 2016-06-07 || The sigil is on the main menu once you clear the game's Story Mode without using any continues. || [[File:LegacyOfTheElderStar.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:LegacyOfTheElderStar_Piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || The sigil was on a screenshot that a player of the game [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=705196939 taken] on 17 June 2016, so it's safe to assume it was added on release. Clicking the sigil shows the icon of a boss skull and then leads to a grid, where you have to input a binary code — use the numbers at the end of each boss's name (88, 124, 175, 201, 254) converted into binary. After that the grid disappears and the sigil is shown once again. Clicking it opens [http://elderstargame.com/secret/secret.jpg the piece in a new tab]. [http://imgur.com/gallery/KyR9F Detailed album of everything]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Resources ==<br />
<big>[[Eye_Sigil_Arg:Investigative_Tools|Investigative Tools]]</big><br />
<br />
<big>[[Eye_Sigil_Arg:Developer_Exchange_Archive|Developer Exchange Archive]] (horribly outdated)</big><br />
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== Media Appearances == <br />
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'''25th Jan. 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://www.pcgamer.com/there-is-an-indie-arg-on-the-loose/ PCGamer - There is an indie ARG on the loose]<br />
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[EN] [https://www.vg247.com/2016/01/25/steam-ar-game-the-witness/ VG24/7 - Is this a Steam AR game to promote The Witness?]<br />
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[EN] [http://steamed.kotaku.com/for-years-a-few-steam-games-seem-to-have-been-hiding-a-1754982338 Kotaku - For Years, A Few Steam Games Seem To Have Been Hiding A Larger Secret]<br />
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[DE] [http://www.gameplane.de/the-witness-steam-ar-ein-auge-und-raetsel-ueber-raetsel/ Gameplane - The Witness – ARG, eine Sigille und Rätsel über Rätsel]<br />
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'''26th Jan 2016'''<br />
<br />
[EN] [http://games.mxdwn.com/news/the-game-is-afoot-steam-games-hiding-a-secret/ MXDWN - The Game Is Afoot! Steam Games Hiding A Secret]<br />
<br />
'''14th Feb 2016'''<br />
<br />
[EN] [https://dvsgaming.org/crypts-to-trains-the-arg-that-connects-9-random-games/ DVSGaming - Crypts to Trains: The ARG That Connects 9 Random Games]<br />
<br />
'''31th Jul 2016'''<br />
<br />
[EN] [https://voxludicus.com/2016/07/31/there-is-a-new-arg-encompassing-15-indie-games-on-steam/ Vox Ludicus - There is a new ARG, encompassing 15 indie games on Steam.]<br />
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'''16th Aug 2016'''<br />
<br />
[EN] [http://kotaku.com/the-sigil-eye-conspiracy-is-indie-games-widest-spanni-1785342978 Kotaku - The "Eye Sigil" Conspiracy Is Indie Games' Most Arcane Mystery]<br />
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'''17th Aug 2016'''<br />
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[EN], [[http://www.vice.com/de/read/diese-mysterioesen-symbole-sind-in-19-spielen-aufgetaucht-und-niemand-weiss-warum DE]], [[http://www.vice.com/it/read/simboli-misteriosi-19-videogiochi-perche IT]] [[http://www.vice.com/es_mx/read/estos-misteriosos-simbolos-aparecen-en-19-videojuegos-y-nadie-sabe-por-que ES-MX]] [[http://www.vice.com/rs/read/misteriozni-simboli-koji-se-pojavljuju-u-19-razlicitih-igara-iz-nepoznatog-razloga RS]] [http://www.vice.com/read/sigil-arg Vice Gaming - These Mysterious Symbols Have Been in 19 Video Games and No One Knows Why]<br />
<br />
'''19th Aug 2016'''<br />
<br />
[EN] [http://fraghero.com/a-mysterious-symbol-has-been-found-in-19-unrelated-videogames-and-noone-knows-why/ Fraghero - A mysterious symbol has been found in 19 unrelated videogames and no one knows why]<br />
<br />
[EN] [http://mygaming.co.za/news/pc/101486-the-greatest-unsolved-mystery-in-video-games.html Mygaming - The greatest unsolved mystery in video games]<br />
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[CN] [http://www.chuapp.com/2016/08/19/263097.html 触乐网 - 两年来,这张神秘图片出现在19个不同的游戏中]<br />
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'''20th Sep 2016'''<br />
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[PL] [http://www.cdaction.pl/magazyn/ CD-Action] - "Więźniowie labiryntu", issue#261 (11/2016), page 82<br />
<br />
'''15th Nov 2016'''<br />
<br />
[EN] [https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/those-mysterious-symbols-hidden-in-24-games-have-crossed-over-with-frog-fractions-2 Waypoint — Those Mysterious Symbols Hidden In 24 Games Have Crossed Over With 'Frog Fractions 2']<br />
<br />
[EN] [http://kotaku.com/indie-games-most-cryptic-mystery-apparently-just-a-fro-1789010586 Kotaku — Indie Games’ Most Cryptic Mystery Apparently Just A Frog Fractions Teaser]</div>Houstonhttps://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Eye_Sigil_ARG&diff=19421Eye Sigil ARG2021-03-25T19:12:59Z<p>Houston: </p>
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<div>{{argbox<br />
| float = right<br />
| name = Eye Sigil ARG<br />
| image = File:Eye Sigil.png<br />
| description= The Eye ARG, also known as the Sigil or Eye Sigil ARG, lasted for nearly a year and spanned more than 25 seemingly unrelated indie games.<br />
| creator = [http://twinbeard.com Twinbeard]<br />
| type = Official<br />
| status = Completed<br />
| discovered = 2016-01-23<br />
| completed = 2016-11-15<br />
| timeline = [[Eye_Sigil_ARG/Timeline]]<br />
| halloffame = true<br />
}}<br />
{{ArgHeader|arg=Eye Sigil ARG}}<br />
----<br />
<br />
''For a condensed timeline of events, see [[Eye_Sigil_ARG/Timeline]]''<br />
<br />
== The Sigil ==<br />
<br />
In May 2015, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/ strange image] was found in the SteamApp root directory of the game "[[Crypt of the Necrodancer]]." The purpose of the image remained unknown until [https://i.imgur.com/miZtTX1.jpg another glyph] was obtained, by [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/croq00v snooping through the original image using a hex editor]. No clear answers about the images emerged for some time.<br />
<br />
Around the same time, [https://steamcommunity.com/app/323380/discussions/2/530647080137884418/ a similar image] was found by players of the game "[[The Magic Circle]]" that also consisted of circles and arcs. The image was behind an airlock and had a similar sigil depicted on it, shortly after the game's release in June 2015.<br />
<br />
=== A Shared Mystery ===<br />
<br />
Then, on 23 Jan 2016, a user discovered yet another similar [https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniMetro/comments/42bd84/secret_map_canberra_puzzle marking] in a game called [[Mini Metro]]. Shortly afterward, users came forward and claimed that they had seen similar markings in other games, including [[Sokobond]] and [[Kingdom of Loathing]]. By a combination of astute observation and dumb luck, the image, coined the "eye sigil" (the word "sigil" came from the resource names used in the games), now tied half a dozen games together.<br />
<br />
In each game where the sigil is present, it is accompanied by a second, hidden circular glyph with little circles, squares, and triangles on concentric arcs. While the sigil itself was easily visible (even though been in vague places or displayed after very specific actions), seeing the second image required completing some challenge or figuring out some devious puzzle planted in the game. In certain cases, the glyph was first recovered using data-mining strategies (i.e. digging through the files and assets of the game), before solving the mystery the intended way.<br />
<br />
== The Big Picture ==<br />
<br />
After several glyphs had been discovered, it became clear that each of them was a fragment, intended to be joined together to form a larger puzzle. While at first it was not certain how these pieces ought to be assembled, as more pieces were discovered we were able to fill in the blanks.<br />
<br />
You can now try putting the puzzle together yourself with a tool made by DukeBG. [http://duke.a-comics.ru/sigil_arg/ Give it a go!]<br />
<br />
Clean result: [[File:dukemap.png|frameless|128px]] [[File:Eye Sigil Clean Map.png|frameless|128px]]<br />
<br />
The arrangement of the map was complete as of 14 Aug 2016 with two "straight" arcs left as speculation lines. On 13 Oct 2016, the final lines were confirmed and there were no speculative lines left.<br />
<br />
These resources were made before there was any solid information in regards to how the map should be used or solved. They are included here for historical purposes:<br />
<br />
*[[Eye Sigil ARG/Map Speculative Theories|Map speculative theories (list)]]<br />
*[[Eye Sigil ARG/Map measurements|Map measurements]]<br />
<br />
=== Commonality Between the Games ===<br />
<br />
The question of whether or not the games involved with this ARG were linked in some way was very difficult to answer. It was first postulated that each game's developers had attended [http://www.indiecade.com/ Indiecade]; however, this theory was later sunk. For all we know, the games (and one book) were created by a comparatively small teams or ''indie'' developers (with a broad definition of this word, pretty much just being ''self-published''). Many of them follow each other on Twitter or know each other in one form or another (including brothers David and Kyle J. Pittmans, who each had a sigil in their games).<br />
<br />
=== Who Holds The Knowledge ===<br />
<br />
As the ARG developed, some of the developers disclosed that they didn't actually know where all of these sigils were leading. They were presented, by a mysterious third party, with two images — the sigil and a map piece — and asked to hide the map piece behind the sigil (we can assume they were not told any particular instructions about hiding since all the developers did it in any way they liked). Moreover, they received ''subtle assurances'' that the ARG was nothing they’d be ''upset about supporting''. Some developers seemed to hold more knowledge, however, saying that ''the answer will reveal itself in time'' (this was said not as a clue, but as a remark by Kevin Simmons from [[Kingdom of Loathing]] at PAX West 2016).<br />
<br />
== Letter Soup ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Firewatch Soup Solution.jpg|thumb|right|The solved letter soup]]<br />
<br />
On 9 Nov 2016, '''Firewatch''' was updated on PC with the '''Free-Roam''' mode. Unlike the Xbox One version that had been available since September, the PC version also added a sigil. The sigil is on a board in one of the abandoned old shelters at ''Camp Arapahoe'' and on a cover of a journal found behind it. Before the update, that board had a symbol that reminded [http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Hunter's+Mark Bloodborne Hunter's Mark]. The text of the journal found behind the board had some letters italicized, which spelled out `firewatchgamecomdataclientjpg`. That was a [http://www.firewatchgame.com/data/client.jpg valid link] on the game's website and a letter soup.<br />
<br />
It was discovered that we had to overlay our map over it to read the line. DukeBG made [http://duke.a-comics.ru/sigil_arg/solver/ a tool to do it], which allowed for moving, resizing, rotating and flipping of the map over the letter soup.<br />
<br />
A remark about the letter soup: it has the letters along the bottom and right edges cut off, we entertained the idea that we only have a quarter of the full letter soup. Also it has some anomalies that suggest manual letter placing (namely, the :V spot and the 26 spot).<br />
<br />
=== Solution ===<br />
<br />
It took several days for people to try to fit the map on the letter soup. Eventually, the answer was found:<br />
number one/elmourouj<br />
This turned out to be a correct login/password combo for the [[Frog Fractions 2]] ARG terminal at http://time-travel.club/client.html, which was previously thought to be a completely seperate ARG!<br />
<br />
After logging in on that terminal, we discovered four soup tasting videos featuring Jim Crawford and Ben McGraw. They were first uploaded as unlisted videos on 11 Oct 2016, but were updated to public on 16 Nov 2016 after we discovered them. You can watch the videos on the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwLQ-83jgXVNz5T_HD5eZVQ SoupTasters YouTube channel].<br />
<br />
== Sigil Master ==<br />
<br />
In August 2016, a person named "Sigil Master" contacted the journalist Patrick Klepek after he wrote an article about the Eye Sigil ARG. The message was limited to an ''Eye of Sauron'' image from Lord of the Rings movies and a text messages "The stars are not yet right", and the Gmail address was deleted right after that.<br />
<br />
The Sigil Master appeared again on 14 Nov 2016, right as the Firewatch letter soup was being solved, stating in an email to Patrick that "The great cathedral lies now in rubble, its halls no longer filled with glorious song. Doubt not my words." Coincidentally, the letter soup ''was'' solved and Patrick wrote about the results. Sigil Master then contacted Patrick Klepeck for a long conversation again, and then talked to another journalist, Austin Walker, through Twitter. All of the logs of these conversations can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ko6xf-Tlnb_It10blIjZ8ZbdBMtR4_eWmN3HhVR7YHo/edit#gid=0 here].<br />
<br />
While this person could have been a creative troll reacting to the articles, the Sigil Master called out "[[Bit Bit Blocks]]" as a game with another sigil. They were proven right (the sigil was planted on 12 Nov 2015, and yielded a map piece that was almost identical to the [[Slide the Shakes]] one). Additionally, in his conversations he mentioned "Celulitte Church", which is actually something from the [[Frog Fractions 2]] ARG lore. The style of communication also strongly resembles that of Justin Bortnick, the Frog Fractions 2 writer.<br />
<br />
The message from the Sigil Master Lorakis to the people that found ''his'' sigils was to ''push forward with whatever information they have, thus a portal [to Jixandlia] may be discovered''. This may or may not mean the game Frog Fractions 2 itself and would be further covered on the according wiki articles.<br />
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In the days following this, the Sigil Master reached out once again to Austin Walker, and answered a select few questions, particularly about this portal to Jixandlia. ''Yes, the portal to Jixandlia... though if we may be saved remains to be seen. You would have to emerge not only at the right place, but the correct when as well... the odds are low, but it is possible.'' He also suggests that seeking the remaining sigils may not add any further information to the search: ''While it is possible that you have not found all of them, enough have been gathered to suffice, else this conversation could not occur. If it amuses you to continue to hunt by all means do so, but do not let that distract you from the task at hand!'' Finally, he revealed that he has knowledge of one of the characters from the Frog Fractions ARG, Pontiff Zagmar, cursing the name and saying he was long dead, ''slain by the Empire when it was still a bastion of righteousness.''<br />
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== Conclusion ==<br />
<br />
After the Firewatch letter soup was solved, it was concluded that the Eye Sigil ARG was, in fact, a part of the existing '''Frog Fractions 2 ARG'''. To learn more about Frog Fractions 2, check its [[Frog Fractions 2|wiki page]]!<br />
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== Later Notes ==<br />
On April 8, 2020, Jim Stormdancer posted his [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVIQZ_MUYAEJWAL?format=jpg&name=large original sketch] of the map on twitter.<br />
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== Confirmed Appearances ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! No. !! Found In !! Store !! Price !! Release date !! Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! Sigil Image !! Solution !! Puzzle piece !! Video <br />
|-<br />
| 1 ||[[Crypt of the Necrodancer]] ||[http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/crypt_of_the_necrodancer GOG] || $14.99 || 2015-04-25 || [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/crold8q 2015-05-29] || Image placed in the root directory of the steam game folder || [[File:Eye_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Piece is embedded inside the sigil image file || [[File:cotn_piece.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/NuQ-FnR2xhY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 ||[[Mini Metro]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/mini_metro GOG] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mini-metro/id1047760200 iOS] || $9.99 || 2015-11-06 || 2015-02-13 || Sigil appears by going back and forth between credits and menu || [[File:MiniM screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Clicking the sigil takes the player to a secret ''Canberra'' level. Puzzle piece is obtained by recreating the sigil on this level. || [[File:MiniM piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/ifpzHuq4rxg YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 ||[[Legend of Dungeon]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/238280/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-09-13 || [http://steamcommunity.com/games/238280/announcements/detail/762595855058385614 2015-12-08] || Sigil appears when clicking the dwarf in the pause menu. || [[File:LoDsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece is unlocked when using the remote control in a room on the 26th floor after finding the sigil. || [[File:LengOfD piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/yzSXAODJGsY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[The Magic Circle]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/323380/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2015-07-09 || 2015-07-09 || Sigil appears on the door of an airlock. || [[File:mcsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece appears above the room with the airlock. || [[File:MagicC piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/bFFA5ZCG2MY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 5||[[Neon Struct]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/310740/ Steam] || $17.99 || 2015-05-20 || 2015-05-20|| Sigil appears on the shirt of a character named "Stranger". || [[File:Neon sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by playing through the game talking to all strangers, getting all geocaches, saving a displacement orb for the end, and throwing it past the ending trigger. || [[File:NeonS piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/wd8l_dy7BTw YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 6||[[Mos Speedrun 2]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/333290/ Steam] [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.physmo.speedrun2 Android] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mos-speedrun-2/id835098788 iOS] || $8.99 || 2015-09-03 || [https://steamcommunity.com/games/333290/announcements/detail/108443129524049815 2015-10-15] || Sigil appears in a secret area in stage 3-4 after unlocking three eye pillars on different stages. || [[File:MosS2 screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The puzzle piece appears in a hidden level accessible after unlocking the sigil and completing the subsequent series of challenges throught the game. || [[File:MosS2 piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/6jsVxQxyNdI YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 7||[[Flickers]] || [http://flickersgame.com/ Website] || $0.00 || [https://games.digipen.edu/games/flickers 2013-05-01] || [http://neatsnake.com/flickers-soundtrack-remastered-game-update/ 2015-09-11] || Sigil appears on tree shortly into the game. || [[File:Flickers screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || There is a dot on the sigil level that disappears after a short time. Piece appears when reaching it (i.e. speedrunning the level). || [[File:Flickers piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/GYPix5-458w YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 8||[[Sokobond]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/290260/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/sokobond GOG] || $9.99 || 2014-01-21 || [https://steamcommunity.com/games/290260/announcements/detail/168092364619484173 2015-01-31] || Sigil appears whenever you solve a level with a solution involving hydrogen. When this happens, it appears with a count of such solutions you completed (out of 12 total). || [[File:Soko screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The piece will appear on screen once 12 solutions involving hydrogen are completed. || [[File:Soko piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/D2m5XEw5G98 YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 9||[[Moon Hunters]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/320040/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/moon_hunters GOG]|| $14.99 || 2016-03-10 || 2016-02-09 || Sigil appears in some levels as a statue structure. || [[File:MoonH screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Two players (or more) have to perform a specific pose while standing on the sigil in multiplayer. The piece will appear on screen. || [[File:MoonH piece.png|frameless|border|100px]]|| [https://youtu.be/zlTChsPsyxQ YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 10||[[Soda Drinker Pro]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/347720/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2016-04-13 || 2016-04-13 || Sigil appears in the corner of the room in Level 2. || [[File:SodaDrPro screen.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by glitching through wall. || [[File:SodeDrPro piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/BTdjoOkfQAU YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 11||[[Bellular Hexatosis]] || [https://neotenomie.itch.io/bellular-hexatosis itch.io] || $0.00 || 2015-11-06 || 2015-11-06 || Sigil is visible at the start of the game. Clicking on the sigil causes it to spin. || [[File:bhsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by clicking the colored mushrooms found elsewhere in the game in the order the sigil displays after spinning. || [[File:Bellular_hexatosis_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/iLjzz-a_BBM YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 12||[[Slide the Shakes]] || [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prettygreat.slidetheshakes2 Android] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slide-the-shakes/id1063892879 iOS] || $0.00 || 2016-02-24 || 2016-02-24 (presumably) || Sigil appears in the corner of the room in Level 88. Morse code hidden in the level spells out "ARCHUSB". || [[File:shakesigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Piece was on a USB hidden at an arch in L.A., that was a landmark in another ARG by the same devs. || [[File:Slide_the_Shakes_Piece_Unlabled.jpeg|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|- <br />
| 13||[[Souls of Darkness]] || [https://garybutterfield.itch.io/souls-of-darkness-pdf itch.io] || $8.00 || 2016-01-02 || 2016-01-02 (though webdings added only on 2016-05-10) || Sigil appears next to the name of the map. Symbols underneath the sigil are [[Wikipedia:webdings|webdings]] and correspond to a series of numbers. || [[File:SoulsOfD screen.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || The numbers were a book cipher to be used on the GAME SOLVERZ HINTS after each of the 11 chapters in the book. It led to <code>osdPcDotpng</code> which led to the image link of the puzzle piece. || [[File:SoulsOfDarknessPiece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 14||[[Kingdom of Loathing]] || [https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/ Website] || $0.00 || 2003-10-02 || [http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/static.php?id=oldannouncements2014 2014-10-03] || Sigil appears on first visit to ''The Secret Government Laboratory'' adventure zone. || [[File:KoL screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The drops of the monsters in the ''Secret Government Laboratory'' (Excluding those from Monster Manuel) had the first letters being all different letters from A to M. In alphabetical order, the last letters of each name give the string <code>nlry9htdotgif</code> which led to the image link of the puzzle piece. || [[File:nlry9ht.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 15||[[Quadrilateral Cowboy]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/240440 Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-07-25 || 2016-07-25 || Visible above several clocks in the "Malta Stock Exchange" level. || [[File:qcsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || One of the monitors on the "Malta Stock Exchange" level says "MISSING CHUNKS". Within the games files, the code that renders text on this screen needed to be modified: "DELETE_THIS_CHUNK" part should be deleted and the missing chunks that are spread in comments of other scripts should be "restored". Then the piece is displayed on the monitor, drawn by rectangles defined by the chunks. || [[File:TJ2Ss7I.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 16||[[There Came an Echo]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/319740/ Steam] || $14.99 || 2015-02-24 || 2015-02-24 || Visible on the wall in level 5, near a point called Foxtrot 6 || [[File:TCAE_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Datamining the sigil revealed an [http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=File:Equation.png equation] (solution=EIEIO), leading to "Old McDonald Had a Farm" phrase. Using this voice command in-game in front of where the sigil is shows the piece on screen. || [[File:TCAE.png |frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/eAQa4cSdD9k YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 17||[[Duskers]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/254320/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-05-18 || 2016-05-18 || Hit f1, f2, f12 or del on launch, then hit enter on seeing %*)!@(#$@*#$(&& and it appears in the top left for a split second || [[File:DuskersSigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Choosing the %*)!@(#$@*#$(&& option opens the browser with an URL containing a string of characters. An in-game clue links this string to another similar string, leading to the second URL with a login form. Currently the legitimate credentials to this form are not known, but the puzzle piece was found in that folder under the filename [http://misfitsattic.com/1@$6&#91;&#91;=))!8-$(=/piece.jpg piece.jpg]. || [[File:DuskersPiece.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 18||[[Clockwork Empires]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/224740/ Steam] || $29.99 || 2014-08-15 || [https://www.gaslampgames.com/2015/09/16/clockwork-empires-september-update-the-terrible-truth/ 2015-09-16] || Seen in the promotional drawing on their [https://www.gaslampgames.com/2015/09/16/clockwork-empires-september-update-the-terrible-truth/ website update page] for v43. Same art appears ingame at certain "strange artifact" events || [[File:ClockworkSigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The puzzle piece was hidden with OpenStego steganography software with the password 191761112 in the image with the sigil. The password is composed of the amounts of times the symbols in the promo image appear on the [[Wikipedia:Phaistos Disc|Phaistos Disc]] in order. || [[File:CEPiece.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 19||[[You Have to Win the Game]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/286100/ Steam] || $0.00 || 2012-05-06 || 2015-08-20 || Seen on the ''Listen to the Wind'' screen of the ''Extra Spicy mode'' near the end of the campaign. Alternatively available in the list of sprites by using the <code>edit</code> command by pressing ` in-game || [[File:YHTWTG_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Following the trail of clues in changed titles of the rooms, the player arrives to the clue ''Backmask the Myth'', referring to the screen ''Hydra is Myth'' of the original campaign. By playing the original campaign and entering the password <code>ARDYH</code>, the player is teleported to a series of secret rooms marked by the sigil. One of them has the piece in the pause menu. || [[File:YHTWTG_piece.png |frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/PlkkW70hYJA YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 20||[[Bombernauts]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/246920/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-07-31 || [http://store.steampowered.com/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/405677787252452070 2015-09-12]|| On a map named Sigil || [[File:bombernauts_sigil.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || There is a setting in the options menu called Awesomeness that takes text input and can return secret functions. The players on the Sigil level are given titles, namely ''complex, reduced, irrational,'' and ''transcendental''. Inputting <code>CRIT</code> to the Awesomeness option while playing the Sigil level makes the puzzle piece appear.|| [[File:Bombernauts sharp.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/8yMEaq_1Ur8 YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 21||[[QWOP]] || [http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html?webgl=true Website] || $0.00 || 2008-11-12 || [https://twitter.com/bfod/status/628654716696817664 2015-08-04] || Appears on a barrier if you go 3m backwards from the starting line (WebGL version only) || [[File:QWOP_Sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || To see the piece you need to have a device with an accelerometer. Go backwards to see the sigil and turn the device upside down. The gravity will switch and you'll fly up to the piece in the sky. || [[File:QWOP_Piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCUCMV0Ero YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 22||[[Choice Chamber]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/359960/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-07-16 || [http://steamcommunity.com/games/359960/announcements/detail/825671875018707506 2016-09-15] || In a normal playthrough you can only get a glitching heart after the cheating heart, which requires a shop that doesn't occur earlier than level 10. But using the debug mode to travel through rooms you can get the glitching heart on level 8. You'll see a pulsing sigil over the chest if you get to it. || [[File:CCsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Obtaining a glitched heart from a chest under the sigil pops up an error message that includes "say nothing". Saying "nothing" in a linked twitch chat while in room 8 causes the chat bot to emit a reversed [http://imgur.com/iIAI6ah imgur url]. The image, also mirrored, is cryptically asking you to go back 501 rooms from the beginning and into room -500. Once there you needed to wait while the map piece assembles itself. || [[File:CCpiece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 23||[[Reagan Gorbachev]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/364720/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2016-02-24 || [https://youtu.be/QVtLFqY9YEk?t=185 2016-02-24] || Sigil is in a hidden room in Level 22. Find the rocketlauncher and shoot the right wall at the end to get there. || [[File:RG_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Trigger an alarm so the door the enemies come through on the top of the level will open. You can walk through it after that and the piece is out there as seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3IJcaCJMw here] || [[File:RG_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 24|| [[Firewatch: Free-Roam mode]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/383870 Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-02-09 || 2016-11-09 || Sigil is on a cover of a journal found at ''Camp Arapahoe'' in one of the abandoned old shelters. Inside the journal there is a text, some of its letters are italicized. These letters spell out firewatchgamecomdataclientjpg. That's a [http://www.firewatchgame.com/data/client.jpg valid link on the game's website] || [[File:Firewatch_Sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] ||colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Not applicable, leads to the letter soup rather than the piece || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 25|| [[Bit Bit Blocks]]|| [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bit-bit-blocks/id967089737 iOS] [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BitBitInteractive.BitBitBlocks Android] || $2.99 || 2015-11-12 || 2015-11-12 || The sigil appears on a menu screen next to the version number of the game. || [[File:bitbitblocks_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Hit the menu buttons repeatedly. It will start playing the melody for the Ode to Joy. Go back to the main screen and tap the 4 blocks. They expand to 8, and play notes when tapped. Repeat the melody to obtain the piece. || [[File:bitbitblocks_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 26|| [[Read Only Memories]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/330820/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2015-10-06 || 2016-10-10 || Sigil is shown in the post-game email section, as one of the email icons. Replaced a conspiracy-alike image that [https://youtu.be/3ERiWbTLvFU?t=6m39s used to say "watching you…"]. || [[File:ROM-sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The email with the sigil's icon says to send a message to an email address; after following a scripted (but possibly manually operated) exchange, the piece was attached in the final message. || [[File:ROM_piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|}<br />
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== Questionable Appearances ==<br />
<br />
After the ARG got enough popularity and press coverage, a lot of developers (especially the ones, who felt they didn't ''get invited'') talked about adding the sigil in their own games for various purposes (be it fun or trolling, or just willingness to be included). It's easy enough to make a hoax like this and people who are solving the puzzle don't have a reliable way to verify the authenticity of the sigil. Especially when it's planted long after multiple media articles.<br />
<br />
Since sigil-like images like that do pop up and people raise questions about them, we're documenting them too. Once there is enough investigation, a sigil can turn out to be real and will be moved to the ''confirmed'' section.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Found In !! style="min-width:90px" | Release date !! style="min-width:90px" | Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! Sigil Image !! Reasoning <br />
|-<br />
| [[Roblox]] [https://www.roblox.com/games/488775941/unnamed level] || 2016-08-26 || 2016-08-26 || Appears after a button press in the beginning || [[File:Roblox-sigillike.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Roblox levels are user-generated content. There is no developer name or any sort of credibility to it. The user that posted the level (ChallengerDelight) registered on the website the same day. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4EfhnEMILU Here's what happens after beating the level]<br />
|-<br />
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/518580/ '''Accounting'''] || 2016-10-18 || 2016-10-18 || On the credits whiteboard || [[File:Accounting-sigillike.png|frameless|border|100px]] || 1. The people on the development team joked about the ARG after discovering it before, see [https://xb.reddit.com/r/gamedetectives/comments/585wof/found_sigil_in_accounting_for_the_vive/d8yr7m5/ here]. 2. The image is very different from the actual sigil in the bottom part, this is common for ''parodies''. 3. Very late inclusion of the sigil.<br />
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After the Jig Was Up, it was confirmed that the sigil did not originate from Jim Crawford, but William Pugh was added to the credits nevertheless, making it an official part of the ARG.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Sigils That Were Not Found ==<br />
We predicted that there are more sigils that we didn't found based on the fact that every spot of the map was otherwise covered by multiple pieces (a redundancy to allow solvers not to find every single one). In the end credits Frog Fractions 2 lists "Extra Special Thanks" to people who planted sigils in their games, so we can find them ex post facto.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"<br />
! style="min-width:100px" | Person's name !! style="min-width:130px" | Game !! style="min-width:90px" | Release date !! style="min-width:90px" | Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! style="min-width:110px" | Sigil Image !! style="min-width:110px" | Piece Image !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| Chandana Ekanayake || [https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/wayward-sky-ps4/ Wayward Sky] || 2016-10-10 || 2016-10-10 || On [http://i.imgur.com/BmjjTXQ.jpg the bottom] of a suitcase filled with coloured bricks in a sandboxy menu / hub world area || [[File:WaywardSky_sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || || The game is a PS4 exclusive and console games have gaint gaps between going gold and releasing, so the sigil was probably planted months before october, although at the moment of release it could have hardly been relevant for solving the ARG.<br />
|-<br />
| Megan Fox || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/253390/ Hot Tin Roof] || 2015-02-20 || 2015-08-10 || In a hidden dungeon, behind a fake wall || [[File:HotTinRoof_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:HotTinRoof_Piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Each color is tied to a key/controller input: Blue = jump, Red = interact, Green = reload, Yellow = shoot. After you complete a sequence one of the bottom parts lights up. Once you've completed all sequences that you are presented with and all the bottom parts are lighten up, the piece is displayed. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iUnPqKCP0 Youtube]<br />
|-<br />
| Daniel Mullins || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/405640 Pony Island] || 2016-01-04 || 2021-03-20 || There is no sigil || || || style="max-width: 400px" | This one was not from Jim, but added by the developer after the ARG blew up in the news, the developer was dared by two friends to add a fake one. The game does not have a sigil itself, but a puzzle piece and the developer felt bad about it afterwards. However, it was never found until 2020-03-24. This piece is located on the fake computer in the text file help.txt place your cursor at the bottom right and the piece will appear at the left of the file. The piece was nevertheless made official part of the ARG by listing Daniel in credits.<br />
|-<br />
| Alejandro Quan-Madrid || [https://glitch.city/ Glitch City] Magazine || 2015-06-17 || 2015-06-14 || In the corner of the front page of Glitch City Issue 3, a print-only zine. || [[File:GlitchCity_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:GlitchCity_Piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || This sigil was in a print-only Zine given out somewhere in June 2015 from [https://glitch.city/ Glitch City]. The puzzle on [[:File:GlitchCityIssue3Pages67.jpg|page 7]], attributed as "???" to Rachel Sala, is a connect-the-dots diagram that produces the code for the imgur link of the piece.<br />
|-<br />
| Josh Sutphin || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/443250 Legacy of the Elder Star] || 2016-06-07 || 2016-06-07 || The sigil is on the main menu once you clear the game's Story Mode without using any continues. || [[File:LegacyOfTheElderStar.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:LegacyOfTheElderStar_Piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || The sigil was on a screenshot that a player of the game [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=705196939 taken] on 17 June 2016, so it's safe to assume it was added on release. Clicking the sigil shows the icon of a boss skull and then leads to a grid, where you have to input a binary code — use the numbers at the end of each boss's name (88, 124, 175, 201, 254) converted into binary. After that the grid disappears and the sigil is shown once again. Clicking it opens [http://elderstargame.com/secret/secret.jpg the piece in a new tab]. [http://imgur.com/gallery/KyR9F Detailed album of everything]<br />
|}<br />
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== Resources ==<br />
<big>[[Eye_Sigil_Arg:Investigative_Tools|Investigative Tools]]</big><br />
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<big>[[Eye_Sigil_Arg:Developer_Exchange_Archive|Developer Exchange Archive]] (horribly outdated)</big><br />
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== Media Appearances == <br />
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'''25th Jan. 2016'''<br />
<br />
[EN] [http://www.pcgamer.com/there-is-an-indie-arg-on-the-loose/ PCGamer - There is an indie ARG on the loose]<br />
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[EN] [https://www.vg247.com/2016/01/25/steam-ar-game-the-witness/ VG24/7 - Is this a Steam AR game to promote The Witness?]<br />
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[EN] [http://steamed.kotaku.com/for-years-a-few-steam-games-seem-to-have-been-hiding-a-1754982338 Kotaku - For Years, A Few Steam Games Seem To Have Been Hiding A Larger Secret]<br />
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[DE] [http://www.gameplane.de/the-witness-steam-ar-ein-auge-und-raetsel-ueber-raetsel/ Gameplane - The Witness – ARG, eine Sigille und Rätsel über Rätsel]<br />
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'''26th Jan 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://games.mxdwn.com/news/the-game-is-afoot-steam-games-hiding-a-secret/ MXDWN - The Game Is Afoot! Steam Games Hiding A Secret]<br />
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'''14th Feb 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [https://dvsgaming.org/crypts-to-trains-the-arg-that-connects-9-random-games/ DVSGaming - Crypts to Trains: The ARG That Connects 9 Random Games]<br />
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'''31th Jul 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [https://voxludicus.com/2016/07/31/there-is-a-new-arg-encompassing-15-indie-games-on-steam/ Vox Ludicus - There is a new ARG, encompassing 15 indie games on Steam.]<br />
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'''16th Aug 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://kotaku.com/the-sigil-eye-conspiracy-is-indie-games-widest-spanni-1785342978 Kotaku - The "Eye Sigil" Conspiracy Is Indie Games' Most Arcane Mystery]<br />
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'''17th Aug 2016'''<br />
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[EN], [[http://www.vice.com/de/read/diese-mysterioesen-symbole-sind-in-19-spielen-aufgetaucht-und-niemand-weiss-warum DE]], [[http://www.vice.com/it/read/simboli-misteriosi-19-videogiochi-perche IT]] [[http://www.vice.com/es_mx/read/estos-misteriosos-simbolos-aparecen-en-19-videojuegos-y-nadie-sabe-por-que ES-MX]] [[http://www.vice.com/rs/read/misteriozni-simboli-koji-se-pojavljuju-u-19-razlicitih-igara-iz-nepoznatog-razloga RS]] [http://www.vice.com/read/sigil-arg Vice Gaming - These Mysterious Symbols Have Been in 19 Video Games and No One Knows Why]<br />
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'''19th Aug 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://fraghero.com/a-mysterious-symbol-has-been-found-in-19-unrelated-videogames-and-noone-knows-why/ Fraghero - A mysterious symbol has been found in 19 unrelated videogames and no one knows why]<br />
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[EN] [http://mygaming.co.za/news/pc/101486-the-greatest-unsolved-mystery-in-video-games.html Mygaming - The greatest unsolved mystery in video games]<br />
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[CN] [http://www.chuapp.com/2016/08/19/263097.html 触乐网 - 两年来,这张神秘图片出现在19个不同的游戏中]<br />
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'''20th Sep 2016'''<br />
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[PL] [http://www.cdaction.pl/magazyn/ CD-Action] - "Więźniowie labiryntu", issue#261 (11/2016), page 82<br />
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'''15th Nov 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/those-mysterious-symbols-hidden-in-24-games-have-crossed-over-with-frog-fractions-2 Waypoint — Those Mysterious Symbols Hidden In 24 Games Have Crossed Over With 'Frog Fractions 2']<br />
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[EN] [http://kotaku.com/indie-games-most-cryptic-mystery-apparently-just-a-fro-1789010586 Kotaku — Indie Games’ Most Cryptic Mystery Apparently Just A Frog Fractions Teaser]</div>Houstonhttps://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Eye_Sigil_ARG&diff=19420Eye Sigil ARG2021-03-25T16:13:36Z<p>Houston: </p>
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<div>{{argbox<br />
| float = right<br />
| name = Eye Sigil ARG<br />
| image = File:Eye Sigil.png<br />
| description= The Eye ARG, also known as the Sigil or Eye Sigil ARG, lasted for nearly a year and spanned more than 25 seemingly unrelated indie games.<br />
| creator = [http://twinbeard.com Twinbeard]<br />
| type = Official<br />
| status = Completed<br />
| discovered = 2016-01-23<br />
| completed = 2016-11-15<br />
| timeline = [[Eye_Sigil_ARG/Timeline]]<br />
| halloffame = true<br />
}}<br />
{{ArgHeader|arg=Eye Sigil ARG}}<br />
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''For a condensed timeline of events, see [[Eye_Sigil_ARG/Timeline]]''<br />
<br />
== The Sigil ==<br />
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In May 2015, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/ strange image] was found in the SteamApp root directory of the game "[[Crypt of the Necrodancer]]." The purpose of the image remained unknown until [https://i.imgur.com/miZtTX1.jpg another glyph] was obtained, by [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/croq00v snooping through the original image using a hex editor]. No clear answers about the images emerged for some time.<br />
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Around the same time, [https://steamcommunity.com/app/323380/discussions/2/530647080137884418/ a similar image] was found by players of the game "[[The Magic Circle]]" that also consisted of circles and arcs. The image was behind an airlock and had a similar sigil depicted on it, shortly after the game's release in June 2015.<br />
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=== A Shared Mystery ===<br />
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Then, on 23 Jan 2016, a user discovered yet another similar [https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniMetro/comments/42bd84/secret_map_canberra_puzzle marking] in a game called [[Mini Metro]]. Shortly afterward, users came forward and claimed that they had seen similar markings in other games, including [[Sokobond]] and [[Kingdom of Loathing]]. By a combination of astute observation and dumb luck, the image, coined the "eye sigil" (the word "sigil" came from the resource names used in the games), now tied half a dozen games together.<br />
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In each game where the sigil is present, it is accompanied by a second, hidden circular glyph with little circles, squares, and triangles on concentric arcs. While the sigil itself was easily visible (even though been in vague places or displayed after very specific actions), seeing the second image required completing some challenge or figuring out some devious puzzle planted in the game. In certain cases, the glyph was first recovered using data-mining strategies (i.e. digging through the files and assets of the game), before solving the mystery the intended way.<br />
<br />
== The Big Picture ==<br />
<br />
After several glyphs had been discovered, it became clear that each of them was a fragment, intended to be joined together to form a larger puzzle. While at first it was not certain how these pieces ought to be assembled, as more pieces were discovered we were able to fill in the blanks.<br />
<br />
You can now try putting the puzzle together yourself with a tool made by DukeBG. [http://duke.a-comics.ru/sigil_arg/ Give it a go!]<br />
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Clean result: [[File:dukemap.png|frameless|128px]] [[File:Eye Sigil Clean Map.png|frameless|128px]]<br />
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The arrangement of the map was complete as of 14 Aug 2016 with two "straight" arcs left as speculation lines. On 13 Oct 2016, the final lines were confirmed and there were no speculative lines left.<br />
<br />
These resources were made before there was any solid information in regards to how the map should be used or solved. They are included here for historical purposes:<br />
<br />
*[[Eye Sigil ARG/Map Speculative Theories|Map speculative theories (list)]]<br />
*[[Eye Sigil ARG/Map measurements|Map measurements]]<br />
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=== Commonality Between the Games ===<br />
<br />
The question of whether or not the games involved with this ARG were linked in some way was very difficult to answer. It was first postulated that each game's developers had attended [http://www.indiecade.com/ Indiecade]; however, this theory was later sunk. For all we know, the games (and one book) were created by a comparatively small teams or ''indie'' developers (with a broad definition of this word, pretty much just being ''self-published''). Many of them follow each other on Twitter or know each other in one form or another (including brothers David and Kyle J. Pittmans, who each had a sigil in their games).<br />
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=== Who Holds The Knowledge ===<br />
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As the ARG developed, some of the developers disclosed that they didn't actually know where all of these sigils were leading. They were presented, by a mysterious third party, with two images — the sigil and a map piece — and asked to hide the map piece behind the sigil (we can assume they were not told any particular instructions about hiding since all the developers did it in any way they liked). Moreover, they received ''subtle assurances'' that the ARG was nothing they’d be ''upset about supporting''. Some developers seemed to hold more knowledge, however, saying that ''the answer will reveal itself in time'' (this was said not as a clue, but as a remark by Kevin Simmons from [[Kingdom of Loathing]] at PAX West 2016).<br />
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== Letter Soup ==<br />
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[[File:Firewatch Soup Solution.jpg|thumb|right|The solved letter soup]]<br />
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On 9 Nov 2016, '''Firewatch''' was updated on PC with the '''Free-Roam''' mode. Unlike the Xbox One version that had been available since September, the PC version also added a sigil. The sigil is on a board in one of the abandoned old shelters at ''Camp Arapahoe'' and on a cover of a journal found behind it. Before the update, that board had a symbol that reminded [http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Hunter's+Mark Bloodborne Hunter's Mark]. The text of the journal found behind the board had some letters italicized, which spelled out `firewatchgamecomdataclientjpg`. That was a [http://www.firewatchgame.com/data/client.jpg valid link] on the game's website and a letter soup.<br />
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It was discovered that we had to overlay our map over it to read the line. DukeBG made [http://duke.a-comics.ru/sigil_arg/solver/ a tool to do it], which allowed for moving, resizing, rotating and flipping of the map over the letter soup.<br />
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A remark about the letter soup: it has the letters along the bottom and right edges cut off, we entertained the idea that we only have a quarter of the full letter soup. Also it has some anomalies that suggest manual letter placing (namely, the :V spot and the 26 spot).<br />
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=== Solution ===<br />
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It took several days for people to try to fit the map on the letter soup. Eventually, the answer was found:<br />
number one/elmourouj<br />
This turned out to be a correct login/password combo for the [[Frog Fractions 2]] ARG terminal at http://time-travel.club/client.html, which was previously thought to be a completely seperate ARG!<br />
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After logging in on that terminal, we discovered four soup tasting videos featuring Jim Crawford and Ben McGraw. They were first uploaded as unlisted videos on 11 Oct 2016, but were updated to public on 16 Nov 2016 after we discovered them. You can watch the videos on the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwLQ-83jgXVNz5T_HD5eZVQ SoupTasters YouTube channel].<br />
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== Sigil Master ==<br />
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In August 2016, a person named "Sigil Master" contacted the journalist Patrick Klepek after he wrote an article about the Eye Sigil ARG. The message was limited to an ''Eye of Sauron'' image from Lord of the Rings movies and a text messages "The stars are not yet right", and the Gmail address was deleted right after that.<br />
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The Sigil Master appeared again on 14 Nov 2016, right as the Firewatch letter soup was being solved, stating in an email to Patrick that "The great cathedral lies now in rubble, its halls no longer filled with glorious song. Doubt not my words." Coincidentally, the letter soup ''was'' solved and Patrick wrote about the results. Sigil Master then contacted Patrick Klepeck for a long conversation again, and then talked to another journalist, Austin Walker, through Twitter. All of the logs of these conversations can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ko6xf-Tlnb_It10blIjZ8ZbdBMtR4_eWmN3HhVR7YHo/edit#gid=0 here].<br />
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While this person could have been a creative troll reacting to the articles, the Sigil Master called out "[[Bit Bit Blocks]]" as a game with another sigil. They were proven right (the sigil was planted on 12 Nov 2015, and yielded a map piece that was almost identical to the [[Slide the Shakes]] one). Additionally, in his conversations he mentioned "Celulitte Church", which is actually something from the [[Frog Fractions 2]] ARG lore. The style of communication also strongly resembles that of Justin Bortnick, the Frog Fractions 2 writer.<br />
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The message from the Sigil Master Lorakis to the people that found ''his'' sigils was to ''push forward with whatever information they have, thus a portal [to Jixandlia] may be discovered''. This may or may not mean the game Frog Fractions 2 itself and would be further covered on the according wiki articles.<br />
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In the days following this, the Sigil Master reached out once again to Austin Walker, and answered a select few questions, particularly about this portal to Jixandlia. ''Yes, the portal to Jixandlia... though if we may be saved remains to be seen. You would have to emerge not only at the right place, but the correct when as well... the odds are low, but it is possible.'' He also suggests that seeking the remaining sigils may not add any further information to the search: ''While it is possible that you have not found all of them, enough have been gathered to suffice, else this conversation could not occur. If it amuses you to continue to hunt by all means do so, but do not let that distract you from the task at hand!'' Finally, he revealed that he has knowledge of one of the characters from the Frog Fractions ARG, Pontiff Zagmar, cursing the name and saying he was long dead, ''slain by the Empire when it was still a bastion of righteousness.''<br />
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== Conclusion ==<br />
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After the Firewatch letter soup was solved, it was concluded that the Eye Sigil ARG was, in fact, a part of the existing '''Frog Fractions 2 ARG'''. To learn more about Frog Fractions 2, check its [[Frog Fractions 2|wiki page]]!<br />
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== Later Notes ==<br />
On April 8, 2020, Jim Stormdancer posted his [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVIQZ_MUYAEJWAL?format=jpg&name=large original sketch] of the map on twitter.<br />
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== Confirmed Appearances ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! No. !! Found In !! Store !! Price !! Release date !! Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! Sigil Image !! Solution !! Puzzle piece !! Video <br />
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| 1 ||[[Crypt of the Necrodancer]] ||[http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/crypt_of_the_necrodancer GOG] || $14.99 || 2015-04-25 || [https://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/comments/37oyzn/dunno_if_im_out_of_the_loop_but_what_the_hell_is/crold8q 2015-05-29] || Image placed in the root directory of the steam game folder || [[File:Eye_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Piece is embedded inside the sigil image file || [[File:cotn_piece.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/NuQ-FnR2xhY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 ||[[Mini Metro]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/mini_metro GOG] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mini-metro/id1047760200 iOS] || $9.99 || 2015-11-06 || 2015-02-13 || Sigil appears by going back and forth between credits and menu || [[File:MiniM screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Clicking the sigil takes the player to a secret ''Canberra'' level. Puzzle piece is obtained by recreating the sigil on this level. || [[File:MiniM piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/ifpzHuq4rxg YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 ||[[Legend of Dungeon]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/238280/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-09-13 || [http://steamcommunity.com/games/238280/announcements/detail/762595855058385614 2015-12-08] || Sigil appears when clicking the dwarf in the pause menu. || [[File:LoDsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece is unlocked when using the remote control in a room on the 26th floor after finding the sigil. || [[File:LengOfD piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/yzSXAODJGsY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[The Magic Circle]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/323380/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2015-07-09 || 2015-07-09 || Sigil appears on the door of an airlock. || [[File:mcsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece appears above the room with the airlock. || [[File:MagicC piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/bFFA5ZCG2MY YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 5||[[Neon Struct]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/310740/ Steam] || $17.99 || 2015-05-20 || 2015-05-20|| Sigil appears on the shirt of a character named "Stranger". || [[File:Neon sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by playing through the game talking to all strangers, getting all geocaches, saving a displacement orb for the end, and throwing it past the ending trigger. || [[File:NeonS piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/wd8l_dy7BTw YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 6||[[Mos Speedrun 2]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/333290/ Steam] [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.physmo.speedrun2 Android] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mos-speedrun-2/id835098788 iOS] || $8.99 || 2015-09-03 || [https://steamcommunity.com/games/333290/announcements/detail/108443129524049815 2015-10-15] || Sigil appears in a secret area in stage 3-4 after unlocking three eye pillars on different stages. || [[File:MosS2 screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The puzzle piece appears in a hidden level accessible after unlocking the sigil and completing the subsequent series of challenges throught the game. || [[File:MosS2 piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/6jsVxQxyNdI YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 7||[[Flickers]] || [http://flickersgame.com/ Website] || $0.00 || [https://games.digipen.edu/games/flickers 2013-05-01] || [http://neatsnake.com/flickers-soundtrack-remastered-game-update/ 2015-09-11] || Sigil appears on tree shortly into the game. || [[File:Flickers screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || There is a dot on the sigil level that disappears after a short time. Piece appears when reaching it (i.e. speedrunning the level). || [[File:Flickers piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/GYPix5-458w YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 8||[[Sokobond]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/290260/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/sokobond GOG] || $9.99 || 2014-01-21 || [https://steamcommunity.com/games/290260/announcements/detail/168092364619484173 2015-01-31] || Sigil appears whenever you solve a level with a solution involving hydrogen. When this happens, it appears with a count of such solutions you completed (out of 12 total). || [[File:Soko screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The piece will appear on screen once 12 solutions involving hydrogen are completed. || [[File:Soko piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/D2m5XEw5G98 YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 9||[[Moon Hunters]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/320040/ Steam] [https://www.gog.com/game/moon_hunters GOG]|| $14.99 || 2016-03-10 || 2016-02-09 || Sigil appears in some levels as a statue structure. || [[File:MoonH screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Two players (or more) have to perform a specific pose while standing on the sigil in multiplayer. The piece will appear on screen. || [[File:MoonH piece.png|frameless|border|100px]]|| [https://youtu.be/zlTChsPsyxQ YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 10||[[Soda Drinker Pro]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/347720/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2016-04-13 || 2016-04-13 || Sigil appears in the corner of the room in Level 2. || [[File:SodaDrPro screen.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by glitching through wall. || [[File:SodeDrPro piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/BTdjoOkfQAU YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 11||[[Bellular Hexatosis]] || [https://neotenomie.itch.io/bellular-hexatosis itch.io] || $0.00 || 2015-11-06 || 2015-11-06 || Sigil is visible at the start of the game. Clicking on the sigil causes it to spin. || [[File:bhsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Puzzle piece found by clicking the colored mushrooms found elsewhere in the game in the order the sigil displays after spinning. || [[File:Bellular_hexatosis_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/iLjzz-a_BBM YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 12||[[Slide the Shakes]] || [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prettygreat.slidetheshakes2 Android] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slide-the-shakes/id1063892879 iOS] || $0.00 || 2016-02-24 || 2016-02-24 (presumably) || Sigil appears in the corner of the room in Level 88. Morse code hidden in the level spells out "ARCHUSB". || [[File:shakesigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Piece was on a USB hidden at an arch in L.A., that was a landmark in another ARG by the same devs. || [[File:Slide_the_Shakes_Piece_Unlabled.jpeg|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|- <br />
| 13||[[Souls of Darkness]] || [https://garybutterfield.itch.io/souls-of-darkness-pdf itch.io] || $8.00 || 2016-01-02 || 2016-01-02 (though webdings added only on 2016-05-10) || Sigil appears next to the name of the map. Symbols underneath the sigil are [[Wikipedia:webdings|webdings]] and correspond to a series of numbers. || [[File:SoulsOfD screen.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || The numbers were a book cipher to be used on the GAME SOLVERZ HINTS after each of the 11 chapters in the book. It led to <code>osdPcDotpng</code> which led to the image link of the puzzle piece. || [[File:SoulsOfDarknessPiece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 14||[[Kingdom of Loathing]] || [https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/ Website] || $0.00 || 2003-10-02 || [http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/static.php?id=oldannouncements2014 2014-10-03] || Sigil appears on first visit to ''The Secret Government Laboratory'' adventure zone. || [[File:KoL screen.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The drops of the monsters in the ''Secret Government Laboratory'' (Excluding those from Monster Manuel) had the first letters being all different letters from A to M. In alphabetical order, the last letters of each name give the string <code>nlry9htdotgif</code> which led to the image link of the puzzle piece. || [[File:nlry9ht.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 15||[[Quadrilateral Cowboy]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/240440 Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-07-25 || 2016-07-25 || Visible above several clocks in the "Malta Stock Exchange" level. || [[File:qcsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || One of the monitors on the "Malta Stock Exchange" level says "MISSING CHUNKS". Within the games files, the code that renders text on this screen needed to be modified: "DELETE_THIS_CHUNK" part should be deleted and the missing chunks that are spread in comments of other scripts should be "restored". Then the piece is displayed on the monitor, drawn by rectangles defined by the chunks. || [[File:TJ2Ss7I.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 16||[[There Came an Echo]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/319740/ Steam] || $14.99 || 2015-02-24 || 2015-02-24 || Visible on the wall in level 5, near a point called Foxtrot 6 || [[File:TCAE_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Datamining the sigil revealed an [http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=File:Equation.png equation] (solution=EIEIO), leading to "Old McDonald Had a Farm" phrase. Using this voice command in-game in front of where the sigil is shows the piece on screen. || [[File:TCAE.png |frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/eAQa4cSdD9k YouTube]<br />
|-<br />
| 17||[[Duskers]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/254320/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-05-18 || 2016-05-18 || Hit f1, f2, f12 or del on launch, then hit enter on seeing %*)!@(#$@*#$(&& and it appears in the top left for a split second || [[File:DuskersSigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Choosing the %*)!@(#$@*#$(&& option opens the browser with an URL containing a string of characters. An in-game clue links this string to another similar string, leading to the second URL with a login form. Currently the legitimate credentials to this form are not known, but the puzzle piece was found in that folder under the filename [http://misfitsattic.com/1@$6&#91;&#91;=))!8-$(=/piece.jpg piece.jpg]. || [[File:DuskersPiece.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|-<br />
| 18||[[Clockwork Empires]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/224740/ Steam] || $29.99 || 2014-08-15 || [https://www.gaslampgames.com/2015/09/16/clockwork-empires-september-update-the-terrible-truth/ 2015-09-16] || Seen in the promotional drawing on their [https://www.gaslampgames.com/2015/09/16/clockwork-empires-september-update-the-terrible-truth/ website update page] for v43. Same art appears ingame at certain "strange artifact" events || [[File:ClockworkSigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The puzzle piece was hidden with OpenStego steganography software with the password 191761112 in the image with the sigil. The password is composed of the amounts of times the symbols in the promo image appear on the [[Wikipedia:Phaistos Disc|Phaistos Disc]] in order. || [[File:CEPiece.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
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| 19||[[You Have to Win the Game]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/286100/ Steam] || $0.00 || 2012-05-06 || 2015-08-20 || Seen on the ''Listen to the Wind'' screen of the ''Extra Spicy mode'' near the end of the campaign. Alternatively available in the list of sprites by using the <code>edit</code> command by pressing ` in-game || [[File:YHTWTG_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Following the trail of clues in changed titles of the rooms, the player arrives to the clue ''Backmask the Myth'', referring to the screen ''Hydra is Myth'' of the original campaign. By playing the original campaign and entering the password <code>ARDYH</code>, the player is teleported to a series of secret rooms marked by the sigil. One of them has the piece in the pause menu. || [[File:YHTWTG_piece.png |frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/PlkkW70hYJA YouTube]<br />
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| 20||[[Bombernauts]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/246920/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-07-31 || [http://store.steampowered.com/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/405677787252452070 2015-09-12]|| On a map named Sigil || [[File:bombernauts_sigil.jpg |frameless|border|100px]] || There is a setting in the options menu called Awesomeness that takes text input and can return secret functions. The players on the Sigil level are given titles, namely ''complex, reduced, irrational,'' and ''transcendental''. Inputting <code>CRIT</code> to the Awesomeness option while playing the Sigil level makes the puzzle piece appear.|| [[File:Bombernauts sharp.gif|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://youtu.be/8yMEaq_1Ur8 YouTube]<br />
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| 21||[[QWOP]] || [http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html?webgl=true Website] || $0.00 || 2008-11-12 || [https://twitter.com/bfod/status/628654716696817664 2015-08-04] || Appears on a barrier if you go 3m backwards from the starting line (WebGL version only) || [[File:QWOP_Sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || To see the piece you need to have a device with an accelerometer. Go backwards to see the sigil and turn the device upside down. The gravity will switch and you'll fly up to the piece in the sky. || [[File:QWOP_Piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCUCMV0Ero YouTube]<br />
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| 22||[[Choice Chamber]] || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/359960/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2015-07-16 || [http://steamcommunity.com/games/359960/announcements/detail/825671875018707506 2016-09-15] || In a normal playthrough you can only get a glitching heart after the cheating heart, which requires a shop that doesn't occur earlier than level 10. But using the debug mode to travel through rooms you can get the glitching heart on level 8. You'll see a pulsing sigil over the chest if you get to it. || [[File:CCsigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Obtaining a glitched heart from a chest under the sigil pops up an error message that includes "say nothing". Saying "nothing" in a linked twitch chat while in room 8 causes the chat bot to emit a reversed [http://imgur.com/iIAI6ah imgur url]. The image, also mirrored, is cryptically asking you to go back 501 rooms from the beginning and into room -500. Once there you needed to wait while the map piece assembles itself. || [[File:CCpiece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
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| 23||[[Reagan Gorbachev]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/364720/ Steam] || $9.99 || 2016-02-24 || [https://youtu.be/QVtLFqY9YEk?t=185 2016-02-24] || Sigil is in a hidden room in Level 22. Find the rocketlauncher and shoot the right wall at the end to get there. || [[File:RG_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Trigger an alarm so the door the enemies come through on the top of the level will open. You can walk through it after that and the piece is out there as seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3IJcaCJMw here] || [[File:RG_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
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| 24|| [[Firewatch: Free-Roam mode]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/383870 Steam] || $19.99 || 2016-02-09 || 2016-11-09 || Sigil is on a cover of a journal found at ''Camp Arapahoe'' in one of the abandoned old shelters. Inside the journal there is a text, some of its letters are italicized. These letters spell out firewatchgamecomdataclientjpg. That's a [http://www.firewatchgame.com/data/client.jpg valid link on the game's website] || [[File:Firewatch_Sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] ||colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Not applicable, leads to the letter soup rather than the piece || N/A<br />
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| 25|| [[Bit Bit Blocks]]|| [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bit-bit-blocks/id967089737 iOS] [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BitBitInteractive.BitBitBlocks Android] || $2.99 || 2015-11-12 || 2015-11-12 || The sigil appears on a menu screen next to the version number of the game. || [[File:bitbitblocks_sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Hit the menu buttons repeatedly. It will start playing the melody for the Ode to Joy. Go back to the main screen and tap the 4 blocks. They expand to 8, and play notes when tapped. Repeat the melody to obtain the piece. || [[File:bitbitblocks_piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
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| 26|| [[Read Only Memories]]|| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/330820/ Steam] || $19.99 || 2015-10-06 || 2016-10-10 || Sigil is shown in the post-game email section, as one of the email icons. Replaced a conspiracy-alike image that [https://youtu.be/3ERiWbTLvFU?t=6m39s used to say "watching you…"]. || [[File:ROM-sigil.png|frameless|border|100px]] || The email with the sigil's icon says to send a message to an email address; after following a scripted (but possibly manually operated) exchange, the piece was attached in the final message. || [[File:ROM_piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || N/A<br />
|}<br />
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== Questionable Appearances ==<br />
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After the ARG got enough popularity and press coverage, a lot of developers (especially the ones, who felt they didn't ''get invited'') talked about adding the sigil in their own games for various purposes (be it fun or trolling, or just willingness to be included). It's easy enough to make a hoax like this and people who are solving the puzzle don't have a reliable way to verify the authenticity of the sigil. Especially when it's planted long after multiple media articles.<br />
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Since sigil-like images like that do pop up and people raise questions about them, we're documenting them too. Once there is enough investigation, a sigil can turn out to be real and will be moved to the ''confirmed'' section.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Found In !! style="min-width:90px" | Release date !! style="min-width:90px" | Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! Sigil Image !! Reasoning <br />
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| [[Roblox]] [https://www.roblox.com/games/488775941/unnamed level] || 2016-08-26 || 2016-08-26 || Appears after a button press in the beginning || [[File:Roblox-sigillike.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Roblox levels are user-generated content. There is no developer name or any sort of credibility to it. The user that posted the level (ChallengerDelight) registered on the website the same day. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4EfhnEMILU Here's what happens after beating the level]<br />
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| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/518580/ '''Accounting'''] || 2016-10-18 || 2016-10-18 || On the credits whiteboard || [[File:Accounting-sigillike.png|frameless|border|100px]] || 1. The people on the development team joked about the ARG after discovering it before, see [https://xb.reddit.com/r/gamedetectives/comments/585wof/found_sigil_in_accounting_for_the_vive/d8yr7m5/ here]. 2. The image is very different from the actual sigil in the bottom part, this is common for ''parodies''. 3. Very late inclusion of the sigil.<br />
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After the Jig Was Up, it was confirmed that the sigil did not originate from Jim Crawford, but William Pugh was added to the credits nevertheless, making it an official part of the ARG.<br />
|}<br />
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== Sigils That Were Not Found ==<br />
We predicted that there are more sigils that we didn't found based on the fact that every spot of the map was otherwise covered by multiple pieces (a redundancy to allow solvers not to find every single one). In the end credits Frog Fractions 2 lists "Extra Special Thanks" to people who planted sigils in their games, so we can find them ex post facto.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"<br />
! style="min-width:100px" | Person's name !! style="min-width:130px" | Game !! style="min-width:90px" | Release date !! style="min-width:90px" | Sigil Added !! Sigil Location !! style="min-width:110px" | Sigil Image !! style="min-width:110px" | Piece Image !! Notes<br />
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| Chandana Ekanayake || [https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/wayward-sky-ps4/ Wayward Sky] || 2016-10-10 || 2016-10-10 || On [http://i.imgur.com/BmjjTXQ.jpg the bottom] of a suitcase filled with coloured bricks in a sandboxy menu / hub world area || [[File:WaywardSky_sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || || The game is a PS4 exclusive and console games have gaint gaps between going gold and releasing, so the sigil was probably planted months before october, although at the moment of release it could have hardly been relevant for solving the ARG.<br />
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| Megan Fox || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/253390/ Hot Tin Roof] || 2015-02-20 || 2015-08-10 || In a hidden dungeon, behind a fake wall || [[File:HotTinRoof_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:HotTinRoof_Piece.png|frameless|border|100px]] || Each color is tied to a key/controller input: Blue = jump, Red = interact, Green = reload, Yellow = shoot. After you complete a sequence one of the bottom parts lights up. Once you've completed all sequences that you are presented with and all the bottom parts are lighten up, the piece is displayed. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iUnPqKCP0 Youtube]<br />
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| Daniel Mullins || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/405640 Pony Island] || 2016-01-04 || 2016-03-20 || There is no sigil || || || style="max-width: 400px" | This one was not from Jim, but added by the developer after the ARG blew up in the news, the developer was dared by two friends to add a fake one. The game does not have a sigil itself, but a puzzle piece and the developer felt bad about it afterwards. However, it was never found until 2020-03-24. This piece is located on the fake computer in the text file help.txt place your cursor at the bottom right and the piece will appear at the left of the file. The piece was nevertheless made official part of the ARG by listing Daniel in credits.<br />
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| Alejandro Quan-Madrid || [https://glitch.city/ Glitch City] Magazine || 2015-06-17 || 2015-06-14 || In the corner of the front page of Glitch City Issue 3, a print-only zine. || [[File:GlitchCity_Sigil.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:GlitchCity_Piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || This sigil was in a print-only Zine given out somewhere in June 2015 from [https://glitch.city/ Glitch City]. The puzzle on [[:File:GlitchCityIssue3Pages67.jpg|page 7]], attributed as "???" to Rachel Sala, is a connect-the-dots diagram that produces the code for the imgur link of the piece.<br />
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| Josh Sutphin || [http://store.steampowered.com/app/443250 Legacy of the Elder Star] || 2016-06-07 || 2016-06-07 || The sigil is on the main menu once you clear the game's Story Mode without using any continues. || [[File:LegacyOfTheElderStar.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || [[File:LegacyOfTheElderStar_Piece.jpg|frameless|border|100px]] || The sigil was on a screenshot that a player of the game [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=705196939 taken] on 17 June 2016, so it's safe to assume it was added on release. Clicking the sigil shows the icon of a boss skull and then leads to a grid, where you have to input a binary code — use the numbers at the end of each boss's name (88, 124, 175, 201, 254) converted into binary. After that the grid disappears and the sigil is shown once again. Clicking it opens [http://elderstargame.com/secret/secret.jpg the piece in a new tab]. [http://imgur.com/gallery/KyR9F Detailed album of everything]<br />
|}<br />
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== Resources ==<br />
<big>[[Eye_Sigil_Arg:Investigative_Tools|Investigative Tools]]</big><br />
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<big>[[Eye_Sigil_Arg:Developer_Exchange_Archive|Developer Exchange Archive]] (horribly outdated)</big><br />
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== Media Appearances == <br />
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'''25th Jan. 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://www.pcgamer.com/there-is-an-indie-arg-on-the-loose/ PCGamer - There is an indie ARG on the loose]<br />
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[EN] [https://www.vg247.com/2016/01/25/steam-ar-game-the-witness/ VG24/7 - Is this a Steam AR game to promote The Witness?]<br />
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[EN] [http://steamed.kotaku.com/for-years-a-few-steam-games-seem-to-have-been-hiding-a-1754982338 Kotaku - For Years, A Few Steam Games Seem To Have Been Hiding A Larger Secret]<br />
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[DE] [http://www.gameplane.de/the-witness-steam-ar-ein-auge-und-raetsel-ueber-raetsel/ Gameplane - The Witness – ARG, eine Sigille und Rätsel über Rätsel]<br />
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'''26th Jan 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://games.mxdwn.com/news/the-game-is-afoot-steam-games-hiding-a-secret/ MXDWN - The Game Is Afoot! Steam Games Hiding A Secret]<br />
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'''14th Feb 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [https://dvsgaming.org/crypts-to-trains-the-arg-that-connects-9-random-games/ DVSGaming - Crypts to Trains: The ARG That Connects 9 Random Games]<br />
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'''31th Jul 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [https://voxludicus.com/2016/07/31/there-is-a-new-arg-encompassing-15-indie-games-on-steam/ Vox Ludicus - There is a new ARG, encompassing 15 indie games on Steam.]<br />
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'''16th Aug 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://kotaku.com/the-sigil-eye-conspiracy-is-indie-games-widest-spanni-1785342978 Kotaku - The "Eye Sigil" Conspiracy Is Indie Games' Most Arcane Mystery]<br />
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'''17th Aug 2016'''<br />
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[EN], [[http://www.vice.com/de/read/diese-mysterioesen-symbole-sind-in-19-spielen-aufgetaucht-und-niemand-weiss-warum DE]], [[http://www.vice.com/it/read/simboli-misteriosi-19-videogiochi-perche IT]] [[http://www.vice.com/es_mx/read/estos-misteriosos-simbolos-aparecen-en-19-videojuegos-y-nadie-sabe-por-que ES-MX]] [[http://www.vice.com/rs/read/misteriozni-simboli-koji-se-pojavljuju-u-19-razlicitih-igara-iz-nepoznatog-razloga RS]] [http://www.vice.com/read/sigil-arg Vice Gaming - These Mysterious Symbols Have Been in 19 Video Games and No One Knows Why]<br />
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'''19th Aug 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [http://fraghero.com/a-mysterious-symbol-has-been-found-in-19-unrelated-videogames-and-noone-knows-why/ Fraghero - A mysterious symbol has been found in 19 unrelated videogames and no one knows why]<br />
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[EN] [http://mygaming.co.za/news/pc/101486-the-greatest-unsolved-mystery-in-video-games.html Mygaming - The greatest unsolved mystery in video games]<br />
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[CN] [http://www.chuapp.com/2016/08/19/263097.html 触乐网 - 两年来,这张神秘图片出现在19个不同的游戏中]<br />
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'''20th Sep 2016'''<br />
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[PL] [http://www.cdaction.pl/magazyn/ CD-Action] - "Więźniowie labiryntu", issue#261 (11/2016), page 82<br />
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'''15th Nov 2016'''<br />
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[EN] [https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/those-mysterious-symbols-hidden-in-24-games-have-crossed-over-with-frog-fractions-2 Waypoint — Those Mysterious Symbols Hidden In 24 Games Have Crossed Over With 'Frog Fractions 2']<br />
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[EN] [http://kotaku.com/indie-games-most-cryptic-mystery-apparently-just-a-fro-1789010586 Kotaku — Indie Games’ Most Cryptic Mystery Apparently Just A Frog Fractions Teaser]</div>Houston