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| name        = Christmas advent ARG
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| name        = ARGvent
 
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| description = Let it snow puzzles!
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| description = Let it snow puzzles
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| creator    = [https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Meta:Staff Game Detectives Admins]
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| creator    = GD admins
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| type        = Investigation
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| type        = [[List_of_Investigations#Type|Community]]
 
 
| status      = Completed
 
| status      = Completed
 
| discovered  = 2016-12-01
 
| discovered  = 2016-12-01
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| completed  = 2016-12-25
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| completed  = 2016-12-31
 
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[[Main Page]] > [[List of Investigations]]
 
[[Main Page]] > [[List of Investigations]]
  
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The '''ARGvent''' created by [[Meta:Staff|Gamedetectives admins]] as a puzzle advent calendar, allowed Game Detectives to trully test their
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The '''ARGvent Calendar''' was created by the [[Meta:Staff|Game Detectives admins]].  It was a puzzle advent calendar, where a new puzzle was unlocked every day from December 1 - 25. As a reward for successfully completing puzzles, players were granted achievements on their Game Detectives profiles, as well as entries into the draw for miscellaneous Steam games.
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puzzle solving skill. As reward for successfully completing puzzles they were granted achivements over on their profile (up to 2), along with an extra entry in the game pool draw.
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On December 31, the puzzles were closed, and entries into the draw (as well as the ARGvent achievements) could no longer be obtained.
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== 2016 ==
 +
=== Prizes ===
 +
60 miscellaneous Steam keys were given away, with a maximum of 2 keys per person.
 +
Here are some of the games that were given away:
 +
 
 +
* Abyss Odyssey
 +
* The Banner Saga
 +
* The Bard's Tale
 +
* Broken Age
 +
* Chroma Squad
 +
* Contagion
 +
* Galak-Z
 +
* Gemini Rue
 +
* Grim Fandango Remastered
 +
* Infinifactory
 +
* Knights of Pen and Paper +1
 +
* Legend of Grimrock 2
 +
* Lethal League
 +
* Lumino City
 +
* Massive Chalice
 +
* Odallus: The Dark Call
 +
* Psychonauts
 +
* Puzzle Agent
 +
* Puzzle Agent 2
 +
* Read Only Memories
 +
* Republique
 +
* Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse
 +
* Space Engineers
 +
* Titan Souls
 +
* The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
 +
 
 +
In addition, those that were able to finish all 25 puzzles were entered into an additional draw for Glittermitten Grove.
 +
 
 +
Those who were in a festive mood, and decided to donate a game to the prize pool, were rewarded with the '''❤ Thank you ❤''' role on the GameDetectives Discord.
 +
 
 +
=== Achievements ===
 +
 
 +
ARGvent participants were also able to earn achievement badges for their profile. Here is the list of achievements:
  
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= Rewards =
 
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Over 40 steam keys could be won, with the maximum of 2 per person.
 
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List of the games you had chance to win:
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! Achievement Name
 +
! Icon
 +
! Puzzles
 
|-
 
|-
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|Abyss Odyssey || The Banner Saga
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| Candy Cane
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|-
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| [[File:ARGvent tier0.png|100px|none|center]]
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|The Bard's Tale || Broken Age
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| 1
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|-
 
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|Chroma Squad || Contagion
 
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|-
 
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|Galak-Z || Gemini Rue
 
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|-
 
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|Grim Fandango Remastered || Infinifactory
 
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|-
 
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|Knights of Pen and Paper +1 || Legend of Grimrock 2
 
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|-
 
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|Lethal League || Lumino City
 
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|-
 
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|Massive Chalice || Odallus: The Dark Call
 
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|-
 
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|Psychonauts || Puzzle Agent
 
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|-
 
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|Puzzle Agent 2 || Read Only Memories
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|Republique || Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse
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| For Me?
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| [[File:ARGvent tier1.png|100px|none|center]]
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| 5
 
|-
 
|-
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|Space Engineers || Titan Souls
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| Gift Hoarder
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|-
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| [[File:ARGvent tier2.png|100px|none|center]]
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|The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
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| 12
 
|-
 
|-
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| Special Snowflake
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| [[File:ARGvent tier3.png|100px|none|center]]
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| 25
 
|}
 
|}
  
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Next to all of those games, people smart enough to finish all 25 puzzles got the chance to win a copy of Glittermitten Grove!
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== 2017 ==
 +
=== Prizes ===
 +
In an improvement from last year, 74 (and counting!) different community prizes can be given away, which includes:
  
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Those who were in festive mood, and decided to donate a game to the prize pool, were awarded with the '''<3 Thank you <3''' role, over on the discord server.
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*  Anomaly 2
 +
*  Antichamber
 +
*  Back to the Future: The Game
 +
*  Bejeweled 3
 +
*  Binary Domain
 +
*  BiT Evolution
 +
*  Bit.Trip Runner2
 +
*  Broken Age
 +
*  Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
 +
*  Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
 +
*  Choice Chamber
 +
*  Chronology: Time Changes Everything
 +
*  Contraption Maker
 +
*  Cosmonautica
 +
*  Curses 'n' Chaos
 +
*  Dark Scavenger
 +
*  Deep Dungeons of Doom
 +
*  Democracy 3 Collector's Edition
 +
*  Dinocide
 +
*  Disc Jam BETA
 +
*  Dungeons 2
 +
*  Eisenwald: Blood of November
 +
*  Elegy for a Dead World
 +
*  Frog Climbers
 +
*  Frozen Cortex
 +
*  Frozen Synapse
 +
*  Galak-Z
 +
*  Goat Simulator
 +
*  Golf with your Friends
 +
*  Guacamelee: Complete
 +
*  GUILTY GEAR XX ΛCORE CORE PLUS R
 +
*  Gunmetal: Arcadia Zero
 +
*  Guns of Icarus
 +
*  Hacknet
 +
*  Hue
 +
*  HyperRogue
 +
*  Infinifactory
 +
*  Kane & Lynch
 +
*  Karma. Incantation 1
 +
*  Kholat
 +
*  Knight Squad
 +
*  Legend of Grimrock 2
 +
*  Magicka 2
 +
*  Multimirror
 +
*  Oozi: Earth Adventure
 +
*  Out of the Park Baseball 17
 +
*  Overture
 +
*  Phantaruk
 +
*  Pressure
 +
*  Psychonauts
 +
*  RCT2: Triple Thrill Pack
 +
*  Robot Roller Derby Disco Dodgeball
 +
*  Rocket Riot
 +
*  Saturday Morning RPG
 +
*  Shadwen
 +
*  Shu
 +
*  Skulls of the Shogun
 +
*  Space Engineers
 +
*  Splice
 +
*  Tales Across Time
 +
*  Tetrobot & Co
 +
*  The Bridge
 +
*  The Escapists
 +
*  The Way
 +
*  TIS-100
 +
*  Titan Souls
 +
*  Torchlight II
 +
*  Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found
 +
*  Train Simulator 2016
 +
*  Two Digits
 +
*  Ultimate General: Gettysburg
 +
*  Volume
 +
*  Waddle Home
 +
*  Waking Mars
  
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Alongside the games, participants also were able to earn 2 achivement badges for on their profile. By completing atleast 1 puzzle, you were awarded with '''Candy cane''' achivement, and by completing all 25 puzzles you were granted the '''Special Snowflake''' achivement.
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In addition to these prizes, [http://www.chrono.gg/ Chrono.gg] has kindly gifted more prizes, with the details yet to be announced.
  
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= Statistics =
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=== Achievements ===
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t.b.a
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For every puzzle that is completed, 200xp will be added to your profile. If you complete a certain number of puzzles as well, you will also receive an achievement badge for your profile. They are as follows:
  
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= Puzzles =
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{| class="wikitable"
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The solutions to all of the 25 days have not been made public yet as of 2017-01-10.
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! Achievement Name
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This page shall be updated once that happens.
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! Icon
 +
! Puzzles
 +
|-
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| Holly
 +
| [[File:ARGvent2017 tier0.png|100px|none|center]]
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| 1
 +
|-
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| Bauble
 +
| [[File:ARGVent2017 Tier1.png|100px|none|center]]
 +
| 5
 +
|-
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| Gingerbread Man
 +
| [[File:ARGVent 2017 Tier2.png|100px|none|center]]
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| 12
 +
|-
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| Shining Star
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| [[File:ARGVent2017 Tier3.png|100px|none|center]]
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| 25
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|}

Latest revision as of 15:05, 18 August 2018

ARGvent
Completed on 2016-12-31
Argvent logo.png
Let it snow puzzles!
Type Investigation
Creator Game Detectives Admins
Discovered 2016-12-01
Completed 2016-12-31

Main Page > List of Investigations

The ARGvent Calendar was created by the Game Detectives admins. It was a puzzle advent calendar, where a new puzzle was unlocked every day from December 1 - 25. As a reward for successfully completing puzzles, players were granted achievements on their Game Detectives profiles, as well as entries into the draw for miscellaneous Steam games.

On December 31, the puzzles were closed, and entries into the draw (as well as the ARGvent achievements) could no longer be obtained.

2016

Prizes

60 miscellaneous Steam keys were given away, with a maximum of 2 keys per person. Here are some of the games that were given away:

  • Abyss Odyssey
  • The Banner Saga
  • The Bard's Tale
  • Broken Age
  • Chroma Squad
  • Contagion
  • Galak-Z
  • Gemini Rue
  • Grim Fandango Remastered
  • Infinifactory
  • Knights of Pen and Paper +1
  • Legend of Grimrock 2
  • Lethal League
  • Lumino City
  • Massive Chalice
  • Odallus: The Dark Call
  • Psychonauts
  • Puzzle Agent
  • Puzzle Agent 2
  • Read Only Memories
  • Republique
  • Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse
  • Space Engineers
  • Titan Souls
  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

In addition, those that were able to finish all 25 puzzles were entered into an additional draw for Glittermitten Grove.

Those who were in a festive mood, and decided to donate a game to the prize pool, were rewarded with the ❤ Thank you ❤ role on the GameDetectives Discord.

Achievements

ARGvent participants were also able to earn achievement badges for their profile. Here is the list of achievements:

Achievement Name Icon Puzzles
Candy Cane
ARGvent tier0.png
 1
For Me?
ARGvent tier1.png
 5
Gift Hoarder
ARGvent tier2.png
 12
Special Snowflake
ARGvent tier3.png
 25

2017

Prizes

In an improvement from last year, 74 (and counting!) different community prizes can be given away, which includes:

  • Anomaly 2
  • Antichamber
  • Back to the Future: The Game
  • Bejeweled 3
  • Binary Domain
  • BiT Evolution
  • Bit.Trip Runner2
  • Broken Age
  • Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
  • Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
  • Choice Chamber
  • Chronology: Time Changes Everything
  • Contraption Maker
  • Cosmonautica
  • Curses 'n' Chaos
  • Dark Scavenger
  • Deep Dungeons of Doom
  • Democracy 3 Collector's Edition
  • Dinocide
  • Disc Jam BETA
  • Dungeons 2
  • Eisenwald: Blood of November
  • Elegy for a Dead World
  • Frog Climbers
  • Frozen Cortex
  • Frozen Synapse
  • Galak-Z
  • Goat Simulator
  • Golf with your Friends
  • Guacamelee: Complete
  • GUILTY GEAR XX ΛCORE CORE PLUS R
  • Gunmetal: Arcadia Zero
  • Guns of Icarus
  • Hacknet
  • Hue
  • HyperRogue
  • Infinifactory
  • Kane & Lynch
  • Karma. Incantation 1
  • Kholat
  • Knight Squad
  • Legend of Grimrock 2
  • Magicka 2
  • Multimirror
  • Oozi: Earth Adventure
  • Out of the Park Baseball 17
  • Overture
  • Phantaruk
  • Pressure
  • Psychonauts
  • RCT2: Triple Thrill Pack
  • Robot Roller Derby Disco Dodgeball
  • Rocket Riot
  • Saturday Morning RPG
  • Shadwen
  • Shu
  • Skulls of the Shogun
  • Space Engineers
  • Splice
  • Tales Across Time
  • Tetrobot & Co
  • The Bridge
  • The Escapists
  • The Way
  • TIS-100
  • Titan Souls
  • Torchlight II
  • Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found
  • Train Simulator 2016
  • Two Digits
  • Ultimate General: Gettysburg
  • Volume
  • Waddle Home
  • Waking Mars

In addition to these prizes, Chrono.gg has kindly gifted more prizes, with the details yet to be announced.

Achievements

For every puzzle that is completed, 200xp will be added to your profile. If you complete a certain number of puzzles as well, you will also receive an achievement badge for your profile. They are as follows:

Achievement Name Icon Puzzles
Holly
ARGvent2017 tier0.png
 1
Bauble
ARGVent2017 Tier1.png
 5
Gingerbread Man
ARGVent 2017 Tier2.png
 12
Shining Star
ARGVent2017 Tier3.png
 25
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