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Revision as of 20:53, 16 February 2020


Secret Project
Active since 2020-01-23
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Type Official
Creator Frictional Games
Discovered 2020-01-23

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Secret Project is an official ARG created for Frictional Games' first new game since SOMA (2015), originally titled "Secret Project #1".
The ARG is taking place on the Next Frictional Game website, mostly comprised of finding YouTube IDs by solving puzzles hidden within the site.

Throughout this article, information has been taken from this Google doc.

Background

Since the 10/12/2019, one second videos of a growing embryo are uploaded bi-weekly to the Next Frictional Game website. The name of each video represented the date the video was posted on, in this format: mm/dd.
Each video got deleted from the site after being replaced by a new one.

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It wasn't until the 23/01/2020, that the first clue for the ARG finally appeared on the site.

0123.mp4 - the first video that appeared with an ARG clue.

Update 1

Summary

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On the 23/01/2020, a new eye icon was spotted at the bottom right of the website, along with the other social media icons.
Hovering on the icon reveals a YouTube video ID suWaF-aIdV4 which leads to a video named Box 52, Tape 16.

The HTML code of the site was inspected as well, and another YouTube video ID pBW3V85Y-I4 was found inside an element named artefact.
The ID leads to a video named Box 7 Reel 2, Partial Success

Box 52, Tape 16

Marked Shetpe, KSSR.

The video shows a collection of rocks near a body of water, and then zooms in on a rock with peculiar symbols craved on it. The description of the video mentioned it's a cassette marked Shetpe, KSSR.

KSSR refers to Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, now Kazakhstan.

A notable location regarding the mentioned location in the video is Sherkala, A mountain located near the town of Shetpe. It is the remains of medieval caravanserai. Tunnels were built inside the mountain during a besiege.

Box 7 Reel 2, Partial Success

Triple Crown.

Nothing can be seen in the video, but three monstrous screams can be heard.
The description describes this video as an artefact, which is marked Triple Crown.

Update 2

Summary