Eye Sigil ARG

Eye Sigil ARG
The Eye ARG, also known as the Sigil or Eye Sigil ARG, began in 2014 and involves at least 10 otherwise unrelated indie games which all contain a hidden symbol and a unique puzzle piece which forms part of a larger "map".
Creator	Unknown
Status	On Going
Discovered	January 25th, 2016
Completed

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History

The Strange Glyph

On or around January 25th, 2016, a strange image was found in the SteamApp root directory of the game "Crypt of the Necrodancer". While this image had been found long before, its purpose remained unknown until another glyph was obtained, this time by snooping through the original image using a hex editor. Still, no clear answers about the images would emerge, until...

A Shared Mystery

By a combination of astute observation and dumb luck, it was discovered that the initial image found in Crypt of the Necrodancer, coined "the sigil", was present in other games as well. In each game where it is present, the sigil is accompanied by a second, hidden glyph. Sometimes, the glyph will become visible after completing a challenge in the game. In certain circumstances, the glyph has only been recovered using data-mining strategies (ie digging through the files/assets of the game).

The Big Picture

After several glyphs had been discovered, some began to wonder if, perhaps, each glyph was intended to be joined together to form a larger puzzle, which could then be applied somehow, either as a cipher or otherwise, in order to gain new information. While it is not certain how these pieces ought to be assembled, various guesses have been made as to their configuration. It is also currently assumed that we don't have all of the pieces yet, and so are still searching for sigils in games.

Possible solutions to the puzzle (ie configuring the pieces into one uniform image) include:

Example One	Example Two	Example Three	Example Four

Please note that some older versions of the assembled puzzle no longer include all current pieces, as they were created prior to those pieces' discoveries.

If you want to give puzzle assemble a shot yourself, two up-to-date albums are available, one with all the pieces & sigils in their original format and one with labeled PNG versions of each piece, re-sized so their circles match in diameter. Historically, flipping and rotating of pieces is acceptable during assembly, however skewing/stretching/re-sizing of the piece is not. Piece overlap is encouraged, as it helps confirm a piece's true orientation.

Commonality Between the Games

The question of whether or not the games involved with this ARG are linked in some way has proven very difficult to answer. It was first postulated that each games' developers had attended Indiecade, however later discovery of additional games sunk this theory. For now, a consistent, viable theory of connection is lacking. However, coming up with one that works could be the key to finding the rest of the sigil-containing games.

Confirmed Appearances

No.	Found In	Release date	Sigil Added	Sigil Location	Sigil Image	Solution	Puzzle piece	Video
1	Crypt of the Necrodancer	Apr 25, 2015	May 29, 2015	Image hidden in the steam game folder		Hidden inside steam game files		YouTube
2	Mini metro				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
3	Legend of Dungeon				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
4	The Magic Circle				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
5	Neon Struct				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
6	Mos Speedrun 2				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
7	Flickers				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
8	Sokobond				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
9	Moon Hunters				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
10	Soda Drinker Pro				thumbnail		thumbnail	YouTube
11	Bellular Hexatosis				thumbnail			YouTube
.	Slide the Shakes				thumbnail			YouTube
.	Souls of Darkness				thumbnail			YouTube
.	Kingdom of Loathing				thumbnail			YouTube

Media Appearances

The reveal of the ARG led to a few big threads on reddit, primarily /r/games, which in turn lead to some attention from vg 24/7, Kotaku and PCgamer.

Resources

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Clues

Red Herrings

Developer Exchange Archive

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