List of Investigations

Note: often an ARG is named by the community. Alternative names that exist appear on the specific investigation's main page.

Puzzles

Name	Type	Status	Creator	Started	Discovered	Concluded
76543		Closed	Unknown	2016-03-16	2016-03-16	Unknown
Black Mesa	Independent	Gone Cold	SometimesIDreamOfCheese	2016-03-28	2016-04-11	2016-05-23
Electronic Freedom Society	Independent	Closed	gayfarang	2016-03-19	2016-03-20	2016-04-22
Eye Sigil ARG	Official	Active	Unknown	2014-10-03	2016-01-25
FRTS The Message	Community	Gone Cold	TheCreativeGod	2016-02-26	2016-03-07
Human Souls		Active	Unknown	2016-03-05	Unknown
In Reality	Community	Active	Unknown	2016-06-12	2016-06-27
Kill Your Internet	Official	Closed	Camouflaj	2016-03-17	2016-03-18	2016-04-02
Mystery of the Emblem	Community	Closed	whizzer0	2016-03-26	2016-03-26	2016-04-07
Project 11	Community	Closed	Project 11#6740	2016-06	2016-06-02	2016-06-19
Steam Winter 2015	Official	Closed	Valve	2015-12-22	2015-12-22	2016-01-04
Teragon	Independent	Closed	gayfarang	2016-01-31	2016-01-31	2016-02-07
Watching You	Independent	Active	Unknown	2016-07-02	2016-07-02

Key

Type

• Official - Affiliated with source material, game studio or related organisation.
• Independent - Not affiliated with any source material or a specific organisation. Often an entirely original story.
• Community - As 'Independent', but created by one or more GD community members/for the community. Often, trailhead and clues appear primarily on community resources.
• Investigation - No ARG or puzzle has been confirmed. In the majority of cases, clues have been discovered. This may be used temporarily before such a time that confirmation has been made, or may be a permanent status. Sometimes investigations will reveal a simple marketing gimmick or similar.

Status

• Active - Known to be ongoing. Clues are still appearing, or attempts to resolve existing ones are still underway.
• Gone Cold - Attempts to advance have become fruitless and no progress is being made. Clues have potentially stopped appearing. May return to 'Active' if a new lead is uncovered or a clue has been solved. This may also be used in cases where the puppetmaster has seemingly put the project 'on hold'.
• Unknown - The community has disengaged with this investigation and its status is currently not known.
• Closed - The investigation has completed to its logical conclusion (it has been solved), the puppetmaster is confirmed to have permanently ceased progress or a fixed time limit has been exceeded (as with an ARG running alongside a sale, etc.).

Started

The date that the ARG or puzzle is known to have begun or the trailhead first appeared.

Discovered

The date that the investigation began.

Concluded

The date that the investigation was closed or the trail went cold (if known).

Investigations

These clues have been investigated and looked after if it was serious, but didn't turn out to be more than grasping at straws. They are listed here for archival purposes.

Name	Type	Status	Creator	Started	Discovered	Concluded
April Fools	Community	Closed	GameDetectives moderators	2016-04-01	2016-04-01	2016-04-01
Steam Summer 2016	Investigation	Active	Valve	Unknown	2016-06-23
HOXOR	Investigation	Gone cold	Night Work Games	Unknown	2016-04-23
Rocket League	Investigation	Gone cold	Unknown	Unknown	2016-03
SUPERHOT	Investigation	Gone cold	Superhot Team	2016-02-26	2016-02-26