Accounting+ ARG

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Accounting+ ARG
Active since 2017-12-07
Accounting+ logo.png
The Accounting+ ARG centers around a tadpole conspiracy.
Type [[List_of_Investigations#Official|Official]]
Creator Crows Crows Crows
Discovered 2017-12-07

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The Accounting+ ARG is an alternate reality game centered around Accounting+, a game by the studio Crows Crows Crows. The ARG is centered around a conspiracy involving the developers of Accounting+, a fictional drink called Shpleebly, and tadpoles. The mythical "secret zoo level" has been a pervasive theme throughout the ARG.

Accounting+

On December 7, 2017, at the Game Awards, the first trailer for Accounting+ was unveiled. Shortly afterwards, William Pugh and Justin Roiland took the stage, and immediately hinted at the existence of a "secret zoo level". Nothing more was teased until the game's launch on December 19.

Launch Email

The hidden code in the Accounting+ launch email

On December 19, 2017, Accounting+ was launched for Playstation VR. Additionally, people subscribed to the Crows Crows Crows newsletter received an email containing the following hidden message:

J R X W 6 2 Z A M Z 2 X E 5 D I M V Z C A Z D P O 5 X C 4 I C U N B S S A W T P N 4 Q E Y Z L W M V W C A 2 L T E B U W 4 4 3 J M R S S A Y L M N Q Q G 6 Z R A O V Z S 4 I B T G M Z T S M J S G Q Y Q

Decoding this message from base 32 yields the following:

Look further down. The Zoo Level is inside all of us. 33391241

At this time, the numbers 33391241 are an unsolved clue.

Rapsgiving Email

The hidden message from the Rapsgiving email

On December 28, 2017, people subscribed to the Crows Crows Crows newsletter received an email containing a link to a music video called WhosThatInTheTree. The song heavily features samples from Accounting+, and the music video contains footage from the game as well.

Additionally, the email contained another secret code:

82 69 86 70 85 69 86 83 85 48 86 66 85 107 78 73 81 48 120 80 86 48 53 66 85 49 78 81 81 86 78 84 86 48 57 83 82 65

Converting these numbers from alt-codes yields the following result:

REVFUEVSU0VBUkNIQ0xPV05BU1NQQVNTV09SRA

And a final conversion from base 64 yields the following message:

DEEPERSEARCHCLOWNASSPASSWORD