Eye Sigil ARG
| Eye Sigil ARG
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| 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 | Active |
| Discovered | January 25th, 2016 |
| Completed | |
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 |
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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 |
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| 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 | ||||
| . | Slide the Shakes | thumbnail | YouTube | |||||
| . | Souls of Darkness | thumbnail | YouTube | |||||
| . | Kingdom of Loathing | thumbnail | YouTube |
Resources
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