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SpaceBass
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 		 Orphan - Last Chance to Fund!
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This week, the forums are sponsored by Orphan, a kickstarter project to create a transmedia webshow pilot by Ian Hinden. Check out the introductory video:



According to Ian, Orphan is a show about a man named Jason Diego who inherits a strange document from his father. To solve the mystery of the document, which he is told is an account of Genesis written by Eve, Jason must travel to a land unclaimed by any country and face a villain controlling an anonymous army. The production is built on Internet culture and mythology, and the whole show is an allegory for the Internet, freedom of information, security, and net neutrality. If you ask me, this theme could not be more topical or timely.

Ian likens his approach to another project that will certainly be familiar to many Unfiction members, the classic notpron. The Orphan site will function in a similar fashion and with each new episode of the web show, another part of the game will reveal itself. I am told that the Kickstarter page has some puzzles scattered around already, if you'd like a sampling of how the campaign will play out. Ian wants to use Alternate Reality Gaming techniques as a path to better worldbuilding and he wishes to tell stories with gravitas, like the comic Watchmen.

If I hadn't already backed this project when Ian approached me about a possible sponsorship, I would have done based on the above and because of the beautiful introductory video. I welcomed the opportunity to help bring Orphan to a broader audience and I hope you will join me in backing it. Unfiction has around 20,000 visitors a day and if only 5% of us throw in $10 each, Orphan would more than reach its goal. There's only a week left to the Kickstarter; let's make this happen!

If anyone else has backed this project, please chime in here. Also, I would love it if you guys would start finding and cataloging those hidden ARG elements.

Edit: Today is your last chance to help fund this project!
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Russell
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 		Looks interesting and fun.

The main site appears to be at:

http://thegarbage.org/

In one of the pics on the kickstarter page is a vimeo address which is password protected:

http://vimeo.com/65800008/

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notgordian
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 		"Warning: some number people are number than others" -- cute! Always nice to see writing with a sense of humor.

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Shad0
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 		Re: Orphan
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Russell wrote:
In one of the pics on the kickstarter page is a vimeo address which is password protected:

http://vimeo.com/65800008/

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
As promised: "The keyword is 'money'" Mr. Green

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SpaceBass
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 		I am really surprised by how little response there has been to this thread and to the kickstarter. I was excited to see how the project would turn out but it's looking like it probably won't meet its (extremely reasonable) goal. How can we get more people to pledge?
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Russell
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 		Short of writing a comic and emailing Elon Musk..... Laughing

I guess it all comes down to publicity if you want to raise that much money. A quick google search doesnt show up much if any publicity so i wonder what mainstream websites he approached to publicise it. I guess you just have to mailshot everyone out there and hope one bites.

Also it probably would have helped if the website was a little more full as opposed to a placeholder, thus giving you more of an idea of what to expect. Start smaller get your audience then get them to word of mouth the project and work to get others to fund it.

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konamouse
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 		Content and story is what attracts me.

Been burned too many times waiting for something to start.

Give me a good mystery and reason to hunt/solve/rejoin the ARG community.

But I'm still keeping an eye on it for something to pop!
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francinum
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 		Very unlikely this will pop off, but if it does.

Do we have the 777 backer on our side?

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GuestUser17
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 		I wish I had followed that link before 10 hours were left on the Kickstarter. I would love to have seen this but unless there are a lot of very generous backers I don't think that's going to happen.

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francinum
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 		Sadly, this died. let us all mourn the untimely death of a possibly amazing ARG.

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