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[AJ8888]

Is It Too Hard To Make A New Series Now?

[TheFallenenvoy]

Oh I agree. The smaller and newer stuff is a lot harder to market because people will always compare us to the bigger and longer established series'.

I think that for a series to really work these days you have to bring more to the table. New creatures and ideas that no one else would think of. Experimentation, no matter how well received, is the way to go.

[OhWhatProvidence]

I say do what you want. Don't worry about what other people will think about your series, so long as you are doing your genuine best at it. That's the main idea behind grassroots ARGs, the game for the sake of the game. If you really are trying and improve I'm pretty sure someone will bite, even if it's not a lot. A lot of trailheads start out shaky, but they eventually get their feet. Just keep at it and take whatever advice and improve as much as you are able. I've seen a few trailheads that everyone dismissed for a few months but it updated and one person updated the thread for it and it just took off. I don't recall the exact ARG, but I know it's happened before.

Yes, it would be nice to be creative, but it's possible to be creative without having to add in a lot of your own monsters. That in itself is starting to become uncreative, more par for the course. Think of it as a story that has Slender Man in it, not as a Slender Man story. Look at it from the story-driven angle first, and THEN weave Slender Man into it.

[TheFallenenvoy]

[AJ8888]

[OhWhatProvidence]

Yes, I was talking about just ARGs in general, because Slender Man is a sub-genre within the ARG-genre, in my mind. Story first, Slendy/Rake/that monster from the Tain/whathaveyou second. [Hmmm, an ARG about The Tain... that would be neat.]

[ac93]

Honestly though, the market is kind of saturated with Slendervlogs. Many of them are good, but a lot of them are retreads. I'm not expert, but I would say anybody who wants to start a new slender arg should at least incorporate something totally unique.

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[AngryDeepground]

Yes and No, but 98 percent of your reason for doing one, is just the experiance, so have fun when you do it people, I'm sure it will be worth.

[grimcat]

[Cougar Draven]

That really depends, now, doesn't it?

What would be your goal here? If your goal is to be the next Troy, Joseph, Jeff, Vinnie, Evan, Nimbus? Then yeah. It's too hard, full stop. And you should take a hard look at your intentions.

If you're just trying to make a story that you think is cool, fuck everyone else's ideas? Go to it, and get it done. I'll watch it for sure.

[konamouse]

First decide if you are making an ARG (Alternate Reality GAME) with puzzles and mysteries to solve to move forward in the story. That might also spread out from the internet into real life with phone calls, emails, deaddrops or even live events (depending on the size/budget). The story is sometimes changed by the actions of the players.

Or if you are creating Chaotic Fiction (a story that plays out over the internet that might be influenced by the viewers comments). Could include emails from characters but typically is more about the story and the players are the audience.

[SleepingHellion]

What I've learned, making a series all my own(sorry guys, no slenderman in this series), is that you gotta make something that you'll like, and regard the outside as simply voyeurs.

[Bimbo T Baggins]

[Tharol]

Basic no put it helps to make different angle in videos.