More and more players caught on to the ongoing treasure hunt and started looking into the tweets. Oxenfree’s Twitter account started tweeting out a lot of cryptic and weird tweets. This moment kicked off the ARG in earnest.
Calling this number resulted in an automated message playing in morse code that told players “GOOD WORK DL BB LISTEN CLOSE”. After a bit of experimentation, it was revealed that the numbers preceding the messages formed a phone number when put together correctly. You see, some clever people online posted on Reddit and similar forums that they suspected those messages might have a deeper meaning. This is where the game’s ARG, its Alternate Reality Game, starts. If you tune your radio into the right frequency, a weird message will play, preceded by a number and a letter. Where things become interesting though, is when you interact with one of the hidden cairns in the game. So far it sounds like a fairly standard horror game affair.
As they soon figure out, the island is haunted, and the main character Alex makes use of a portable radio to communicate with spirits and figure out the island’s many mysteries. Oxenfree is a game about a few teenagers going on a trip to an abandoned island. What if a horror game’s story and gameplay started to go beyond the boundaries of the screen and come into real life? That is exactly what the developers at Night School Studio did with their popular horror game, Oxenfree. But one thing that is pretty much the case for all games, is that the content of the game does not spill over into real life. Games can bring us together in ways no other media can.
Whether you play MMOs on a regular basis, or occasionally play a Call of Duty game as stress relief, or perhaps even play games for a living via YouTube or Twitch, gaming is a very universal medium. New Beginnings (40 points): Jonas is your new step-brother.Gaming has become a very popular pastime in our modern society. (40 points): Keep Ren and Nona from dating. Matchmaker (40 points): Get Ren and Nona to date. The Strong, Silent Type (100 points): Play the whole game without saying anything. Thicker than Water (60 points): Bring Michael back from the dead. Ghost Stories (200 points): Find all of the hidden anomalies.Īdditionally, there are five secret achievements: It's A Me (20 points): Jump the crazy chasm in the woods. Renjamin Spanklin (50 points): Slap Ren in the face. I'm the Firestarter (50 points): Make enemies with all of your friends. 3 (100 points): Collect all of Maggie's letters.
2 (50 points): Collect 8 of Maggie's letters. 1 (50 points): Collect 4 of Maggie's letters.
"This House is Clear" (200 points): Complete the story. When Clarissa asks Ren if they are ready, respond "Ooh, Good One." Next, respond "He's Lying!" Then, respond "He Told Me He Liked Her!" Finally, respond "Yay!" for Ren to get slapped and to get the "Renjamin Spanklin" achievement.Īccomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points: Once you reach the beach, which is approximately 30 minutes into the game, you will play a game called "Truth or Slap". Search the indicated locations to find all hidden anomalies and Maggie's letters.