The
Next Frictional Game Website
teaser that popped up
late last year
seems to have spawned some sort of alternate reality game. This is being hashed
out on the
Frictional
Games Discord, where users are trying to figure out what's being planned by
the developer of
Amnesia: The Dark Descent and
SOMA. So far they
have discovered
this video
and
this one, which
are being scoured for clues, despite their vagueness. There's a summary of the
discussion these have spawned on
Eurogamer:
The main discussion seems to be taking place on the
Frictional Games Discord,
and within that, someone's created a Google doc to list all possible ideas. The
main findings so far, as explained by Foxnull on
ResetEra, are two YouTube videos - the first of which was found by hovering
over an eyeball hieroglyph on the website. Fans have so far spotted some weird
symbols on a rock, theories for which currently range from mitosis to alien
symbols. The video's description, meanwhile, says the video is from Shetpe in
Kazakhstan, suggesting the game could take place during the time of the
KSSR
(1936-91). A possible location, perhaps?
The second YouTube video, meanwhile, was found via the website's code - and
leads to a black-screen video with some nasty screams. ARG-ers are currently
focusing on the "triple crown" hint in the description, which some believe could
be linked to the Egyption
Triple Atef or "Hemhem" crown. That would link in nicely with the
Egyptian-style eye on the website, but it's still anyone's
guess.