//BUILDING IMAGINATION: the ARG is an alternate reality event, a serious game in changing the world for the public good.
It is free to play and open to anyone, anywhere. It is for all ages; recommended age 13 and up. It invites everyone to help re-imagine a future for Modesto, or anywhere else in the world. People participate by contributing original online stories, creating new visions with every word.
The goal of the social network game is to help empower people all over the world, and especially people in Modesto, to come up with creative solutions to our most urgent social problems.
The game begins on September 14, 2010. Players can join the game at any time.
On December 1, 2010 the first season of the game will end.The game’s masters reward the participants (“heros”) with tokens according to their contributions to our realistic portrayal of the re-building of imagination. The game places value on player-created communities, collaborative stories, and collective efforts.
Each contribution helps the game arrive at a larger truth. No team of experts knows better than a given individual what effect an influx of imagination could have upon that individual’s life, or what action he or she will take to spur it forward. Personal reactions to our simulated influx of imagination, placed in context with many other points of view, will help us all realize what’s at stake in our community.
CREDITS
ARG Concepts and Structure of Gameplay:
Comics based upon pubic domain images from:
- Harry A. Chesler/Dynamic’s Yankee Comics, 1941.
- Golden Age’s Crack Comics #1, with Madame Fatal in 1940.