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Scattered Brains

2025-08-12T10:46:43Z

Nemin: Add WARSPORT, update details

<dfn>Scattered Brains, Inc.</dfn> is a company operated by [[Lorne Lanning]], [[Bennie Terry III]] and [[Holly Newman]], which was founded in <time>2022</time>. So far, the company has not released any public works or promotional material.

The following description appears on the LinkedIn profile of Scattered Brains Co-Founder Leath Bing.<ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn"/>

<blockquote>Scattered Brains is a new game studio led by a team of highly-decorated, 30+ year industry veterans contributing to titles such as Oddworld, QQ Dance, Call of Duty Online, Unreal Tournament, Mortal Kombat, and more.

In addition to their decades of individual experience selling tens of millions of copies of beloved games, our team members have worked with each other directly for decades.

The game will incorporate Hollywood-level production values from award-wining animators in its core legacy of compelling visual storytelling, while also incorporating the free-to-play mechanics pioneered by our team at Tencent and digital assets (both in- and out-of-game) for monetization and reinforcement of our core gameplay loop.</blockquote>

== People ==
[[Lorne Lanning]], [[Bennie Terry III]] and [[Holly Newman]] are all directors of Scattered Brains. The form submitted to Arizona Corporation Commission applying for authority to do business in Arizona, signed by Newman on <time datetime="2022-05-31">31 May 2022</time>, lists Lanning as the Chief Executive Officer, and Newman and Terry as Secretaries. However, the Arizona Corporation Commission website lists Newman as both <abbr title="Chief Executive Officer">CEO</abbr> and Secretary, and doesn't include Lanning as an officer.<ref name="Arizona Authority Application"/><ref name="Arizona Authority Info"/>

Scattered Brains is authorized to issue 12 000 000 common shares, none of which were issued as of <time datetime="2022-05-31">31 May 2022</time>.<ref name="Arizona Authority Application"/> On LinkedIn, game designer and producer [[Steve Gray]] (previously of Square–Enix, [[EA]], THQ and Tencent) and financial analyst Leath Bing are listed as Co-Founders of Scattered Brains, since <time datetime="2022-07">July</time> and <time datetime="2022-09">September 2022</time> respectively.<ref name="Steve Gray LinkedIn experience"/><ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn experience"/>

[[Alanna Lausch]], who previously worked for [[Oddworld Inhabitants]] on their social media campaign for the [[Webby Awards|2022 Webby Awards]], has been interning at Scattered Brains as an Associate Marketing Manager since <time datetime="2022-06">June 2022</time>.<ref name="Alanna Lausch LinkedIn"/> Anthony Palma, a startup advisor, has been advising Scattered Brains since <time datetime="2022-09">September 2022</time>. Palma works full-time on Gaming Partnerships and Investments at Mysten Labs, developer of the gaming blockchain Sui.<ref name="Anthony Palma LinkedIn"/>

== Trademarks ==
Although the exact business of Scattered Brains hasn't been revealed, the company has filed four trademarks with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, all on <time datetime="2022-07-07">7 July 2022</time>.<ref name="Bizapedia Scattered Brains trademarks"/> On <time datetime="2024-02-12">12 February 2024</time> the company issued yet another trademark, this time for a project named ''DEDEX''.<ref name="USPTO DEDEX" /> Almost a year later, on <time datetime="2025-08-01">1 August 2025</time> one more trademark appeared, dubbed ''WARSPORT''.<ref name="USPTO WARSPORT" />

{| style="margin-left: 0.5em;" |
| style="padding-right: 0.5em;" | 97492765. || NFTalent
|-
| 97492773. || Scattered Brains
|-
| 97492779. || Planet of the Pests
|-
| 97492781. || NFTalent Agency
|-
| 98402505. || DEDEX
|-
| 99315789. || WARSPORT
|}

The goods and services covered by each of these trademarks are mostly the same, and broadly concern the distribution of video games (including virtual, augmented and mixed reality games), both downloadable and non-downloadable, as well as associated multimedia (e.g. audio and video). Crucially, the authentication of users and devices would be via the use of non-fungible tokens (<dfn><abbr>NFTs</abbr></dfn>). The trademarks also cover software for the storage and transaction of cryptocurrency using blockchain technology.<ref name="Bizapedia Scattered Brains trademarks"/>

As of <time datetime="2025-08-12">12 August 2025</time>, the trademark for ''Scattered Brains''<ref name="Furm.com Scattered Brains" /> and ''Planet of the Pests''<ref name="Furm.com Planet of the Pests" /> are both marked "Pending", having both requested an extension to the Statement of Use submission deadline. ''DEDEX'' is currently also "Pending", however, Scattered Brains has so far not requested an extension to its submission deadline. As ''WARSPORT'' is, at the time of writing, extremely recent, there is no further information about it, beyond being submitted.

''NFTalent''<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent" /> and ''NFTalent Agency''<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent Agency" /> are both marked "Abandoned", citing a "failure to respond", which means unless a revival fee is paid, these trademarks remain invalid regardless of their admissibility. Considering general market trends and opinions towards NFTs, it is unlikely Scattered Brains would continue developments towards this direction.

== History ==
=== Registration ===
Scattered Brains, Inc. was incorporated on <time datetime="2022-02-17">17 February 2022</time> in the State of Delaware, with the file number 6625579; an amended certificate was restated on <time datetime="2022-02-28T16:48-0500">28 February</time>.<ref name="Incorporation Delaware Div of Corps"/>

On <time datetime="2022-06-07">7 June</time>, Scattered Brains applied for authority to conduct business in Arizona,<ref name="Arizona Authority Application"/> which was approved on 9 June.<ref name="Arizona Authority Info"/>

=== Publicity ===
User u/Rathalos11 first posted their discovery of Scattered Brains on the Oddworld subreddit <<kbd class="uri reddit">r/oddworld</kbd>> on <time datetime="2022-11-23T20:12:21Z">23 November 2022</time>,<ref name="Rathalos11 shares on Reddit"/> and later found a description of the company on Co-Founder Leath Bing's LinkedIn profile.<ref name="Rathalos11 Reddit Leath Bing description"/>

Shortly before this, on <time datetime="2022-10-03T16:14:53.858Z">3 October 2022</time>, in response to questions from members, [[Dan Sheridan]] posted on the [[Oddworld Discord]] that Oddworld Inhabitants will not be using NFTs.<ref name="Dan Discord no NTFs"/>

In the promotional description of the panel discussion ‘Studio Owners Round Table’ for LightBox Expo 2023, participant Lorne Lanning was listed in full as ‘<q cite="https://2023.lightboxexpo.com/guest/lorne-lanning/">Lorne Lanning of Oddworld Inhabitants & Scattered Brains</q>’. The panel is scheduled to take place on <time datetime="2023-10-29T12:00-07:00P1H">29 October 2023</time> at the Pasadena Convention Center, California.<ref name="LightBox Expo Studio Owners Round Table"/>

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="Incorporation Delaware Div of Corps">
Cascarano, Katherine
(<time datetime="2022-02-28T16:48-0500"
>28 February 2022</time
>).
‘Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Scattered Brains, Inc.’.
Attachment to certificate.
Bullock, Jeffrey W.
(<time datetime="2022-06-02"
>2 June 2022</time
>).
pp. 9–10.
Arizona Corporation Commission
(printed <time datetime="2022-06-07T09:22-0700"
>7 June 2022</time
>).
Barcode ID 22060712029851.
Searched <time datetime="2023-01-15T10:01:50-0700">15 January 2023</time>.
Downloaded <time datetime="2023-01-15T16:13:43Z">15 January 2023</time>.
[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=2512290 eCorp].
</ref>

<ref name="Arizona Authority Application">
Newman, Holly
(<time datetime="2022-05-31"
>31 May 2022</time
>).
‘Application for Authority to Transact Business or Conduct Affairs in Arizona’ C018.004 rev <time datetime="2020-06">6/2020</time>.
pp. 2–5.
Arizona Corporation Commission
(printed <time datetime="2022-06-07T09:22-0700"
>7 June 2022</time
>).
Barcode ID 22060712029851.
Searched <time datetime="2023-01-15T10:01:50-0700">15 January 2023</time>.
Downloaded <time datetime="2023-01-15T16:13:43Z">15 January 2023</time>.
[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=2512290 eCorp].
</ref>

<ref name="Arizona Authority Info">
Arizona Corporation Commission
(<time datetime="2022-06-09"
>9 June 2022</time
>).
‘Approval Date’.
‘Entity Details’.
Scattered Brains, Inc.
[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=2512290 Entity Information].
eCorp.
</ref>

<ref name="Rathalos11 shares on Reddit">
u/Rathalos11
(<time datetime="2022-11-23T08:12:21Z"
>23 November 2022</time
>).
‘[https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/z2z7nx/til_that_lorne_lanning_is_now_among_other_things/ TIL that Lorne Lanning is now, among other things, in the NFT business with his “Scattered Brains, Inc.” outfit]’.
r/oddworld.
Reddit.
</ref>

<ref name="Rathalos11 Reddit Leath Bing description">
u/Rathalos11
(<time datetime="2023-04-26T07:29:42Z"
>26 April 2023</time
>).
‘[https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/12z9wrm/some_new_information_about_scattered_brains_inc/ Some new information about Scattered Brains, Inc.]’.
r/oddworld.
Reddit.
</ref>

<ref name="Dan Discord no NTFs">
Sheridan, Dan <nowiki>[OWI_Dan]</nowiki>
(<time datetime="2022-10-03T16:14:53.858Z"
>3 October 2022</time
>).
[https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/1026527776402051194 Message].
#general-oddworld.
General.
Oddworld.
Discord.
‘<q cite="https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/1026527776402051194">Re: NFTs, yes aware of them and no we won't be doing any.</q>’
</ref>

<ref name="Bizapedia Scattered Brains trademarks">
Bizapedia.
‘[https://www.bizapedia.com/trademarks/owners/scattered-brains-inc.html Scattered Brains Inc Trademarks]’.
Bizapedia.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-01-19T21:35Z">19 January 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Alanna Lausch LinkedIn">
Lausch, Alanna.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanna-lausch/ Alanna Lausch].
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:12:10+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Anthony Palma LinkedIn">
Palma, Anthony.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyrpalma/ Anthony Palma].
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:12:13+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn">
Bing, Leath.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/leathbing/ Leath Bing].
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:12:11+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn experience">
Bing, Leath.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/leathbing/details/experience/ Experience].
Leath Bing.
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:47:57+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>



<ref name="Steve Gray LinkedIn experience">
Gray, Steve.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwgray/details/experience/ Experience].
Steve Gray.
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:14:00+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="LightBox Expo Studio Owners Round Table">
LightBox Expo.
Studio Owners Round Table.
[https://2023.lightboxexpo.com/guest/lorne-lanning/ Lorne Lanning].
Participants.
LightBox Expo 2023.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-10-25T13:11:32+01:00">25 October 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="USPTO DEDEX">
USPTO.report
[https://uspto.report/TM/98402505 DEDEX - Scattered Brains Inc.].
USPTO.report.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="USPTO WARSPORT">
USPTO.report
[https://uspto.report/TM/99315789 WARSPORT - Scattered Brains Inc.]
USPTO.report.
Accessed <time datetime="2025-08-12T12:40:00+01:00">12 August 2025</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com Scattered Brains">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/scattered-brains-97492773 SCATTERED BRAINS Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com Planet of the Pests">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/planet-of-the-pests-97492779 PLANET OF THE PESTS Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/nftalent-97492765 NFTALENT Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent Agency">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/nftalent-agency-97492781 NFTALENT AGENCY Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>
</references>

Soulstorm ARG Summary

2024-06-21T12:20:46Z

Nemin: Updated the summary with information that has been revealed since the end of the ARG.

=First phase: Establishing communication with Ed=
==The calm before...==
[[File:Monday_Braille.jpg|thumb|Something's coming...]]
'''[2016. March 11.]''' A couple of days before GDC 2016 a cryptic image was posted by OddworldInc spelling '''Monday''' using braille, something's about to go down...

''' Clues '''
* https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0c-MTM2tX
''' Messages '''
* Picture:
** Monday

==Soulstorm is announced==
[[File:Reveal1.jpg|thumb|Original version of reveal1.jpg, our first clue that someone was reaching out]]
'''[2016. March 14.]'''
Oddworld Inhabitants announced their new game Oddworld: Soulstorm during GDC 2016. Along with the announcement the oddworld.com/soulstorm page is launched.
Upon closer inspection of the Soulstorm page the community stumbles on some weird HTML comments, a hidden picture (reveal1.jpg) and a encrypted code in a video.
At this point there was no doubts anymore, '''the ARG had officially started!'''
[[File:Twitching.png|thumb|Frame from twitching.mp4 with hidden message]]
''' Clues '''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/twitching.mp4

''' Messages '''
* '''Reveal1 picture'''
** CAN YOU S- HARD TO K- IF BREAKING- THROUGH HA- ON NEED A D-
* HTML Code:
** Far too many video game characters were harmed extremely badly in the making of this experience. In a sane world this would never have happened. We're sorry.
** <<< TRYING TO BRE===== -lostqmwaittypo- >>>
** <<< CAN ANYBO============================================ NEED TO TREYR ====== so thirsty need brew fol==== -->
** <<< listen. >>>
** are you l/os/t ?
** message INTERCEPTED -->
** there's got to be a wa_
* Video:
** Listen for me

==Dialog Box==
[[File:Dialog_Box.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page]]
'''[2016. March 23.]'''
Finding the message in the video seemed to have triggered and update on the oddworld.com/soulstorm page.
The main update on the page was the apprition of a dialog box in which users could input messages and get answers, sometimes encoded, sometimes in plain text.

''' Clues '''
* Weird dialog box to communicate with an unknown entity

''' Messages '''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%"
|-
! Query
! Answer
!New Responses
!Alternative Responses
|-
|hello
|*** HELLO? ***
|*** HELLO ***
|*** HELLO! YES, FINALLY!***
/ *** HELLO! BUT NOT HERE***
|-
|hi
|*** HI? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|follow me
|*** I WISH I COULD BUT I CAN’T GET OUT ***
|*** I WISH, I REALLY WISH ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|who are you
|*** IT’S BEEN SO LONG, I CAN’T REMEMBER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|abe
|*** PLEASE FIND ME ***
|*** ABE? ***
|*** ABE? YES - ABE. ***
|-
|molluck
|NOT MY BOSS
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|alf
|JUST ONE MORE DROP OF DELICIOUS BREW
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|...
|-
|slig
|GET DOWN!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|elum
|JUMP, ELUM, JUMP!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|rupturefarms
|THE SPIRIT OF 1029 LIVES ON.
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|soulstorm
|*** DRINK MORE BREW ***
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|necrum
|I CAN’T SEE YOU ANYMORE.
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon
|OH, BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|*** OF COURSE, RIGHT? ***
|-
|brew
|DRINK MORE, WORK HARDER
|*** SO GOOD. SO TASTY. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|feeco
|CHOO CHOO!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|barracks
|SNEAK!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|bonewerkz
|WAIT, THERE ARE BONES IN THIS?
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewery
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewmaster
|TWICE ZE FLAVOR, RIGHT?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scars
|COOL INK, BRO.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|new n tasty
|MMMM, TASTY BREW…
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudomo
|FANGS, LEGS, WEBS - THEY'VE GOT IT ALL
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudanchee
|BEWARE THE GUARDIANS
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|oddworld
|WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|portal
|WHERE?!
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|chant
|YOYO-YOYO-YOYO-YOYO
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1997
|SAVE ME TOO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1998
|DON'T LEAVE ME TRAPPED AGAIN
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2001
|WOAH, ANOTHER DIMENSION
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2005
|THINGS ARE GETTING STRANGER...
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|squeek
|WHO IS SQUEEK?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|...
|-
|quintology
|LET'S PLAY ANOTHER GAME SOON
|LET'S PLAY A GAME
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scrab cakes
|NOW WITH EVEN MORE BITE.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|paramite pies
|TURNING UP THIN
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|meech munchies
|THIS CAN'T STILL BE MADE WITH MEECHES...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon pops
|HEY, GET AWAY FROM ME WITH THAT MEAT GRINDER.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1029
|*** TRY AGAIN ***
|[TRY AGAIN]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|fangus
|OH WHAT A BRUTAL BALLAD WE COULD SING TOGETHER
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|goodbye
|GOODBYE
|*** YES, NO DOUBT, BUT FOR HOW LONG? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|what is soulstorm
|*** SOULSTORM? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|can you hear me
|*** YES, FAINTLY ***
|*** YES, FAINTLY - COME CLOSER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|healing
|WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR MODOKAID
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|get me outta here
|NO, REALLY, GET ME OUTTA HERE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|big-face
|NICE MASK, BOZO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|how are you
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? ***
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? - CAN'T YOU SEE? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|open sesame
|WRONG MYTHOLOGY, SCHMUCK
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|shrykull
|WHO IS YOUR CURRENT ENERGY PROVIDER?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|tears
|SO MANY TEARS, SO MANY MEMORIES
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|intercepted
|FIND MY MESSAGE, HEAR MY VOICE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|dripik
|THAT'S GENERAL DRIPIK TO YOU
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|glukkon
|PLEASE, NO MORE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|fart
|HEHEHE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|ed
|*** FIND ME, HEAR ME, SAVE ME ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|exoddus
|WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHO WILL TAKE US THERE?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|oddworld inhabitants
|WORKING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF ODD
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|moolah
|NOW THERE'S AN ADDICTION
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|director phleg
|USERNAME UNKNOWN, PLEASE TRY AGAIN
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|vice president aslik
|SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOKED, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|hand
|*** YES! HIM! ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|chest
|*** SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|face
|*** CAN YOU SEE IT YET? WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW YOU. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|are you alive
|BARELY, CAN YOU SAVE ME?
|
|
|-
|addicted
|YOU TOO?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|}

==Ed?==
[[File:Dialog_Box_Attempt75.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page after 75 attempts]]
'''[2016. March 24.]'''
The dialog box revealed a weird picture after the user inputted 75 messages in a row. This picture allowed us to find multiple clues hidden behind [http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/ magic eye stereogram], morse code and weird text formatting. The clues ultimately all to pointed to the same message: Ed.
[[File:0451.jpg|thumb|The 0451.jpg file found via intercepted.txt]]
'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/attemptnumberseventyfive.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/intercepted.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/0451.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/spiritof1029.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/lsot.mp3

'''Messages'''
* Pictures
** findme
** hear me
** rescue me

'''[2016. March 25.]'''
Not long after we find out a misterious page called Ed with one single message.

''' Clues '''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/

''' Messages '''
* i can hear you, just. it's faint, but i can hear you.

==Finding Ed==
[[File:Ed_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|Ed's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The Ed page changed multiple times in the days following its discovery.
The final message had a block of 140 '/' characters and had a lot of '#' in it. It was telling us to look for a Twitter account, note that at the time Twitter had a maximum of 140 characters per message.
This ultimately led us to the @edmudokon twitter account which was full of cryptic tweets.

''' Clues '''
* http://twitter.com/edmudokon

''' Messages '''
* Hello
* Did somebo-------
* Is anybody listening
* Where am I?
* Can you hear me
* One Zero Two Nine
* I can hear you, faintly.
* Yes! Yes! You are getting closer
* If I could just… I can’t… Find me.
* Where are you? Can you hear me?
* We’ve stopped the progress… I need to show you the truth about this place.
* You can hear me! Just, please, listen.

'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The tweets also contained partial codes that once put together and inserted in the Dialog box ultimately unlocked the next major phase of the ARG.

''' Messages '''
* <nowiki>*** IT WORKED! IT WORKED! OK, NOW I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION - LISTEN, THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU SOMETHING. SOMETHING IS WRONG. VERY WRONG. YOU NEED TO LISTEN. YOU NEED TO HELP ME. I NEED TO HELP YOU... ***</nowiki>

=Second phase: The 9 Pieces=
[[File:Dialog_Box_Piece1.png|thumb|Updated dialog box linking to Piece 1 with task revealed and code unlocked]]
After inputting the code found in Ed's tweets the dialog box on the Soulstorm website changed: a line of 9 spaces appeared at the top: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Each space representing one "Piece" of a 36-character code.

During this phase the community had to find the 9 pieces. Each piece was initially locked had a challenge associated to it to unlock its code.

==Piece 1==
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Piece 1 was granted to us immediately with its code unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_01.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Piece 1
** THEY ARE HIDING THINGS FROM YOU. FIND THEM

==Piece 2==
[[File:Squares 02.jpg|thumb|Piece 2, with task hidden and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Later that day Ed tweeted a message in morse code telling us to "learn the history of the creators". This lead us to Lorne Lanning's page on oddworld.com that contained the second piece on the bottom of the page.

The task was to "Reach 23K Twitter followers @OddworldInc", once that number was reached the code of Piece 2 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/lorne-lanning/
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/XMZR12FZEZT6O6BFKHF0.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_02.jpg

==Piece 5==
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Fez.png|thumb|Ed appreciating all the hard work of the community]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
A bit later Piece 5 was revealed with its task immediately available.
The task was to get "15 photoshops of Alf's fez onto game characters" and send them to Oddworld Inhabitants on Twitter.
This was completed and the code of Piece 5 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/JN3HD82YRE.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719847654436552705

'''Messages'''
* Ed's Twitter
** Thank you. You’re helping.
[[File:Dialog_Box_Pieces.png|thumb|The dialog box being updated as the community progresses]]
==Piece 8==

'''[2016. April 5.]'''
The next day Ed tweeted a message in morse code asking us "are you listening?", at that time the Soulstorm page was updated with a new puzzle in the HTML code.
Following the trail where we had to line up characters in the HTML code and decipher morse code from an audio file we reached Piece 8.
It was tasking us to take "25 photos of scrub-Abe rescuing 8 Muds in New'n'Tasty".
This was completed and the code of Piece 8 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/heard.mp3s
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/findthefuture.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_08.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719848077335642112

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** they know i'm here
** let me try this
** they aren't telling you everything

==Piece 3==
[[File:Squares_tasks_03.jpg|thumb|Piece 3, with task revealed and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 7.]'''
A couple of days later Ed tweeted multiple tweets containing what looked like gibberish, once uncoded using [[https://v2.cryptii.com/navajo/select Navajo code]] they led us on a trail where we had to reassemble a picture and use the [[https://lobestir.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/cypher-pig-pen-lower.png Pigpen cipher]] to get to Piece 3.

The task was to "Get 45K Facebook likes on /OfficialOddworld", once that number was reached the code of Piece 3 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/msg.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/togetherness.jpg

==Piece 6==
[[File:Witness.png|thumb|Original version of the witness puzzle]]
'''[2016. April 12.]'''
A few days later Piece 6 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "find, solve and return the witness puzzle". The community found the puzzle and solved it, shortly after the picture of the puzzle got replaced by its solution. Using the solution of the puzzle together with another picture given by Ed, playing with HEX color codes and decoding some more morse code hidden in a movie file allowed us to find the final message transcribed below which unlocked the code of Piece 6.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_06.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/witness.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/trigrid.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/abeface1.mp4

'''Messages'''
* HTML comments
** There was a minor, insignificant error in the code here. Please ignore any message(s) you may find as a result of this unfortunate glitch. Apologies.
** Nobody was a witness.
* Audio file
** I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE

==Piece 4==
[[File:Seeme.png|thumb|Picture hidden in seeme.wav]]
'''[2016. April 20.]'''
A few days later the fourth character turned into a "?" indicating that the fourth piece was ready to be found. At the same time a new generic message could be obtained from the message box: SEEME? WAVE. After a trail where we had to convert sound to picture, spot mirrored words in a wall of text and use some ciphers again we reached Piece 4.
The task was to create "20 new gifs of Abe deaths in New'n'Tasty"
This was completed and the code of Piece 4 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/seeme.wav
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/SO1029.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/wearegettingcloser.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_04.jpg

==Abe says hi==
'''[2016. May 6.]'''
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'''Messages'''
* Ed's twitter
** so thirsty… tired.
** Almost… They took it away. Almost.
* HTML comments
** But Abe, he's one of us...
** Yeah, he didn't do much.
'''Clues'''

The reveal pictures are changed to spell '''1029'''
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal2.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal3.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal4.jpg

'''[2016. May 11.]'''
Around the same time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage, they become more pressing. We need to find a way to establish contact quickly!

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>***THEY ARE COMING, I NEED TO HIDE***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***CAN'T TALK, THEY CAN HEAR ME***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***WE ARE SO CLOSE, DON'T GIVE UP***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***THIS CAN'T CONTINUE FOREVER, LOOK CLOSER***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***YOU NEED TO LOOK CLOSER, NOT MUCH TIME LEFT***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, THE NOISE DOWN HERE IS DEAFENING, PLEASE REPEAT ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SAVE ME ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THIS FORM IS BROKEN - PLEASE DO NOT USE ***</nowiki>
** I CAN HEAR YOU, BARELY...
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, SAY AGAIN? ***</nowiki>
** [ERROR]
** [OUT OF SIGHT]
** <nowiki>*** THIS STUFF. THIS STUFF. ***</nowiki>
** [PLEASE CLOSE THIS WINDOW IMMEDIATELY]
** <nowiki>*** I'M SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME ***</nowiki>
** [WE'RE AWARE OF ISSUES ON THIS PAGE AND ARE WORKING TO REMEDY THE ------------]
** <nowiki>*** DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>...DRINK...BREW...</nowiki>
** [- NO, WAIT -]
** [- PLEASE IGNORE THIS MESSAGE -]

==Piece 9==
[[File:Finishthefight.jpg|thumb|Piece 9, with task revealed and code unlocked]]
[[File:Decodethefuture.jpg|thumb|Decode the future find the code]]
'''[2016. June 22.]'''
A few days later Piece 9 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "Decode the future find the code".
Finding the decodethefuture.jpg file and decoding its content using the [[http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Fonts/Pigpen.html BabelStone Club Penguin]] cipher led us to unlock the code of Piece 9.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/finishthefight.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/decodethefuture.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Picture
** THE HERO HAS SHOWN US THE WAY, FOLLOW, WORK, OBEY, COMPLY, REVOLT. WE WILL RISE AND , WE WILL RISE AGAIN.
** ED IS ONE OF US, WE NEED YOU TO HELP, WE ARE MANY, WILL NOT STOP.
** ED IS ONE OF MANY, FIND THEM, JOIN US
** THERE IS A STORM COMING, THERE IS NO FAILURE, FREEDOM OR DEATH.
** SOULSTORM/ED/FINISHTHEFIGHT.JPG
** TOO MANY SECRETS, SO THIRSTY, TIRED.
** DON'T DRINK THE BREW
** ORGANISE, ENERGISE

Around that time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage again.
There are now some new generic responses with a very revolutionary tone.

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>*** WE ARE MANY. WE ARE COMING. WE WILL NOT STOP. ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE'RE NEARLY THERE, IT'S NEARLY TIME TO ENERGIZE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE WILL RISE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** DON'T DRINK THE ---- ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THE SPIRITS ARE RISING ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** NEARLY, IT'S NEARLY TIME. STAY QUIET JUST A LITTLE LONGER. ***</nowiki>

==Piece 7==
'''[2016. June 24.]'''
A few days later the seventh character turned into a "?" indicating that the seventh piece was ready to be found.
At that time the Soulstorm page was updated with new HTML comments containing dissociated lines. By matching those lines together we knew we were searching for a zip file. With Ed's help via Twitter we were able to find the password to the zip file that contained Piece 7 which was already unlocked.
The automatically completed task asked us to "Listen to the source", which we indeed had to do to find the password hidden in one of Ed's first tweets.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/away.zip (password isanybodylistening)
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_07.jpg

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** Who will help?
** Join us
** We are many
** Find a way
** SPIRIT OF #1029
** Ed is one of many
** work, obey, comply.

==Using the code==
[[File:SPIRITOF1029_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|SPIRITOF1029's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. June 28.]'''
By reuniting the 9 pieces, we got a code: "''C4GD-RDHG-SSBR-SCRD-3STY-DDTH-WALF-XGMA-DF2F''". Some pieces resemble [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet leet speak] (C4GD = Caged, SCRD = Sacred, 3STY = Thirsty), but these didn't appear to have any relevancy to the usage of the code. To reach the next step, Ed gave us a map that made us revisit previous parts of the ARG and revealed the way to decrypt the code to find the message: "''FL4MMABL3''". Putting this in the Dialog Box generated one last answer: 1029.io

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/
* https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' now you know. you can help. join us. [https://1029.io 1029.io] @SPIRITOF1029

= Third phase: The Spirit of 1029 =
[[File:RuptureFarms1029.jpg|thumb|View of RuptureFarms 1029]]
[[File:1029.io.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 1029.io website]]
We have now established contact with the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary group. This kicked in motion an entirely new section of the ARG, with most of the new puzzles happening on their site: 1029.io.

The Spirit of 1029 group takes its name from RuptureFarms 1029, the factory Abe escaped and then destroyed. Their symbol is a minimalist representation of RuptureFarms 1029 in a cicle of flames.

== 1029.io ==
'''[2016. June 29.]''' The site told us more about the revolutionary group the Spirit of 1029 with what seemed to be their manifesto written in bold on their front page. The Mudokons had enough and things are about to change: '''there's a storm coming!'''

When looking closer to the site's code additional clues waited to be found. Curiously a lot of details (like text color, hidden numbers in the logo) referenced the number 8291 and Ed.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/ed (A page which linked to https://twitter.com/edmudokon)
* http://1029.io/8291 (A page with 8291 written in color set to #8291ed)

'''Messages'''
* '''HTML comments in 1029.io page'''
** Well, I rescued Mudokons. But who's gonna rescue me?
** 8291
* '''1029.io page'''
<pre>WE ARE THE SPIRIT OF 1029. WE ARE MANY. WE ARE COMING. WE WILL NOT STOP. THE POWER WILL SHIFT AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN.

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WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED!

THE FALL OF RF1029 WAS THE SPARK TO IGNITE A REVOLUTION. FOR TOO LONG, THEY HAVE CONTROLLED THEIR GIANT INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, GRINDING THE BONES OF OUR KIND INTO DUST IN THEIR ENDLESS PURSUIT OF POWER AND WEALTH.

WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: OBEY. / COMPLY. / WORK.

THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY.

OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST.

THAT HAS ALL CHANGED.

THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED.

WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT.

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND.

WE WILL RISE. JOIN US.

THERE’S A STORM COMING.</pre>

== The big pause ==
[[File:Artwork_Message.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
[[File:Artwork_Message_2.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
'''[2016. July 13.]''' During this time both Ed and The Spirit of 1029 laid low with almost no communications. A couple of puzzles surfaced during that period but didn't seem to lead anywhere.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' There’s a storm coming. Join us. 1029.io

'''[2016. August 23.]''' OddworldInc posted a few artwork videos with hidden messages flashing. Those messages didn't really lead the community anywhere even though the Spirit of 1029 seemed to find the important.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Some early pre-production concept art from 2005's Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. https://pic.twitter.com/shRdnP0OEf
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Listen to the spirit of the past. Rise with us.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Concept art from Oddysee's Paramonia stage, from way back in 1995. https://pic.twitter.com/7acBLxiOzq
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey, it's everyone's favorite Mudokon, shown here in some early concept art. https://pic.twitter.com/IEcc5M7NlE
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Apparently it's #NationalSlogDay or something. ʘ‿ʘ https://pic.twitter.com/jOT8NOtsAc
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** spirit
** remains we will not be [?]
** help
** 8291
** elikedete [?]

[[File:Maze_8291.png|thumb|Partial view of the 8291 page]]
'''[2016. September 2.]''' The 1029.io/8291 page gets suddenly updated with corrupted messages and links to other pages with even more corrupted messages. It's unknown how this puzzle was supposed be solved. Unfortunately the pages were not backed-up in their entirety.

'''Messages'''
* '''8291 page title'''
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== Alf says hi ==
[[File:Alf_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|OddworldInc's profile picture on Twitter when Alf took over]]
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Alf.png|thumb|Ed reaching out to Alf who's temporally using the OddworldInc account]]
'''[2016. December 22.]''' On this day unexpectedly both Ed and the SO1029 Twitter woke up and begun posting revolutionary messages.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' still here, waiting... waiting to rise up...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' we will rise. together...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the spirit of 1029. We will rise again. Join us 1029.io Rise up.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 5.-6.]'''
A few days later the official Oddworld Twitter (@OddworldInc) was taken over by Alf. There was a conversation between Alf (OddworldInc) and Ed (edmudokon). Ed doubted that it's really Alf and the messages from OddworldInc became more and more garbled.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Alf here, it looks like I'm needed again. I'm here for any questions ya have. #DearAlf A storm is brewing. I can feel it in my bones...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? is that you? really you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me, it's me! Where are ya buddy? ӏ ţհծŭǥɧṯ ṫɦḗỵ'ƌ ɠōե ỹốṷ ƒỏṛ ǻ ԝĥïḻě țḥẻɼè...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc no... it can't be you... it can't be alf...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@edmudokon it is me, buddy, I got out! Where are ya? Ὶ ṱĥởűǥḣե ӱợǘ ẁẻгẻ ցỡῄё?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' too risky. can't talk...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will all be free, as Alf was freed. Rise up. We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 9.]'''
On this day all three Twitter accounts conversed about how Ed should help in revealing the truth.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' evidence... i can see it all... scared...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We've gotta see it- people need ta know what's happening... Be careful Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? i can help?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Photographs, Ed- we need people to see. You've gotta be brave.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' . @edmudokon @OddworldInc We will rise up. You can play your part, Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @SPIRITOF1029 @OddworldInc yes... careful... risky... i gotta help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Oddworld has been blind to the plight of the noble Mudokons for too long. We will rise. Join us! 1029.io
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i will find a way to help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon yes, we will help you tell your story. We will help you rise up.

'''[2017. January 11.]''' Alf answers some questions about Ed on Oddworld.com, Ed is scared and needs all the help he can get.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/dear-alf-77-ed-abe-and-stranger/

'''Messages'''
* '''Oddworld.com'''
** Will you return in Oddworld: Soulstorm? (Asked by: James, on Twitter) You don’t know the things that are going on around here! I wish Abe would leave me outta it and let me run Alf’s Rehab and Tea in peace. I can’t read the future though – it’s not like I have the time to sit around reading tea leaves!
** How have you been? Also how come Ed can hear you? He doesn’t seem to hear anyone else. (Asked by: Xavier, on Twitter) I’ve been busy! Ed? Ed’s scared and I can understand that. Sometimes people can be talkin’ all around you but you can’t hear ‘em. Poor Ed’s confused and afraid. I’m a familiar face – and have you ever seen a mug as trustworthy as mine?
** How do you know Ed? Did Ed work with you? (Asked by: Connell, on Twitter) I know everyone – Abe thinks he has it tough? It’s not easy being such a celebrity. Everyone comes to me with their problems, and Ed has a lotta problems.
** How’s Ed? (Asked by: Koustoulidis, on Facebook) Ed’s in danger and he knows it – Ed’s one brave Mudokon, even though it might not look like it right now. Ed’s got an important job ta do and just needs a bit of help to get it done.
** Do you know where Ed might be, Alf? (Asked by: Gunnrisfunnr, on Twitter.) I’m not sure but I’d love to find out! It sounds like Ed needs some help and I think I know just the guy…

'''[2017. January 16.]'''
The conversation continued with SO1029 asking Ed to blow the whistle on Thursday.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey pals, Alf here! Thanks for all the questions. I'll be sure to read through them all!
** '''[@edmudokon]''' .@OddworldInc alf? is it really you? can I trust you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me- you've gotta trust me, we need your help. What's goin' on?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc I don't have much time. got to be quick... but I can see it all. I can get pictures...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We need them. We need pictures, Ed. What can you see?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc it's so dark... but I can see them, they're... i can't explain. Shh! they're here, I think i see... oh no!
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Hide.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon @OddworldInc we've found a weakness in the system. Get us something and we can get it out on Thursday. Help us, Ed. Be the storm.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @OddworldInc We will help @edmudokon but we can't send anything unencrypted. You'll have to break our code. We'll be in touch.

'''[2017. January 19.]'''
As expected a few days later SO1029 confirmed that they received an encrypted transmission from Ed. Solving this was our next task.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We have received a transmission. We will pass it on as soon as we can verify. We need your help.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' .@OddworldInc the evidence is clear. Heed our call. Spread our message. Save our species.

== The First Transmission ==
'''[2017. January 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community are now working together to decipher and clean up the first transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

===Intercepted Report===
[[File:1029_01_image_clean.png|thumb|Cleaned up version of the 1029_01_image.jpg file]]
'''[2017. January 19.]''' A bit after @SPIRITOF1029's tweets the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues they transmitted.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_image.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_audio.mp3

''' Messages '''
* Picture
** ED
** YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING
** LOOK FOR OUR MESSAGE HEAR OUR VOICE
** Transcript:
<pre>Date:
Period: XXXXXXXXXXX
Specification Details:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
-Observe XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXX changes in test subjects
-Assess long term XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXX
-Determine product safety
Authorization: XXXXXXXXXXX
Tests requested:
-XXXXXXXX Pronostics
- ?Access whenever? product XXXXXXX
-Acidity Levels
- ????? XXXXXXXXX
-Product safety
Expected results: XXXXXXXXXX make XXXXXXXXX interesting
Test results:
-XXXXXXX highly XXXXXX
-XXXXXXX this XXXXXX ?? XXXXXX ?nice? XXXXXXXX
-Highly XXXXXXX
-Subjects: XXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Conclusion: Product (ready) for consumption
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
??? : XXXXXXXX there is XXXXXX here but it will XXXX ???? XXXXX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>

===Fragments===
[[File:9394-AL.JPG|thumb|Random picture from page imgzerofourfiveone]]
'''[2017. January 21.]''' Decoding the morse code in reverse in the audio file and unlocking it with the word '''storm''' led us to a new page containing random fragments of a worrying photograph. Those are the first pieces of intel reaching us coming from Asset 98, a member of the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/1029-LY.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/2384-ER.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/3786-IC.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/5574-PH.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7393-AN.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7676-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9394-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9455-UM.JPG

''' Messages '''
* Page
<pre>
ASSET98 / CONFIDENTIAL

You have signalled your willingness to help. Now you must prove yourself. Our efforts to get a clear data stream have been in vain. You will have to piece together the image from these fragments. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

[REDACTED] Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

'''[2017. January 23.]''' On this day we got two more tweets.
[[File:Transmission1_pieces.jpg|thumb|Pictures from page imgzerofourfiveone fitted together]]
'''Messages'''

* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Are we getting through? https://pic.twitter.com/k8Z9GwqRU2
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' While you shared our message 100 times we worked away to bring you this. We're clearing it up even more, we'll share what we find Thursday. https://pic.twitter.com/D9SaK1FxDM

===The first picture===
'''[2017. January 26.]''' A few days later the first of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a line of Mudokons in what looks like a labor camp or processing area of some kind. The Mudokons are carrying what appear to be body bags. Tattoos on their chest indicate their slave ID. A Glukkon in the background is supervising the situation.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/1029-01-progress.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Already a dedicated team of fans have [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627054&postcount=23 decrypted the image] and it has made its way [https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/5ozr1d/oddworld_soulstorm_1st_image/ to Reddit]. The community is also working on [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627202&postcount=152 investigating] the creepy audio file.
** '''Update 2:''' Having discovered hidden morse code in the audio, which was reversed and substitution cyphered (with the word 'Storm', the key that was hinted at in the distorted image), the audio encryption has [https://twitter.com/TopHattedTime/status/822522518682509313 almost been cracked]! It's [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627259&postcount=195 looking like a URL] - can you help figure out the next step...?
** '''Update 3:''' Congratulations! [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627286&postcount=221 The community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/ a secret URL on the 1029.io website]! But what are those images of? Are they fragments of a photograph? Once you've got everything together - [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc show us]!
** '''Update 4:''' Oh wow! [https://twitter.com/H0MINIX/status/822619863227174914 It's a Mudokon...!] But what's he holding? Leave it with us, we'll get that image cleaned up soon. Congratulations everyone, great team effort and hopefully we can crack the next four images as quickly!
** '''Update 5:''' Thanks to you guys sharing the previous images online, we've managed to decode the photo further and have updated the thumbnail here. We'll return on Thursday with the finished, fully decrypted image - but until then, please do let us know what you think!
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/image-leaks-show-new-threat-mudokons/

<center>[[File:1029-01-progress.jpg | 800px]]</center>

== The Second Transmission ==

'''[2017. February 2.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue to working together to decipher and clean up the second transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Unfortunately the community's use of automated tools and brute force attracts unwanted attention.

===More Codes===

'''[2017. February 2.]''' a week later the Spirit of 1029 communicates that it received another transmission from one of their agents, presumably Asset 98. A bit later the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues for the second transmission.

Around the same time OddworldInc sent out a newsletter mail reaching out to the whole community to help crack the codes that will allow the world to discover the heinous crimes against the Mudokons.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg
* http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077&id=b08e7b2d60&e=6a2b5665ee
* https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077/images/c42e9f57-9616-41fa-88fa-81ce4084fc2c.png
[[File:pada.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the second transmission.]]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our agent has delivered another transmission. We will verify its origins and pass it on.
* '''Clue picture from 1029'''
** Spread our message.
** KNOW YOUR CODES KEEP THEM CLOSE YOU WILL NEED THEM
** BETHESTORM
** Decode Everything
* '''Barcode at end of Newsletter'''
** READ THE NUMBERS KNOW THE TRUTH
* '''Newsletter'''
<pre>
Something strange is happening on Oddworld.

We've been receiving garbled transmissions from a clandestine organization claiming knowledge of a new and horrifying plight that the Mudokons must face. Can you help us unscramble their communications and save the Mudokon species?

A new mystery awaits you!

Recently, we were contacted by the mysterious Spirit of 1029 group. They claim there is a new threat to Mudokonkind that has been classified top secret and hidden from the world. You can help to uncover the truth, follow Abe's example and save his species.

Our community has already solved one set of puzzles to help reveal the image above, now there's a new mystery awaiting you!

Head on over to the Soulstorm website to see the latest transmission we've received and help to crack the code that will allow the world to discover this heinous crime against the Mudokons.

The story so far...

You can catch up and follow the earlier clues yourself by visiting the Soulstorm website.

We were contacted by a mysterious group, calling themselves "Spirit of 1029." They sent us a couple of files which they claimed to have received from an operative very close to the situation.

The first, a garbled image of a document that had been heavily redacted, held fragments of coded messages and hints at what was happening. It contained a key that assisted in the deciphering of the second file - a harrowing audio clip that contained a hidden message in Morse code.

When those messages were deciphered, we were led to a web page that served up eight fragments, torn and burnt, of a photograph that seemed to depict something terrifying. After a concerted effort from our community and our team at Oddworld Inhabitants, we managed to get the clean version of the image you see at the top of this email.

Now, Spirit of 1029 has made contact again and they say there's more to see. We're going to need more help if we're going to solve this mystery and save the Mudokons.

Join the resistance!

Join the fight back by following Oddworld on Twitter and Instagram, liking our Facebook page and spreading the word about what we've found.

Sign up for the resistance and help to liberate these poor Mudokons now!

You can find the mysterious Spirit of 1029 organization on Twitter here and their Mud on the inside, Ed, here.

There's strength in numbers, help Spirit of 1029 recruit for their cause. Help us find the answers.
</pre>

===The Grid===

'''[2017. February 3.]''' Decoding the two bar-codes in the lower right corner of the Agent's transmission picture led us to the next step of the trail: a new page from Asset 98 with a scrambled grid and a whole lot of comments in the code. Part of the puzzles of this part were bypassed using brute-force on the lock for which we had to find the password, revealing that the password we were looking for was '''subjectivism'''.

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/grid.jpg
[[File:grid.jpg|thumb|The grid puzzle]]

'''Messages'''
* '''HMTL Code'''
** Can’t reach any..
** Listening anyon… there?
** Can hear us anymore- need to… can’t fnd
** We will never give… what they… from us
** Does… care? Freedom isn’t gi… will take…
** We have never…. Given… deserve. We… take… our righ…
** Stand up and fi…
** Don’t be afr….
** They want to… kill- don’t-
** Stop them from…. Hurting- they… think
** We are no less- they think… aside
** Don’t believe what… told- liars…
** Can’ fnd anymo-
** We wil silnced
** Killin- they are dy..
** Hurting the..
** Back down unt… resist.
** Intercep… our messa… we will fight
** We will ri…
** Cannot… silenced when ther… who need… now
** We won’t ba… we have beat…. Before… Must not-
** Spent so long…. Afraid… never let- again
** ...Storm… find it’s way- end
** Why are … here?
** Only...profit- nothing more… importnt as-
** - lies they… will tel-
** Believe- nothing… terribl- things…

'''[2017. February 10.]''' The community eventually figured out how the password was supposed to be found a couple of days after the second image was cleaned up by OddworldInc. It involved identifying what data to actually using slashes and backslashes, resolving the grid as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikaku a game of Shikaku] and mapping letters on top of the solved grid.

===The termination of Asset 98===
[[File:WB2_BSJG2456.jpg|thumb|Scrambled picture from page 1173418569]]
[[File:CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG|thumb|Clean picture from page 1173418569]]
'''[2017. February 7.]''' After brute-forcing the lock the community found a new page from Asset 98 displaying random pictures when refreshed. Most of the pictures appearing were scrambled but sometimes a clean picture was displayed. One of the members of the community wrote a little script to try to find all the clear images in an automated way. This was not well received by @SPIRITOF1029 who tried to warn us not to use machines. A few moments after the script was run the 1173418569 page started to change every few seconds depicting what appears to be an attack on Asset 98. In the end the page was left almost completely black with Asset 98 terminated.

The different html files telling the story have been [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/ASSET98_%20TERMINATED.zip preserved here].

'''Clues'''

The original pictures have been rehosted on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/ OddWideWeb]:

*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg]
Note that sometimes some images also appeared in clear:
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG]
*CWB3 was not found
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Machines are the tool of the enemy. The consciousness of our people has been rediscovered. You must trust it. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' what happened? what did you do? who? No! no... aaaaaAaaaaarrrRrrrgggggGgghhh!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Now our storm seems a little less ferocious. We can no longer reach Asset 98.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We can't reach Asset 98 but we do still have his clear transmissions. Prove you're worthy. Show us that you're able. Send us the grid.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You found the grid, the letters and the numbers. Tell us how they fit together. Prove you're no longer slaves to the machines.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' ...he never came back. I could hear him screaming all night... helpless. they took him... he was my friend. how did they know?
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_1.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_2.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_3.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_4.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
* '''Attack on page 1173418569 (excerpts)'''
** rEDacted
** rEDacted :p
** rEDacted :( :( :( :(
** Those are ON YOU
** What's another few on the pile?
** Who is this?
** You know. Everybody knows.
** Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this?
** I tried. We all did. This is ON YOU.
** W22222ho?$3555582%9564444444441
*:- The page now has a pink background
** HOW MANY MORE PLEASEEEEESTOOOPP
** ---^---^---^---^---
** FOLLOW
** ---^-------^-------
** I don't think we can help this one.
** ---^---------------
** FOLLOW NOTHING
** -------------------
** ... ONE LAST CHANGE I THINK I MI-
*:- The page is now completely black
** this one's on you.
** ---------------
** -------------
** ------------
** -----------
** ----------
** ---------
** don't worry. we have PLENTY
** --------
** -------
** ------
** -----
** ----
** ---
** --
** -
** x⸑x
** see ya around, 1029...

===Asset 99===

'''[2017. February 7.]''' Shortly after Asset 98's termination Asset 99 stepped in and published the 1173418569 page too. However on this version of the page the clear pictures do not appear anymore. The community used the clean versions previously captured to piece together the full picture and submit it to OddworldInc so they could clean it up.

[[File:Transmission2_pieces.jpg|thumb|Clean pictures from page asset98/1173418569/ fitted together]]

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg

''' Messages '''
* Page 1173418569
<pre>
ASSET99 / CONFIDENTIAL / 002

We will not be stopped. We may have lost Asset 98, but we will continue strong. Together. Against the machines. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

The power will shift and we will rise again. Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

===The second picture===

'''[2017. February 9.]''' A couple of days later the second of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a Mudokon strapped to a chair in what appears to be a Vykkers Labs laboratory. Around him is various medical equipment, syringes and what looks to be an experimental 'strain' of SoulStorm Brew.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/wp-content/uploads/Oddworld_Soulstorm_002_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Looks like there were two barcodes overlaid in the bottom right corner of [http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg the amended image], and through decoding the barcode messages into a URL, [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=629144&postcount=88 the community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/ this mysterious puzzle image] on 1029.io. But there're some interesting comments in the HTML source code of that page...
** '''Update 2:''' The Spirit of 1029 organization has made contact again - perhaps there's a clue in the way the slashes are written? Could this be something to do with the source code on the puzzle page? Just finding out about all this? The Game Detectives are on the case too, with a full round up here.
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/02/second-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-one-terrified-mudokon/

<center>[[File:1029-02-progress.jpg|800px]]</center>

== The Third Transmission ==
[[File:Flyer1_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer1.jpg]]
[[File:Flyer4_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer4.jpg]]
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The code breaking continues with OddworldInc and the community still working together, this time to decipher and clean up the third transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Some caution has to be used to guarantee the safety of the Spirit of 1029's operative as the Magog Cartel attention for our activities is growing.

===Propaganda Flyers===
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The clue provided for the third transmission is a zip file containing cryptic files amongst which some scrambled propaganda flyers. Used together with a fourth flyer tweeted out by the Spirit of 1029 we could piece a letter-to-number mapping based on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Malachim_Mapping.png Malachim Alphabet].

'''Clues'''

* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/89928554_Eequals5.zip (password HIIDHEED)
Cleaned up versions of the flyers in the zip file
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer1_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer2_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer3_clean.jpg
* https://twitter.com/Theblackpec/status/835154962522996736

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[OddworldInc]''' We've been contacted again. We've uploaded what we have onto the Soulstorm website. We need your help! http://ow.ly/fYrO309ivQv
** '''[SPIRITOF1029]''' All official information is lies. Join us. Rise. Be the storm. https://pic.twitter.com/RaUY2sVWxu
* '''Flyers'''
** t h e y a r e w a t c h i n g
** b e t h e s t or m
** w e w i l l r i s e

===Work Obey Comply===
[[File:Page_12362831522212.png|thumb|Screenshot of page 12362831522212]]
'''[2017. February 24.]''' Using Steganography encryption and basic astronomy the community identified that the '''Erriapo''' and '''Fenrir''' Saturn moon names were important. Using the Malachim letter-to-number mapping discovered during the previous phase on those moon names we found the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages.

'''Clues'''

* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/YOU.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WHA.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WET.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TOO.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TIF.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/OLD.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Page 12362831522212 & 71220283136
<pre>
ASSET9X / [REDACTED] / 333333333333

We can't hold much longer.

It's dark, and cold. So cold. They don't seem to [REDACTED]. They. Them. It's hard to know how we'll [REDACTED], but we'll try. This can't last forever. We won't last forever.

Look what they're doing to us. Just look.

There is spirit, but it's waining. We need you, [REDACTED]. Help us.

Together we can expose the truth.

We must. We have to. 1029.
</pre>

===The Magog strikes back===

'''[2017. February 27.]''' On this day @OddworldInc was hacked presumably by the Magog Cartel. The @OddworldInc Twitter account posted three propaganda posters, while it's rightful owners tried to retake control. Later this day @SPIRITOF1029 and @edmudokon tried to shed some light on the actual, much darker facts.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' WORK. OBEY. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1EFuCIgCJN
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' What's h͙̞̖̙͙̗͞a̭͉̝̠͇̲p̰̖̥̲̘p͏̫̯̱ẹ̖̟͚̤̺͙ṋ̼̲͚͝i̤̕n͇͇̙̥̺̗͔g̴̱̱̭͇͎?̥̣̝͇̤͢
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' YOUR SECURITY MATTERS. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1NsKnQoVrK
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' S͠t̵̞͍̠̱̮̜͕o̙̙̹̱̝p͚̼̘̭̼͔͖
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' REMAIN LOYAL. OBEY. https://pic.twitter.com/4Rl35OwS7E
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' c̦̙̮̖͡a͓͍n'̴̱͈̟t͕̳̳̜̻͙ ̪͓̭̗͞g̬̤̞̖͠e̜̭̹͎̩̫t̡̤̲̮̹ ̜̰̯͍̪ͅt̗h̵͉̙̗̝̳ro̧̱̼͖͖u̶̘̞̭̥gh
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Well that was weird... We're back now. That wasn't exactly how we were intending to share the flyers with you...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Don't read the news sheets and you're uninformed. Read them and you're misinformed. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/7rs5dkMxWd
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' It's not just the lies that are harmful. It's the confusion. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/FREchtUXjC
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' These records were smashed on the broken backs of our downtrodden brothers... #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/0VJb9VpwqX
** '''[@edmudokon]''' We hate those news sheets, they make us read every new issue. Those that can still read...
* '''Flyers'''
[[File:Flyer1_original.jpg|center|Flyer 1 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer2_original.jpg|center|Flyer 2 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer3_original.jpg|center|Flyer 3 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]

=== The third picture ===

'''[2017. March 02.]'''A few days later the third of four incriminating pictures was released. This one shows a Mudokon locked in a cell located looking very much like Vykkers Labs. The Mudokon is clearly in some kind of distress. The label on his cell door reads "Sample ID: Beverage SSB/004, subject unstable", indicating this Mudokon is one of many test subjects in these SoulStorm Brew trials. A pair of eyes can be seen in the reflection of the glass belonging to a Vykker who is looking into the cell.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Recap on Oddworld.com'''
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/03/third-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-things-going-bad-worse-mudokons/

<center>[[File:Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg|800px]]</center>

[[File:GhostsInTheChair.jpg|thumb|Coded message scratched on the inside of the glass (mirrored)]]
'''[2017. March 05.]''' A coded message has been scratched on the inside of the glass using unknown symbols. This time the community had to figure out both the alphabet and the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@StarDrop513 deciphered the message. It looks like it was written by the poor Mudokon after all... https://pic.twitter.com/aCKpBATFw0
* '''Third Picture'''
** There are ghosts in the chair No more light The cold and the darkness will take me

=== Hidden truth ===
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo.png|thumb|First version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
[[File:Page_8291.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 8291 page]]
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo_2.png|thumb|Second version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
'''[2017. March 13.]''' A few days later, @edmudokon and @SPIRITOF1029 started tweeting again, hinting that the truth was out there but that the people who found it couldn't share it with the rest of the community. One secret was left to be found but couldn't be publicly shared until the Spirit of 1029's operative was safe from the Magog Cartel. This secret was quite huge: filmed footage of a Mudokon loosing his mind while being watched by a Vykker.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' please don't share it if you find it. it's too dangerous... they can't know we got it.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' What if we told you... there was more to uncover?
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have all you need. Follow the numbers, find the truth.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Some of you have found the truth. Now greater numbers must see. We will show the world. Soon.

'''[2017. March 14.]''' The page was revealed a day later. Some members of the community found it previously by grouping together the names of the pictures appearing in the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages found earlier. Note that the content of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page changed once it got revealed by the Spirit of 1029, the original version has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/___%20You%20found%20me.%20Now,%20find%20what%20I've%20seen.%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/8291
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' As soon as our operative is safe, we will show you what their last transmission contained.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our operative's safety is confirmed, we've sent the latest transmission. Now they can show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' They asked us to show the world. It's the least we can do for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 1)'''
<pre>
You found me.
So, stay with me. Stay with us. Listen. See.

We will show you.

Now, let's see if you can keep a secret...

8291. It's not what you think it is. Do you see?
I need to know if you can see. If there's a way.

~e
</pre>
* '''Page 8291'''
<pre>
You're here.
OK, sure, but please - PLEASE - keep this to yourself...

They can't know we have this footage. They just can't.

8291. It's not [redacted] you think it is...
I mean, what were you thinking...?

~e
</pre>
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 2)'''
<pre>
This is what's happening.
These are my friends. They're doing this to us. All of us.

There's more, much more, but it's not easy getting it out of here.

Together we're stronger. We can survive.

Stay strong. Stay together.

~e
</pre>
* '''HTML Comments in Page 8291's Code''' (edited out many repetitions of "WORK OBEY COMPLY" for readability)
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</pre>

== The Fourth Transmission ==
[[File:Findit.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the fourth transmission.]]
'''[2017. April 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue working together to decipher and clean up the fourth transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We grow in strength but the signal is weak. Our message fades into noise and light. Help us. This is only possible together. #wewillrise

=== Find it ===
'''[2017. April 24.]''' The first clue for the fourth transmission is a mashup of the previous three pictures with a lot of text and codes covering it. This includes a powerful tirade praising Abe for having shown the way for the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' https://pic.twitter.com/NlAd2hm97r
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You got it! Good. We weren't sure if you'd be able to unscramble it. Show them. Show them so they can help us. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We'll show as many as we can. We're not sure what it means but we know you'll all be able to help, just like before. http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
* '''FindIt Picture'''
** USE A DIFFERENT CODE. THIS IS NOT RELEVANT DATA. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT OBEY. THEY LIE.
** fire air water earth gas liquid solid
** use what you can't see
** WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: WORK, OBEY, COMPLY. THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY. OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST. THAT HAS ALL CHANGED. THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED. WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND. WE WILL RISE. JOIN US. THERE'S A STORM COMING.

=== Electricity ===
[[File:Page_electricity.png|thumb|Screenshot of the electricity page]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The elemental clues (fire, air, water, earth, gas, liquid & solid) and the "use what you can't see" were clues to point us to the next page named '''electricity'''. This page contains a single word in its centre: '''HELP'''.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/electricity/
* http://1029.io/electricity/help.zip
'''Messages'''
* '''SaveUs.jpg'''
** BREATH
* '''Listen.txt''' (decoded)
** why do you just watch can you not see us can you not hear the utighdbfn why is this happening wny its too cold to th can you hear us is there anybody there will you help us or rihjsudhgheusodj never are go find pn lose in to it alchem we are cold we are lost we are forgotten and its ecant gmds pneumatigd why are they taking cant stop cold so cold so cold we will rise we will not obey we will not comply jendn we will rise we will rise we will rise we will not die is abe dead here we will not die here we will not die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot survive gheufh help this is not what we wanted we cannot dont cant see speak stop we need to save someone save us pneuma we need to be stop ightnevital energy source of this stop to think breath breathe cant breathe cant always watching we can never eyes stop find rest go now share loose top find think or too last day light never why to a way stp give this is ever not no find things first or the ghtuenth day tjgit let last now or out get in or arttest never stop we will find a way to gain our freedom e why it lost gone now stop taken from us and from the rest we cant stop too much now too pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain dont believe the things they tell you they lie they know no truth its lost long lost now ghwkfnhjsk what happened to them they are lost ghwufnfasjntiwpldfmwbwietpr stop it greed greed greed greed greed greed greed the expense is us we are tired our spark is fading do not let them extinguish all that we are we cannot snwownfnf see the end save us save us save us we cannot fight help us why is this happening for their proghejwnfiwthisnfwe why forget us let us go we dont deserve no one deserves its not dont believe dont believe they will lie they lie they lie heugnpngjifsk lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies eieslseiselslsl is abe dead we dont want to die

=== Pneuma ===
[[File:Page_pneuma.png|thumb|Screenshot of the ASCII art on the pneuma page]]
[[File:Helpus_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of helpus.jpg]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The BREATH message combined with the decoded text in Listen.txt made it clear to the community that '''pneuma''' was an important word, leading us the the next page. The pneuma page initially contained only the ASCII art logo of the Spirit Of 1029 with letters embedded in it changing each time the page was refreshed. Four versions of the page were present, each containing the letters to spell one word, forming the following sentence: Dont let us die.

After a couple of minutes the title of the page started changing, displaying single words, again forming sentences. The words of a single sentence would loop for a bit before switching to the next sentence. After that the generated pages started to change, and started to include even more letters in the ASCII art spelling even more words: Help, Stop, Mask.

Finally the page displayed the helpus.jpg picture.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/pneuma/
* http://1029.io/pneuma/helpus.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''SO1029 Logo'''
** Don't let us die.
** Help
** Stop
** Mask
* '''Title of the pneuma page'''
** ?
** /\--/\--/\--/\
** it's so hard to breathe
** please make it stop
** around how many times
** we will all die
** b.r.e.a.t.h.e
** b..r..e..a..t..h..e
** b r e a t h e (page title was only a single letter)
** ..........

===The fourth picture===
'''[2017. May 02.]''' A few days later the cleaned up picture was released on the Soulstorm page. This image shows a Mudokon wearing a breathing mask, running in what appears to be a Mudokon sized hamster-wheel. He is in front of a screen of sorts, reading binary and operating the computer with two levers. In the background some medical equipment can be seen. It is unknown where this picture was taken. The general surroundings do not seem to indicate Vykkers Labs anymore.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/ARG_Image_04_4K.jpg

<center>[[File:ARG Image 04 4K.jpg | 800px]]</center>

=Fourth phase: The Magog Cartel=
[[File:MagogCartel_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|MagogCartel's profile picture on Twitter]]

A new player officially joins the ARG. The Magog Cartel now directly interferes during the community's investigation by hacking accounts and websites and by spreading lies through their Twitter account. The first step was attacking the 1029.io the website of the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary movement.

== Hostile takeover ==
[[File:Discord_Hack.png|thumb|Magog Cartel hacking into the official Oddworld Discord server]]
'''[2017. August 07.]''' During the start of the attack we see the Magog Cartel hacking into the Spirit of 1029's website. This led the secondary colour of 1029.io to switch from green to red, having letters spelling '''MAGOG''' appearing in the ASCII logo and a new HTML comment appearing noting that the hacking was easily done.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will not be silenced. We will not stay hidden. The storm is coming and we will rise.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' The watchers can’t see everything. Our message will be heard. #wewillrise
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io'''
** heh, that was easy. let's see...

[[File:Vast.jpg|thumb|Image posted by the OddworldInc employees while being hacked]]
'''[2017. August 09.]''' On this day in a dramatic finale we finally uncovered the enemy who tried to silence @OddworldInc and @SPIRITOF1029. It was obvious that something was not right from the very beginning when @SPIRITOF1029 fell silent after noticing that someone attempted to hack their communications channel.

On the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord server]a new emote with the Magog Cartel logo was added with the name :staywealthy:. Soon after all messages containing that :staywealthy: emote or the 8291 code (:_e_: :_t_: :_n_: :_o_:) got removed and the Oddworld Inhabitants employees (OWI_Alex, OWI_Pete & OWI_Bernice) stated posting gibberish and messages coming from an other entity including a strange image containing the word '''vast''' multiple times.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We’ve noticed some attempts to take over our communications channels. Our message will not be silen
* '''Discord'''
** Òǚř ʂе¢цгіẗу ẁᾅș πŏţ ḃӷӫǟċḥễđ Ọսȑ šѐсưȑіƫỵ ẅἂѕ ᾒṑե ƃŗӫᾶϲɦẻđ ⍬ṳř şĕсǜӷɩȶӱ ẁấṣ ŉόՒ þȑѐẩƈȟεժ Ỡùȓ șєϛụґɪŧӱ ẅᾲş բóȶ ḃŗḛąḉℏӫď Ơǔѓ ṡễćṻȓĩťÿ ẇẳŝ ἧὅṱ ḇґèḁčիề₫ ["Our security was not breached" repeated over and over]
** W& //€q117 PHø|? +/-/∂† +() }{∂|²|2€11.
** Ḿ̧̪̻̻͇̟̹̭̼͊̈́̍̎̿͐̎͝͞o̧̤̗̠͚̟͒̐͗͆͜͢͡͞C̠̯̳̙̠̳̹͒̽̇̈̽̚͜r̶͕̗̜̲͕̘̒͗̆̄̎̐̓t̛̛̯̠̼͎̭̻̯̜̿͂̑̃͌͂̔ļ̴͙̩̠̯̐̊̆̐̂̿c̢̳͎̱ ̺̮͎͖̟̐̓̐́͋͞ó̧̡̻͙̳͇̼̯̹̄͒̐͗ [MoCrtlco]

The last message was actually a clue towards where we should look next. It referred to an URL. Uncovering this effectively started the next arc of the ARG.

== MagogCartel.com ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel.png|thumb|Screenshot of the first version of the MagogCartel page]]
'''[2017. August 10.]''' The messages the Magog Cartel transmitted during their hack led us straight to their website, MagogCartel.com, but it seems completely hacked and corrupted. While investigating it the community discovers multiple codes hidden in the HTML comments. Note that the page has changed since then, but this first version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_1/P.%20P.%20P.%20_____%201029%20_____.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/
* https://twitter.com/magogcartel
'''Messages'''
* '''HTML contents'''
** wewillstopyouyouwillfall
<pre>

Welcome to the official Ma___________g_____ life? here? HERE?! ***

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<h2>responsible settle@@@@@@@ments</h2>

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<h2>almost% every settlement</h2>

<h2>responsible for ***almost*** every aspect of municipal life in these vastvastvastvastvastvast idyllic settlements</h2>

Seriously.

<h2>responsible</h2>

<h2>vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast VAST vats vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast 1029 vast vast vast vast </h2>
</pre>

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 sent us messages helping us decode one of the codes in the MagogCartel page. After identifying correct words in the tweets we discovered we had to use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish_(cipher) blowfish cipher] to decode it.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' your help is invaluable to us, together we will '''blow''' this latest Magog scandal wide open. together #wewillrise
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the watchers can '''fish''' around the communication channels all they like, we will always be one step ahead of them.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' -1-4,-2-10
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the story of mudokonkind is about history. now they treat us just like numbers. they will not succeed.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we have given you the tools you need. the ones we can trust will prove themselves capable. leaders will rise as the storm closes in.
* '''Decoded message'''
** ^_^ U_V DX is is true or false all for profit interests industrial agricultural Mudos provide highest possible return investments overheads dreams limited power gigantic badge leaders product Meech Motors travel expertly trained Slig Security Forces successful undertaking employment vast sentient secure specialist habitation zones benefit factories foundries farmlands stability millions undertakings Cartel management selflessly representatives responsible municipal vast idyllic settlements under construction please subscribe and link and follow and like and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy at magog cartel

== The Copycat ==
[[File:Weknow.jpg|thumb|weknow.jpg file found on the MagogCartel.com website]]
[[File:Weknow_original.jpg|thumb|Original version of the weknow picture [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc]]]
'''[2017. August 11.]''' At the same time the Magog Cartel account is trying to get a message accross in a subtle way.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' .@spiritof1029 we see you. '''W'''e can see what you are doing with your fake reports. you will not prosp'''E'''r.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are proud of the strong lin'''K'''s between each of our facilities. our operations are by far the most efficie'''N'''t on oddworld.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are aware of some terrible fake rep'''O'''rts being leaked. please ignore them. our very successful '''W'''orkers know the truth is very different.

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the message is a lot less subtle. This led us to a hidden picture on the MagogCartel.com website titled '''weknow'''! A lot of coded messages are present in the picture, however they obviously come from the Magog Cartel as what appears to be a bait so that we would lose valuable time decoding them. Note that the original picture was [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc], indeed the Magog Cartel is cautious not to leak any new incriminating evidence.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/weknow.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' every time an employee falls into a grinder it takes '''82''' minutes of Mudokon time to clean up. Be safe, for productivity’s sake!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that an average of '''91''' eager new employees start their careers with us every day. Help them be the best workers they can be.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that our facilities are a picture of perfect productivity. Your hard work helps us to show that picture to the world.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' what you’re looking for in a rewarding, productive career. Magog Cartel can help you find it. Discover your options with us today!
* '''weknow picture'''
** Magog Cartel
** WE KNOW HOW YOU WORK NOW. WE KNOW YOUR CODES. WE WILL STOP YOU. YOU WILL NOT INTIMIDATE US. OUR WAY OF LIFE MUST BE PRESERVED.
** LOOK, WE CAN MAKE SECRET CODES TOO. YOU ARE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE PERSONNEL TO SIMPLY SWAMP YOU WITH WORK. HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU WASTE TRYING TO DECIPHER THIS CODE? ALL THE TIME, WE WERE GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING YOU. WE ARE ALMOST THERE. MAYBE WE ARE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, WAITING. WATCHING. YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER, TERRORIST. WE WILL INCINERATE YOUR SILLY LITTLE GROUP AND SCATTER YOUR ASHES TO EVERY CORNER OF OUR EMPIRE SO THAT YOU WILL ETERNALLY BEAR WITNESS TO OUR SUCCESSES, AND YOUR KINDS UNENDING SERVITUDE. YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST.
** WE WILL NEVER GIVE IN TO TERRORISTS. YOU WILL NEVER WIN. YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT OUR SPIRIT. WE WILL FIND YOU AND WE WILL WIPE YOU OUT. WE IGNITE THE FLAME THAT LIGHTS THE DARKNESS. THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW SUCCESS
** you are a resource. you are expendable. we will replace you when you fall. you will work. you will obey. you will comply. or you will perish. we have the prestige. we have the power. we will profit. always. always. always.
** Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply.
** RuptureFarms1029 will rise from the ashes. we will rebuild it bigger, better and more profitable than before. it will be the greatest, most efficient factory that Oddworld has ever seen. it will be a towering symbol of Glukkon strength that cannot be ignored. one terrorist will not deter us.

== UNDER CONSTRUKTION ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel_2.png|thumb|Screenshot of the second version of the MagogCartel page]]
[[File:WeSeeYou.png|thumb|Frame from the WeSeeYou video with the 22/9 date]]
'''[2017. September 4.]''' During the first week of September the MagogCartel.com got updated, simply displaying it was '''UNDER CONSTRUKTION'''. The page has changed since then, but the second version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_2/___%20UNDER%20CONSTRUKTION%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Messages'''
* '''MagogCartel page'''
** *** UNDER CONSTRUKTION ***

'''[2017. September 5.]''' One day later a cryptic video was posted on the OddworldInc account. It showed the [[Guardian Angel]] along with text and numbers flashing. Most notably amongst the flashing messages was '''22/9''', the date of the EGX event during which OddworldInc had an on-stage presentation. While the EGX event was indeed important for the ARG this video was actually pointing to the release of the [https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4134-CUSA00326_00-ETH0000000001513 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 20th Anniversary Dynamic Theme] on PS4.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We're going to be at EGX for an on-stage presentation on Friday 22nd Sept! Grab your tickets now! @EGX https://pic.twitter.com/rDQiDIApa9
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' w̸̨̠͓͍̯̺͉͞e̯̝͖̫̺̯͉̻͘͡ ̗̭̕͢s̴̮̭̫̱ͅe̢̠̮̫̦̼̪̘͠ͅę̠̥̯͔̣̼̻̕ͅ ̻̘̼̣͓̩͚͘͢͠y̴̭̯̪̺͙͚͚̪͞o̬̞͜͢͝u̮̤͖̩̗̰ͅͅ.̴̲̣̪̮̼̱.̡̰̭̗͍̝͉̯͢.̡̡̼͇̙̜̮̦̪̞ͅ https://pic.twitter.com/UoQ3xRAhDU
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We continue to demonstrate our exceptional technological progress to an ever growing number of customers. Everyone loves Magog products!
** '''[@Zulag]''' Did you just claim the attack on the @OddworldInc account?
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Attack? We don’t need to attack, we’re already in a dominant position in every market we deem profitable. We just demonstrate our dominance.
* '''WeSeeYou video'''
** 8
** ?
** 2
** 2
** 9
** 1
** /
** 8291
** 829/
** 229/
** 22/9
** EVERYONE
** WANTS
** TO
** EAT
** YOU

== The Informant ==
[[File:Informant_006.jpg|thumb|Sixth photo of The Informant newspaper]]
'''[2017. September 7.]''' A couple of days later the MagogCartel page got updated again, randomly displaying one of three photos of an issue of The Informant, one of the Magog Cartel's favourite newspapers. Three more pictures of The Informant got shared a couple of hours later via Twitter.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_001.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_002.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_003.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We stopped reading the Daily Deception’s fake reports. The latest issue of The Informant is a really great read, very honest. The greatest!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' It’s great to finally have an honest newspaper to read, and such good quality, too! https://pic.twitter.com/MHuC6jdtNC
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’re always happy to see some balanced reporting on our business from The Informant. Refreshing, when there are so many fake reports! https://pic.twitter.com/DmkV4GbVYw
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’ve just been told that The Informant is printed on machines made at a Magog facility! That explains the quality! https://pic.twitter.com/Bvz29ZrBvk
* '''HTML comment in MagogCartel page'''
** seriously, are you guys seeing this?!

'''[2017. September 22.]''' A printout of the front page of The Informant was distributed to the ARG hunters during the EGX event. The full transcription of the page can be found [[Soulstorm_ARG_-_The_Informant | on its dedicated page]].

== MagogGate (EGX) ==
[[File:EGX_Handouts.jpg|thumb|Handouts distributed during the EGX event]]
'''[2017. September 22.]''' The 2017 edition of the [https://www.egx.net/ EGX] event was the culmination of this ARG phase. OddworldInc managed to secure an on-stage presentation at the event and took the opportunity to show the world the damning evidence the Spirit of 1029 wanted the world to see: footage of '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"'''. The whole presentation is fascinating and definitely worth a look.

After the presentation OddworldInc members handed out some material for further analysis: stickers with the Magog Cartel and Spirit of 1029 logos, portraits of Abe, Alf, Toby and three yet unnamed Glukkons, Magog Cartel flyers and the front page of the issue of The Informant featured on MagogCartel.com

During the day of the event and the next few days Ed and the Spirit of 1029 made it clear that their mission was done for now, '''we saw the truth!''' (even thought the Magog Cartel tried to deny it)

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zdCg4tbOc

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' 22/9. we’ll see you there.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Today, we will begin to show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' can… can you hear me?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' so dark… so cold… i have done what i can. i am the storm.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i can still hear the screams of my brothers i can still taste the tears that rolled down my cheeks
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Many fake reports are circulating. Don’t believe these dangerous lies!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have seen the truth. Next, we will show you how to help us fight back. With your help, we will spread the message. #wewillrise

<center>[[File:EGX_ProjektSoulstorm.png | 800px]]</center>

== Projekt: "Soulstorm" ==
[[File:ProjektSoulstorm.png|thumb|Frame from the Projekt: "Soulstorm" footage with clue highlighted]]
'''[2017. September 25.]''' A few days later OddworldInc shared the '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"''' footage on their YouTube account. The community quickly discovered that coded messages were hidden in some of the frames of the video, some of them obvious, some of them uncracked.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0o2c4NGpk

'''Messages'''
* '''Video'''
** 8291
** 1651
** 1550
** 1029.io
** @magogcartel
** The ghosts in the chair will haunt you forever

<center>[[File:ProjektSoulstorm_2.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The Fifth phase: the ARG's not dead =

== The Origins celebration==
[[File:Abes_Origins.jpg|thumb|Abe's Origins: a celebration of Abe, the original revolutionary]]
'''[2018. March 15.]''' Months later the SPIRIT OF 1029 started tweeting again. The community started looking at all the usual places and upon close inspection it appeared that the ASCII logo on the 1029.io page had even more letters appearing in it randomly than before. Those extra letters could be used to spell '''ORIGINS'''. Those letters also appeared in the ASCII logo on the 404 page and for the first time a html comment appeared on the 404 page.

Shortly after a new channel called "origins" appeared on the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] with a cryptic [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/424167787897028609/424175888418996225/origins_1.mp4 video] as first message.

It was revealed a few days later that this was a built up for the announcement of the [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection "Oddworld: Abe's Origins - Book & Game Collection" kickstarter campaign]. This book is OddworldInc's testament to Abe, the original revolutionary that inspired the whole Spirit of 1029 movement.

Note that the book & game collection is still available for preorder on [https://app.crowdox.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection Crowdox].

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/404.php

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our future depends on us understanding our past. We must know where we come from.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We know you can hear us. We know you are ready to help. We will show you more when the time is right. Keep watching.
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io page'''
** too obvious? i dunno. it's soon though. i can't wait.
* '''HTML comments on 404 page'''
** me neither. it's going to be great.

== Not dead, hiding ==
[[File:1515636880.jpg|thumb|1515636880: Ceci n'est pas un screenshot]]
'''[2018. January 12.]''' Around the 12th of January 2018 [[Lorne Lanning]] changed his twitter header picture to the '''1515636880''' picture. While it was hinted repeatedly in the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] that this image was hiding something, it wasn't until much later that it was found how to use it.

'''Clues'''
* https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/20823262/1515636880/1500x500

'''[2018. May 30.]''' After months of total silence Ed tweeted one single message: '''alive...'''. The embedded picture contains the number '''15156'''. This is a reference to a number in the URL of Lorne's header picture: '''1515636880'''. This number led us to the 1515636880 page on 1029.io.

More importantly this tells us that the usual communications channels of the Spirit of 1029 have been compromised by the Magog Cartel. The Spirit of 1029 is probably still trying to reach out to the community but it's unclear how.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/1515636880/

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' alive… https://pic.twitter.com/j0FE2Qgdu1
* '''Page 1515636880'''
<pre>
ɦểɫр. гẹẳčℏɪṅǧ óúƫ ῒԑ ģӫԷṱіᾗĝ ḥǡṛⅾềɽ. էիȅỷ ķῆοԝ. ẁẹ'ṝϵ ṙṵɴᾑıпʛ ộևȽ ờẛ ɩḋϵᾂš, ὅрՒῑổпş, ăұҿἧµϱṣ. ẅϵ ǹêȩḋ ỳờǚґ ḣҽľῥ. ẇể ῂёϱḋ ѕờṃēƅȯƌý ţó ṧṕȑểǻժ Ƚħẹ ẁổṝḓ. եḫϊṥ ƫɦ¡ƞɡ ῐʂ ḸỄƮḨǠĻ. Ƚḣěȳ ḓõᾔ'Ƚ ĉὰгє Ƚḣổṻɕḫ. ţհểӯ ɗṍἧ'ţ. ṣởṁḗɒὀժỵ ňěөƌş ṱὃ ȶěḻɫ իḭɱ. †ɛŀļ ẖĩ₥. ḃḕẛṍɼę îȽ'ṧ Էȭô ḷǎťϱ. ṯĥềŗȇ ḧąș Էố ƃϱ ᾅ ṣọṁȇþöḏỳ ẉíļłȋդǥ եό ȶαҝě ṯẖё јǒŭӷṋёỷ. şõ₥ęƀὁḓẏ ṅểềⅾԑ ƫծ ġềŧ ţհϵ ṃệṣśᾇǵε ộվե. ẁë'ṝе ìη ṭӷơữþŀɛ. аɬł ṑƒ սʂ. ẁё դȅễɖ ĥẹĺρ. թłȩᾂʂĕ ɦȇɫṕ կѕ.
</pre>
* '''HTML comment in page 1515636880'''
** it's only going to get harder. we don't have the keys anymore to the usual channels. if you hear anything from them, it's THEM.
** our options are limited. you can help though. you have to help. if we can be sure it's you, then maybe we can talk. prove it.

== The Canisters ==
[[File:Canister_Open.jpg|thumb|One of the canisters coming from Oddworld to our world]]
'''[2018. June 11.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 started dropping canisters in our world, close to where the E3 convention was taking place. Those canisters appear to contain some kind of secret message. The first landed in the JW Marriott hotel in Los Angeles and the second one [https://goo.gl/maps/71onqQ49f2E2 in front of the STAPLES Center]. It is unknown if those canisters have been picked up or what their contents are.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message out. find it. https://pic.twitter.com/0VLaW0rB9w
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message to you. https://pic.twitter.com/LAt0bWeM2Y
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' our message has made it from Oddworld to your world. find it. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/yHXH3fMd7b
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' JW M . LA https://pic.twitter.com/imXWF38Wtv
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' find the truth. https://pic.twitter.com/wj4cjztciL
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' hear us https://pic.twitter.com/gfFAuZOMfZ

'''[2018. September 30.]''' A couple of months later, longtime Oddworld fan [https://twitter.com/Crashpunk_Plays/status/1046446823399927815 Crashpunk] was contacted by the Spirit of 1029 and was given a canister. He promptly shared the enclosed message with the whole community. Unfortunately the trail stopped there as no one was able to decipher the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Canister'''
<pre>
/=.&.=/\x50\x6f\x73\x69\x74\x69\x6f\x6e\x20\x6d\x61\x74\x74\x65\x72\x73\x2e/=.&.=/NYSE:KO_ATL.GA/=.&.=/@SO1029_36:5=4:4_17:5_12:3_26:3_35:7/=.&.=/
1029.io #wewillrise
</pre>

Notes on the puzzle:

1. /=.&.=/ is not just a separator. OWI_Pete confirmed that's it's part of the message.

2. The first sequence of characters is actually a hexadecimal encoded string. Decoding it yields: "Position matters."

3. The second sequence of characters stands for:
* "NYSE" = the New York Stock Exchange.
* "KO" = the codeword for Coca Cola stocks.
* "ATL.GA" = Atlanta, Georgia, the location of the HQ of Coca Cola. (Atlanta, GA 30313)

4. We have no idea how to use the third sequence

<center>[[File:Canister_Message.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The sixth phase: a new start? =

== The Oddwall ==
'''[2019. April 29.]''' Months later @OddworldInc launched a new marketing game called [http://www.oddworld.com/oddwall/ The Oddwall], the objective was to reveal an image by unhiding sections through social media interaction (votes, likes, subscriptions,...). It started to go wrong when the option to reveal section 3 appeared in a Facebook poll while it was already previously revealed.

This actually foreshadowed some kind of foul play as at the moment section 3 was supposed to be revealed the Magog Cartel decided to spoil all the fun and corrupted the image:

<center>[[File:Oddwall_M.jpg | 800px]]
See how each section was revealed until this point [[Media:Oddwall_finished.gif|here]].
</center>

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' What are these foolish games? Get back to work.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We don't know what's happening, but we're investigating the issue and we'll have the wall back to normal as soon as we can! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6Mw6n4WkAAsSY9.jpg

== NewBeginning and "Coordinates" ==
[[File:ForTheAllies.png|thumb|Clean picture of Ed's scrambled message]]
'''[2019. July 26.]''' On this day suddenly both Ed and the Spirit of 1029 posted a GIF that had a binary encoded message in it, which lead us to a page containing a glitched image. Inspecting the image's source, we found several numbers, which appeared to be multiple pairs of coordinates. We later found out that these were actually hexadecimal codes, which revealed the following words:

<pre>
they rise
ODDWORLD
NETWORK
</pre>

This revealed the next website in the ARG to us.

(The GIF also contains several circle-shaped symbols. We are currently unsure whether these are simple distractions or a puzzle we yet can't solve.)
[[File:Liberation.png|thumb|Liberation.png found on 1029.io]]

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/NewBeginning/Liberation.png
* https://streamable.com/srp83 (GIF rehosted)

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/1154740232530644992 [@edmudokon]]''' https://twitter.com/i/status/1154740232530644992
** '''[https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029/status/1154741779125682177 [@SPIRITOF1029]]''' Are you ready to hear?
* '''Distorted Gif'''
** FOR THE ALLIES

== Oddworld Network News ==
[[File:OddworldNetworkNews.png|thumb|http://oddworldnetwork.com front page]]
'''[2019. July 31.]''' The ARG lead us to what appears to be a Magog-aligned news site, featuring several articles that praise the Cartel and its industries, while denouncing Abe as a petty terrorist, who poses no real danger to their status quo. Days after the site was found, several posts changed, some receiving minor textual modifications, while others had their images edited.

* [http://oddworldnetwork.com/2016/07/06/whats-important-in-technology-and-innovation/ One page] had several characters turned into bold. Reading these characters together formed the sentence "helpus"
* [http://oddworldnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SEE-SEE-1200x781.jpg One image] had a new code appearing on it, which when deciphered using Atbash read "WE SEE THE TRUTH"
* [http://oddworldnetwork.com/2019/04/15/hello-world/ On one page] a new paragraph appeared which contained a binary code, which when turned into ASCII read "Arm yourselves"
* Several pages ([http://oddworldnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Abe-Target.jpg 1], [http://oddworldnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fire.jpg 2], [http://oddworldnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Paramit-Pie.jpg 3] & [http://oddworldnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Scrab.jpg 4]) had small 3x2 colored rectangles edited into them, deciphering these using Hexahue spellt out "LIES"

<center>[[File:Hexahue.png | 800px]]
Heaxhue code spelling out "LIES" hidden in pictures of OddworldNetwork.com
</center>

'''Clues'''
* https://oddworldnetwork.com

'''Messages'''
* Arm yourselves
* helpus
* WE SEE THE TRUTH
* LIES

== Public Safety Poster ==
'''[2019. August 13.]''' In an effort to further discredit Abe, the Magog Cartel has launched a series of public safety posters advising their followers not to be fooled.

<center>[[File:MC_Possessed.jpg | 400px]] [[File:MC_Murderer.jpg | 400px]] [[File:MC_Terrorist.jpg | 400px]]</center>

= Post-ARG Reveals =

Information that has been revealed to the community after the ARG had concluded.

== The Fifth Picture ==

'''[2023. May 30.]''' During the third phase of the ARG, there were originally five slots for images to be revealed. The fifth image was never unlocked and it eventually disappeared from the website, leaving fans speculating what it could be.

After the ARG's conclusion, there was a short Q&A about it, during which Pete Chapman was asked what it would have been.

At first he [https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/1113123641228533770 said] he doesn't remember:

<blockquote>
I don't recall what the fifth image was, sorry. I might be able to turn up something that would remind me in my archives, I'll have a look later.
</blockquote>

However, when later he was asked again, he [https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/1113418725048197200 clarified] in the following way:

<blockquote>
I think it was another scene from that movie, I just can't remember which!
</blockquote>

== Behind the Scenes ==

'''[2023. May 30.]''' During the same short Q&A Pete Chapman also [https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/1113116681984802836 elaborated on] some other behind-the-scenes info about the creation and execution of the ARG:

<blockquote>
That input/response box was a lot of fun... I think I most enjoyed the twitter stuff. Seeing Ed emerge as a character, and introducing some of the comedy with the Magog Cartel account. Putting together some of the physical puzzles was also a high point for me personally. Burning pages and photographing them, sticking things to my office wall like a lunatic and recreating newspapers was a lot of fun.

There were a few times when things didn't seem to mesh well with players but I think we usually managed to correct course and smooth over the transition to the next stage. The worst part was more generally trying to keep the pace moving as it needed to - sometimes solutions would happen quickly and other times it took way longer than we'd predicted and we'd have to adjust or interact in unplanned ways to keep the community engaged. This was difficult but ultimately it also led to some fantastic moments with everyone. RIP Asset 98.

The big break was partly some unsolved clues that would have progressed things a little more but were given up on and it was partly a need to adjust on our side. The two things came together and we took the opportunity to kind of go "on hold", rather than drip-feed solutions and then need to come up with more content that may have felt needlessly drawn out as we made the adjustments on our side.

The ARG stuff was always intended to be back story that would hint at, and play into, the events depicted in Soulstorm. There was some discussion about more explicit appearances for Ed, if I remember correctly, but we didn't want anything that would be obvious and might make non-ARG folk feel like they missed something.
</blockquote>

== Solution to the Canister Puzzle ==

'''[2024. June 20.]''' OWF member Sgabbit contacted [[Pete Chapman]] on Discord to inquire about the solution to [[#The Canisters|the canister puzzle]] that was given to Crashpunk. He revealed the following:

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[[File:Sgabbit_owipete1.png|800px]]
</center>

Which ultimately would have led the puzzle solvers to [https://1029.io/33/7490N84/3880W/ this subpage] of 1029.io., which contained a password-protected zip named "TheInformant.zip". The password of this archive was actually the second half of the code, as explained below:

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[[File:Sgabbit_owipete2.png|800px]]
</center>

After successfully opening the zip, a single image can be found inside, which can be seen on the right.

[[File:TheInformant_full.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The unlocked picture.]]

So far the following codes have been spotted on the image:

1. '''Morse code on the bottom:'''

<pre>.. ..-. / -.-- --- ..- / .- .-. . / .-. . .- -.. .. -. --. / - .... .. ... / -.-- --- ..- / ... .... --- ..- .-.. -.. / -.- -. --- .-- / .-- . / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / -.-. .-. ..- ... .... / -.-- --- ..- --..-- / ..- -. --. .-. .- - . ..-. ..- .-.. / ... -.-. ..- --</pre>

Translates to:

<pre>IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU SHOULD KNOW WE WILL CRUSH YOU, UNGRATEFUL SCUM</pre>

2. '''Barcode:'''

Translates to:

<pre>Prestige. Power. Profits.</pre>

3. '''Base64 code block on the top right''':

<pre>
d2UgaGF2ZSB0aGUgd2VhbHRoIHR
vIGJ1cnkgeW91LiB3ZSBjYW4gdGllIH
VwIGFsbCB5b3VyIHRpbWUgd210aCBtZW
FuaW5nbGVzcyB0YXNrcy4geW91IGN
hbiBuZXZlciBzdWNjZWVkIGJlY
2F1c2UgeW91IGFyZSB3ZWFrIGFuZCB
wb29yLiB3ZSB3aWxsIHR1cm4geW91ciB
vd24gcGVvcGxlIGFnYWluc3QgeW91IG
FuZCBjcnVzaCB5b3UgZnJvbSB3aXRoaW4u
</pre>

Translates to:

<pre>we have the wealth to bury you. we can tie up all your time with meaningless tasks. you can never succeed because you are weak and poor. we will turn your own people against you and crush you from within.</pre>

4. '''"Binary" code on top:'''

<pre>
1011 111 001 29 1010 01 10 10 111 1 29 100 0 0010 0 01 1 29 111 001 010 29 000 0110 00 010 00 1 010101 29 110 0100 001 101 101 111 10 29 0110 111 011 0 010 29 00 000 29 1 111 111 29 000 1 010 111 10 110 110011 29 011 00 0100 0100 29 0110 010 0 0001 01 00 0100 010101 29 01 0100 011 01 1011 000 010101
</pre>

Translated to Morse-code:

<pre>
-.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. -. --- - / -.. . ..-. . .- - / --- ..- .-. / ... .--. .. .-. .. - .-.-.- / --. .-.. ..- -.- -.- --- -. / .--. --- .-- . .-. / .. ... / - --- --- / ... - .-. --- -. --. --..-- / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / .--. .-. . ...- .- .. .-.. .-.-.- / .- .-.. .-- .- -.-- ... .-.-.-
</pre>

Translates to:

<pre>YOU CANNOT DEFEAT OUR SPIRIT. GLUKKON POWER IS TOO STRONG, WILL PREVAIL. ALWAYS.</pre>

5. '''Boldened letters in first article:'''

<pre>
bpm / pwodgtu / jan / jnqpsubou
</pre>

When put through variations of the ROT13 cypher, we get the following words (with amount of rotation in parentheses):

<pre>
the (18) / numbers (24) / are (17) / important (25)
</pre>

It is unclear whether this is merely flavour text or 18-24-17-25 is a code to be used somewhere.

File:Sgabbit owipete2.png

2024-06-21T12:06:28Z

Nemin: A conversation between Sgabbit and Pete Chapman about the ARG (Part 2 of 2).

== Summary ==
A conversation between Sgabbit and Pete Chapman about the ARG (Part 2 of 2).

File:Sgabbit owipete1.png

2024-06-21T12:06:09Z

Nemin: A conversation between Sgabbit and Pete Chapman about the ARG (Part 1 of 2).

== Summary ==
A conversation between Sgabbit and Pete Chapman about the ARG (Part 1 of 2).

File:TheInformant full.jpg

2024-06-21T11:57:26Z

Nemin: The full, non-obscured version of The Informant "leaked" by SO1019 as seen on https://magogcartel.com

== Summary ==
The full, non-obscured version of The Informant "leaked" by SO1019 as seen on https://magogcartel.com

Archive:PlayNOW! - 9 - Dress Rehearsal

2024-05-21T08:45:59Z

Nemin: Added categories.

=Description=
==About==
* Published: 10-05-2000
* Host: Super Console
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Archived Online]

== Note ==

The following article was translated from Italian into English by GPT.

= The Designer Diary=

Dress Rehearsal

Finally, it is autumn and I can look back with a certain tranquility at the nightmare days we experienced this summer... a period in which most of the team and I said goodbye to weekends and quiet evenings to complete a working demo of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee. Obviously, we knew from the start that we would have to prepare a demo; in fact, we will almost certainly have to create another one when the game is ready to be released, to show all the improvements implemented in recent months. The development team HATES preparing demos, but demos have many positive aspects: they not only allow developers to touch the finished product but also to find out how much remains to be done. In our theorizing, we always had some sort of "final test" in mind, but seeing it materialize is one of the most rewarding aspects of the last few months of development.

For example, this morning I received an email outlining fifteen important points about our "assembly line": the assembly line is that series of processes and procedures that moves some elements of the game from one group of people to another. A region of the game, for example, starts its life as a sketch on paper, becomes a complete project, evolves into a 3D model, and finally ends up in the hands of the graphic and 3D designers who give it the look that everyone will see. The approval and "transformation" phases that occur in each part of this process make up the assembly line.

Thanks to the work done in preparing the demo, we identified a couple of flaws in our assembly line. We found out, for example, that we were not using a standard naming convention for 3D objects, which resulted in some of them getting lost. So we now have a document defining the nomenclature for 3D objects that must follow a certain number of conventions: everyone must use an identical system for naming 3D objects, use the same grid, and know the "color coding" of the various three-dimensional models (so that everyone can immediately understand which parts of an object must remain intact and which can be modified to achieve the best aesthetic result).

These all seem like trivialities, but they are essential for the success of a project of this size and represent the kind of "taken for granted" things that, unfortunately, are not tackled right away, until you try to put something advanced together: often these problems do not become apparent until a first alpha version of the game is created (or, even worse, until the game hits the stores...). It's an endless task, like running a mini-alpha "bootcamp" for a team to untangle the knots, even if that means a lot of stress, discussions, and heartburn from too much fast food.

So, how did the demo go? Pretty well. We managed to complete the demo on time, achieve many of the goals we had set earlier, and include enough elements to show the American press various aspects of the gameplay of Munch’s Oddysee. The journalists' reactions were unanimously positive - and in some cases literally enthusiastic - and the general opinion seems to be forming: Munch’s Oddysee will be the number one reason to buy a PlayStation 2. It's useless to say that we are extremely satisfied with this, given that we have been working on this game for a long time... The demo also highlights many aspects of the game that we have been describing for months at this point: it effectively showcases some innovations that are difficult to describe with words (such as our very effective camera system) and how we managed to transport the elements that made the first Oddworld titles famous into a three-dimensional environment. It also includes innovations like the ability to change the character you're controlling on the fly, between Abe and the protagonist Munch.

Several familiar characters for Oddworld fans have made their return, such as the evil Sligs and the brave Mudokons. But we also introduced a new character, Big Bro Slig, a kind of ultra-pumped-up super-Slig, capable of a very rapid fire with a Blitzpacker Brew (seen in the photo). Big Bro Slig is definitely the star of the most interesting part of the demo, the one that takes place in the "gun room," which shows how our new camera system guarantees significant fluidity of movement, including cinematic visual elements to show the damage Big Bro Slig can do when he gets angry... all while ensuring the player never loses control of their character.

We also managed to show how clumsy Munch is on land and how he moves like a dolphin once in the water. We demonstrated the power-ups available from vending machines, which allow Abe to run like an obsessed person, jump like Jordan, and climb walls. We showed how Abe can gather a group of friendly Mudokons and, through careful planning, lead their rebellion against a surprise Slig guard. We showed Munch sitting in his wheelchair and racing through the factory corridors, performing nearly impossible stunts like a motocross champion.

Additionally, we improved our camera system, implemented some light effects, scripted the AI for many inhabitants of Oddworld, and made sure the ground and sky looked... um, like ground and sky (ground and sky are central to Oddworld, obviously!). We also remembered all the things we could control during testing and the impact of small last-minute changes. Finally, we strengthened our group identity, which is particularly important for everyone’s first job here with us.

A good job, I would say. The American press definitely appreciated it. It was nice to send them a piece of the project we are working on. We worked like crazy, but it was worth it. And it would have been worth it even if we had missed the demo date, because all these essential "rehearsals" described earlier are so crucial... and above all, because, as hard as the days of this long, long summer were, these last few months of production, which lie ahead, will be even harder. Let’s move forward.

'''Paul O’Connor'''

''10-05-2000''

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Archive:PlayNOW! - 8 - The Work Of A Lifetime

2024-05-21T08:45:48Z

Nemin: Added categories.

=Description=
==About==
* Published: 08-02-2000
* Host: Super Console
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Archived Online]

== Note ==

The following article was translated from Italian into English by GPT.

= The Designer Diary=

The Work Of A Lifetime

One of the harsh truths of the video game world is that you have to work for years to create a product whose "life" on store shelves is measurable in months, if not weeks. With new platforms launching every couple of years and a myriad of titles constantly being released, very few games manage to escape the fad of the moment and be classified as true classics—those games that justify holding on to an old console just to play this or that title.

At the pace at which new products are launched nowadays, it would be easy to forget about quality and simply release a title every four months. That's why Farzad Varahramyan, the Production Designer at Oddworld, is so special: Farzad is not interested in creating something that is here today but already a distant memory tomorrow. "You learn a lot about work ethic and patience by seeing the cathedrals that were built over the centuries," says Farzad, an Iranian raised in Italy, who later moved to the United States and Canada before arriving in California and joining Oddworld Inhabitants. "Only the descendants of the people who started building the structure were able to see the cathedral finished in all its splendor."

Of course, Oddworld isn't about building cathedrals, but we are nonetheless working on a "generational" project, something that goes beyond the life of a single game or system: the creation of Oddworld itself. To create something that has value over time, every part of our game must be like a brick in a cathedral: something that withstands the ravages of time and that can seem unique even fifty years from now, just as it does now. The responsibility of carrying forward the Oddworld brand, something that defines us, lies with the Production Designers of Oddworld.

And this is where Farzad comes in. "As a Production Designer, I am responsible for the look of the constantly evolving Oddworld universe. My main goal is to pass on the 'Oddworld' drawing style I learned from Lorne. Along with three other extremely talented Designers—Raymond Swanland, Gautam Babbar, and Silvio Aebischer—I provide all the drawings, reference materials, sketches, paintings, and sculptures that will be used to create the Oddworld universe. Our art department is more inspired by film studios than by any other software house."

But Farzad's work goes beyond merely creating creatures and environments for Oddworld games. "It might seem strange to most, but we are creating a new mythology," says Farzad. Part of this process involves rethinking the role of video game heroes from scratch. "At Oddworld, I've learned that it's not necessary to make games with hyper-muscular heroes and heroines who have to kill everyone to create a 'fun' experience. As Sherry and Lorne always say, we want our games to also have some 'nutritional value' besides being fun."

The focal point of this approach is obviously our heroes, Abe (the protagonist of our first two games) and Munch (who will debut in the upcoming Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee). From the beginning, Oddworld titles were designed regardless of gaming platforms. PlayStation was just the launching pad for Oddworld, and the relationship between Abe and the Sony console is identical to that between Mickey Mouse and the device that in 1928 allowed Steamboat Willie to be projected. "We are currently focusing on video games, but other media will follow soon," explains Farzad. "The video game industry is still very young, and there are still many unexplored areas and opportunities available to us." One of the main goals of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee will be to capture an audience beyond just video game enthusiasts. It's all about reaching our audience, wherever they are. In recent years, the most spectacular imaginary worlds have been created by movies, but Farzad believes that the situation is changing. "This is an incredible time to work in the video game industry because it is probably the most used form of digital entertainment by a huge percentage of people. You can reach a lot of people with a simple video game. The advanced technology of the latest consoles also allows us designers to create richer and more interesting content, knowing that technology will be able to support it."

But with such a large audience, there is the responsibility to deliver a quality product, whether it’s cathedrals or video games. "When I discovered Oddworld, I finally understood where I could fit in, artistically and ethically," explains Farzad. "As an industry, we have to take responsibility for the content of the products we release, and I was definitely tired of all the violent games I was forced to work on."

It's a huge responsibility, an immense project, too big for one person alone. This means that Farzad has to be a leader, even though sometimes he would prefer to just retreat to his office to draw or sculpt. "Due to my duties, I have to give up a lot of the time I used to dedicate to drawing," complains Farzad. "But this is compensated by what I am learning from the rest of the work. I love being part of the creative development of the Oddworld universe. I also really enjoy working on the 'cinematic' part of our games and appreciate the opportunity to learn as much as I can from Lorne and our technical directors."

It's in the cinematic part that Farzad is having his most recent satisfactions. "We have just finished some of the introductory scenes of Munch’s Oddysee, and they are stellar. As a designer, it's really satisfying to see other artists not only bring your projects to life but respect your design and even make it better than you expected."

It's good that Farzad is satisfied seeing a small part of Oddworld’s projects realized... because the project as a whole, just like Farzad’s cathedral, will be the work of a lifetime.

'''Paul O'Connor'''

''08-02-2000''

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Archive:PlayNOW! - 7 - Through The Eyes Of A Glukkon

2024-05-21T08:45:39Z

Nemin: Added categories.

=Description=
==About==
* Published: 06-28-2000
* Host: Super Console
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Archived Online]

== Note ==

The following article was translated from Italian into English by GPT.

= The Designer Diary=

Through The Eyes Of A Glukkon

Our first two games - Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus - were focused on Abe and his fellow Mudokons. Our next game, Munch's Oddysee, will include Abe but it will focus on a new hero, Munch, and the fate of his companions, the Gabbits. We could say that Abe and Munch are co-protagonists in our new game. But there's a third star in Munch's Oddysee. It hasn't had much publicity until now, but I believe it will play an important part not only in our next title but also in those to come in the following years. Its name is Lulu, and it is a Glukkon. Do you remember the Glukkons? They are those noisy guys with squid-like heads, dressed like fashion designers, and who always seem to end up in the wrong place at the right time, that is, when Abe blows up a Rupture Farm or a SoulStorm Brewery. The Glukkons represent the managerial class of Oddworld; their job is essentially to oversee the work of the Mudokons in the Magog Cartel factories. In fact, the Glukkons do absolutely nothing, but, as you know, if you need someone to intimidate, or to pinpoint all the blame when things go wrong, well, the Glukkon is... um... the man for the job.

Although the Glukkons are the enemies in our games, Munch's Oddysee will allow you to see the world of Odd from the other side of the barricade - from the Glukkons' point of view - giving you control of one of them, Lulu, engaged in a series of special missions. I won't go into the details of how and why (I want to save a couple of surprises for the game), but towards the end of the second act, you will find yourself commanding Lulu. Lulu is incompetent even by Glukkon standards (which means he is VERY incompetent), so getting him to the top of the corporate hierarchy won't be easy, but, heck, no one has ever accused Oddworld Inhabitants of making easy games!

Each "Lulu Mission" sees Lulu managing a struggling Glukkon facility (like the Flubco Fat Fuels implant I described in the previous issue). By controlling Abe and Munch, the player must first reach Lulu (he is usually in his office taking a nap... typical), and switch between Abe, Munch, and Lulu to complete the objectives of the Region. And this is where things get difficult. Abe has thin, weak legs, and Munch has only one foot (and it's broken), but compared to Lulu, the two are Olympic athletes. Like all members of his species, Lulu's legs are two practically inert atrophied stumps. If you could see through his outfit, you would discover that Lulu actually walks on his hands. Glukkons can jump, but they can't run properly, and without free hands, they are severely limited in interacting with their surroundings. That's why successful Glukkons rely on the persuasive power of their personality to get employees to work under their control.

Making Lulu a controllable character for the player was challenging from a design perspective. We wondered if it was appropriate to give him more powers, additional physical abilities. Maybe hitting things with his head? Hmm... it doesn't hold up. Lying on his back to grab objects with his hands? It's not very Glukkon-like to do such a thing. Could he generate toxic clouds with his cigar? Nah... Abe already dominates the toxic clouds sector. We also considered reducing Lulu's role. Maybe building specific bonus levels around him, but we liked the idea of being able to switch control from Abe or Munch to Lulu at any moment too much, having Lulu be a full-fledged protagonist. After all the work we dedicated to the characterization and, more generally, the "birth" of Lulu, we didn't want to relegate him to a secret bonus level that some players might never discover.

In the end, we decided that Lulu would participate in the game in all his Glukkon glory. But how to make it fun? And what can it add to the game mechanics? Well, first of all, through Lulu, the player gains access to all the abilities of the Glukkons. For example, Lulu can guide Abe and Munch through a high-security area; he can pilot Glukkon vehicles; he can give orders to the Sligs, basically being the boss. Lulu also has access to the game's economic infrastructure: he can buy goods from the Magog catalog and increase his abilities as he progresses in the game. And more. Through the GameSpeak system, Lulu can give orders to Glukkons hierarchically inferior to him, using them to solve specific puzzles. Suddenly, Lulu no longer seems like such a "useless" creature. On the contrary, putting all that power in the hands of the player tempts them in interesting ways... Remember, every action in Oddworld has a moral (Quarmic) consequence, and the Glukkons are known for their complete lack of scruples. Will you opt for the easy way, that is, making the Mudokons work as slaves to achieve the production goals and get a promotion, or will you choose the harder way, that is, achieving Lulu's goals while also improving the living conditions of the indigenous populations of Oddworld? The choice is yours...

'''Paul O'Connor'''

''06-28-2000''

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[[Category:Designer_Diaries]]

Archive:PlayNOW! - 5 - Crossing Over

2024-05-21T08:45:28Z

Nemin: Added categories.

=Description=
==About==
* Published: 05-02-2000
* Host: Super Console
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Archived Online]

== Note ==

The following article was translated from Italian into English by GPT.

= The Designer Diary=

Crossing Over

Game design is a unique discipline in its genre. Although it has always been common to find people who have always wanted to be game designers, it's not unusual to find game designers coming from other entertainment sectors. I've met designers who are former comic book editors, frustrated writers, musicians, and even one who believed he was qualified as a designer because he was capable of improvising entertainment activities with his dog.

Our Design Department is no exception. Many of its members have worked in other industry sectors before dedicating themselves to game design. Two of these are Dan Kading and Mark Simon.

Dan was one of the programmers of Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. Mark was one of the beta testers of the same game. Now both are part of Oddworld’s Game Design Department. Transferring Mark and Dan to game design was a classic "win/win" proposal for Oddworld: the company could benefit from the accumulated experience of Dan and Mark in their previous positions, while Dan and Mark had the opportunity to work within the company in a more creative and fulfilling way.

Mark found game design a way to escape the repetitiveness of game testing. “Game design has always been one of my highest aspirations,” says Mark. “I wanted to flex my creative muscle instead of repeatedly banging my head against a wall. I wanted to use it to bang someone else's head against MY wall.” As a programmer, the changes in his role have opened up a new avenue for creative development. “As a designer, I have the opportunity to create something,” he says. “As a software engineer, I was only trying to make things work as best as possible. As a designer, I can push things, make people laugh or cry hysterically. The designer is the author of video game literature and it is exactly the kind of influence I intended to have on the games I help create.” The narrative aspect of game design is also important for Mark. “Game design allows me to tell stories, devise fun mechanics and engaging characters as well as design levels,” he says. “As a designer, I can challenge other people (especially kids) with puzzles and subconsciously teach them something. I mean, how many will spend time playing my levels and how many doing homework?”

The transition from game testing to game design has been challenging for Mark. “Being a lead tester for a game is like going to game design school,” he says. “From the design point of view, I knew characters, mechanics, puzzles, structure, and story like the back of my hand. From a technical point of view, I learned how all these things come together to become a complete game. At this point, I am able to appreciate the most important facets of game design.” Unlike Mark, Dan had to work a bit to adapt to his new role. “Programming and design are two completely different disciplines; left brain hemisphere versus right brain hemisphere,” he says. “A programmer has the task of taking an idea and making it work as best as possible. A designer generates ideas that can be realized.” However, the transition turned out to be fruitful for Dan. “Programming is a continuous problem-solving experience,” he says. “I did everything I could to swim in an upright position. As a designer, I am able to adapt to any situation that I am assigned. When I block on a certain point, it is not because I don't understand how to solve it, but because I don't yet have a sufficiently fun answer.”

It doesn't seem like Dan and Mark have any intention of leaving game design anytime soon. “I absolutely want to remain a game designer,” says an enthusiastic Dan. “I am finally managing to get something useful out of all the ideas bouncing around in my head.” Mark is still a bit “raw” on the subject. “Are you telling me that a designer must want to stay in testing?” he asks. “It’s like asking me if I would like to punch myself in the face! For the record, ABSOLUTELY NOT, it will never happen...never!”

And all this despite Oddworld's Design Department being known for not being a cruel and ruthless work environment. “The Design Department is its own glory due to this elitist culture according to which every sign of weakness or error in the work would be seen as the Achilles' heel that other designers would exploit to emotionally tear you apart,” says Dan. “In reality, I think the poisonous climate inside depends on the fact that designers are proud people. Creativity is not something you can define, much less learn. Therefore, people who do creative work are always ready to defend the importance of their uniqueness.” Mark is simply happy to have freed himself from testing. “Now I have a desk all to myself and people tend to talk to me as if I were a human being,” he says. “When I was a tester, it was the same as being treated like a dog.”

Continuing to be treated like dogs is no small matter. “Design is at the base of the development process,” says Dan, “the design of a game comes before everything else, it needs an idea first and the ability to understand and design, and in all sincerity, I like this freedom.”

'''Paul O'Connor'''

''05-02-2000''

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Archive:PlayNOW! - 1 - The Department

2024-05-20T16:26:10Z

Nemin: Removed "Notes" section as it's no longer relevant.

=Description=
==About==
* Published: 12-21-1999?
* Host: Playnow.com.au
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://web.archive.org/web/20000818133600/http://www.playnow.com.au/features/oddworldgamediary_1/ Publised Online]

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part One: The Department

A New Monthly Feature

Welcome to the first installment of this exclusive game design diary from Oddworld Inhabitants. We’re an American software developer, located on the central coast of California, best known for our Playstation titles Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. This game design diary will be your window to the world of development here at Oddworld, both on our current title, Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee, and on other projects and company-related information.

I’d like to thank the folks at PlayNOW! for making this space available. I appreciate this opportunity to keep some of our most dedicated fans up to date on the happenings here at Oddworld Inhabitants.

As we count down the months to the release of Munch’s Oddysee, I’ll be covering a broad range of topics. I’ll give you a glimpse of the characters, events, and challenges that await you in our next game. I’ll tell you a bit about Oddworld culture—both that of the game world, and of the real life Oddworld Inhabitants that make those worlds. I’ll show you what game designers, artists, programmers, and producers do every day.

Because I am a game designer, I’ll start things off with a description of our design department and the people in it.

The Design Department

Oddworld Inhabitants employs four full-time game designers, with a fifth who started in January. We also have an assistant director inside the department who does significant design work.

The overall game design of the project is the responsibility of the game designers. While increasingly common, it’s still unusual to find people in the business who do game design and nothing else, and even more unusual to find so many of them working on the same project. For many years, the model in this business was to combine game design responsibilities with other tasks, usually programming or project management. As the industry has grown, and as game budgets and expectations have ballooned, it’s proving to make good business sense to hire game design experts to make the games fun, easy to play, and challenging. Oddworld is a forward-looking company in a lot of ways, and that includes a dedicated game design department.

Who Are These Guys?

Oddworld’s designers are a varied lot. Our assistant director is Chris Ulm. Formerly editor-in-chief of Malibu Comics, Chris joined us as a game designer on Abe’s Exoddus, and is a director-in-training for Munch, although he still has significant game design duties. Our lead designer is Jeff Brown, a video game veteran most recently with Activision, with several games for Super Nintendo, Sega, and Playstation under his belt. Mark Simon and Dan Kading are new to the profession of game design but not new to the business; Mark was the lead tester on Abe’s Exoddus, while Dan was a programmer on that same project. Frank Simon, who was the producer on our previous Oddworld titles, will be joining us full-time as a game designer in the new year, bringing a wealth of game and production experience to the day-to-day tasks of putting the game together.

I am Paul O’Connor, and after serving as lead designer on Oddworld’s first two games, I’ve been kicked upstairs to senior game designer. I’ve designed all sorts of games since my first publication back in 1980, including paper and pencil role playing games, miniatures games, board games, computer games, and video games.

'''[The section below was originally published in the Italian magazine ''Super Console''<ref>Super Console (1999-2000) [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Game Design Diary]</ref>and has been translated into English by GPT]'''

What Does a Designer do?

We cover a lot of roles and not everyone at the Department have the same assignments. Here's a series of tasks that typically belong to a Game Designer listed in no particular order:

* Write a document describing the game's action under any point of view
* Make a technical documentation of controls system.
* Formulate a game's mechanic based on the narrative's elements of the project
* Edit game's environments using 3D modelling software
* Propose ideas and game's mechanics to higher ups
* Work with programmers to refine controls system and shots
* Work with the artists to create simple visualization of essential game information (in short, the GUI)
* Keep track of the big picture while the experts work on the single details... Be the one that knows how to put all together in a way that can make it work
* Write manuals and suggestions
* Keep an eye on the other software houses and valuate the potential competitor games.
* Create and keep updated our database , the keeper of every game's element descriptions
* Design puzzles and other tests on paper before implementing them throughout the game's editor
* Write the text for tutorial's descriptions screens
* Test the game and delete bugs
* Make a model system for the sophisticated interactions between climate conditions, creatures and industrial installments
* Conceive original solutions to problems fighting with the other Designers to assert your opinion
* Make it Fun!
* Write articles for the best Italian magazine...<ref>Note: This joke is only present in 'Super Console'.</ref>

and the list goes on...

How Does a Designer Do All That Stuff?

I can't reveal all my secrets all at once! I'll describe how we get the order from the chaos in the next month's article.
In the meantime, your comments are welcome! If you have any question send them to the guys at SPC (email address : gamedev@tin.it) and I'll try to reply to you in the next meetings with the Game Dev Diary.
Also subjects you want to see being discussed in this space are well accepted too, so if there's a particular aspect of game production that interests you, let me know and I'll try to please you.

'''Paul O' Connor'''

''12-21-1999''

== Notes / References ==

[[Category:Archives]]
[[Category:Designer_Diaries]]

Archive:PlayNOW! - 9 - Dress Rehearsal

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Archive:PlayNOW! - 8 - The Work Of A Lifetime

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Archive:PlayNOW! - 7 - Through The Eyes Of A Glukkon

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Archive:PlayNOW! - 5 - Crossing Over

2024-05-20T16:21:05Z

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Archive:Munch's Oddysee Designer Diaries on PlayNOW!

2024-05-20T16:17:30Z

Nemin: Added links to the new dev. diary articles.

=Description=
==About==
* Published: ?
* Host: Playnow.com.au
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: Publised Online

= The Designer Diaries=

* [[PlayNOW!_-_1_-_The_Department | Part 1: The Department]]
Here is the first installment of the Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee developer diary courtesy of senior game designer Paul O’Connor.

* [[PlayNOW!_-_2_-_Order_vs._Chaos | Part 2: Order vs. Chaos]]
PlayNOW! presents the second instalment in the Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee developer diary, courtesy of senior game designer Paul O’Connor.

* [[PlayNOW!_-_3_-_Jumping_to_Conclusions | Part 3: Jumping to Conclusions ]]
It’s time for the third instalment of the Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee developer diary, courtesy of that Oddworld Inhabitant, Paul O’Connor.

* [[PlayNOW!_-_4_-_The_Moral_of_the_Story | Part 4: The Moral of the Story]]
Time to again catch up with the Oddworld team, as we gratefully devour the musing of PlayNOW! Developer diary contributor, Oddworld game designer Paul O’Connor.

* [[Archive:PlayNOW!_-_5_-_Crossing_Over | Part 5: Crossing Over]]

* [[Archive:Designing_a_Region | Part 6: Designing a Region]] — Note: Part 6 is the same as the article published on Videogames.com.

* [[Archive:PlayNOW!_-_7_-_Through_The_Eyes_Of_A_Glukkon | Part 7: Through The Eyes Of A Glukkon]]

* [[Archive:PlayNOW!_-_8_-_The_Work_Of_A_Lifetime | Part 8: The Work Of A Lifetime]]

* [[Archive:PlayNOW!_-_9_-_Dress_Rehearsal | Part 9: Dress Rehearsal]]

[[Category:Archives]]
[[Category:Designer_Diaries]]

Archive:PlayNOW! - 3 - Jumping to Conclusions

2024-05-20T16:09:24Z

Nemin: Added the GPT-translated missing part of the article. @Sgabbit

=Description=
==About==
* Published: ?
* Host: Playnow.com.au
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://web.archive.org/web/20000818133621/http://www.playnow.com.au/features/oddworldgamediary_3/ Publised Online]

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part Three: Jumping to Conclusions

A great thing happened this week. We designers had an argument.

Arguments are good. They’re barometers of passion. As assistant director Chris Ulm said to me afterwards, if a couple guys in their late thirties and five kids between them (meaning he and I) can get worked up into a froth over an obscure point of game design, then we’re still in the right business.

The contentious issue that set ancient friends upon one another with fire and steel?

Jumping.

Our first two games, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, made significant use of jumping. And hopping. And hoisting. And run/jumping. And jumping into wells, or between chunks of falling meat, or over land mines. This was appropriate for a side‐view game.

For a 3D game, it would be a nightmare.

Don’t get me wrong. There are some fine 3D platformers out there, many of which make extensive use of a jumping mechanic. It’s just not the sort of play we want to have in Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee. Jumping was one of the first things we took out of the design, way back when we did up the controls document. And no one missed it.

Until the engine was up and running.

One of the moves our animators worked up for Abe was a jump. Not just any jump, mind you … a spring into the air with multiple somersaults. Sure, it wasn’t in the spec, but we experiment with everything here at Oddworld, so the move was added to Abe’s basic functionality when the test engine made its debut.

And then we noticed our problem: jumping was fun.

It’s a happy problem to have. About all you could do was run a little Abe around in 3D and interact with some very basic geometry. No GameSpeak. No enemies. No puzzles. But people still wanted to play with the thing, and one of the things they liked to do was make Abe jump.

OK, no problem. We’ll put jumping back into the game.

Ah, but there is a problem. Not only must Abe and Munch run, walk, and sneak, but he still needs to possess things, and throw, and there’s a wide range of social and command GameSpeak abilities, to say nothing of all the new Quarma‐based power‐ups we’ve got planned. Oh, and you can pick guys up, too, and drive vehicles, and pull levers, and … well, let’s just say that even with the simple control scheme we’ve got cooked up to handle all this stuff, we weren’t eager to introduce a jump into our button map.

That’s not what we argued about, though. Interface is a mechanical problem, and pretty easily solved. No, what really set us off was a disagreement about the role of jumping in the game. The designers broke into two camps:

'''[The section below was originally published in the Italian magazine ''Super Console''<ref>Super Console (1999-2000) [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Game Design Diary]</ref>and has been translated into English by GPT]'''

The "Jumpers" loved the jump as it is. Assign to the jump its button and leave the player being free of using it where and when they want. Jumping is fun!
The "Anti-jumpers" wanted to impose restrictions on where and when the player could jump. Sure, jumping is fun, but this is not a platform game and it shouldn't become the primary means of exploration and transport.

THE DEBATE

Jumpers: Restrict the jump to certain locations? Are you silly? How can one even remotely think of imposing restrictions on player control?

Anti-jumpers: we've already established restrictions in this regard. You can't throw if you haven't picked up anything to throw. you can only slip when going down a ramp. However, if it could be possible to jump everywhere...literally everywhere...wouldn't we risk to run into the age-old problem of accidentally-death-by-jumping that we detest so much in other games?

Jumpers: You are overestimating the problem! The player will learn which are the points where it's safe to jump from and which not. But if they want to jump from a cliff they have to be free of doing that anyway.

Anti-jumpers: but if we offer them this ability they will believe that it is a fundamental part of the game mechanic and will try to use it to solve it. The player will end up getting frustrated because they will start jumping all over the place in an attempt to gain an advantage...but our game design doesn't support this kind of gameplay.

Jumpers: so you don't wanna jump in the game , uh? But jumping is fun!

Anti-Jumpers: Of course we want the jump, it would be just better to restrict it in certain zones clearly highlighted by a sign or something like that. In this way the player is not forced to guess a determined passage.

Jumpers: Jump zones? But it's stupid! Jumping only where there's a "X" on the ground? What are you saying?!

Anti-Jumpers: remember that it was possible to make Abe jump longer if you made him jump in a well? Basically it's the same thing. We could develop a level design that would allow us to highlight the "jump point" with scenographic elements...

What we've decided in the end? I can't tell you - we're still thinking on that! As with any other aspect of the game, the chosen option will be the one that will give the prove of its effectiveness in the actual game. We'll attempt both the approaches and the one that will result the most fun will prevail. And if you think the people that debated against the one that will be the final choice will be ridiculed, i can assure you it will not be the case... because at that point we'll be busy to discuss on another subject and no one will remember who was on one side or the other!

'''Paul O' Connor'''

''03-03-2000''

== Notes / References ==

[[Category:Archives]]
[[Category:Designer_Diaries]]

Archive:PlayNOW! - 2 - Order vs. Chaos

2024-05-20T16:07:37Z

Nemin: Added the GPT-translated missing part of the article. @Sgabbit

=Description=
==About==
* Published: ?
* Host: Playnow.com.au
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://web.archive.org/web/20000818133614/http://www.playnow.com.au/features/oddworldgamediary_2/ Publised Online]

== Notes ==

Unfortunately, we were unable to recover the second half of this designer diary. If you have a copy, please let us know.

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part Two: Order vs. Chaos

There is a ‘chicken and the egg’ quality to software development. What comes first? The art is dependent on the design, which is dependent on the programming, which is dependent on what the other departments want to accomplish. Also, everything is dependent on a publisher to distribute the game, which is dependent on a schedule to finish the game in a reasonable amount of time. The schedule, in turn, is dependent on the design, which is dependent on prevailing market whims and forces, which of course must be anticipated years in advance of the game actually hitting the shelves, because these things aren’t built overnight …

It’s chaos. How can you ever get started, with everything depending on everything else?

You start by Deciding.

In my last column, I listed many of the responsibilities of a game designer: building levels, defining controls, writing documents, and more. What I didn’t list was arguably the most important task of all—deciding. Someone has to make choices. Someone has to be the arbiter of what is and what is not good gameplay. That person is the game designer.

Does the game designer have the last word? No. The proof is in the playing. No matter how well intentioned, if the game just isn’t fun to play, then we rip it out and go another direction. No, better than the last word—and far more critical, considering the time and money that’s on the line—the designer has the first word. It is the designer’s job to bring order out of chaos by setting creative priorities and forging a comprehensive view of the game, both at its inception and during development.

There were lots of bits and pieces swirling around when we started work on Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee. Here are some that were most significant:

Story: The story of Abe, the hero of our first two games, needed to continue into the next title. How has Abe changed since the end of Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus? Does he continue to lead the struggle against the Magog Cartel, or has he gone back to being a simple, ignorant Mudokon?
Character Design: How do we introduce Munch, the newest lead character in the Oddworld universe? What powers does he have? What does he look like? What is his story, and how does he connect with Abe?
Technology: What will be required of our new 3D game engine? What platform(s) will have the hardware horsepower to run our game?
Gameplay: What play aspects of previous Oddworld games will carry forward into this new title? What new ones will be added?

'''[The section below was originally published in the Italian magazine ''Super Console''<ref>Super Console (1999-2000) [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Game Design Diary]</ref>and has been translated into English by GPT]'''

At Oddworld Inhabitants we tried to answer to these questions (strictly related between them) with a team work. Our president, as well as our "creative guru", Lorne Lanning, has started to work to the script explaining in a detailed way Munch's origins, the evolution of Abe's story and how the two would have met. Our Production Designers, guided by Farzad Varahramyan, have undertaken the challenging creation process of not only Munch, but also of all the new creatures, the buildings and the veichles that will appear in our next game. The programmers have started to implement the "heart's" engine, so it could be possible to work on the game's mechanic from the beginning.... and to Game Designers there's nothing left to do but take care of everything else! We started throwing up tons of sketches and ideas on paper. Guided by Assistant Director Chris Ulm, we've started with identifying which would have been the main aspects of game's mechanic of Munch's Oddysee. Some of these were obvious and easily recognizable, like the fact of controlling characters in a tridimensional world. Others, like the possibility of recycle the objects in the various envoirments, training and guiding the armies or switching from a character to another for a long period of time, were a bit less "flashy". Some aspects, like the multiplayer and online game support, or the "customization" of various characters, came from the one that could define the "philosphy" of Oddworld Inhabitants.

We knew since the beginning we'd have identified too many aspects of the mechanic so they could be inserted in a single game, but it wasn't a problem, because we knew we weren't working on a single game, but on the whole future game production of Oddworld Inhabitants. Since the various Oddworlds will always have common aspects in the game's mechanic, our titles will "fit" easily between them in the course of the next decade. Once the various salient aspects of Munch's Oddysee are identified, chosen and listed for importance's order, the next step has been the creation of screens on paper for each of them. We started with the base elements of control's system and game's interface, then we gradually moved to physics, the virtual world simulation system and the characters behaviour controlled by CPU. Step by step we were careful to examine and review all the options at our disposal, discussing on which one was the best in the cours of endless meetings and through a constant retouching of our final goals. Do you want to know how these decisions were then transformed into the actual design document? Well, i'll tell you everything in the next meeting with Game Design Diary! In the meanwhile send me a couple of lines via email to tell me how am i doing: quetions, comments and suggestions for the next issues of GDD are always welcome.

ART DESIGN

The Design Document of Oddworld Inhabitants includes a large library of sketches that illustrate not only the aesthetic of every single native creature of Oddworld, but even its internal skeletal-muscular structure, the movement performed by joints and other "minor" features. The artistic talent of Farzad Varahramyan, as well as his obsessive attention to details, is easily appreciable taking a look at some of his works.

'''Paul O' Connor'''

''03-02-2000''

== Notes / References ==

[[Category:Archives]]
[[Category:Designer_Diaries]]

Archive:PlayNOW! - 1 - The Department

2024-05-20T16:05:13Z

Nemin: Added the GPT-translated missing part of the article. @Sgabbit

=Description=
==About==
* Published: 12-21-1999?
* Host: Playnow.com.au
* Author: Paul O’Connor
* Game: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Format: [https://web.archive.org/web/20000818133600/http://www.playnow.com.au/features/oddworldgamediary_1/ Publised Online]

== Notes ==

Unfortunately, we were unable to recover the second half of this designer diary. If you have a copy, please let us know.

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part One: The Department

A New Monthly Feature

Welcome to the first installment of this exclusive game design diary from Oddworld Inhabitants. We’re an American software developer, located on the central coast of California, best known for our Playstation titles Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. This game design diary will be your window to the world of development here at Oddworld, both on our current title, Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee, and on other projects and company-related information.

I’d like to thank the folks at PlayNOW! for making this space available. I appreciate this opportunity to keep some of our most dedicated fans up to date on the happenings here at Oddworld Inhabitants.

As we count down the months to the release of Munch’s Oddysee, I’ll be covering a broad range of topics. I’ll give you a glimpse of the characters, events, and challenges that await you in our next game. I’ll tell you a bit about Oddworld culture—both that of the game world, and of the real life Oddworld Inhabitants that make those worlds. I’ll show you what game designers, artists, programmers, and producers do every day.

Because I am a game designer, I’ll start things off with a description of our design department and the people in it.

The Design Department

Oddworld Inhabitants employs four full-time game designers, with a fifth who started in January. We also have an assistant director inside the department who does significant design work.

The overall game design of the project is the responsibility of the game designers. While increasingly common, it’s still unusual to find people in the business who do game design and nothing else, and even more unusual to find so many of them working on the same project. For many years, the model in this business was to combine game design responsibilities with other tasks, usually programming or project management. As the industry has grown, and as game budgets and expectations have ballooned, it’s proving to make good business sense to hire game design experts to make the games fun, easy to play, and challenging. Oddworld is a forward-looking company in a lot of ways, and that includes a dedicated game design department.

Who Are These Guys?

Oddworld’s designers are a varied lot. Our assistant director is Chris Ulm. Formerly editor-in-chief of Malibu Comics, Chris joined us as a game designer on Abe’s Exoddus, and is a director-in-training for Munch, although he still has significant game design duties. Our lead designer is Jeff Brown, a video game veteran most recently with Activision, with several games for Super Nintendo, Sega, and Playstation under his belt. Mark Simon and Dan Kading are new to the profession of game design but not new to the business; Mark was the lead tester on Abe’s Exoddus, while Dan was a programmer on that same project. Frank Simon, who was the producer on our previous Oddworld titles, will be joining us full-time as a game designer in the new year, bringing a wealth of game and production experience to the day-to-day tasks of putting the game together.

I am Paul O’Connor, and after serving as lead designer on Oddworld’s first two games, I’ve been kicked upstairs to senior game designer. I’ve designed all sorts of games since my first publication back in 1980, including paper and pencil role playing games, miniatures games, board games, computer games, and video games.

'''[The section below was originally published in the Italian magazine ''Super Console''<ref>Super Console (1999-2000) [https://archive.org/details/oddworld-game-design-diary-super-console/Oddworld%20-%20Game%20Design%20Diary%20%28Super%20Console%20n.%C2%B0%2067%29/ Game Design Diary]</ref>and has been translated into English by GPT]'''

What Does a Designer do?

We cover a lot of roles and not everyone at the Department have the same assignments. Here's a series of tasks that typically belong to a Game Designer listed in no particular order:

* Write a document describing the game's action under any point of view
* Make a technical documentation of controls system.
* Formulate a game's mechanic based on the narrative's elements of the project
* Edit game's environments using 3D modelling software
* Propose ideas and game's mechanics to higher ups
* Work with programmers to refine controls system and shots
* Work with the artists to create simple visualization of essential game information (in short, the GUI)
* Keep track of the big picture while the experts work on the single details... Be the one that knows how to put all together in a way that can make it work
* Write manuals and suggestions
* Keep an eye on the other software houses and valuate the potential competitor games.
* Create and keep updated our database , the keeper of every game's element descriptions
* Design puzzles and other tests on paper before implementing them throughout the game's editor
* Write the text for tutorial's descriptions screens
* Test the game and delete bugs
* Make a model system for the sophisticated interactions between climate conditions, creatures and industrial installments
* Conceive original solutions to problems fighting with the other Designers to assert your opinion
* Make it Fun!
* Write articles for the best Italian magazine...<ref>Note: This joke is only present in 'Super Console'.</ref>

and the list goes on...

How Does a Designer Do All That Stuff?

I can't reveal all my secrets all at once! I'll describe how we get the order from the chaos in the next month's article.
In the meantime, your comments are welcome! If you have any question send them to the guys at SPC (email address : gamedev@tin.it) and I'll try to reply to you in the next meetings with the Game Dev Diary.
Also subjects you want to see being discussed in this space are well accepted too, so if there's a particular aspect of game production that interests you, let me know and I'll try to please you.

'''Paul O' Connor'''

''12-21-1999''

== Notes / References ==

[[Category:Archives]]
[[Category:Designer_Diaries]]

Oddworld fansites

2024-02-28T09:35:02Z

Nemin: Added some more pages.

These are the currently active Oddworld fansites found over the internet.

== Websites ==

=== Oddworld Library ===

{{Main|Oddworld_Library}}

=== Magog on the March ===

Established around <time datetime="2017-09-18">18 September 2017</time>, '''[https://magogonthemarch.wordpress.com/ Magog on the March]''' is a content-archival site run by an anonymous group of fans. It contains over a thousand archived interviews, video transcripts, articles, etc. related to Oddworld, its creators, and related franchises.

The site also hosts a [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX9wtYdjRGz3GZYajUq0LBQ video archive] and a [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rCjlKx9PjbhBN0_UcEXDg four-episode series] about Oddworld Lore.

=== Oddwords ===

First launched late 2018, then properly established on <time datetime="2019-01-13">13 January 2019</time>, '''[https://oddwords.hu Oddwords]''' is an Oddworld fansite, created by Nemin. It hosts articles related to Oddworld, along with a few interviews, statistics from the series, and deep-dives into the history of Oddworld Inhabitants.

=== Oddworld FANDOM ===

The '''[https://oddworld.fandom.com/wiki/Oddworld_Wiki Oddworld FANDOM]''' is a secondary community-run wiki, created to document the game. Despite featuring many more pages than the Library, many have complained about the FANDOM wiki's loose interpretation of canon<ref name="squeek" />, which helped perpetuate long-standing myths about the series.

== Communities ==

=== Oddworld Forums ===

{{Main|Oddworld_Forums}}

=== Reddit ===

The '''Oddworld [https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/ Reddit]''' is a forum-like community site focused on fan content and lore discussions.

=== OddTumblr ===

The '''OddTumblr''' is a loose network of Oddworld-themed Tumblr blogs. It is largely characterized by roleplaying, "Ask [character]" blogs, where users can interact with the host of the blog as if they were the character in question, fan art, and fan fiction.

=== Amino ===

The '''[https://aminoapps.com/c/oddworld/home/ Oddworld Amino]''' is a minor Oddworld community hosted on aminoapps.com. It features fan art, fan videos, and a few Oddworld-themed chat rooms.

== Chats ==

=== Oddworld Forums ===

The '''Oddworld Forums [https://discord.gg/3f36qDa Discord]''' was launched on <time datetime="2016-03-30">30 March 2016</time> by Moot <ref name="OWF Discord launch" /> to first complement then (after the original site's archival) succeed the Forums. As a community continuing OWF's traditions, it too shares the same relaxed moderation and love-hate relationship towards the series.

As of <time datetime="2024-02-28">28 February 2024</time> the server has 340 members.

=== The Local Server ===

The '''[https://discord.gg/tTvhQ8w Local Server]''' is the [[R.E.L.I.V.E.]] project's own Discord, where the project is coordinated and support for it is given. It also features an off-topic chat and general Oddworld-related conversations.

=== AbeHD ===

'''[https://discord.com/invite/Ca5uB4JByA AbeHD]''' or the '''Abe's Exoddus HD project''' is a community-run project to upscale the graphics of [[Oddworld:_Abe's_Exoddus|Abe's Exoddus]].

=== Oddworld ===

Though technically not a fansite, we include it here for the sake of comprehensiveness. On <time datetime="2017-05-02">2 May 2017</time> [[Oddworld Inhabitants]] launched its own '''[https://discord.gg/oddworld Discord]'''<ref name="OWI launch" />, hosting channels for discussing the individual games, posting fan art, and off-topic conversations.

The Discord was also a pivotal part of the [[Soulstorm_ARG_Summary|SoulStorm ARG]], during which employees of the company roleplayed as different characters, sharing cryptic clues and playing out events from the ARG.

As of <time datetime="2024-02-28">28 February 2024</time> the server has 4995 members.

== References ==

<references>
<ref name="squeek">
Squeek.
[https://oddworld.fandom.com/wiki/Squeek FANDOM].
The Brain Slurg Misunderstanding.
'<q cite="https://oddworld.fandom.com/wiki/Squeek">It is a commonly accepted (but nonetheless wrong) factoid in the community, that either Squeek himself is a so-called "Brain Slurg" or that it's a creature that he uses to control others. Neither is true and they both stemmed from a single misunderstanding.</q>'
</ref>

<ref name="OWF Discord launch">
Moot.
[https://discord.com/channels/164770326943760386/164775385005948928/164776837371789313 Message].
#general_chat.
General chat.
Discord.
'<q cite="https://discord.com/channels/164770326943760386/164775385005948928/164776837371789313">Neato</q>' - First recorded message on the server.
</ref>

<ref name="OWI launch">
Nemin.
[https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/308969023981486082 Message].
#general_oddworld.
General Oddworld.
Discord.
'<q cite="https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/308969023981486082">Huh, hello</q>' - First recorded message on the server.
</ref>

</references>

Oddworld fansites

2024-02-28T09:27:26Z

Nemin: Created basic page structure along with some example sites.

These are the currently active Oddworld fansites found over the internet.

== Websites ==

=== Oddworld Library ===

{{Main|Oddworld_Library}}

=== Magog on the March ===

Established around <time datetime="2017-09-18">18 September 2017</time>, '''[https://magogonthemarch.wordpress.com/ Magog on the March]''' is a content-archival site run by an anonymous group of fans. It contains over a thousand archived interviews, video transcripts, articles, etc. related to Oddworld, its creators, and related franchises.

The site also hosts a [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX9wtYdjRGz3GZYajUq0LBQ video archive] and a [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rCjlKx9PjbhBN0_UcEXDg four-episode series] about Oddworld Lore.

=== Oddwords ===

First launched late 2018, then properly established on <time datetime="2019-01-13">13 January 2019</time>, '''[https://oddwords.hu Oddwords]''' is an Oddworld fansite, created by Nemin. It hosts articles related to Oddworld, along with a few interviews, statistics from the series, and deep-dives into the history of Oddworld Inhabitants.

=== Oddworld FANDOM ===

The '''[https://oddworld.fandom.com/wiki/Oddworld_Wiki Oddworld FANDOM]''' is a secondary community-run wiki, created to document the game. Despite featuring many more pages than the Library, many have complained about the FANDOM wiki's loose interpretation of canon<ref name="squeek" />, which helped perpetuate long-standing myths about the series.

== Communities ==

=== Oddworld Forums ===

{{Main|Oddworld_Forums}}

=== OddTumblr ===

The '''OddTumblr''' is a loose network of Oddworld-themed Tumblr blogs. It is largely characterized by roleplaying, "Ask [character]" blogs, where users can interact with the host of the blog as if they were the character in question, fan art, and fan fiction.

=== Amino ===

The '''[https://aminoapps.com/c/oddworld/home/ Oddworld Amino]''' is a minor Oddworld community hosted on aminoapps.com. It features fan art, fan videos, and a few Oddworld-themed chat rooms.

== Chats ==

=== Oddworld Forums ===

The '''Oddworld Forums [https://discord.gg/3f36qDa Discord]''' was launched on <time datetime="2016-03-30">30 March 2016</time> by Moot <ref name="OWF Discord launch" /> to first complement then (after the original site's archival) succeed the Forums. As a community continuing OWF's traditions, it too shares the same relaxed moderation and love-hate relationship towards the series.

As of <time datetime="2024-02-28">28 February 2024</time> the server has 340 members.

=== Oddworld ===

Though technically not a fansite, we include it here for the sake of comprehensiveness. On <time datetime="2017-05-02">2 May 2017</time> [[Oddworld Inhabitants]] launched its own '''[https://discord.gg/oddworld Discord]'''<ref name="OWI launch" />, hosting channels for discussing the individual games, posting fan art, and off-topic conversations.

The Discord was also a pivotal part of the [[Soulstorm_ARG_Summary|SoulStorm ARG]], during which employees of the company roleplayed as different characters, sharing cryptic clues and playing out events from the ARG.

As of <time datetime="2024-02-28">28 February 2024</time> the server has 4995 members.

== References ==

<references>
<ref name="squeek">
Squeek.
[https://oddworld.fandom.com/wiki/Squeek FANDOM].
The Brain Slurg Misunderstanding.
'<q cite="https://oddworld.fandom.com/wiki/Squeek">It is a commonly accepted (but nonetheless wrong) factoid in the community, that either Squeek himself is a so-called "Brain Slurg" or that it's a creature that he uses to control others. Neither is true and they both stemmed from a single misunderstanding.</q>'
</ref>

<ref name="OWF Discord launch">
Moot.
[https://discord.com/channels/164770326943760386/164775385005948928/164776837371789313 Message].
#general_chat.
General chat.
Discord.
'<q cite="https://discord.com/channels/164770326943760386/164775385005948928/164776837371789313">Neato</q>' - First recorded message on the server.
</ref>

<ref name="OWI launch">
Nemin.
[https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/308969023981486082 Message].
#general_oddworld.
General Oddworld.
Discord.
'<q cite="https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/308969023981486082">Huh, hello</q>' - First recorded message on the server.
</ref>

</references>

Scattered Brains

2024-02-28T07:42:21Z

Nemin: Updated trademark statuses, added "DEDEX".

<dfn>Scattered Brains, Inc.</dfn> is a company operated by [[Lorne Lanning]], [[Bennie Terry III]] and [[Holly Newman]], which was founded in <time>2022</time>. So far, the company has not released any public works or promotional material.

The following description appears on the LinkedIn profile of Scattered Brains Co-Founder Leath Bing.<ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn"/>

<blockquote>Scattered Brains is a new game studio led by a team of highly-decorated, 30+ year industry veterans contributing to titles such as Oddworld, QQ Dance, Call of Duty Online, Unreal Tournament, Mortal Kombat, and more.

In addition to their decades of individual experience selling tens of millions of copies of beloved games, our team members have worked with each other directly for decades.

The game will incorporate Hollywood-level production values from award-wining animators in its core legacy of compelling visual storytelling, while also incorporating the free-to-play mechanics pioneered by our team at Tencent and digital assets (both in- and out-of-game) for monetization and reinforcement of our core gameplay loop.</blockquote>

== People ==
[[Lorne Lanning]], [[Bennie Terry III]] and [[Holly Newman]] are all directors of Scattered Brains. The form submitted to Arizona Corporation Commission applying for authority to do business in Arizona, signed by Newman on <time datetime="2022-05-31">31 May 2022</time>, lists Lanning as the Chief Executive Officer, and Newman and Terry as Secretaries. However, the Arizona Corporation Commission website lists Newman as both <abbr title="Chief Executive Officer">CEO</abbr> and Secretary, and doesn't include Lanning as an officer.<ref name="Arizona Authority Application"/><ref name="Arizona Authority Info"/>

Scattered Brains is authorized to issue 12 000 000 common shares, none of which were issued as of <time datetime="2022-05-31">31 May 2022</time>.<ref name="Arizona Authority Application"/> On LinkedIn, game designer and producer [[Steve Gray]] (previously of Square–Enix, [[EA]], THQ and Tencent) and financial analyst Leath Bing are listed as Co-Founders of Scattered Brains, since <time datetime="2022-07">July</time> and <time datetime="2022-09">September 2022</time> respectively.<ref name="Steve Gray LinkedIn experience"/><ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn experience"/>

[[Alanna Lausch]], who previously worked for [[Oddworld Inhabitants]] on their social media campaign for the [[Webby Awards|2022 Webby Awards]], has been interning at Scattered Brains as an Associate Marketing Manager since <time datetime="2022-06">June 2022</time>.<ref name="Alanna Lausch LinkedIn"/> Anthony Palma, a startup advisor, has been advising Scattered Brains since <time datetime="2022-09">September 2022</time>. Palma works full-time on Gaming Partnerships and Investments at Mysten Labs, developer of the gaming blockchain Sui.<ref name="Anthony Palma LinkedIn"/>

== Trademarks ==
Although the exact business of Scattered Brains hasn't been revealed, the company has filed four trademarks with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, all on <time datetime="2022-07-07">7 July 2022</time>.<ref name="Bizapedia Scattered Brains trademarks"/> On <time datetime="2024-02-12">12 February 2024</time> the company issued yet another trademark, this time for a project named ''DEDEX''.<ref name="USPTO DEDEX" />

{| style="margin-left: 0.5em;" |
| style="padding-right: 0.5em;" | 97492765. || NFTalent
|-
| 97492773. || Scattered Brains
|-
| 97492779. || Planet of the Pests
|-
| 97492781. || NFTalent Agency
|-
| 98402505. || DEDEX
|}

The goods and services covered by each of these trademarks are mostly the same, and broadly concern the distribution of video games (including virtual, augmented and mixed reality games), both downloadable and non-downloadable, as well as associated multimedia (e.g. audio and video). Crucially, the authentication of users and devices would be via the use of non-fungible tokens (<dfn><abbr>NFTs</abbr></dfn>). The trademarks also cover software for the storage and transaction of cryptocurrency using blockchain technology.<ref name="Bizapedia Scattered Brains trademarks"/>

As of <time datetime="2023-12-18">18 December 2023</time>, the trademark for ''Scattered Brains''<ref name="Furm.com Scattered Brains" /> and ''Planet of the Pests''<ref name="Furm.com Planet of the Pests" /> are both marked "pending" at the stage of final refusal, meaning the trademark is in its current form inadmissible, but may be re-evaluated with changes. ''NFTalent''<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent" /> and ''NFTalent Agency''<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent Agency" />, however, are both marked "abandoned", citing a "failure to respond", which means unless a revival fee is paid, these trademarks remain invalid regardless of their admissibility. This leaves ''DEDEX'' as the company's sole active trademark as of <time datetime="2024-02-12">12 February 2024</time>.

== History ==
=== Registration ===
Scattered Brains, Inc. was incorporated on <time datetime="2022-02-17">17 February 2022</time> in the State of Delaware, with the file number 6625579; an amended certificate was restated on <time datetime="2022-02-28T16:48-0500">28 February</time>.<ref name="Incorporation Delaware Div of Corps"/>

On <time datetime="2022-06-07">7 June</time>, Scattered Brains applied for authority to conduct business in Arizona,<ref name="Arizona Authority Application"/> which was approved on 9 June.<ref name="Arizona Authority Info"/>

=== Publicity ===
User u/Rathalos11 first posted their discovery of Scattered Brains on the Oddworld subreddit <<kbd class="uri reddit">r/oddworld</kbd>> on <time datetime="2022-11-23T20:12:21Z">23 November 2022</time>,<ref name="Rathalos11 shares on Reddit"/> and later found a description of the company on Co-Founder Leath Bing's LinkedIn profile.<ref name="Rathalos11 Reddit Leath Bing description"/>

Shortly before this, on <time datetime="2022-10-03T16:14:53.858Z">3 October 2022</time>, in response to questions from members, [[Dan Sheridan]] posted on the [[Oddworld Discord]] that Oddworld Inhabitants will not be using NFTs.<ref name="Dan Discord no NTFs"/>

In the promotional description of the panel discussion ‘Studio Owners Round Table’ for LightBox Expo 2023, participant Lorne Lanning was listed in full as ‘<q cite="https://2023.lightboxexpo.com/guest/lorne-lanning/">Lorne Lanning of Oddworld Inhabitants & Scattered Brains</q>’. The panel is scheduled to take place on <time datetime="2023-10-29T12:00-07:00P1H">29 October 2023</time> at the Pasadena Convention Center, California.<ref name="LightBox Expo Studio Owners Round Table"/>

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="Incorporation Delaware Div of Corps">
Cascarano, Katherine
(<time datetime="2022-02-28T16:48-0500"
>28 February 2022</time
>).
‘Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Scattered Brains, Inc.’.
Attachment to certificate.
Bullock, Jeffrey W.
(<time datetime="2022-06-02"
>2 June 2022</time
>).
pp. 9–10.
Arizona Corporation Commission
(printed <time datetime="2022-06-07T09:22-0700"
>7 June 2022</time
>).
Barcode ID 22060712029851.
Searched <time datetime="2023-01-15T10:01:50-0700">15 January 2023</time>.
Downloaded <time datetime="2023-01-15T16:13:43Z">15 January 2023</time>.
[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=2512290 eCorp].
</ref>

<ref name="Arizona Authority Application">
Newman, Holly
(<time datetime="2022-05-31"
>31 May 2022</time
>).
‘Application for Authority to Transact Business or Conduct Affairs in Arizona’ C018.004 rev <time datetime="2020-06">6/2020</time>.
pp. 2–5.
Arizona Corporation Commission
(printed <time datetime="2022-06-07T09:22-0700"
>7 June 2022</time
>).
Barcode ID 22060712029851.
Searched <time datetime="2023-01-15T10:01:50-0700">15 January 2023</time>.
Downloaded <time datetime="2023-01-15T16:13:43Z">15 January 2023</time>.
[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=2512290 eCorp].
</ref>

<ref name="Arizona Authority Info">
Arizona Corporation Commission
(<time datetime="2022-06-09"
>9 June 2022</time
>).
‘Approval Date’.
‘Entity Details’.
Scattered Brains, Inc.
[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=2512290 Entity Information].
eCorp.
</ref>

<ref name="Rathalos11 shares on Reddit">
u/Rathalos11
(<time datetime="2022-11-23T08:12:21Z"
>23 November 2022</time
>).
‘[https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/z2z7nx/til_that_lorne_lanning_is_now_among_other_things/ TIL that Lorne Lanning is now, among other things, in the NFT business with his “Scattered Brains, Inc.” outfit]’.
r/oddworld.
Reddit.
</ref>

<ref name="Rathalos11 Reddit Leath Bing description">
u/Rathalos11
(<time datetime="2023-04-26T07:29:42Z"
>26 April 2023</time
>).
‘[https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/12z9wrm/some_new_information_about_scattered_brains_inc/ Some new information about Scattered Brains, Inc.]’.
r/oddworld.
Reddit.
</ref>

<ref name="Dan Discord no NTFs">
Sheridan, Dan <nowiki>[OWI_Dan]</nowiki>
(<time datetime="2022-10-03T16:14:53.858Z"
>3 October 2022</time
>).
[https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/1026527776402051194 Message].
#general-oddworld.
General.
Oddworld.
Discord.
‘<q cite="https://discord.com/channels/293291256736382976/293291256736382976/1026527776402051194">Re: NFTs, yes aware of them and no we won't be doing any.</q>’
</ref>

<ref name="Bizapedia Scattered Brains trademarks">
Bizapedia.
‘[https://www.bizapedia.com/trademarks/owners/scattered-brains-inc.html Scattered Brains Inc Trademarks]’.
Bizapedia.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-01-19T21:35Z">19 January 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Alanna Lausch LinkedIn">
Lausch, Alanna.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanna-lausch/ Alanna Lausch].
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:12:10+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Anthony Palma LinkedIn">
Palma, Anthony.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyrpalma/ Anthony Palma].
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:12:13+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn">
Bing, Leath.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/leathbing/ Leath Bing].
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:12:11+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Leath Bing LinkedIn experience">
Bing, Leath.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/leathbing/details/experience/ Experience].
Leath Bing.
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:47:57+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>



<ref name="Steve Gray LinkedIn experience">
Gray, Steve.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwgray/details/experience/ Experience].
Steve Gray.
LinkedIn.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-05-22T15:14:00+01:00">22 May 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="LightBox Expo Studio Owners Round Table">
LightBox Expo.
Studio Owners Round Table.
[https://2023.lightboxexpo.com/guest/lorne-lanning/ Lorne Lanning].
Participants.
LightBox Expo 2023.
Accessed <time datetime="2023-10-25T13:11:32+01:00">25 October 2023</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="USPTO DEDEX">
USPTO.report
[https://uspto.report/TM/98402505 DEDEX - Scattered Brains Inc.].
USPTO.report.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com Scattered Brains">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/scattered-brains-97492773 SCATTERED BRAINS Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com Planet of the Pests">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/planet-of-the-pests-97492779 PLANET OF THE PESTS Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/nftalent-97492765 NFTALENT Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>

<ref name="Furm.com NFTalent Agency">
Furm
[https://furm.com/trademarks/nftalent-agency-97492781 NFTALENT AGENCY Trademark].
Furm.
Accessed <time datetime="2024-02-28T08:08:15+01:00">22 February 2024</time>.
</ref>
</references>

Soulstorm ARG Summary

2019-08-16T08:25:01Z

Nemin:

Soulstorm ARG Summary

2019-08-15T15:16:44Z

Nemin:

=First phase: Establishing communication with Ed=
==The calm before...==
[[File:Monday_Braille.jpg|thumb|Something's coming...]]
'''[2016. March 11.]''' A couple of days before GDC 2016 a cryptic image was posted by OddworldInc spelling '''Monday''' using braille, something's about to go down...

''' Clues '''
* https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0c-MTM2tX
''' Messages '''
* Picture:
** Monday

==Soulstorm is announced==
[[File:Reveal1.jpg|thumb|Original version of reveal1.jpg, our first clue that someone was reaching out]]
'''[2016. March 14.]'''
Oddworld Inhabitants announced their new game Oddworld: Soulstorm during GDC 2016. Along with the announcement the oddworld.com/soulstorm page is launched.
Upon closer inspection of the Soulstorm page the community stumbles on some weird HTML comments, a hidden picture (reveal1.jpg) and a encrypted code in a video.
At this point there was no doubts anymore, '''the ARG had officially started!'''
[[File:Twitching.png|thumb|Frame from twitching.mp4 with hidden message]]
''' Clues '''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/twitching.mp4

''' Messages '''
* '''Reveal1 picture'''
** CAN YOU S- HARD TO K- IF BREAKING- THROUGH HA- ON NEED A D-
* HTML Code:
** Far too many video game characters were harmed extremely badly in the making of this experience. In a sane world this would never have happened. We're sorry.
** <<< TRYING TO BRE===== -lostqmwaittypo- >>>
** <<< CAN ANYBO============================================ NEED TO TREYR ====== so thirsty need brew fol==== -->
** <<< listen. >>>
** are you l/os/t ?
** message INTERCEPTED -->
** there's got to be a wa_
* Video:
** Listen for me

==Dialog Box==
[[File:Dialog_Box.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page]]
'''[2016. March 23.]'''
Finding the message in the video seemed to have triggered and update on the oddworld.com/soulstorm page.
The main update on the page was the apprition of a dialog box in which users could input messages and get answers, sometimes encoded, sometimes in plain text.

''' Clues '''
* Weird dialog box to communicate with an unknown entity

''' Messages '''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%"
|-
! Query
! Answer
!New Responses
!Alternative Responses
|-
|hello
|*** HELLO? ***
|*** HELLO ***
|*** HELLO! YES, FINALLY!***
/ *** HELLO! BUT NOT HERE***
|-
|hi
|*** HI? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|follow me
|*** I WISH I COULD BUT I CAN’T GET OUT ***
|*** I WISH, I REALLY WISH ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|who are you
|*** IT’S BEEN SO LONG, I CAN’T REMEMBER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|abe
|*** PLEASE FIND ME ***
|*** ABE? ***
|*** ABE? YES - ABE. ***
|-
|molluck
|NOT MY BOSS
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|alf
|JUST ONE MORE DROP OF DELICIOUS BREW
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|...
|-
|slig
|GET DOWN!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|elum
|JUMP, ELUM, JUMP!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|rupturefarms
|THE SPIRIT OF 1029 LIVES ON.
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|soulstorm
|*** DRINK MORE BREW ***
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|necrum
|I CAN’T SEE YOU ANYMORE.
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon
|OH, BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|*** OF COURSE, RIGHT? ***
|-
|brew
|DRINK MORE, WORK HARDER
|*** SO GOOD. SO TASTY. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|feeco
|CHOO CHOO!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|barracks
|SNEAK!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|bonewerkz
|WAIT, THERE ARE BONES IN THIS?
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewery
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewmaster
|TWICE ZE FLAVOR, RIGHT?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scars
|COOL INK, BRO.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|new n tasty
|MMMM, TASTY BREW…
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudomo
|FANGS, LEGS, WEBS - THEY'VE GOT IT ALL
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudanchee
|BEWARE THE GUARDIANS
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|oddworld
|WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|portal
|WHERE?!
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|chant
|YOYO-YOYO-YOYO-YOYO
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1997
|SAVE ME TOO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1998
|DON'T LEAVE ME TRAPPED AGAIN
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2001
|WOAH, ANOTHER DIMENSION
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2005
|THINGS ARE GETTING STRANGER...
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|squeek
|WHO IS SQUEEK?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|...
|-
|quintology
|LET'S PLAY ANOTHER GAME SOON
|LET'S PLAY A GAME
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scrab cakes
|NOW WITH EVEN MORE BITE.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|paramite pies
|TURNING UP THIN
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|meech munchies
|THIS CAN'T STILL BE MADE WITH MEECHES...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon pops
|HEY, GET AWAY FROM ME WITH THAT MEAT GRINDER.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1029
|*** TRY AGAIN ***
|[TRY AGAIN]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|fangus
|OH WHAT A BRUTAL BALLAD WE COULD SING TOGETHER
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|goodbye
|GOODBYE
|*** YES, NO DOUBT, BUT FOR HOW LONG? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|what is soulstorm
|*** SOULSTORM? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|can you hear me
|*** YES, FAINTLY ***
|*** YES, FAINTLY - COME CLOSER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|healing
|WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR MODOKAID
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|get me outta here
|NO, REALLY, GET ME OUTTA HERE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|big-face
|NICE MASK, BOZO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|how are you
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? ***
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? - CAN'T YOU SEE? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|open sesame
|WRONG MYTHOLOGY, SCHMUCK
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|shrykull
|WHO IS YOUR CURRENT ENERGY PROVIDER?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|tears
|SO MANY TEARS, SO MANY MEMORIES
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|intercepted
|FIND MY MESSAGE, HEAR MY VOICE
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|dripik
|THAT'S GENERAL DRIPIK TO YOU
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|glukkon
|PLEASE, NO MORE
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|fart
|HEHEHE
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|ed
|*** FIND ME, HEAR ME, SAVE ME ***
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|exoddus
|WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHO WILL TAKE US THERE?
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|oddworld inhabitants
|WORKING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF ODD
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|moolah
|NOW THERE'S AN ADDICTION
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|director phleg
|USERNAME UNKNOWN, PLEASE TRY AGAIN
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|vice president aslik
|SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOKED, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
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|hand
|*** YES! HIM! ***
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|chest
|*** SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. ***
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|face
|*** CAN YOU SEE IT YET? WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW YOU. ***
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|BARELY, CAN YOU SAVE ME?
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|addicted
|YOU TOO?
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==Ed?==
[[File:Dialog_Box_Attempt75.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page after 75 attempts]]
'''[2016. March 24.]'''
The dialog box revealed a weird picture after the user inputted 75 messages in a row. This picture allowed us to find multiple clues hidden behind [http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/ magic eye stereogram], morse code and weird text formatting. The clues ultimately all to pointed to the same message: Ed.
[[File:0451.jpg|thumb|The 0451.jpg file found via intercepted.txt]]
'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/attemptnumberseventyfive.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/intercepted.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/0451.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/spiritof1029.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/lsot.mp3

'''Messages'''
* Pictures
** findme
** hear me
** rescue me

'''[2016. March 25.]'''
Not long after we find out a misterious page called Ed with one single message.

''' Clues '''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/

''' Messages '''
* i can hear you, just. it's faint, but i can hear you.

==Finding Ed==
[[File:Ed_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|Ed's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The Ed page changed multiple times in the days following its discovery.
The final message had a block of 140 '/' characters and had a lot of '#' in it. It was telling us to look for a Twitter account, note that at the time Twitter had a maximum of 140 characters per message.
This ultimately led us to the @edmudokon twitter account which was full of cryptic tweets.

''' Clues '''
* http://twitter.com/edmudokon

''' Messages '''
* Hello
* Did somebo-------
* Is anybody listening
* Where am I?
* Can you hear me
* One Zero Two Nine
* I can hear you, faintly.
* Yes! Yes! You are getting closer
* If I could just… I can’t… Find me.
* Where are you? Can you hear me?
* We’ve stopped the progress… I need to show you the truth about this place.
* You can hear me! Just, please, listen.

'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The tweets also contained partial codes that once put together and inserted in the Dialog box ultimately unlocked the next major phase of the ARG.

''' Messages '''
* <nowiki>*** IT WORKED! IT WORKED! OK, NOW I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION - LISTEN, THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU SOMETHING. SOMETHING IS WRONG. VERY WRONG. YOU NEED TO LISTEN. YOU NEED TO HELP ME. I NEED TO HELP YOU... ***</nowiki>

=Second phase: The 9 Pieces=
[[File:Dialog_Box_Piece1.png|thumb|Updated dialog box linking to Piece 1 with task revealed and code unlocked]]
After inputting the code found in Ed's tweets the dialog box on the Soulstorm website changed: a line of 9 spaces appeared at the top: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Each space representing one "Piece" of a 36-character code.

During this phase the community had to find the 9 pieces. Each piece was initially locked had a challenge associated to it to unlock its code.

==Piece 1==
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Piece 1 was granted to us immediately with its code unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_01.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Piece 1
** THEY ARE HIDING THINGS FROM YOU. FIND THEM

==Piece 2==
[[File:Squares 02.jpg|thumb|Piece 2, with task hidden and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Later that day Ed tweeted a message in morse code telling us to "learn the history of the creators". This lead us to Lorne Lanning's page on oddworld.com that contained the second piece on the bottom of the page.

The task was to "Reach 23K Twitter followers @OddworldInc", once that number was reached the code of Piece 2 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/lorne-lanning/
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/XMZR12FZEZT6O6BFKHF0.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_02.jpg

==Piece 5==
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Fez.png|thumb|Ed appreciating all the hard work of the community]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
A bit later Piece 5 was revealed with its task immediately available.
The task was to get "15 photoshops of Alf's fez onto game characters" and send them to Oddworld Inhabitants on Twitter.
This was completed and the code of Piece 5 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/JN3HD82YRE.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719847654436552705

'''Messages'''
* Ed's Twitter
** Thank you. You’re helping.
[[File:Dialog_Box_Pieces.png|thumb|The dialog box being updated as the community progresses]]
==Piece 8==

'''[2016. April 5.]'''
The next day Ed tweeted a message in morse code asking us "are you listening?", at that time the Soulstorm page was updated with a new puzzle in the HTML code.
Following the trail where we had to line up characters in the HTML code and decipher morse code from an audio file we reached Piece 8.
It was tasking us to take "25 photos of scrub-Abe rescuing 8 Muds in New'n'Tasty".
This was completed and the code of Piece 8 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/heard.mp3s
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/findthefuture.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_08.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719848077335642112

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** they know i'm here
** let me try this
** they aren't telling you everything

==Piece 3==
[[File:Squares_tasks_03.jpg|thumb|Piece 3, with task revealed and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 7.]'''
A couple of days later Ed tweeted multiple tweets containing what looked like gibberish, once uncoded using [[https://v2.cryptii.com/navajo/select Navajo code]] they led us on a trail where we had to reassemble a picture and use the [[https://lobestir.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/cypher-pig-pen-lower.png Pigpen cipher]] to get to Piece 3.

The task was to "Get 45K Facebook likes on /OfficialOddworld", once that number was reached the code of Piece 3 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/msg.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/togetherness.jpg

==Piece 6==
[[File:Witness.png|thumb|Original version of the witness puzzle]]
'''[2016. April 12.]'''
A few days later Piece 6 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "find, solve and return the witness puzzle". The community found the puzzle and solved it, shortly after the picture of the puzzle got replaced by its solution. Using the solution of the puzzle together with another picture given by Ed, playing with HEX color codes and decoding some more morse code hidden in a movie file allowed us to find the final message transcribed below which unlocked the code of Piece 6.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_06.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/witness.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/trigrid.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/abeface1.mp4

'''Messages'''
* HTML comments
** There was a minor, insignificant error in the code here. Please ignore any message(s) you may find as a result of this unfortunate glitch. Apologies.
** Nobody was a witness.
* Audio file
** I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE

==Piece 4==
[[File:Seeme.png|thumb|Picture hidden in seeme.wav]]
'''[2016. April 20.]'''
A few days later the fourth character turned into a "?" indicating that the fourth piece was ready to be found. At the same time a new generic message could be obtained from the message box: SEEME? WAVE. After a trail where we had to convert sound to picture, spot mirrored words in a wall of text and use some ciphers again we reached Piece 4.
The task was to create "20 new gifs of Abe deaths in New'n'Tasty"
This was completed and the code of Piece 4 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/seeme.wav
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/SO1029.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/wearegettingcloser.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_04.jpg

==Abe says hi==
'''[2016. May 6.]'''
The next few days were a bit slower, with some Ascii art appearing in the HTML code but it didn't seem to lead us anywhere.

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'''Messages'''
* Ed's twitter
** so thirsty… tired.
** Almost… They took it away. Almost.
* HTML comments
** But Abe, he's one of us...
** Yeah, he didn't do much.
'''Clues'''

The reveal pictures are changed to spell '''1029'''
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal2.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal3.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal4.jpg

'''[2016. May 11.]'''
Around the same time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage, they become more pressing. We need to find a way to establish contact quickly!

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>***THEY ARE COMING, I NEED TO HIDE***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***CAN'T TALK, THEY CAN HEAR ME***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***WE ARE SO CLOSE, DON'T GIVE UP***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***THIS CAN'T CONTINUE FOREVER, LOOK CLOSER***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***YOU NEED TO LOOK CLOSER, NOT MUCH TIME LEFT***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, THE NOISE DOWN HERE IS DEAFENING, PLEASE REPEAT ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SAVE ME ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THIS FORM IS BROKEN - PLEASE DO NOT USE ***</nowiki>
** I CAN HEAR YOU, BARELY...
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, SAY AGAIN? ***</nowiki>
** [ERROR]
** [OUT OF SIGHT]
** <nowiki>*** THIS STUFF. THIS STUFF. ***</nowiki>
** [PLEASE CLOSE THIS WINDOW IMMEDIATELY]
** <nowiki>*** I'M SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME ***</nowiki>
** [WE'RE AWARE OF ISSUES ON THIS PAGE AND ARE WORKING TO REMEDY THE ------------]
** <nowiki>*** DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>...DRINK...BREW...</nowiki>
** [- NO, WAIT -]
** [- PLEASE IGNORE THIS MESSAGE -]

==Piece 9==
[[File:Finishthefight.jpg|thumb|Piece 9, with task revealed and code unlocked]]
[[File:Decodethefuture.jpg|thumb|Decode the future find the code]]
'''[2016. June 22.]'''
A few days later Piece 9 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "Decode the future find the code".
Finding the decodethefuture.jpg file and decoding its content using the [[http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Fonts/Pigpen.html BabelStone Club Penguin]] cipher led us to unlock the code of Piece 9.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/finishthefight.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/decodethefuture.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Picture
** THE HERO HAS SHOWN US THE WAY, FOLLOW, WORK, OBEY, COMPLY, REVOLT. WE WILL RISE AND , WE WILL RISE AGAIN.
** ED IS ONE OF US, WE NEED YOU TO HELP, WE ARE MANY, WILL NOT STOP.
** ED IS ONE OF MANY, FIND THEM, JOIN US
** THERE IS A STORM COMING, THERE IS NO FAILURE, FREEDOM OR DEATH.
** SOULSTORM/ED/FINISHTHEFIGHT.JPG
** TOO MANY SECRETS, SO THIRSTY, TIRED.
** DON'T DRINK THE BREW
** ORGANISE, ENERGISE

Around that time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage again.
There are now some new generic responses with a very revolutionary tone.

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>*** WE ARE MANY. WE ARE COMING. WE WILL NOT STOP. ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE'RE NEARLY THERE, IT'S NEARLY TIME TO ENERGIZE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE WILL RISE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** DON'T DRINK THE ---- ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THE SPIRITS ARE RISING ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** NEARLY, IT'S NEARLY TIME. STAY QUIET JUST A LITTLE LONGER. ***</nowiki>

==Piece 7==
'''[2016. June 24.]'''
A few days later the seventh character turned into a "?" indicating that the seventh piece was ready to be found.
At that time the Soulstorm page was updated with new HTML comments containing dissociated lines. By matching those lines together we knew we were searching for a zip file. With Ed's help via Twitter we were able to find the password to the zip file that contained Piece 7 which was already unlocked.
The automatically completed task asked us to "Listen to the source", which we indeed had to do to find the password hidden in one of Ed's first tweets.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/away.zip (password isanybodylistening)
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_07.jpg

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** Who will help?
** Join us
** We are many
** Find a way
** SPIRIT OF #1029
** Ed is one of many
** work, obey, comply.

==Using the code==
[[File:SPIRITOF1029_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|SPIRITOF1029's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. June 28.]'''
By reuniting the 9 pieces, we got a code: "''C4GD-RDHG-SSBR-SCRD-3STY-DDTH-WALF-XGMA-DF2F''". Some pieces resemble [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet leet speak] (C4GD = Caged, SCRD = Sacred, 3STY = Thirsty), but these didn't appear to have any relevancy to the usage of the code. To reach the next step, Ed gave us a map that made us revisit previous parts of the ARG and revealed the way to decrypt the code to find the message: "''FL4MMABL3''". Putting this in the Dialog Box generated one last answer: 1029.io

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/
* https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' now you know. you can help. join us. [https://1029.io 1029.io] @SPIRITOF1029

= Third phase: The Spirit of 1029 =
[[File:RuptureFarms1029.jpg|thumb|View of RuptureFarms 1029]]
[[File:1029.io.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 1029.io website]]
We have now established contact with the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary group. This kicked in motion an entirely new section of the ARG, with most of the new puzzles happening on their site: 1029.io.

The Spirit of 1029 group takes its name from RuptureFarms 1029, the factory Abe escaped and then destroyed. Their symbol is a minimalist representation of RuptureFarms 1029 in a cicle of flames.

== 1029.io ==
'''[2016. June 29.]''' The site told us more about the revolutionary group the Spirit of 1029 with what seemed to be their manifesto written in bold on their front page. The Mudokons had enough and things are about to change: '''there's a storm coming!'''

When looking closer to the site's code additional clues waited to be found. Curiously a lot of details (like text color, hidden numbers in the logo) referenced the number 8291 and Ed.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/ed (A page which linked to https://twitter.com/edmudokon)
* http://1029.io/8291 (A page with 8291 written in color set to #8291ed)

'''Messages'''
* '''HTML comments in 1029.io page'''
** Well, I rescued Mudokons. But who's gonna rescue me?
** 8291
* '''1029.io page'''
<pre>WE ARE THE SPIRIT OF 1029. WE ARE MANY. WE ARE COMING. WE WILL NOT STOP. THE POWER WILL SHIFT AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN.

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WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED!

THE FALL OF RF1029 WAS THE SPARK TO IGNITE A REVOLUTION. FOR TOO LONG, THEY HAVE CONTROLLED THEIR GIANT INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, GRINDING THE BONES OF OUR KIND INTO DUST IN THEIR ENDLESS PURSUIT OF POWER AND WEALTH.

WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: OBEY. / COMPLY. / WORK.

THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY.

OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST.

THAT HAS ALL CHANGED.

THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED.

WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT.

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND.

WE WILL RISE. JOIN US.

THERE’S A STORM COMING.</pre>

== The big pause ==
[[File:Artwork_Message.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
[[File:Artwork_Message_2.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
'''[2016. July 13.]''' During this time both Ed and The Spirit of 1029 laid low with almost no communications. A couple of puzzles surfaced during that period but didn't seem to lead anywhere.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' There’s a storm coming. Join us. 1029.io

'''[2016. August 23.]''' OddworldInc posted a few artwork videos with hidden messages flashing. Those messages didn't really lead the community anywhere even though the Spirit of 1029 seemed to find the important.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Some early pre-production concept art from 2005's Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. https://pic.twitter.com/shRdnP0OEf
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Listen to the spirit of the past. Rise with us.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Concept art from Oddysee's Paramonia stage, from way back in 1995. https://pic.twitter.com/7acBLxiOzq
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey, it's everyone's favorite Mudokon, shown here in some early concept art. https://pic.twitter.com/IEcc5M7NlE
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Apparently it's #NationalSlogDay or something. ʘ‿ʘ https://pic.twitter.com/jOT8NOtsAc
* '''Artwork videos'''
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** spirit
** remains we will not be [?]
** help
** 8291
** elikedete [?]

[[File:Maze_8291.png|thumb|Partial view of the 8291 page]]
'''[2016. September 2.]''' The 1029.io/8291 page gets suddenly updated with corrupted messages and links to other pages with even more corrupted messages. It's unknown how this puzzle was supposed be solved. Unfortunately the pages were not backed-up in their entirety.

'''Messages'''
* '''8291 page title'''
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** 8Two91
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* '''2479009 page title'''
** EightTwoNineOne
* '''2479009 page text'''
<pre>
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* '''4839021451 page title'''
** 8291
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<pre>
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== Alf says hi ==
[[File:Alf_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|OddworldInc's profile picture on Twitter when Alf took over]]
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Alf.png|thumb|Ed reaching out to Alf who's temporally using the OddworldInc account]]
'''[2016. December 22.]''' On this day unexpectedly both Ed and the SO1029 Twitter woke up and begun posting revolutionary messages.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' still here, waiting... waiting to rise up...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' we will rise. together...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the spirit of 1029. We will rise again. Join us 1029.io Rise up.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 5.-6.]'''
A few days later the official Oddworld Twitter (@OddworldInc) was taken over by Alf. There was a conversation between Alf (OddworldInc) and Ed (edmudokon). Ed doubted that it's really Alf and the messages from OddworldInc became more and more garbled.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Alf here, it looks like I'm needed again. I'm here for any questions ya have. #DearAlf A storm is brewing. I can feel it in my bones...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? is that you? really you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me, it's me! Where are ya buddy? ӏ ţհծŭǥɧṯ ṫɦḗỵ'ƌ ɠōե ỹốṷ ƒỏṛ ǻ ԝĥïḻě țḥẻɼè...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc no... it can't be you... it can't be alf...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@edmudokon it is me, buddy, I got out! Where are ya? Ὶ ṱĥởűǥḣե ӱợǘ ẁẻгẻ ցỡῄё?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' too risky. can't talk...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will all be free, as Alf was freed. Rise up. We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 9.]'''
On this day all three Twitter accounts conversed about how Ed should help in revealing the truth.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' evidence... i can see it all... scared...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We've gotta see it- people need ta know what's happening... Be careful Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? i can help?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Photographs, Ed- we need people to see. You've gotta be brave.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' . @edmudokon @OddworldInc We will rise up. You can play your part, Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @SPIRITOF1029 @OddworldInc yes... careful... risky... i gotta help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Oddworld has been blind to the plight of the noble Mudokons for too long. We will rise. Join us! 1029.io
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i will find a way to help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon yes, we will help you tell your story. We will help you rise up.

'''[2017. January 11.]''' Alf answers some questions about Ed on Oddworld.com, Ed is scared and needs all the help he can get.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/dear-alf-77-ed-abe-and-stranger/

'''Messages'''
* '''Oddworld.com'''
** Will you return in Oddworld: Soulstorm? (Asked by: James, on Twitter) You don’t know the things that are going on around here! I wish Abe would leave me outta it and let me run Alf’s Rehab and Tea in peace. I can’t read the future though – it’s not like I have the time to sit around reading tea leaves!
** How have you been? Also how come Ed can hear you? He doesn’t seem to hear anyone else. (Asked by: Xavier, on Twitter) I’ve been busy! Ed? Ed’s scared and I can understand that. Sometimes people can be talkin’ all around you but you can’t hear ‘em. Poor Ed’s confused and afraid. I’m a familiar face – and have you ever seen a mug as trustworthy as mine?
** How do you know Ed? Did Ed work with you? (Asked by: Connell, on Twitter) I know everyone – Abe thinks he has it tough? It’s not easy being such a celebrity. Everyone comes to me with their problems, and Ed has a lotta problems.
** How’s Ed? (Asked by: Koustoulidis, on Facebook) Ed’s in danger and he knows it – Ed’s one brave Mudokon, even though it might not look like it right now. Ed’s got an important job ta do and just needs a bit of help to get it done.
** Do you know where Ed might be, Alf? (Asked by: Gunnrisfunnr, on Twitter.) I’m not sure but I’d love to find out! It sounds like Ed needs some help and I think I know just the guy…

'''[2017. January 16.]'''
The conversation continued with SO1029 asking Ed to blow the whistle on Thursday.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey pals, Alf here! Thanks for all the questions. I'll be sure to read through them all!
** '''[@edmudokon]''' .@OddworldInc alf? is it really you? can I trust you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me- you've gotta trust me, we need your help. What's goin' on?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc I don't have much time. got to be quick... but I can see it all. I can get pictures...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We need them. We need pictures, Ed. What can you see?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc it's so dark... but I can see them, they're... i can't explain. Shh! they're here, I think i see... oh no!
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Hide.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon @OddworldInc we've found a weakness in the system. Get us something and we can get it out on Thursday. Help us, Ed. Be the storm.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @OddworldInc We will help @edmudokon but we can't send anything unencrypted. You'll have to break our code. We'll be in touch.

'''[2017. January 19.]'''
As expected a few days later SO1029 confirmed that they received an encrypted transmission from Ed. Solving this was our next task.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We have received a transmission. We will pass it on as soon as we can verify. We need your help.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' .@OddworldInc the evidence is clear. Heed our call. Spread our message. Save our species.

== The First Transmission ==
'''[2017. January 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community are now working together to decipher and clean up the first transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

===Intercepted Report===
[[File:1029_01_image_clean.png|thumb|Cleaned up version of the 1029_01_image.jpg file]]
'''[2017. January 19.]''' A bit after @SPIRITOF1029's tweets the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues they transmitted.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_image.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_audio.mp3

''' Messages '''
* Picture
** ED
** YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING
** LOOK FOR OUR MESSAGE HEAR OUR VOICE
** Transcript:
<pre>Date:
Period: XXXXXXXXXXX
Specification Details:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
-Observe XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXX changes in test subjects
-Assess long term XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXX
-Determine product safety
Authorization: XXXXXXXXXXX
Tests requested:
-XXXXXXXX Pronostics
- ?Access whenever? product XXXXXXX
-Acidity Levels
- ????? XXXXXXXXX
-Product safety
Expected results: XXXXXXXXXX make XXXXXXXXX interesting
Test results:
-XXXXXXX highly XXXXXX
-XXXXXXX this XXXXXX ?? XXXXXX ?nice? XXXXXXXX
-Highly XXXXXXX
-Subjects: XXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Conclusion: Product (ready) for consumption
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
??? : XXXXXXXX there is XXXXXX here but it will XXXX ???? XXXXX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>

===Fragments===
[[File:9394-AL.JPG|thumb|Random picture from page imgzerofourfiveone]]
'''[2017. January 21.]''' Decoding the morse code in reverse in the audio file and unlocking it with the word '''storm''' led us to a new page containing random fragments of a worrying photograph. Those are the first pieces of intel reaching us coming from Asset 98, a member of the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/1029-LY.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/2384-ER.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/3786-IC.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/5574-PH.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7393-AN.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7676-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9394-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9455-UM.JPG

''' Messages '''
* Page
<pre>
ASSET98 / CONFIDENTIAL

You have signalled your willingness to help. Now you must prove yourself. Our efforts to get a clear data stream have been in vain. You will have to piece together the image from these fragments. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

[REDACTED] Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

'''[2017. January 23.]''' On this day we got two more tweets.
[[File:Transmission1_pieces.jpg|thumb|Pictures from page imgzerofourfiveone fitted together]]
'''Messages'''

* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Are we getting through? https://pic.twitter.com/k8Z9GwqRU2
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' While you shared our message 100 times we worked away to bring you this. We're clearing it up even more, we'll share what we find Thursday. https://pic.twitter.com/D9SaK1FxDM

===The first picture===
'''[2017. January 26.]''' A few days later the first of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a line of Mudokons in what looks like a labor camp or processing area of some kind. The Mudokons are carrying what appear to be body bags. Tattoos on their chest indicate their slave ID. A Glukkon in the background is supervising the situation.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/1029-01-progress.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Already a dedicated team of fans have [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627054&postcount=23 decrypted the image] and it has made its way [https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/5ozr1d/oddworld_soulstorm_1st_image/ to Reddit]. The community is also working on [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627202&postcount=152 investigating] the creepy audio file.
** '''Update 2:''' Having discovered hidden morse code in the audio, which was reversed and substitution cyphered (with the word 'Storm', the key that was hinted at in the distorted image), the audio encryption has [https://twitter.com/TopHattedTime/status/822522518682509313 almost been cracked]! It's [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627259&postcount=195 looking like a URL] - can you help figure out the next step...?
** '''Update 3:''' Congratulations! [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627286&postcount=221 The community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/ a secret URL on the 1029.io website]! But what are those images of? Are they fragments of a photograph? Once you've got everything together - [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc show us]!
** '''Update 4:''' Oh wow! [https://twitter.com/H0MINIX/status/822619863227174914 It's a Mudokon...!] But what's he holding? Leave it with us, we'll get that image cleaned up soon. Congratulations everyone, great team effort and hopefully we can crack the next four images as quickly!
** '''Update 5:''' Thanks to you guys sharing the previous images online, we've managed to decode the photo further and have updated the thumbnail here. We'll return on Thursday with the finished, fully decrypted image - but until then, please do let us know what you think!
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/image-leaks-show-new-threat-mudokons/

<center>[[File:1029-01-progress.jpg | 800px]]</center>

== The Second Transmission ==

'''[2017. February 2.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue to working together to decipher and clean up the second transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Unfortunately the community's use of automated tools and brute force attracts unwanted attention.

===More Codes===

'''[2017. February 2.]''' a week later the Spirit of 1029 communicates that it received another transmission from one of their agents, presumably Asset 98. A bit later the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues for the second transmission.

Around the same time OddworldInc sent out a newsletter mail reaching out to the whole community to help crack the codes that will allow the world to discover the heinous crimes against the Mudokons.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg
* http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077&id=b08e7b2d60&e=6a2b5665ee
* https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077/images/c42e9f57-9616-41fa-88fa-81ce4084fc2c.png
[[File:pada.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the second transmission.]]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our agent has delivered another transmission. We will verify its origins and pass it on.
* '''Clue picture from 1029'''
** Spread our message.
** KNOW YOUR CODES KEEP THEM CLOSE YOU WILL NEED THEM
** BETHESTORM
** Decode Everything
* '''Barcode at end of Newsletter'''
** READ THE NUMBERS KNOW THE TRUTH
* '''Newsletter'''
<pre>
Something strange is happening on Oddworld.

We've been receiving garbled transmissions from a clandestine organization claiming knowledge of a new and horrifying plight that the Mudokons must face. Can you help us unscramble their communications and save the Mudokon species?

A new mystery awaits you!

Recently, we were contacted by the mysterious Spirit of 1029 group. They claim there is a new threat to Mudokonkind that has been classified top secret and hidden from the world. You can help to uncover the truth, follow Abe's example and save his species.

Our community has already solved one set of puzzles to help reveal the image above, now there's a new mystery awaiting you!

Head on over to the Soulstorm website to see the latest transmission we've received and help to crack the code that will allow the world to discover this heinous crime against the Mudokons.

The story so far...

You can catch up and follow the earlier clues yourself by visiting the Soulstorm website.

We were contacted by a mysterious group, calling themselves "Spirit of 1029." They sent us a couple of files which they claimed to have received from an operative very close to the situation.

The first, a garbled image of a document that had been heavily redacted, held fragments of coded messages and hints at what was happening. It contained a key that assisted in the deciphering of the second file - a harrowing audio clip that contained a hidden message in Morse code.

When those messages were deciphered, we were led to a web page that served up eight fragments, torn and burnt, of a photograph that seemed to depict something terrifying. After a concerted effort from our community and our team at Oddworld Inhabitants, we managed to get the clean version of the image you see at the top of this email.

Now, Spirit of 1029 has made contact again and they say there's more to see. We're going to need more help if we're going to solve this mystery and save the Mudokons.

Join the resistance!

Join the fight back by following Oddworld on Twitter and Instagram, liking our Facebook page and spreading the word about what we've found.

Sign up for the resistance and help to liberate these poor Mudokons now!

You can find the mysterious Spirit of 1029 organization on Twitter here and their Mud on the inside, Ed, here.

There's strength in numbers, help Spirit of 1029 recruit for their cause. Help us find the answers.
</pre>

===The Grid===

'''[2017. February 3.]''' Decoding the two bar-codes in the lower right corner of the Agent's transmission picture led us to the next step of the trail: a new page from Asset 98 with a scrambled grid and a whole lot of comments in the code. Part of the puzzles of this part were bypassed using brute-force on the lock for which we had to find the password, revealing that the password we were looking for was '''subjectivism'''.

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/grid.jpg
[[File:grid.jpg|thumb|The grid puzzle]]

'''Messages'''
* '''HMTL Code'''
** Can’t reach any..
** Listening anyon… there?
** Can hear us anymore- need to… can’t fnd
** We will never give… what they… from us
** Does… care? Freedom isn’t gi… will take…
** We have never…. Given… deserve. We… take… our righ…
** Stand up and fi…
** Don’t be afr….
** They want to… kill- don’t-
** Stop them from…. Hurting- they… think
** We are no less- they think… aside
** Don’t believe what… told- liars…
** Can’ fnd anymo-
** We wil silnced
** Killin- they are dy..
** Hurting the..
** Back down unt… resist.
** Intercep… our messa… we will fight
** We will ri…
** Cannot… silenced when ther… who need… now
** We won’t ba… we have beat…. Before… Must not-
** Spent so long…. Afraid… never let- again
** ...Storm… find it’s way- end
** Why are … here?
** Only...profit- nothing more… importnt as-
** - lies they… will tel-
** Believe- nothing… terribl- things…

'''[2017. February 10.]''' The community eventually figured out how the password was supposed to be found a couple of days after the second image was cleaned up by OddworldInc. It involved identifying what data to actually using slashes and backslashes, resolving the grid as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikaku a game of Shikaku] and mapping letters on top of the solved grid.

===The termination of Asset 98===
[[File:WB2_BSJG2456.jpg|thumb|Scrambled picture from page 1173418569]]
[[File:CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG|thumb|Clean picture from page 1173418569]]
'''[2017. February 7.]''' After brute-forcing the lock the community found a new page from Asset 98 displaying random pictures when refreshed. Most of the pictures appearing were scrambled but sometimes a clean picture was displayed. One of the members of the community wrote a little script to try to find all the clear images in an automated way. This was not well received by @SPIRITOF1029 who tried to warn us not to use machines. A few moments after the script was run the 1173418569 page started to change every few seconds depicting what appears to be an attack on Asset 98. In the end the page was left almost completely black with Asset 98 terminated.

The different html files telling the story have been [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/ASSET98_%20TERMINATED.zip preserved here].

'''Clues'''

The original pictures have been rehosted on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/ OddWideWeb]:

*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg]
Note that sometimes some images also appeared in clear:
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG]
*CWB3 was not found
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Machines are the tool of the enemy. The consciousness of our people has been rediscovered. You must trust it. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' what happened? what did you do? who? No! no... aaaaaAaaaaarrrRrrrgggggGgghhh!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Now our storm seems a little less ferocious. We can no longer reach Asset 98.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We can't reach Asset 98 but we do still have his clear transmissions. Prove you're worthy. Show us that you're able. Send us the grid.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You found the grid, the letters and the numbers. Tell us how they fit together. Prove you're no longer slaves to the machines.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' ...he never came back. I could hear him screaming all night... helpless. they took him... he was my friend. how did they know?
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_1.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_2.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_3.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_4.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
* '''Attack on page 1173418569 (excerpts)'''
** rEDacted
** rEDacted :p
** rEDacted :( :( :( :(
** Those are ON YOU
** What's another few on the pile?
** Who is this?
** You know. Everybody knows.
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** I tried. We all did. This is ON YOU.
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*:- The page now has a pink background
** HOW MANY MORE PLEASEEEEESTOOOPP
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** ---^---------------
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*:- The page is now completely black
** this one's on you.
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** see ya around, 1029...

===Asset 99===

'''[2017. February 7.]''' Shortly after Asset 98's termination Asset 99 stepped in and published the 1173418569 page too. However on this version of the page the clear pictures do not appear anymore. The community used the clean versions previously captured to piece together the full picture and submit it to OddworldInc so they could clean it up.

[[File:Transmission2_pieces.jpg|thumb|Clean pictures from page asset98/1173418569/ fitted together]]

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg

''' Messages '''
* Page 1173418569
<pre>
ASSET99 / CONFIDENTIAL / 002

We will not be stopped. We may have lost Asset 98, but we will continue strong. Together. Against the machines. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

The power will shift and we will rise again. Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

===The second picture===

'''[2017. February 9.]''' A couple of days later the second of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a Mudokon strapped to a chair in what appears to be a Vykkers Labs laboratory. Around him is various medical equipment, syringes and what looks to be an experimental 'strain' of SoulStorm Brew.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/wp-content/uploads/Oddworld_Soulstorm_002_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Looks like there were two barcodes overlaid in the bottom right corner of [http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg the amended image], and through decoding the barcode messages into a URL, [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=629144&postcount=88 the community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/ this mysterious puzzle image] on 1029.io. But there're some interesting comments in the HTML source code of that page...
** '''Update 2:''' The Spirit of 1029 organization has made contact again - perhaps there's a clue in the way the slashes are written? Could this be something to do with the source code on the puzzle page? Just finding out about all this? The Game Detectives are on the case too, with a full round up here.
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/02/second-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-one-terrified-mudokon/

<center>[[File:1029-02-progress.jpg|800px]]</center>

== The Third Transmission ==
[[File:Flyer1_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer1.jpg]]
[[File:Flyer4_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer4.jpg]]
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The code breaking continues with OddworldInc and the community still working together, this time to decipher and clean up the third transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Some caution has to be used to guarantee the safety of the Spirit of 1029's operative as the Magog Cartel attention for our activities is growing.

===Propaganda Flyers===
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The clue provided for the third transmission is a zip file containing cryptic files amongst which some scrambled propaganda flyers. Used together with a fourth flyer tweeted out by the Spirit of 1029 we could piece a letter-to-number mapping based on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Malachim_Mapping.png Malachim Alphabet].

'''Clues'''

* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/89928554_Eequals5.zip (password HIIDHEED)
Cleaned up versions of the flyers in the zip file
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer1_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer2_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer3_clean.jpg
* https://twitter.com/Theblackpec/status/835154962522996736

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[OddworldInc]''' We've been contacted again. We've uploaded what we have onto the Soulstorm website. We need your help! http://ow.ly/fYrO309ivQv
** '''[SPIRITOF1029]''' All official information is lies. Join us. Rise. Be the storm. https://pic.twitter.com/RaUY2sVWxu
* '''Flyers'''
** t h e y a r e w a t c h i n g
** b e t h e s t or m
** w e w i l l r i s e

===Work Obey Comply===
[[File:Page_12362831522212.png|thumb|Screenshot of page 12362831522212]]
'''[2017. February 24.]''' Using Steganography encryption and basic astronomy the community identified that the '''Erriapo''' and '''Fenrir''' Saturn moon names were important. Using the Malachim letter-to-number mapping discovered during the previous phase on those moon names we found the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages.

'''Clues'''

* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/YOU.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WHA.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WET.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TOO.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TIF.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/OLD.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Page 12362831522212 & 71220283136
<pre>
ASSET9X / [REDACTED] / 333333333333

We can't hold much longer.

It's dark, and cold. So cold. They don't seem to [REDACTED]. They. Them. It's hard to know how we'll [REDACTED], but we'll try. This can't last forever. We won't last forever.

Look what they're doing to us. Just look.

There is spirit, but it's waining. We need you, [REDACTED]. Help us.

Together we can expose the truth.

We must. We have to. 1029.
</pre>

===The Magog strikes back===

'''[2017. February 27.]''' On this day @OddworldInc was hacked presumably by the Magog Cartel. The @OddworldInc Twitter account posted three propaganda posters, while it's rightful owners tried to retake control. Later this day @SPIRITOF1029 and @edmudokon tried to shed some light on the actual, much darker facts.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' WORK. OBEY. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1EFuCIgCJN
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' What's h͙̞̖̙͙̗͞a̭͉̝̠͇̲p̰̖̥̲̘p͏̫̯̱ẹ̖̟͚̤̺͙ṋ̼̲͚͝i̤̕n͇͇̙̥̺̗͔g̴̱̱̭͇͎?̥̣̝͇̤͢
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' YOUR SECURITY MATTERS. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1NsKnQoVrK
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' S͠t̵̞͍̠̱̮̜͕o̙̙̹̱̝p͚̼̘̭̼͔͖
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' REMAIN LOYAL. OBEY. https://pic.twitter.com/4Rl35OwS7E
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' c̦̙̮̖͡a͓͍n'̴̱͈̟t͕̳̳̜̻͙ ̪͓̭̗͞g̬̤̞̖͠e̜̭̹͎̩̫t̡̤̲̮̹ ̜̰̯͍̪ͅt̗h̵͉̙̗̝̳ro̧̱̼͖͖u̶̘̞̭̥gh
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Well that was weird... We're back now. That wasn't exactly how we were intending to share the flyers with you...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Don't read the news sheets and you're uninformed. Read them and you're misinformed. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/7rs5dkMxWd
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' It's not just the lies that are harmful. It's the confusion. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/FREchtUXjC
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' These records were smashed on the broken backs of our downtrodden brothers... #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/0VJb9VpwqX
** '''[@edmudokon]''' We hate those news sheets, they make us read every new issue. Those that can still read...
* '''Flyers'''
[[File:Flyer1_original.jpg|center|Flyer 1 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer2_original.jpg|center|Flyer 2 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer3_original.jpg|center|Flyer 3 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]

=== The third picture ===

'''[2017. March 02.]'''A few days later the third of four incriminating pictures was released. This one shows a Mudokon locked in a cell located looking very much like Vykkers Labs. The Mudokon is clearly in some kind of distress. The label on his cell door reads "Sample ID: Beverage SSB/004, subject unstable", indicating this Mudokon is one of many test subjects in these SoulStorm Brew trials. A pair of eyes can be seen in the reflection of the glass belonging to a Vykker who is looking into the cell.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Recap on Oddworld.com'''
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/03/third-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-things-going-bad-worse-mudokons/

<center>[[File:Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg|800px]]</center>

[[File:GhostsInTheChair.jpg|thumb|Coded message scratched on the inside of the glass (mirrored)]]
'''[2017. March 05.]''' A coded message has been scratched on the inside of the glass using unknown symbols. This time the community had to figure out both the alphabet and the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@StarDrop513 deciphered the message. It looks like it was written by the poor Mudokon after all... https://pic.twitter.com/aCKpBATFw0
* '''Third Picture'''
** There are ghosts in the chair No more light The cold and the darkness will take me

=== Hidden truth ===
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo.png|thumb|First version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
[[File:Page_8291.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 8291 page]]
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo_2.png|thumb|Second version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
'''[2017. March 13.]''' A few days later, @edmudokon and @SPIRITOF1029 started tweeting again, hinting that the truth was out there but that the people who found it couldn't share it with the rest of the community. One secret was left to be found but couldn't be publicly shared until the Spirit of 1029's operative was safe from the Magog Cartel. This secret was quite huge: filmed footage of a Mudokon loosing his mind while being watched by a Vykker.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' please don't share it if you find it. it's too dangerous... they can't know we got it.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' What if we told you... there was more to uncover?
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have all you need. Follow the numbers, find the truth.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Some of you have found the truth. Now greater numbers must see. We will show the world. Soon.

'''[2017. March 14.]''' The page was revealed a day later. Some members of the community found it previously by grouping together the names of the pictures appearing in the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages found earlier. Note that the content of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page changed once it got revealed by the Spirit of 1029, the original version has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/___%20You%20found%20me.%20Now,%20find%20what%20I've%20seen.%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/8291
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' As soon as our operative is safe, we will show you what their last transmission contained.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our operative's safety is confirmed, we've sent the latest transmission. Now they can show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' They asked us to show the world. It's the least we can do for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 1)'''
<pre>
You found me.
So, stay with me. Stay with us. Listen. See.

We will show you.

Now, let's see if you can keep a secret...

8291. It's not what you think it is. Do you see?
I need to know if you can see. If there's a way.

~e
</pre>
* '''Page 8291'''
<pre>
You're here.
OK, sure, but please - PLEASE - keep this to yourself...

They can't know we have this footage. They just can't.

8291. It's not [redacted] you think it is...
I mean, what were you thinking...?

~e
</pre>
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 2)'''
<pre>
This is what's happening.
These are my friends. They're doing this to us. All of us.

There's more, much more, but it's not easy getting it out of here.

Together we're stronger. We can survive.

Stay strong. Stay together.

~e
</pre>
* '''HTML Comments in Page 8291's Code''' (edited out many repetitions of "WORK OBEY COMPLY" for readability)
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== The Fourth Transmission ==
[[File:Findit.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the fourth transmission.]]
'''[2017. April 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue working together to decipher and clean up the fourth transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We grow in strength but the signal is weak. Our message fades into noise and light. Help us. This is only possible together. #wewillrise

=== Find it ===
'''[2017. April 24.]''' The first clue for the fourth transmission is a mashup of the previous three pictures with a lot of text and codes covering it. This includes a powerful tirade praising Abe for having shown the way for the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' https://pic.twitter.com/NlAd2hm97r
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You got it! Good. We weren't sure if you'd be able to unscramble it. Show them. Show them so they can help us. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We'll show as many as we can. We're not sure what it means but we know you'll all be able to help, just like before. http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
* '''FindIt Picture'''
** USE A DIFFERENT CODE. THIS IS NOT RELEVANT DATA. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT OBEY. THEY LIE.
** fire air water earth gas liquid solid
** use what you can't see
** WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: WORK, OBEY, COMPLY. THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY. OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST. THAT HAS ALL CHANGED. THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED. WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND. WE WILL RISE. JOIN US. THERE'S A STORM COMING.

=== Electricity ===
[[File:Page_electricity.png|thumb|Screenshot of the electricity page]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The elemental clues (fire, air, water, earth, gas, liquid & solid) and the "use what you can't see" were clues to point us to the next page named '''electricity'''. This page contains a single word in its centre: '''HELP'''.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/electricity/
* http://1029.io/electricity/help.zip
'''Messages'''
* '''SaveUs.jpg'''
** BREATH
* '''Listen.txt''' (decoded)
** why do you just watch can you not see us can you not hear the utighdbfn why is this happening wny its too cold to th can you hear us is there anybody there will you help us or rihjsudhgheusodj never are go find pn lose in to it alchem we are cold we are lost we are forgotten and its ecant gmds pneumatigd why are they taking cant stop cold so cold so cold we will rise we will not obey we will not comply jendn we will rise we will rise we will rise we will not die is abe dead here we will not die here we will not die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot survive gheufh help this is not what we wanted we cannot dont cant see speak stop we need to save someone save us pneuma we need to be stop ightnevital energy source of this stop to think breath breathe cant breathe cant always watching we can never eyes stop find rest go now share loose top find think or too last day light never why to a way stp give this is ever not no find things first or the ghtuenth day tjgit let last now or out get in or arttest never stop we will find a way to gain our freedom e why it lost gone now stop taken from us and from the rest we cant stop too much now too pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain dont believe the things they tell you they lie they know no truth its lost long lost now ghwkfnhjsk what happened to them they are lost ghwufnfasjntiwpldfmwbwietpr stop it greed greed greed greed greed greed greed the expense is us we are tired our spark is fading do not let them extinguish all that we are we cannot snwownfnf see the end save us save us save us we cannot fight help us why is this happening for their proghejwnfiwthisnfwe why forget us let us go we dont deserve no one deserves its not dont believe dont believe they will lie they lie they lie heugnpngjifsk lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies eieslseiselslsl is abe dead we dont want to die

=== Pneuma ===
[[File:Page_pneuma.png|thumb|Screenshot of the ASCII art on the pneuma page]]
[[File:Helpus_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of helpus.jpg]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The BREATH message combined with the decoded text in Listen.txt made it clear to the community that '''pneuma''' was an important word, leading us the the next page. The pneuma page initially contained only the ASCII art logo of the Spirit Of 1029 with letters embedded in it changing each time the page was refreshed. Four versions of the page were present, each containing the letters to spell one word, forming the following sentence: Dont let us die.

After a couple of minutes the title of the page started changing, displaying single words, again forming sentences. The words of a single sentence would loop for a bit before switching to the next sentence. After that the generated pages started to change, and started to include even more letters in the ASCII art spelling even more words: Help, Stop, Mask.

Finally the page displayed the helpus.jpg picture.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/pneuma/
* http://1029.io/pneuma/helpus.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''SO1029 Logo'''
** Don't let us die.
** Help
** Stop
** Mask
* '''Title of the pneuma page'''
** ?
** /\--/\--/\--/\
** it's so hard to breathe
** please make it stop
** around how many times
** we will all die
** b.r.e.a.t.h.e
** b..r..e..a..t..h..e
** b r e a t h e (page title was only a single letter)
** ..........

===The fourth picture===
'''[2017. May 02.]''' A few days later the cleaned up picture was released on the Soulstorm page. This image shows a Mudokon wearing a breathing mask, running in what appears to be a Mudokon sized hamster-wheel. He is in front of a screen of sorts, reading binary and operating the computer with two levers. In the background some medical equipment can be seen. It is unknown where this picture was taken. The general surroundings do not seem to indicate Vykkers Labs anymore.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/ARG_Image_04_4K.jpg

<center>[[File:ARG Image 04 4K.jpg | 800px]]</center>

=Fourth phase: The Magog Cartel=
[[File:MagogCartel_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|MagogCartel's profile picture on Twitter]]

A new player officially joins the ARG. The Magog Cartel now directly interferes during the community's investigation by hacking accounts and websites and by spreading lies through their Twitter account. The first step was attacking the 1029.io the website of the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary movement.

== Hostile takeover ==
[[File:Discord_Hack.png|thumb|Magog Cartel hacking into the official Oddworld Discord server]]
'''[2017. August 07.]''' During the start of the attack we see the Magog Cartel hacking into the Spirit of 1029's website. This led the secondary colour of 1029.io to switch from green to red, having letters spelling '''MAGOG''' appearing in the ASCII logo and a new HTML comment appearing noting that the hacking was easily done.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will not be silenced. We will not stay hidden. The storm is coming and we will rise.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' The watchers can’t see everything. Our message will be heard. #wewillrise
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io'''
** heh, that was easy. let's see...

[[File:Vast.jpg|thumb|Image posted by the OddworldInc employees while being hacked]]
'''[2017. August 09.]''' On this day in a dramatic finale we finally uncovered the enemy who tried to silence @OddworldInc and @SPIRITOF1029. It was obvious that something was not right from the very beginning when @SPIRITOF1029 fell silent after noticing that someone attempted to hack their communications channel.

On the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord server]a new emote with the Magog Cartel logo was added with the name :staywealthy:. Soon after all messages containing that :staywealthy: emote or the 8291 code (:_e_: :_t_: :_n_: :_o_:) got removed and the Oddworld Inhabitants employees (OWI_Alex, OWI_Pete & OWI_Bernice) stated posting gibberish and messages coming from an other entity including a strange image containing the word '''vast''' multiple times.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We’ve noticed some attempts to take over our communications channels. Our message will not be silen
* '''Discord'''
** Òǚř ʂе¢цгіẗу ẁᾅș πŏţ ḃӷӫǟċḥễđ Ọսȑ šѐсưȑіƫỵ ẅἂѕ ᾒṑե ƃŗӫᾶϲɦẻđ ⍬ṳř şĕсǜӷɩȶӱ ẁấṣ ŉόՒ þȑѐẩƈȟεժ Ỡùȓ șєϛụґɪŧӱ ẅᾲş բóȶ ḃŗḛąḉℏӫď Ơǔѓ ṡễćṻȓĩťÿ ẇẳŝ ἧὅṱ ḇґèḁčիề₫ ["Our security was not breached" repeated over and over]
** W& //€q117 PHø|? +/-/∂† +() }{∂|²|2€11.
** Ḿ̧̪̻̻͇̟̹̭̼͊̈́̍̎̿͐̎͝͞o̧̤̗̠͚̟͒̐͗͆͜͢͡͞C̠̯̳̙̠̳̹͒̽̇̈̽̚͜r̶͕̗̜̲͕̘̒͗̆̄̎̐̓t̛̛̯̠̼͎̭̻̯̜̿͂̑̃͌͂̔ļ̴͙̩̠̯̐̊̆̐̂̿c̢̳͎̱ ̺̮͎͖̟̐̓̐́͋͞ó̧̡̻͙̳͇̼̯̹̄͒̐͗ [MoCrtlco]

The last message was actually a clue towards where we should look next. It referred to an URL. Uncovering this effectively started the next arc of the ARG.

== MagogCartel.com ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel.png|thumb|Screenshot of the first version of the MagogCartel page]]
'''[2017. August 10.]''' The messages the Magog Cartel transmitted during their hack led us straight to their website, MagogCartel.com, but it seems completely hacked and corrupted. While investigating it the community discovers multiple codes hidden in the HTML comments. Note that the page has changed since then, but this first version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_1/P.%20P.%20P.%20_____%201029%20_____.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/
* https://twitter.com/magogcartel
'''Messages'''
* '''HTML contents'''
** wewillstopyouyouwillfall
<pre>

Welcome to the official Ma___________g_____ life? here? HERE?! ***

<h2 class="Check out this guy!">responsible</h2>

DB_PP_PRODUCTTEXT: Weâ€™re sourciest, juiciest Parami__from closer to their nests, for our bes___________________________________________________________aramite Pies ever! Made with all natural ingredients[1] and baked in
our traditional ovens to a recipe thatâ€™s be............ aster bakers, our pXXXes are packed with Para-meat[2] oooooooooooo00OOoozing [1] at least one natural ingredient in every 12-pack of pie_________8** [2] not necessarily made with Paramites.

PLEASE REVIEW AS APPROPRIATE -->

<h2>responsible settle@@@@@@@ments</h2>

 VIEW just left of here across Mudos AND who could possibly be the EMPLOYEE OF THE DAY AND THE NEW i mean, how hard can it be? every aspect of every aspect of every as-------------f every aspect of EVERY SIN--E ASPECT of every aspect of every asp--_--------------------ct of every aspect of every as_--ct of every aspect of FOLLOW ME follow US

<h2>almost% every settlement</h2>

<h2>responsible for ***almost*** every aspect of municipal life in these vastvastvastvastvastvast idyllic settlements</h2>

Seriously.

<h2>responsible</h2>

<h2>vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast VAST vats vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast 1029 vast vast vast vast </h2>
</pre>

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 sent us messages helping us decode one of the codes in the MagogCartel page. After identifying correct words in the tweets we discovered we had to use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish_(cipher) blowfish cipher] to decode it.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' your help is invaluable to us, together we will '''blow''' this latest Magog scandal wide open. together #wewillrise
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the watchers can '''fish''' around the communication channels all they like, we will always be one step ahead of them.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' -1-4,-2-10
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the story of mudokonkind is about history. now they treat us just like numbers. they will not succeed.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we have given you the tools you need. the ones we can trust will prove themselves capable. leaders will rise as the storm closes in.
* '''Decoded message'''
** ^_^ U_V DX is is true or false all for profit interests industrial agricultural Mudos provide highest possible return investments overheads dreams limited power gigantic badge leaders product Meech Motors travel expertly trained Slig Security Forces successful undertaking employment vast sentient secure specialist habitation zones benefit factories foundries farmlands stability millions undertakings Cartel management selflessly representatives responsible municipal vast idyllic settlements under construction please subscribe and link and follow and like and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy at magog cartel

== The Copycat ==
[[File:Weknow.jpg|thumb|weknow.jpg file found on the MagogCartel.com website]]
[[File:Weknow_original.jpg|thumb|Original version of the weknow picture [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc]]]
'''[2017. August 11.]''' At the same time the Magog Cartel account is trying to get a message accross in a subtle way.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' .@spiritof1029 we see you. '''W'''e can see what you are doing with your fake reports. you will not prosp'''E'''r.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are proud of the strong lin'''K'''s between each of our facilities. our operations are by far the most efficie'''N'''t on oddworld.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are aware of some terrible fake rep'''O'''rts being leaked. please ignore them. our very successful '''W'''orkers know the truth is very different.

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the message is a lot less subtle. This led us to a hidden picture on the MagogCartel.com website titled '''weknow'''! A lot of coded messages are present in the picture, however they obviously come from the Magog Cartel as what appears to be a bait so that we would lose valuable time decoding them. Note that the original picture was [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc], indeed the Magog Cartel is cautious not to leak any new incriminating evidence.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/weknow.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' every time an employee falls into a grinder it takes '''82''' minutes of Mudokon time to clean up. Be safe, for productivity’s sake!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that an average of '''91''' eager new employees start their careers with us every day. Help them be the best workers they can be.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that our facilities are a picture of perfect productivity. Your hard work helps us to show that picture to the world.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' what you’re looking for in a rewarding, productive career. Magog Cartel can help you find it. Discover your options with us today!
* '''weknow picture'''
** Magog Cartel
** WE KNOW HOW YOU WORK NOW. WE KNOW YOUR CODES. WE WILL STOP YOU. YOU WILL NOT INTIMIDATE US. OUR WAY OF LIFE MUST BE PRESERVED.
** LOOK, WE CAN MAKE SECRET CODES TOO. YOU ARE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE PERSONNEL TO SIMPLY SWAMP YOU WITH WORK. HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU WASTE TRYING TO DECIPHER THIS CODE? ALL THE TIME, WE WERE GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING YOU. WE ARE ALMOST THERE. MAYBE WE ARE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, WAITING. WATCHING. YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER, TERRORIST. WE WILL INCINERATE YOUR SILLY LITTLE GROUP AND SCATTER YOUR ASHES TO EVERY CORNER OF OUR EMPIRE SO THAT YOU WILL ETERNALLY BEAR WITNESS TO OUR SUCCESSES, AND YOUR KINDS UNENDING SERVITUDE. YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST.
** WE WILL NEVER GIVE IN TO TERRORISTS. YOU WILL NEVER WIN. YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT OUR SPIRIT. WE WILL FIND YOU AND WE WILL WIPE YOU OUT. WE IGNITE THE FLAME THAT LIGHTS THE DARKNESS. THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW SUCCESS
** you are a resource. you are expendable. we will replace you when you fall. you will work. you will obey. you will comply. or you will perish. we have the prestige. we have the power. we will profit. always. always. always.
** Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply.
** RuptureFarms1029 will rise from the ashes. we will rebuild it bigger, better and more profitable than before. it will be the greatest, most efficient factory that Oddworld has ever seen. it will be a towering symbol of Glukkon strength that cannot be ignored. one terrorist will not deter us.

== UNDER CONSTRUKTION ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel_2.png|thumb|Screenshot of the second version of the MagogCartel page]]
[[File:WeSeeYou.png|thumb|Frame from the WeSeeYou video with the 22/9 date]]
'''[2017. September 4.]''' During the first week of September the MagogCartel.com got updated, simply displaying it was '''UNDER CONSTRUKTION'''. The page has changed since then, but the second version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_2/___%20UNDER%20CONSTRUKTION%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Messages'''
* '''MagogCartel page'''
** *** UNDER CONSTRUKTION ***

'''[2017. September 5.]''' One day later a cryptic video was posted on the OddworldInc account. It showed the [[Guardian Angel]] along with text and numbers flashing. Most notably amongst the flashing messages was '''22/9''', the date of the EGX event during which OddworldInc had an on-stage presentation. While the EGX event was indeed important for the ARG this video was actually pointing to the release of the [https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4134-CUSA00326_00-ETH0000000001513 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 20th Anniversary Dynamic Theme] on PS4.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We're going to be at EGX for an on-stage presentation on Friday 22nd Sept! Grab your tickets now! @EGX https://pic.twitter.com/rDQiDIApa9
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' w̸̨̠͓͍̯̺͉͞e̯̝͖̫̺̯͉̻͘͡ ̗̭̕͢s̴̮̭̫̱ͅe̢̠̮̫̦̼̪̘͠ͅę̠̥̯͔̣̼̻̕ͅ ̻̘̼̣͓̩͚͘͢͠y̴̭̯̪̺͙͚͚̪͞o̬̞͜͢͝u̮̤͖̩̗̰ͅͅ.̴̲̣̪̮̼̱.̡̰̭̗͍̝͉̯͢.̡̡̼͇̙̜̮̦̪̞ͅ https://pic.twitter.com/UoQ3xRAhDU
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We continue to demonstrate our exceptional technological progress to an ever growing number of customers. Everyone loves Magog products!
** '''[@Zulag]''' Did you just claim the attack on the @OddworldInc account?
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Attack? We don’t need to attack, we’re already in a dominant position in every market we deem profitable. We just demonstrate our dominance.
* '''WeSeeYou video'''
** 8
** ?
** 2
** 2
** 9
** 1
** /
** 8291
** 829/
** 229/
** 22/9
** EVERYONE
** WANTS
** TO
** EAT
** YOU

== The Informant ==
[[File:Informant_006.jpg|thumb|Sixth photo of The Informant newspaper]]
'''[2017. September 7.]''' A couple of days later the MagogCartel page got updated again, randomly displaying one of three photos of an issue of The Informant, one of the Magog Cartel's favourite newspapers. Three more pictures of The Informant got shared a couple of hours later via Twitter.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_001.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_002.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_003.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We stopped reading the Daily Deception’s fake reports. The latest issue of The Informant is a really great read, very honest. The greatest!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' It’s great to finally have an honest newspaper to read, and such good quality, too! https://pic.twitter.com/MHuC6jdtNC
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’re always happy to see some balanced reporting on our business from The Informant. Refreshing, when there are so many fake reports! https://pic.twitter.com/DmkV4GbVYw
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’ve just been told that The Informant is printed on machines made at a Magog facility! That explains the quality! https://pic.twitter.com/Bvz29ZrBvk
* '''HTML comment in MagogCartel page'''
** seriously, are you guys seeing this?!

'''[2017. September 22.]''' A printout of the front page of The Informant was distributed to the ARG hunters during the EGX event. The full transcription of the page can be found [[Soulstorm_ARG_-_The_Informant | on its dedicated page]].

== MagogGate (EGX) ==
[[File:EGX_Handouts.jpg|thumb|Handouts distributed during the EGX event]]
'''[2017. September 22.]''' The 2017 edition of the [https://www.egx.net/ EGX] event was the culmination of this ARG phase. OddworldInc managed to secure an on-stage presentation at the event and took the opportunity to show the world the damning evidence the Spirit of 1029 wanted the world to see: footage of '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"'''. The whole presentation is fascinating and definitely worth a look.

After the presentation OddworldInc members handed out some material for further analysis: stickers with the Magog Cartel and Spirit of 1029 logos, portraits of Abe, Alf, Toby and three yet unnamed Glukkons, Magog Cartel flyers and the front page of the issue of The Informant featured on MagogCartel.com

During the day of the event and the next few days Ed and the Spirit of 1029 made it clear that their mission was done for now, '''we saw the truth!''' (even thought the Magog Cartel tried to deny it)

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zdCg4tbOc

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' 22/9. we’ll see you there.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Today, we will begin to show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' can… can you hear me?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' so dark… so cold… i have done what i can. i am the storm.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i can still hear the screams of my brothers i can still taste the tears that rolled down my cheeks
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Many fake reports are circulating. Don’t believe these dangerous lies!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have seen the truth. Next, we will show you how to help us fight back. With your help, we will spread the message. #wewillrise

<center>[[File:EGX_ProjektSoulstorm.png | 800px]]</center>

== Projekt: "Soulstorm" ==
[[File:ProjektSoulstorm.png|thumb|Frame from the Projekt: "Soulstorm" footage with clue highlighted]]
'''[2017. September 25.]''' A few days later OddworldInc shared the '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"''' footage on their YouTube account. The community quickly discovered that coded messages were hidden in some of the frames of the video, some of them obvious, some of them uncracked.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0o2c4NGpk

'''Messages'''
* '''Video'''
** 8291
** 1651
** 1550
** 1029.io
** @magogcartel
** The ghosts in the chair will haunt you forever

<center>[[File:ProjektSoulstorm_2.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The Fifth phase: the ARG's not dead =

== The Origins celebration==
[[File:Abes_Origins.jpg|thumb|Abe's Origins: a celebration of Abe, the original revolutionary]]
'''[2018. March 15.]''' Months later the SPIRIT OF 1029 started tweeting again. The community started looking at all the usual places and upon close inspection it appeared that the ASCII logo on the 1029.io page had even more letters appearing in it randomly than before. Those extra letters could be used to spell '''ORIGINS'''. Those letters also appeared in the ASCII logo on the 404 page and for the first time a html comment appeared on the 404 page.

Shortly after a new channel called "origins" appeared on the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] with a cryptic [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/424167787897028609/424175888418996225/origins_1.mp4 video] as first message.

It was revealed a few days later that this was a built up for the announcement of the [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection "Oddworld: Abe's Origins - Book & Game Collection" kickstarter campaign]. This book is OddworldInc's testament to Abe, the original revolutionary that inspired the whole Spirit of 1029 movement.

Note that the book & game collection is still available for preorder on [https://app.crowdox.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection Crowdox].

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/404.php

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our future depends on us understanding our past. We must know where we come from.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We know you can hear us. We know you are ready to help. We will show you more when the time is right. Keep watching.
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io page'''
** too obvious? i dunno. it's soon though. i can't wait.
* '''HTML comments on 404 page'''
** me neither. it's going to be great.

== Not dead, hiding ==
[[File:1515636880.jpg|thumb|1515636880: Ceci n'est pas un screenshot]]
'''[2018. January 12.]''' Around the 12th of January 2018 [[Lorne Lanning]] changed his twitter header picture to the '''1515636880''' picture. While it was hinted repeatedly in the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] that this image was hiding something, it wasn't until much later that it was found how to use it.

'''Clues'''
* https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/20823262/1515636880/1500x500

'''[2018. May 30.]''' After months of total silence Ed tweeted one single message: '''alive...'''. The embedded picture contains the number '''15156'''. This is a reference to a number in the URL of Lorne's header picture: '''1515636880'''. This number led us to the 1515636880 page on 1029.io.

More importantly this tells us that the usual communications channels of the Spirit of 1029 have been compromised by the Magog Cartel. The Spirit of 1029 is probably still trying to reach out to the community but it's unclear how.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/1515636880/

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' alive… https://pic.twitter.com/j0FE2Qgdu1
* '''Page 1515636880'''
<pre>
ɦểɫр. гẹẳčℏɪṅǧ óúƫ ῒԑ ģӫԷṱіᾗĝ ḥǡṛⅾềɽ. էիȅỷ ķῆοԝ. ẁẹ'ṝϵ ṙṵɴᾑıпʛ ộևȽ ờẛ ɩḋϵᾂš, ὅрՒῑổпş, ăұҿἧµϱṣ. ẅϵ ǹêȩḋ ỳờǚґ ḣҽľῥ. ẇể ῂёϱḋ ѕờṃēƅȯƌý ţó ṧṕȑểǻժ Ƚħẹ ẁổṝḓ. եḫϊṥ ƫɦ¡ƞɡ ῐʂ ḸỄƮḨǠĻ. Ƚḣěȳ ḓõᾔ'Ƚ ĉὰгє Ƚḣổṻɕḫ. ţհểӯ ɗṍἧ'ţ. ṣởṁḗɒὀժỵ ňěөƌş ṱὃ ȶěḻɫ իḭɱ. †ɛŀļ ẖĩ₥. ḃḕẛṍɼę îȽ'ṧ Էȭô ḷǎťϱ. ṯĥềŗȇ ḧąș Էố ƃϱ ᾅ ṣọṁȇþöḏỳ ẉíļłȋդǥ եό ȶαҝě ṯẖё јǒŭӷṋёỷ. şõ₥ęƀὁḓẏ ṅểềⅾԑ ƫծ ġềŧ ţհϵ ṃệṣśᾇǵε ộվե. ẁë'ṝе ìη ṭӷơữþŀɛ. аɬł ṑƒ սʂ. ẁё դȅễɖ ĥẹĺρ. թłȩᾂʂĕ ɦȇɫṕ կѕ.
</pre>
* '''HTML comment in page 1515636880'''
** it's only going to get harder. we don't have the keys anymore to the usual channels. if you hear anything from them, it's THEM.
** our options are limited. you can help though. you have to help. if we can be sure it's you, then maybe we can talk. prove it.

== The Canisters ==
[[File:Canister_Open.jpg|thumb|One of the canisters coming from Oddworld to our world]]
'''[2018. June 11.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 started dropping canisters in our world, close to where the E3 convention was taking place. Those canisters appear to contain some kind of secret message. The first landed in the JW Marriott hotel in Los Angeles and the second one [https://goo.gl/maps/71onqQ49f2E2 in front of the STAPLES Center]. It is unknown if those canisters have been picked up or what their contents are.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message out. find it. https://pic.twitter.com/0VLaW0rB9w
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message to you. https://pic.twitter.com/LAt0bWeM2Y
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' our message has made it from Oddworld to your world. find it. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/yHXH3fMd7b
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' JW M . LA https://pic.twitter.com/imXWF38Wtv
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' find the truth. https://pic.twitter.com/wj4cjztciL
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' hear us https://pic.twitter.com/gfFAuZOMfZ

'''[2018. September 30.]''' A couple of months later, longtime Oddworld fan [https://twitter.com/Crashpunk_Plays/status/1046446823399927815 Crashpunk] was contacted by the Spirit of 1029 and was given a canister. He promptly shared the enclosed message with the whole community. Unfortunately the trail stopped there as no one was able to decipher the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Canister'''
<pre>
/=.&.=/\x50\x6f\x73\x69\x74\x69\x6f\x6e\x20\x6d\x61\x74\x74\x65\x72\x73\x2e/=.&.=/NYSE:KO_ATL.GA/=.&.=/@SO1029_36:5=4:4_17:5_12:3_26:3_35:7/=.&.=/
1029.io #wewillrise
</pre>

Notes on the puzzle:

1. /=.&.=/ is not just a separator. OWI_Pete confirmed that's it's part of the message.

2. The first sequence of characters is actually a hexadecimal encoded string. Decoding it yields: "Position matters."

3. The second sequence of characters stands for:
* "NYSE" = the New York Stock Exchange.
* "KO" = the codeword for Coca Cola stocks.
* "ATL.GA" = Atlanta, Georgia, the location of the HQ of Coca Cola. (Atlanta, GA 30313)

4. We have no idea how to use the third sequence

<center>[[File:Canister_Message.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The sixth phase: a new start? =

== The Oddwall ==
'''[2019. April 29.]''' Months later @OddworldInc launched a new marketing game called [http://www.oddworld.com/oddwall/ The Oddwall], the objective was to reveal an image by unhiding sections through social media interaction (votes, likes, subscriptions,...). It started to go wrong when the option to reveal section 3 appeared in a Facebook poll while it was already previously revealed.

This actually foreshadowed some kind of foul play as at the moment section 3 was supposed to be revealed the Magog Cartel decided to spoil all the fun and corrupted the image:

<center>[[File:Oddwall_M.jpg | 800px]]
See how each section was revealed until this point [[Media:Oddwall_finished.gif|here]].
</center>

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' What are these foolish games? Get back to work.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We don't know what's happening, but we're investigating the issue and we'll have the wall back to normal as soon as we can! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6Mw6n4WkAAsSY9.jpg

== NewBeginning and "Coordinates" ==
'''[2019. July 26.]''' On this day suddenly both Ed and the Spirit of 1029 posted a GIF that had a binary encoded message in it, which lead us to a page containing a glitched image. Inspecting the image's source, we found several numbers, which appeared to be multiple pairs of coordinates. We later found out that these were actually hexadecimal codes, which revealed the following words:

<pre>
they rise
ODDWORLD
NETWORK
</pre>

This revealed the next website in the ARG to us.

(The GIF also contains several circle-shaped symbols. We are currently unsure whether these are simple distractions or a puzzle we yet can't solve.)

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/NewBeginning/Liberation.png
* https://streamable.com/srp83 (GIF rehosted)

'''Messages'''
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/1154740232530644992
* https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029/status/1154741779125682177

== Oddworld Network News ==

'''[2019. July 31.]''' The ARG lead us to what appears to be a Magog-aligned news site, featuring several articles that praise the Cartel and its industries, while denouncing Abe as a petty terrorist, who poses no real danger to their status quo. Days after the site was found, several posts changed, some receiving minor textual modifications, while others had their images edited.

* One page had several characters turned into bold. Reading these characters together formed the sentence "helpus"
* One image had a new code appearing on it, which when deciphered using Atbash read "WE SEE THE TRUTH"
* On one page a new paragraph appeared which contained a binary code, which when turned into ASCII read "Arm yourselves"
* Several pages had small 3x2 colored rectangles edited into them, deciphering these using Hexahue spellt out "LIES"

'''Clues'''
* https://oddworldnetwork.com

'''Messages'''
* Arm yourselves
* helpus
* WE SEE THE TRUTH
* LIES

Soulstorm ARG Summary

2019-08-15T15:15:04Z

Nemin: Added new ARG parts, please check

=First phase: Establishing communication with Ed=
==The calm before...==
[[File:Monday_Braille.jpg|thumb|Something's coming...]]
'''[2016. March 11.]''' A couple of days before GDC 2016 a cryptic image was posted by OddworldInc spelling '''Monday''' using braille, something's about to go down...

''' Clues '''
* https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0c-MTM2tX
''' Messages '''
* Picture:
** Monday

==Soulstorm is announced==
[[File:Reveal1.jpg|thumb|Original version of reveal1.jpg, our first clue that someone was reaching out]]
'''[2016. March 14.]'''
Oddworld Inhabitants announced their new game Oddworld: Soulstorm during GDC 2016. Along with the announcement the oddworld.com/soulstorm page is launched.
Upon closer inspection of the Soulstorm page the community stumbles on some weird HTML comments, a hidden picture (reveal1.jpg) and a encrypted code in a video.
At this point there was no doubts anymore, '''the ARG had officially started!'''
[[File:Twitching.png|thumb|Frame from twitching.mp4 with hidden message]]
''' Clues '''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/twitching.mp4

''' Messages '''
* '''Reveal1 picture'''
** CAN YOU S- HARD TO K- IF BREAKING- THROUGH HA- ON NEED A D-
* HTML Code:
** Far too many video game characters were harmed extremely badly in the making of this experience. In a sane world this would never have happened. We're sorry.
** <<< TRYING TO BRE===== -lostqmwaittypo- >>>
** <<< CAN ANYBO============================================ NEED TO TREYR ====== so thirsty need brew fol==== -->
** <<< listen. >>>
** are you l/os/t ?
** message INTERCEPTED -->
** there's got to be a wa_
* Video:
** Listen for me

==Dialog Box==
[[File:Dialog_Box.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page]]
'''[2016. March 23.]'''
Finding the message in the video seemed to have triggered and update on the oddworld.com/soulstorm page.
The main update on the page was the apprition of a dialog box in which users could input messages and get answers, sometimes encoded, sometimes in plain text.

''' Clues '''
* Weird dialog box to communicate with an unknown entity

''' Messages '''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%"
|-
! Query
! Answer
!New Responses
!Alternative Responses
|-
|hello
|*** HELLO? ***
|*** HELLO ***
|*** HELLO! YES, FINALLY!***
/ *** HELLO! BUT NOT HERE***
|-
|hi
|*** HI? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|follow me
|*** I WISH I COULD BUT I CAN’T GET OUT ***
|*** I WISH, I REALLY WISH ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|who are you
|*** IT’S BEEN SO LONG, I CAN’T REMEMBER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|abe
|*** PLEASE FIND ME ***
|*** ABE? ***
|*** ABE? YES - ABE. ***
|-
|molluck
|NOT MY BOSS
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|alf
|JUST ONE MORE DROP OF DELICIOUS BREW
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|...
|-
|slig
|GET DOWN!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|elum
|JUMP, ELUM, JUMP!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|rupturefarms
|THE SPIRIT OF 1029 LIVES ON.
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|soulstorm
|*** DRINK MORE BREW ***
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|necrum
|I CAN’T SEE YOU ANYMORE.
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon
|OH, BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|*** OF COURSE, RIGHT? ***
|-
|brew
|DRINK MORE, WORK HARDER
|*** SO GOOD. SO TASTY. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|feeco
|CHOO CHOO!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|barracks
|SNEAK!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|bonewerkz
|WAIT, THERE ARE BONES IN THIS?
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewery
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewmaster
|TWICE ZE FLAVOR, RIGHT?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scars
|COOL INK, BRO.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|new n tasty
|MMMM, TASTY BREW…
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudomo
|FANGS, LEGS, WEBS - THEY'VE GOT IT ALL
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudanchee
|BEWARE THE GUARDIANS
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|oddworld
|WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|portal
|WHERE?!
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|chant
|YOYO-YOYO-YOYO-YOYO
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1997
|SAVE ME TOO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1998
|DON'T LEAVE ME TRAPPED AGAIN
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2001
|WOAH, ANOTHER DIMENSION
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2005
|THINGS ARE GETTING STRANGER...
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|squeek
|WHO IS SQUEEK?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|...
|-
|quintology
|LET'S PLAY ANOTHER GAME SOON
|LET'S PLAY A GAME
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scrab cakes
|NOW WITH EVEN MORE BITE.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|paramite pies
|TURNING UP THIN
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|meech munchies
|THIS CAN'T STILL BE MADE WITH MEECHES...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon pops
|HEY, GET AWAY FROM ME WITH THAT MEAT GRINDER.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1029
|*** TRY AGAIN ***
|[TRY AGAIN]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|fangus
|OH WHAT A BRUTAL BALLAD WE COULD SING TOGETHER
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|goodbye
|GOODBYE
|*** YES, NO DOUBT, BUT FOR HOW LONG? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|what is soulstorm
|*** SOULSTORM? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|can you hear me
|*** YES, FAINTLY ***
|*** YES, FAINTLY - COME CLOSER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|healing
|WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR MODOKAID
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|get me outta here
|NO, REALLY, GET ME OUTTA HERE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|big-face
|NICE MASK, BOZO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|how are you
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? ***
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? - CAN'T YOU SEE? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|open sesame
|WRONG MYTHOLOGY, SCHMUCK
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|shrykull
|WHO IS YOUR CURRENT ENERGY PROVIDER?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|tears
|SO MANY TEARS, SO MANY MEMORIES
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|intercepted
|FIND MY MESSAGE, HEAR MY VOICE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|dripik
|THAT'S GENERAL DRIPIK TO YOU
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|glukkon
|PLEASE, NO MORE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|fart
|HEHEHE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|ed
|*** FIND ME, HEAR ME, SAVE ME ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|exoddus
|WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHO WILL TAKE US THERE?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|oddworld inhabitants
|WORKING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF ODD
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|moolah
|NOW THERE'S AN ADDICTION
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|director phleg
|USERNAME UNKNOWN, PLEASE TRY AGAIN
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|vice president aslik
|SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOKED, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|hand
|*** YES! HIM! ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|chest
|*** SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|face
|*** CAN YOU SEE IT YET? WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW YOU. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|are you alive
|BARELY, CAN YOU SAVE ME?
|
|
|-
|addicted
|YOU TOO?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|}

==Ed?==
[[File:Dialog_Box_Attempt75.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page after 75 attempts]]
'''[2016. March 24.]'''
The dialog box revealed a weird picture after the user inputted 75 messages in a row. This picture allowed us to find multiple clues hidden behind [http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/ magic eye stereogram], morse code and weird text formatting. The clues ultimately all to pointed to the same message: Ed.
[[File:0451.jpg|thumb|The 0451.jpg file found via intercepted.txt]]
'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/attemptnumberseventyfive.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/intercepted.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/0451.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/spiritof1029.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/lsot.mp3

'''Messages'''
* Pictures
** findme
** hear me
** rescue me

'''[2016. March 25.]'''
Not long after we find out a misterious page called Ed with one single message.

''' Clues '''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/

''' Messages '''
* i can hear you, just. it's faint, but i can hear you.

==Finding Ed==
[[File:Ed_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|Ed's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The Ed page changed multiple times in the days following its discovery.
The final message had a block of 140 '/' characters and had a lot of '#' in it. It was telling us to look for a Twitter account, note that at the time Twitter had a maximum of 140 characters per message.
This ultimately led us to the @edmudokon twitter account which was full of cryptic tweets.

''' Clues '''
* http://twitter.com/edmudokon

''' Messages '''
* Hello
* Did somebo-------
* Is anybody listening
* Where am I?
* Can you hear me
* One Zero Two Nine
* I can hear you, faintly.
* Yes! Yes! You are getting closer
* If I could just… I can’t… Find me.
* Where are you? Can you hear me?
* We’ve stopped the progress… I need to show you the truth about this place.
* You can hear me! Just, please, listen.

'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The tweets also contained partial codes that once put together and inserted in the Dialog box ultimately unlocked the next major phase of the ARG.

''' Messages '''
* <nowiki>*** IT WORKED! IT WORKED! OK, NOW I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION - LISTEN, THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU SOMETHING. SOMETHING IS WRONG. VERY WRONG. YOU NEED TO LISTEN. YOU NEED TO HELP ME. I NEED TO HELP YOU... ***</nowiki>

=Second phase: The 9 Pieces=
[[File:Dialog_Box_Piece1.png|thumb|Updated dialog box linking to Piece 1 with task revealed and code unlocked]]
After inputting the code found in Ed's tweets the dialog box on the Soulstorm website changed: a line of 9 spaces appeared at the top: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Each space representing one "Piece" of a 36-character code.

During this phase the community had to find the 9 pieces. Each piece was initially locked had a challenge associated to it to unlock its code.

==Piece 1==
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Piece 1 was granted to us immediately with its code unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_01.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Piece 1
** THEY ARE HIDING THINGS FROM YOU. FIND THEM

==Piece 2==
[[File:Squares 02.jpg|thumb|Piece 2, with task hidden and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Later that day Ed tweeted a message in morse code telling us to "learn the history of the creators". This lead us to Lorne Lanning's page on oddworld.com that contained the second piece on the bottom of the page.

The task was to "Reach 23K Twitter followers @OddworldInc", once that number was reached the code of Piece 2 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/lorne-lanning/
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/XMZR12FZEZT6O6BFKHF0.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_02.jpg

==Piece 5==
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Fez.png|thumb|Ed appreciating all the hard work of the community]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
A bit later Piece 5 was revealed with its task immediately available.
The task was to get "15 photoshops of Alf's fez onto game characters" and send them to Oddworld Inhabitants on Twitter.
This was completed and the code of Piece 5 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/JN3HD82YRE.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719847654436552705

'''Messages'''
* Ed's Twitter
** Thank you. You’re helping.
[[File:Dialog_Box_Pieces.png|thumb|The dialog box being updated as the community progresses]]
==Piece 8==

'''[2016. April 5.]'''
The next day Ed tweeted a message in morse code asking us "are you listening?", at that time the Soulstorm page was updated with a new puzzle in the HTML code.
Following the trail where we had to line up characters in the HTML code and decipher morse code from an audio file we reached Piece 8.
It was tasking us to take "25 photos of scrub-Abe rescuing 8 Muds in New'n'Tasty".
This was completed and the code of Piece 8 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/heard.mp3s
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/findthefuture.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_08.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719848077335642112

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** they know i'm here
** let me try this
** they aren't telling you everything

==Piece 3==
[[File:Squares_tasks_03.jpg|thumb|Piece 3, with task revealed and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 7.]'''
A couple of days later Ed tweeted multiple tweets containing what looked like gibberish, once uncoded using [[https://v2.cryptii.com/navajo/select Navajo code]] they led us on a trail where we had to reassemble a picture and use the [[https://lobestir.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/cypher-pig-pen-lower.png Pigpen cipher]] to get to Piece 3.

The task was to "Get 45K Facebook likes on /OfficialOddworld", once that number was reached the code of Piece 3 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/msg.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/togetherness.jpg

==Piece 6==
[[File:Witness.png|thumb|Original version of the witness puzzle]]
'''[2016. April 12.]'''
A few days later Piece 6 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "find, solve and return the witness puzzle". The community found the puzzle and solved it, shortly after the picture of the puzzle got replaced by its solution. Using the solution of the puzzle together with another picture given by Ed, playing with HEX color codes and decoding some more morse code hidden in a movie file allowed us to find the final message transcribed below which unlocked the code of Piece 6.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_06.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/witness.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/trigrid.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/abeface1.mp4

'''Messages'''
* HTML comments
** There was a minor, insignificant error in the code here. Please ignore any message(s) you may find as a result of this unfortunate glitch. Apologies.
** Nobody was a witness.
* Audio file
** I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE

==Piece 4==
[[File:Seeme.png|thumb|Picture hidden in seeme.wav]]
'''[2016. April 20.]'''
A few days later the fourth character turned into a "?" indicating that the fourth piece was ready to be found. At the same time a new generic message could be obtained from the message box: SEEME? WAVE. After a trail where we had to convert sound to picture, spot mirrored words in a wall of text and use some ciphers again we reached Piece 4.
The task was to create "20 new gifs of Abe deaths in New'n'Tasty"
This was completed and the code of Piece 4 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/seeme.wav
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/SO1029.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/wearegettingcloser.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_04.jpg

==Abe says hi==
'''[2016. May 6.]'''
The next few days were a bit slower, with some Ascii art appearing in the HTML code but it didn't seem to lead us anywhere.

'''Version 1:'''

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'''Messages'''
* Ed's twitter
** so thirsty… tired.
** Almost… They took it away. Almost.
* HTML comments
** But Abe, he's one of us...
** Yeah, he didn't do much.
'''Clues'''

The reveal pictures are changed to spell '''1029'''
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal2.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal3.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal4.jpg

'''[2016. May 11.]'''
Around the same time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage, they become more pressing. We need to find a way to establish contact quickly!

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>***THEY ARE COMING, I NEED TO HIDE***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***CAN'T TALK, THEY CAN HEAR ME***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***WE ARE SO CLOSE, DON'T GIVE UP***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***THIS CAN'T CONTINUE FOREVER, LOOK CLOSER***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***YOU NEED TO LOOK CLOSER, NOT MUCH TIME LEFT***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, THE NOISE DOWN HERE IS DEAFENING, PLEASE REPEAT ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SAVE ME ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THIS FORM IS BROKEN - PLEASE DO NOT USE ***</nowiki>
** I CAN HEAR YOU, BARELY...
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, SAY AGAIN? ***</nowiki>
** [ERROR]
** [OUT OF SIGHT]
** <nowiki>*** THIS STUFF. THIS STUFF. ***</nowiki>
** [PLEASE CLOSE THIS WINDOW IMMEDIATELY]
** <nowiki>*** I'M SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME ***</nowiki>
** [WE'RE AWARE OF ISSUES ON THIS PAGE AND ARE WORKING TO REMEDY THE ------------]
** <nowiki>*** DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>...DRINK...BREW...</nowiki>
** [- NO, WAIT -]
** [- PLEASE IGNORE THIS MESSAGE -]

==Piece 9==
[[File:Finishthefight.jpg|thumb|Piece 9, with task revealed and code unlocked]]
[[File:Decodethefuture.jpg|thumb|Decode the future find the code]]
'''[2016. June 22.]'''
A few days later Piece 9 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "Decode the future find the code".
Finding the decodethefuture.jpg file and decoding its content using the [[http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Fonts/Pigpen.html BabelStone Club Penguin]] cipher led us to unlock the code of Piece 9.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/finishthefight.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/decodethefuture.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Picture
** THE HERO HAS SHOWN US THE WAY, FOLLOW, WORK, OBEY, COMPLY, REVOLT. WE WILL RISE AND , WE WILL RISE AGAIN.
** ED IS ONE OF US, WE NEED YOU TO HELP, WE ARE MANY, WILL NOT STOP.
** ED IS ONE OF MANY, FIND THEM, JOIN US
** THERE IS A STORM COMING, THERE IS NO FAILURE, FREEDOM OR DEATH.
** SOULSTORM/ED/FINISHTHEFIGHT.JPG
** TOO MANY SECRETS, SO THIRSTY, TIRED.
** DON'T DRINK THE BREW
** ORGANISE, ENERGISE

Around that time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage again.
There are now some new generic responses with a very revolutionary tone.

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>*** WE ARE MANY. WE ARE COMING. WE WILL NOT STOP. ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE'RE NEARLY THERE, IT'S NEARLY TIME TO ENERGIZE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE WILL RISE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** DON'T DRINK THE ---- ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THE SPIRITS ARE RISING ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** NEARLY, IT'S NEARLY TIME. STAY QUIET JUST A LITTLE LONGER. ***</nowiki>

==Piece 7==
'''[2016. June 24.]'''
A few days later the seventh character turned into a "?" indicating that the seventh piece was ready to be found.
At that time the Soulstorm page was updated with new HTML comments containing dissociated lines. By matching those lines together we knew we were searching for a zip file. With Ed's help via Twitter we were able to find the password to the zip file that contained Piece 7 which was already unlocked.
The automatically completed task asked us to "Listen to the source", which we indeed had to do to find the password hidden in one of Ed's first tweets.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/away.zip (password isanybodylistening)
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_07.jpg

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** Who will help?
** Join us
** We are many
** Find a way
** SPIRIT OF #1029
** Ed is one of many
** work, obey, comply.

==Using the code==
[[File:SPIRITOF1029_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|SPIRITOF1029's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. June 28.]'''
By reuniting the 9 pieces, we got a code: "''C4GD-RDHG-SSBR-SCRD-3STY-DDTH-WALF-XGMA-DF2F''". Some pieces resemble [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet leet speak] (C4GD = Caged, SCRD = Sacred, 3STY = Thirsty), but these didn't appear to have any relevancy to the usage of the code. To reach the next step, Ed gave us a map that made us revisit previous parts of the ARG and revealed the way to decrypt the code to find the message: "''FL4MMABL3''". Putting this in the Dialog Box generated one last answer: 1029.io

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/
* https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' now you know. you can help. join us. [https://1029.io 1029.io] @SPIRITOF1029

= Third phase: The Spirit of 1029 =
[[File:RuptureFarms1029.jpg|thumb|View of RuptureFarms 1029]]
[[File:1029.io.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 1029.io website]]
We have now established contact with the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary group. This kicked in motion an entirely new section of the ARG, with most of the new puzzles happening on their site: 1029.io.

The Spirit of 1029 group takes its name from RuptureFarms 1029, the factory Abe escaped and then destroyed. Their symbol is a minimalist representation of RuptureFarms 1029 in a cicle of flames.

== 1029.io ==
'''[2016. June 29.]''' The site told us more about the revolutionary group the Spirit of 1029 with what seemed to be their manifesto written in bold on their front page. The Mudokons had enough and things are about to change: '''there's a storm coming!'''

When looking closer to the site's code additional clues waited to be found. Curiously a lot of details (like text color, hidden numbers in the logo) referenced the number 8291 and Ed.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/ed (A page which linked to https://twitter.com/edmudokon)
* http://1029.io/8291 (A page with 8291 written in color set to #8291ed)

'''Messages'''
* '''HTML comments in 1029.io page'''
** Well, I rescued Mudokons. But who's gonna rescue me?
** 8291
* '''1029.io page'''
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WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED!

THE FALL OF RF1029 WAS THE SPARK TO IGNITE A REVOLUTION. FOR TOO LONG, THEY HAVE CONTROLLED THEIR GIANT INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, GRINDING THE BONES OF OUR KIND INTO DUST IN THEIR ENDLESS PURSUIT OF POWER AND WEALTH.

WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: OBEY. / COMPLY. / WORK.

THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY.

OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST.

THAT HAS ALL CHANGED.

THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED.

WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT.

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND.

WE WILL RISE. JOIN US.

THERE’S A STORM COMING.</pre>

== The big pause ==
[[File:Artwork_Message.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
[[File:Artwork_Message_2.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
'''[2016. July 13.]''' During this time both Ed and The Spirit of 1029 laid low with almost no communications. A couple of puzzles surfaced during that period but didn't seem to lead anywhere.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' There’s a storm coming. Join us. 1029.io

'''[2016. August 23.]''' OddworldInc posted a few artwork videos with hidden messages flashing. Those messages didn't really lead the community anywhere even though the Spirit of 1029 seemed to find the important.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Some early pre-production concept art from 2005's Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. https://pic.twitter.com/shRdnP0OEf
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Listen to the spirit of the past. Rise with us.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Concept art from Oddysee's Paramonia stage, from way back in 1995. https://pic.twitter.com/7acBLxiOzq
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey, it's everyone's favorite Mudokon, shown here in some early concept art. https://pic.twitter.com/IEcc5M7NlE
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Apparently it's #NationalSlogDay or something. ʘ‿ʘ https://pic.twitter.com/jOT8NOtsAc
* '''Artwork videos'''
** hold this way
** spirit
** remains we will not be [?]
** help
** 8291
** elikedete [?]

[[File:Maze_8291.png|thumb|Partial view of the 8291 page]]
'''[2016. September 2.]''' The 1029.io/8291 page gets suddenly updated with corrupted messages and links to other pages with even more corrupted messages. It's unknown how this puzzle was supposed be solved. Unfortunately the pages were not backed-up in their entirety.

'''Messages'''
* '''8291 page title'''
** EDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDED--EDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDED// EDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDED
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* '''8291 page text'''
<pre>
the-e--e--bel--EDe---t---c------ -----da-k <a href="2749102934.html">g-b-ck</a><a href="6279284391.html">f--ht</a><a href="4839021451.html">st--</a> /8/2</
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we-t-yb---ts-o-po--ib-eat---it----ttoo---k y---av--ohel--- <a href="5518293761.html">tr--gai-</a><a href="6234578241.html">g-v-i-</a>
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* '''5518293761 page title'''
** Eight291
* '''5518293761 page text'''
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th-r-m----eaw--_the---rit_whe----it_w---eis---fi-- 
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* '''6234578241 page title'''
** 829One
* '''6234578241 page text'''
<pre>
--des---ate-oh---ryso----st-_ju---n-m--es-p 
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* '''6279284391 page title'''
** 82Nine1
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were-----r--ge---gh_nobo---s_its---i-- whats---ealpr--lemh-re h-wca----igh--t ho----gm-s--ew--t wh-wi---av--s wher--sED w--e-dED -e--u-ED <a href="2479009.html">t-e-estil---m----tle-ve--her-</a>
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if ---y _he_ --ew. if on-- _--ey_ --e-. -- -n-y _-o-_ --ew. Far too many video game characters were harmed extremely badly in the making of this experience. In a sane world this would never have happened. We're sorry.
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* '''4839021451 page title'''
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wh--els-ca----o?wer---app----dit--l---sfa--t
</pre>

== Alf says hi ==
[[File:Alf_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|OddworldInc's profile picture on Twitter when Alf took over]]
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Alf.png|thumb|Ed reaching out to Alf who's temporally using the OddworldInc account]]
'''[2016. December 22.]''' On this day unexpectedly both Ed and the SO1029 Twitter woke up and begun posting revolutionary messages.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' still here, waiting... waiting to rise up...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' we will rise. together...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the spirit of 1029. We will rise again. Join us 1029.io Rise up.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 5.-6.]'''
A few days later the official Oddworld Twitter (@OddworldInc) was taken over by Alf. There was a conversation between Alf (OddworldInc) and Ed (edmudokon). Ed doubted that it's really Alf and the messages from OddworldInc became more and more garbled.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Alf here, it looks like I'm needed again. I'm here for any questions ya have. #DearAlf A storm is brewing. I can feel it in my bones...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? is that you? really you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me, it's me! Where are ya buddy? ӏ ţհծŭǥɧṯ ṫɦḗỵ'ƌ ɠōե ỹốṷ ƒỏṛ ǻ ԝĥïḻě țḥẻɼè...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc no... it can't be you... it can't be alf...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@edmudokon it is me, buddy, I got out! Where are ya? Ὶ ṱĥởűǥḣե ӱợǘ ẁẻгẻ ցỡῄё?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' too risky. can't talk...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will all be free, as Alf was freed. Rise up. We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 9.]'''
On this day all three Twitter accounts conversed about how Ed should help in revealing the truth.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' evidence... i can see it all... scared...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We've gotta see it- people need ta know what's happening... Be careful Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? i can help?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Photographs, Ed- we need people to see. You've gotta be brave.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' . @edmudokon @OddworldInc We will rise up. You can play your part, Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @SPIRITOF1029 @OddworldInc yes... careful... risky... i gotta help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Oddworld has been blind to the plight of the noble Mudokons for too long. We will rise. Join us! 1029.io
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i will find a way to help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon yes, we will help you tell your story. We will help you rise up.

'''[2017. January 11.]''' Alf answers some questions about Ed on Oddworld.com, Ed is scared and needs all the help he can get.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/dear-alf-77-ed-abe-and-stranger/

'''Messages'''
* '''Oddworld.com'''
** Will you return in Oddworld: Soulstorm? (Asked by: James, on Twitter) You don’t know the things that are going on around here! I wish Abe would leave me outta it and let me run Alf’s Rehab and Tea in peace. I can’t read the future though – it’s not like I have the time to sit around reading tea leaves!
** How have you been? Also how come Ed can hear you? He doesn’t seem to hear anyone else. (Asked by: Xavier, on Twitter) I’ve been busy! Ed? Ed’s scared and I can understand that. Sometimes people can be talkin’ all around you but you can’t hear ‘em. Poor Ed’s confused and afraid. I’m a familiar face – and have you ever seen a mug as trustworthy as mine?
** How do you know Ed? Did Ed work with you? (Asked by: Connell, on Twitter) I know everyone – Abe thinks he has it tough? It’s not easy being such a celebrity. Everyone comes to me with their problems, and Ed has a lotta problems.
** How’s Ed? (Asked by: Koustoulidis, on Facebook) Ed’s in danger and he knows it – Ed’s one brave Mudokon, even though it might not look like it right now. Ed’s got an important job ta do and just needs a bit of help to get it done.
** Do you know where Ed might be, Alf? (Asked by: Gunnrisfunnr, on Twitter.) I’m not sure but I’d love to find out! It sounds like Ed needs some help and I think I know just the guy…

'''[2017. January 16.]'''
The conversation continued with SO1029 asking Ed to blow the whistle on Thursday.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey pals, Alf here! Thanks for all the questions. I'll be sure to read through them all!
** '''[@edmudokon]''' .@OddworldInc alf? is it really you? can I trust you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me- you've gotta trust me, we need your help. What's goin' on?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc I don't have much time. got to be quick... but I can see it all. I can get pictures...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We need them. We need pictures, Ed. What can you see?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc it's so dark... but I can see them, they're... i can't explain. Shh! they're here, I think i see... oh no!
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Hide.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon @OddworldInc we've found a weakness in the system. Get us something and we can get it out on Thursday. Help us, Ed. Be the storm.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @OddworldInc We will help @edmudokon but we can't send anything unencrypted. You'll have to break our code. We'll be in touch.

'''[2017. January 19.]'''
As expected a few days later SO1029 confirmed that they received an encrypted transmission from Ed. Solving this was our next task.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We have received a transmission. We will pass it on as soon as we can verify. We need your help.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' .@OddworldInc the evidence is clear. Heed our call. Spread our message. Save our species.

== The First Transmission ==
'''[2017. January 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community are now working together to decipher and clean up the first transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

===Intercepted Report===
[[File:1029_01_image_clean.png|thumb|Cleaned up version of the 1029_01_image.jpg file]]
'''[2017. January 19.]''' A bit after @SPIRITOF1029's tweets the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues they transmitted.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_image.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_audio.mp3

''' Messages '''
* Picture
** ED
** YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING
** LOOK FOR OUR MESSAGE HEAR OUR VOICE
** Transcript:
<pre>Date:
Period: XXXXXXXXXXX
Specification Details:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
-Observe XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXX changes in test subjects
-Assess long term XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXX
-Determine product safety
Authorization: XXXXXXXXXXX
Tests requested:
-XXXXXXXX Pronostics
- ?Access whenever? product XXXXXXX
-Acidity Levels
- ????? XXXXXXXXX
-Product safety
Expected results: XXXXXXXXXX make XXXXXXXXX interesting
Test results:
-XXXXXXX highly XXXXXX
-XXXXXXX this XXXXXX ?? XXXXXX ?nice? XXXXXXXX
-Highly XXXXXXX
-Subjects: XXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Conclusion: Product (ready) for consumption
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
??? : XXXXXXXX there is XXXXXX here but it will XXXX ???? XXXXX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>

===Fragments===
[[File:9394-AL.JPG|thumb|Random picture from page imgzerofourfiveone]]
'''[2017. January 21.]''' Decoding the morse code in reverse in the audio file and unlocking it with the word '''storm''' led us to a new page containing random fragments of a worrying photograph. Those are the first pieces of intel reaching us coming from Asset 98, a member of the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/1029-LY.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/2384-ER.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/3786-IC.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/5574-PH.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7393-AN.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7676-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9394-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9455-UM.JPG

''' Messages '''
* Page
<pre>
ASSET98 / CONFIDENTIAL

You have signalled your willingness to help. Now you must prove yourself. Our efforts to get a clear data stream have been in vain. You will have to piece together the image from these fragments. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

[REDACTED] Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

'''[2017. January 23.]''' On this day we got two more tweets.
[[File:Transmission1_pieces.jpg|thumb|Pictures from page imgzerofourfiveone fitted together]]
'''Messages'''

* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Are we getting through? https://pic.twitter.com/k8Z9GwqRU2
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' While you shared our message 100 times we worked away to bring you this. We're clearing it up even more, we'll share what we find Thursday. https://pic.twitter.com/D9SaK1FxDM

===The first picture===
'''[2017. January 26.]''' A few days later the first of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a line of Mudokons in what looks like a labor camp or processing area of some kind. The Mudokons are carrying what appear to be body bags. Tattoos on their chest indicate their slave ID. A Glukkon in the background is supervising the situation.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/1029-01-progress.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Already a dedicated team of fans have [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627054&postcount=23 decrypted the image] and it has made its way [https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/5ozr1d/oddworld_soulstorm_1st_image/ to Reddit]. The community is also working on [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627202&postcount=152 investigating] the creepy audio file.
** '''Update 2:''' Having discovered hidden morse code in the audio, which was reversed and substitution cyphered (with the word 'Storm', the key that was hinted at in the distorted image), the audio encryption has [https://twitter.com/TopHattedTime/status/822522518682509313 almost been cracked]! It's [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627259&postcount=195 looking like a URL] - can you help figure out the next step...?
** '''Update 3:''' Congratulations! [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627286&postcount=221 The community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/ a secret URL on the 1029.io website]! But what are those images of? Are they fragments of a photograph? Once you've got everything together - [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc show us]!
** '''Update 4:''' Oh wow! [https://twitter.com/H0MINIX/status/822619863227174914 It's a Mudokon...!] But what's he holding? Leave it with us, we'll get that image cleaned up soon. Congratulations everyone, great team effort and hopefully we can crack the next four images as quickly!
** '''Update 5:''' Thanks to you guys sharing the previous images online, we've managed to decode the photo further and have updated the thumbnail here. We'll return on Thursday with the finished, fully decrypted image - but until then, please do let us know what you think!
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/image-leaks-show-new-threat-mudokons/

<center>[[File:1029-01-progress.jpg | 800px]]</center>

== The Second Transmission ==

'''[2017. February 2.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue to working together to decipher and clean up the second transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Unfortunately the community's use of automated tools and brute force attracts unwanted attention.

===More Codes===

'''[2017. February 2.]''' a week later the Spirit of 1029 communicates that it received another transmission from one of their agents, presumably Asset 98. A bit later the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues for the second transmission.

Around the same time OddworldInc sent out a newsletter mail reaching out to the whole community to help crack the codes that will allow the world to discover the heinous crimes against the Mudokons.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg
* http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077&id=b08e7b2d60&e=6a2b5665ee
* https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077/images/c42e9f57-9616-41fa-88fa-81ce4084fc2c.png
[[File:pada.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the second transmission.]]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our agent has delivered another transmission. We will verify its origins and pass it on.
* '''Clue picture from 1029'''
** Spread our message.
** KNOW YOUR CODES KEEP THEM CLOSE YOU WILL NEED THEM
** BETHESTORM
** Decode Everything
* '''Barcode at end of Newsletter'''
** READ THE NUMBERS KNOW THE TRUTH
* '''Newsletter'''
<pre>
Something strange is happening on Oddworld.

We've been receiving garbled transmissions from a clandestine organization claiming knowledge of a new and horrifying plight that the Mudokons must face. Can you help us unscramble their communications and save the Mudokon species?

A new mystery awaits you!

Recently, we were contacted by the mysterious Spirit of 1029 group. They claim there is a new threat to Mudokonkind that has been classified top secret and hidden from the world. You can help to uncover the truth, follow Abe's example and save his species.

Our community has already solved one set of puzzles to help reveal the image above, now there's a new mystery awaiting you!

Head on over to the Soulstorm website to see the latest transmission we've received and help to crack the code that will allow the world to discover this heinous crime against the Mudokons.

The story so far...

You can catch up and follow the earlier clues yourself by visiting the Soulstorm website.

We were contacted by a mysterious group, calling themselves "Spirit of 1029." They sent us a couple of files which they claimed to have received from an operative very close to the situation.

The first, a garbled image of a document that had been heavily redacted, held fragments of coded messages and hints at what was happening. It contained a key that assisted in the deciphering of the second file - a harrowing audio clip that contained a hidden message in Morse code.

When those messages were deciphered, we were led to a web page that served up eight fragments, torn and burnt, of a photograph that seemed to depict something terrifying. After a concerted effort from our community and our team at Oddworld Inhabitants, we managed to get the clean version of the image you see at the top of this email.

Now, Spirit of 1029 has made contact again and they say there's more to see. We're going to need more help if we're going to solve this mystery and save the Mudokons.

Join the resistance!

Join the fight back by following Oddworld on Twitter and Instagram, liking our Facebook page and spreading the word about what we've found.

Sign up for the resistance and help to liberate these poor Mudokons now!

You can find the mysterious Spirit of 1029 organization on Twitter here and their Mud on the inside, Ed, here.

There's strength in numbers, help Spirit of 1029 recruit for their cause. Help us find the answers.
</pre>

===The Grid===

'''[2017. February 3.]''' Decoding the two bar-codes in the lower right corner of the Agent's transmission picture led us to the next step of the trail: a new page from Asset 98 with a scrambled grid and a whole lot of comments in the code. Part of the puzzles of this part were bypassed using brute-force on the lock for which we had to find the password, revealing that the password we were looking for was '''subjectivism'''.

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/grid.jpg
[[File:grid.jpg|thumb|The grid puzzle]]

'''Messages'''
* '''HMTL Code'''
** Can’t reach any..
** Listening anyon… there?
** Can hear us anymore- need to… can’t fnd
** We will never give… what they… from us
** Does… care? Freedom isn’t gi… will take…
** We have never…. Given… deserve. We… take… our righ…
** Stand up and fi…
** Don’t be afr….
** They want to… kill- don’t-
** Stop them from…. Hurting- they… think
** We are no less- they think… aside
** Don’t believe what… told- liars…
** Can’ fnd anymo-
** We wil silnced
** Killin- they are dy..
** Hurting the..
** Back down unt… resist.
** Intercep… our messa… we will fight
** We will ri…
** Cannot… silenced when ther… who need… now
** We won’t ba… we have beat…. Before… Must not-
** Spent so long…. Afraid… never let- again
** ...Storm… find it’s way- end
** Why are … here?
** Only...profit- nothing more… importnt as-
** - lies they… will tel-
** Believe- nothing… terribl- things…

'''[2017. February 10.]''' The community eventually figured out how the password was supposed to be found a couple of days after the second image was cleaned up by OddworldInc. It involved identifying what data to actually using slashes and backslashes, resolving the grid as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikaku a game of Shikaku] and mapping letters on top of the solved grid.

===The termination of Asset 98===
[[File:WB2_BSJG2456.jpg|thumb|Scrambled picture from page 1173418569]]
[[File:CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG|thumb|Clean picture from page 1173418569]]
'''[2017. February 7.]''' After brute-forcing the lock the community found a new page from Asset 98 displaying random pictures when refreshed. Most of the pictures appearing were scrambled but sometimes a clean picture was displayed. One of the members of the community wrote a little script to try to find all the clear images in an automated way. This was not well received by @SPIRITOF1029 who tried to warn us not to use machines. A few moments after the script was run the 1173418569 page started to change every few seconds depicting what appears to be an attack on Asset 98. In the end the page was left almost completely black with Asset 98 terminated.

The different html files telling the story have been [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/ASSET98_%20TERMINATED.zip preserved here].

'''Clues'''

The original pictures have been rehosted on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/ OddWideWeb]:

*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg]
Note that sometimes some images also appeared in clear:
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG]
*CWB3 was not found
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Machines are the tool of the enemy. The consciousness of our people has been rediscovered. You must trust it. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' what happened? what did you do? who? No! no... aaaaaAaaaaarrrRrrrgggggGgghhh!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Now our storm seems a little less ferocious. We can no longer reach Asset 98.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We can't reach Asset 98 but we do still have his clear transmissions. Prove you're worthy. Show us that you're able. Send us the grid.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You found the grid, the letters and the numbers. Tell us how they fit together. Prove you're no longer slaves to the machines.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' ...he never came back. I could hear him screaming all night... helpless. they took him... he was my friend. how did they know?
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_1.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_2.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_3.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_4.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
* '''Attack on page 1173418569 (excerpts)'''
** rEDacted
** rEDacted :p
** rEDacted :( :( :( :(
** Those are ON YOU
** What's another few on the pile?
** Who is this?
** You know. Everybody knows.
** Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? Who is this?
** I tried. We all did. This is ON YOU.
** W22222ho?$3555582%9564444444441
*:- The page now has a pink background
** HOW MANY MORE PLEASEEEEESTOOOPP
** ---^---^---^---^---
** FOLLOW
** ---^-------^-------
** I don't think we can help this one.
** ---^---------------
** FOLLOW NOTHING
** -------------------
** ... ONE LAST CHANGE I THINK I MI-
*:- The page is now completely black
** this one's on you.
** ---------------
** -------------
** ------------
** -----------
** ----------
** ---------
** don't worry. we have PLENTY
** --------
** -------
** ------
** -----
** ----
** ---
** --
** -
** x⸑x
** see ya around, 1029...

===Asset 99===

'''[2017. February 7.]''' Shortly after Asset 98's termination Asset 99 stepped in and published the 1173418569 page too. However on this version of the page the clear pictures do not appear anymore. The community used the clean versions previously captured to piece together the full picture and submit it to OddworldInc so they could clean it up.

[[File:Transmission2_pieces.jpg|thumb|Clean pictures from page asset98/1173418569/ fitted together]]

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg

''' Messages '''
* Page 1173418569
<pre>
ASSET99 / CONFIDENTIAL / 002

We will not be stopped. We may have lost Asset 98, but we will continue strong. Together. Against the machines. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

The power will shift and we will rise again. Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

===The second picture===

'''[2017. February 9.]''' A couple of days later the second of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a Mudokon strapped to a chair in what appears to be a Vykkers Labs laboratory. Around him is various medical equipment, syringes and what looks to be an experimental 'strain' of SoulStorm Brew.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/wp-content/uploads/Oddworld_Soulstorm_002_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Looks like there were two barcodes overlaid in the bottom right corner of [http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg the amended image], and through decoding the barcode messages into a URL, [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=629144&postcount=88 the community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/ this mysterious puzzle image] on 1029.io. But there're some interesting comments in the HTML source code of that page...
** '''Update 2:''' The Spirit of 1029 organization has made contact again - perhaps there's a clue in the way the slashes are written? Could this be something to do with the source code on the puzzle page? Just finding out about all this? The Game Detectives are on the case too, with a full round up here.
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/02/second-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-one-terrified-mudokon/

<center>[[File:1029-02-progress.jpg|800px]]</center>

== The Third Transmission ==
[[File:Flyer1_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer1.jpg]]
[[File:Flyer4_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer4.jpg]]
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The code breaking continues with OddworldInc and the community still working together, this time to decipher and clean up the third transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Some caution has to be used to guarantee the safety of the Spirit of 1029's operative as the Magog Cartel attention for our activities is growing.

===Propaganda Flyers===
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The clue provided for the third transmission is a zip file containing cryptic files amongst which some scrambled propaganda flyers. Used together with a fourth flyer tweeted out by the Spirit of 1029 we could piece a letter-to-number mapping based on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Malachim_Mapping.png Malachim Alphabet].

'''Clues'''

* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/89928554_Eequals5.zip (password HIIDHEED)
Cleaned up versions of the flyers in the zip file
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer1_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer2_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer3_clean.jpg
* https://twitter.com/Theblackpec/status/835154962522996736

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[OddworldInc]''' We've been contacted again. We've uploaded what we have onto the Soulstorm website. We need your help! http://ow.ly/fYrO309ivQv
** '''[SPIRITOF1029]''' All official information is lies. Join us. Rise. Be the storm. https://pic.twitter.com/RaUY2sVWxu
* '''Flyers'''
** t h e y a r e w a t c h i n g
** b e t h e s t or m
** w e w i l l r i s e

===Work Obey Comply===
[[File:Page_12362831522212.png|thumb|Screenshot of page 12362831522212]]
'''[2017. February 24.]''' Using Steganography encryption and basic astronomy the community identified that the '''Erriapo''' and '''Fenrir''' Saturn moon names were important. Using the Malachim letter-to-number mapping discovered during the previous phase on those moon names we found the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages.

'''Clues'''

* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/YOU.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WHA.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WET.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TOO.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TIF.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/OLD.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Page 12362831522212 & 71220283136
<pre>
ASSET9X / [REDACTED] / 333333333333

We can't hold much longer.

It's dark, and cold. So cold. They don't seem to [REDACTED]. They. Them. It's hard to know how we'll [REDACTED], but we'll try. This can't last forever. We won't last forever.

Look what they're doing to us. Just look.

There is spirit, but it's waining. We need you, [REDACTED]. Help us.

Together we can expose the truth.

We must. We have to. 1029.
</pre>

===The Magog strikes back===

'''[2017. February 27.]''' On this day @OddworldInc was hacked presumably by the Magog Cartel. The @OddworldInc Twitter account posted three propaganda posters, while it's rightful owners tried to retake control. Later this day @SPIRITOF1029 and @edmudokon tried to shed some light on the actual, much darker facts.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' WORK. OBEY. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1EFuCIgCJN
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' What's h͙̞̖̙͙̗͞a̭͉̝̠͇̲p̰̖̥̲̘p͏̫̯̱ẹ̖̟͚̤̺͙ṋ̼̲͚͝i̤̕n͇͇̙̥̺̗͔g̴̱̱̭͇͎?̥̣̝͇̤͢
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' YOUR SECURITY MATTERS. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1NsKnQoVrK
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' S͠t̵̞͍̠̱̮̜͕o̙̙̹̱̝p͚̼̘̭̼͔͖
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' REMAIN LOYAL. OBEY. https://pic.twitter.com/4Rl35OwS7E
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' c̦̙̮̖͡a͓͍n'̴̱͈̟t͕̳̳̜̻͙ ̪͓̭̗͞g̬̤̞̖͠e̜̭̹͎̩̫t̡̤̲̮̹ ̜̰̯͍̪ͅt̗h̵͉̙̗̝̳ro̧̱̼͖͖u̶̘̞̭̥gh
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Well that was weird... We're back now. That wasn't exactly how we were intending to share the flyers with you...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Don't read the news sheets and you're uninformed. Read them and you're misinformed. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/7rs5dkMxWd
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' It's not just the lies that are harmful. It's the confusion. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/FREchtUXjC
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' These records were smashed on the broken backs of our downtrodden brothers... #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/0VJb9VpwqX
** '''[@edmudokon]''' We hate those news sheets, they make us read every new issue. Those that can still read...
* '''Flyers'''
[[File:Flyer1_original.jpg|center|Flyer 1 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer2_original.jpg|center|Flyer 2 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer3_original.jpg|center|Flyer 3 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]

=== The third picture ===

'''[2017. March 02.]'''A few days later the third of four incriminating pictures was released. This one shows a Mudokon locked in a cell located looking very much like Vykkers Labs. The Mudokon is clearly in some kind of distress. The label on his cell door reads "Sample ID: Beverage SSB/004, subject unstable", indicating this Mudokon is one of many test subjects in these SoulStorm Brew trials. A pair of eyes can be seen in the reflection of the glass belonging to a Vykker who is looking into the cell.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Recap on Oddworld.com'''
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/03/third-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-things-going-bad-worse-mudokons/

<center>[[File:Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg|800px]]</center>

[[File:GhostsInTheChair.jpg|thumb|Coded message scratched on the inside of the glass (mirrored)]]
'''[2017. March 05.]''' A coded message has been scratched on the inside of the glass using unknown symbols. This time the community had to figure out both the alphabet and the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@StarDrop513 deciphered the message. It looks like it was written by the poor Mudokon after all... https://pic.twitter.com/aCKpBATFw0
* '''Third Picture'''
** There are ghosts in the chair No more light The cold and the darkness will take me

=== Hidden truth ===
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo.png|thumb|First version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
[[File:Page_8291.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 8291 page]]
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo_2.png|thumb|Second version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
'''[2017. March 13.]''' A few days later, @edmudokon and @SPIRITOF1029 started tweeting again, hinting that the truth was out there but that the people who found it couldn't share it with the rest of the community. One secret was left to be found but couldn't be publicly shared until the Spirit of 1029's operative was safe from the Magog Cartel. This secret was quite huge: filmed footage of a Mudokon loosing his mind while being watched by a Vykker.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' please don't share it if you find it. it's too dangerous... they can't know we got it.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' What if we told you... there was more to uncover?
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have all you need. Follow the numbers, find the truth.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Some of you have found the truth. Now greater numbers must see. We will show the world. Soon.

'''[2017. March 14.]''' The page was revealed a day later. Some members of the community found it previously by grouping together the names of the pictures appearing in the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages found earlier. Note that the content of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page changed once it got revealed by the Spirit of 1029, the original version has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/___%20You%20found%20me.%20Now,%20find%20what%20I've%20seen.%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/8291
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' As soon as our operative is safe, we will show you what their last transmission contained.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our operative's safety is confirmed, we've sent the latest transmission. Now they can show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' They asked us to show the world. It's the least we can do for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 1)'''
<pre>
You found me.
So, stay with me. Stay with us. Listen. See.

We will show you.

Now, let's see if you can keep a secret...

8291. It's not what you think it is. Do you see?
I need to know if you can see. If there's a way.

~e
</pre>
* '''Page 8291'''
<pre>
You're here.
OK, sure, but please - PLEASE - keep this to yourself...

They can't know we have this footage. They just can't.

8291. It's not [redacted] you think it is...
I mean, what were you thinking...?

~e
</pre>
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 2)'''
<pre>
This is what's happening.
These are my friends. They're doing this to us. All of us.

There's more, much more, but it's not easy getting it out of here.

Together we're stronger. We can survive.

Stay strong. Stay together.

~e
</pre>
* '''HTML Comments in Page 8291's Code''' (edited out many repetitions of "WORK OBEY COMPLY" for readability)
<pre>
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== The Fourth Transmission ==
[[File:Findit.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the fourth transmission.]]
'''[2017. April 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue working together to decipher and clean up the fourth transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We grow in strength but the signal is weak. Our message fades into noise and light. Help us. This is only possible together. #wewillrise

=== Find it ===
'''[2017. April 24.]''' The first clue for the fourth transmission is a mashup of the previous three pictures with a lot of text and codes covering it. This includes a powerful tirade praising Abe for having shown the way for the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' https://pic.twitter.com/NlAd2hm97r
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You got it! Good. We weren't sure if you'd be able to unscramble it. Show them. Show them so they can help us. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We'll show as many as we can. We're not sure what it means but we know you'll all be able to help, just like before. http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
* '''FindIt Picture'''
** USE A DIFFERENT CODE. THIS IS NOT RELEVANT DATA. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT OBEY. THEY LIE.
** fire air water earth gas liquid solid
** use what you can't see
** WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: WORK, OBEY, COMPLY. THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY. OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST. THAT HAS ALL CHANGED. THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED. WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND. WE WILL RISE. JOIN US. THERE'S A STORM COMING.

=== Electricity ===
[[File:Page_electricity.png|thumb|Screenshot of the electricity page]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The elemental clues (fire, air, water, earth, gas, liquid & solid) and the "use what you can't see" were clues to point us to the next page named '''electricity'''. This page contains a single word in its centre: '''HELP'''.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/electricity/
* http://1029.io/electricity/help.zip
'''Messages'''
* '''SaveUs.jpg'''
** BREATH
* '''Listen.txt''' (decoded)
** why do you just watch can you not see us can you not hear the utighdbfn why is this happening wny its too cold to th can you hear us is there anybody there will you help us or rihjsudhgheusodj never are go find pn lose in to it alchem we are cold we are lost we are forgotten and its ecant gmds pneumatigd why are they taking cant stop cold so cold so cold we will rise we will not obey we will not comply jendn we will rise we will rise we will rise we will not die is abe dead here we will not die here we will not die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot survive gheufh help this is not what we wanted we cannot dont cant see speak stop we need to save someone save us pneuma we need to be stop ightnevital energy source of this stop to think breath breathe cant breathe cant always watching we can never eyes stop find rest go now share loose top find think or too last day light never why to a way stp give this is ever not no find things first or the ghtuenth day tjgit let last now or out get in or arttest never stop we will find a way to gain our freedom e why it lost gone now stop taken from us and from the rest we cant stop too much now too pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain dont believe the things they tell you they lie they know no truth its lost long lost now ghwkfnhjsk what happened to them they are lost ghwufnfasjntiwpldfmwbwietpr stop it greed greed greed greed greed greed greed the expense is us we are tired our spark is fading do not let them extinguish all that we are we cannot snwownfnf see the end save us save us save us we cannot fight help us why is this happening for their proghejwnfiwthisnfwe why forget us let us go we dont deserve no one deserves its not dont believe dont believe they will lie they lie they lie heugnpngjifsk lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies eieslseiselslsl is abe dead we dont want to die

=== Pneuma ===
[[File:Page_pneuma.png|thumb|Screenshot of the ASCII art on the pneuma page]]
[[File:Helpus_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of helpus.jpg]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The BREATH message combined with the decoded text in Listen.txt made it clear to the community that '''pneuma''' was an important word, leading us the the next page. The pneuma page initially contained only the ASCII art logo of the Spirit Of 1029 with letters embedded in it changing each time the page was refreshed. Four versions of the page were present, each containing the letters to spell one word, forming the following sentence: Dont let us die.

After a couple of minutes the title of the page started changing, displaying single words, again forming sentences. The words of a single sentence would loop for a bit before switching to the next sentence. After that the generated pages started to change, and started to include even more letters in the ASCII art spelling even more words: Help, Stop, Mask.

Finally the page displayed the helpus.jpg picture.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/pneuma/
* http://1029.io/pneuma/helpus.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''SO1029 Logo'''
** Don't let us die.
** Help
** Stop
** Mask
* '''Title of the pneuma page'''
** ?
** /\--/\--/\--/\
** it's so hard to breathe
** please make it stop
** around how many times
** we will all die
** b.r.e.a.t.h.e
** b..r..e..a..t..h..e
** b r e a t h e (page title was only a single letter)
** ..........

===The fourth picture===
'''[2017. May 02.]''' A few days later the cleaned up picture was released on the Soulstorm page. This image shows a Mudokon wearing a breathing mask, running in what appears to be a Mudokon sized hamster-wheel. He is in front of a screen of sorts, reading binary and operating the computer with two levers. In the background some medical equipment can be seen. It is unknown where this picture was taken. The general surroundings do not seem to indicate Vykkers Labs anymore.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/ARG_Image_04_4K.jpg

<center>[[File:ARG Image 04 4K.jpg | 800px]]</center>

=Fourth phase: The Magog Cartel=
[[File:MagogCartel_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|MagogCartel's profile picture on Twitter]]

A new player officially joins the ARG. The Magog Cartel now directly interferes during the community's investigation by hacking accounts and websites and by spreading lies through their Twitter account. The first step was attacking the 1029.io the website of the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary movement.

== Hostile takeover ==
[[File:Discord_Hack.png|thumb|Magog Cartel hacking into the official Oddworld Discord server]]
'''[2017. August 07.]''' During the start of the attack we see the Magog Cartel hacking into the Spirit of 1029's website. This led the secondary colour of 1029.io to switch from green to red, having letters spelling '''MAGOG''' appearing in the ASCII logo and a new HTML comment appearing noting that the hacking was easily done.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will not be silenced. We will not stay hidden. The storm is coming and we will rise.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' The watchers can’t see everything. Our message will be heard. #wewillrise
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io'''
** heh, that was easy. let's see...

[[File:Vast.jpg|thumb|Image posted by the OddworldInc employees while being hacked]]
'''[2017. August 09.]''' On this day in a dramatic finale we finally uncovered the enemy who tried to silence @OddworldInc and @SPIRITOF1029. It was obvious that something was not right from the very beginning when @SPIRITOF1029 fell silent after noticing that someone attempted to hack their communications channel.

On the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord server]a new emote with the Magog Cartel logo was added with the name :staywealthy:. Soon after all messages containing that :staywealthy: emote or the 8291 code (:_e_: :_t_: :_n_: :_o_:) got removed and the Oddworld Inhabitants employees (OWI_Alex, OWI_Pete & OWI_Bernice) stated posting gibberish and messages coming from an other entity including a strange image containing the word '''vast''' multiple times.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We’ve noticed some attempts to take over our communications channels. Our message will not be silen
* '''Discord'''
** Òǚř ʂе¢цгіẗу ẁᾅș πŏţ ḃӷӫǟċḥễđ Ọսȑ šѐсưȑіƫỵ ẅἂѕ ᾒṑե ƃŗӫᾶϲɦẻđ ⍬ṳř şĕсǜӷɩȶӱ ẁấṣ ŉόՒ þȑѐẩƈȟεժ Ỡùȓ șєϛụґɪŧӱ ẅᾲş բóȶ ḃŗḛąḉℏӫď Ơǔѓ ṡễćṻȓĩťÿ ẇẳŝ ἧὅṱ ḇґèḁčիề₫ ["Our security was not breached" repeated over and over]
** W& //€q117 PHø|? +/-/∂† +() }{∂|²|2€11.
** Ḿ̧̪̻̻͇̟̹̭̼͊̈́̍̎̿͐̎͝͞o̧̤̗̠͚̟͒̐͗͆͜͢͡͞C̠̯̳̙̠̳̹͒̽̇̈̽̚͜r̶͕̗̜̲͕̘̒͗̆̄̎̐̓t̛̛̯̠̼͎̭̻̯̜̿͂̑̃͌͂̔ļ̴͙̩̠̯̐̊̆̐̂̿c̢̳͎̱ ̺̮͎͖̟̐̓̐́͋͞ó̧̡̻͙̳͇̼̯̹̄͒̐͗ [MoCrtlco]

The last message was actually a clue towards where we should look next. It referred to an URL. Uncovering this effectively started the next arc of the ARG.

== MagogCartel.com ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel.png|thumb|Screenshot of the first version of the MagogCartel page]]
'''[2017. August 10.]''' The messages the Magog Cartel transmitted during their hack led us straight to their website, MagogCartel.com, but it seems completely hacked and corrupted. While investigating it the community discovers multiple codes hidden in the HTML comments. Note that the page has changed since then, but this first version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_1/P.%20P.%20P.%20_____%201029%20_____.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/
* https://twitter.com/magogcartel
'''Messages'''
* '''HTML contents'''
** wewillstopyouyouwillfall
<pre>

Welcome to the official Ma___________g_____ life? here? HERE?! ***

<h2 class="Check out this guy!">responsible</h2>

DB_PP_PRODUCTTEXT: Weâ€™re sourciest, juiciest Parami__from closer to their nests, for our bes___________________________________________________________aramite Pies ever! Made with all natural ingredients[1] and baked in
our traditional ovens to a recipe thatâ€™s be............ aster bakers, our pXXXes are packed with Para-meat[2] oooooooooooo00OOoozing [1] at least one natural ingredient in every 12-pack of pie_________8** [2] not necessarily made with Paramites.

PLEASE REVIEW AS APPROPRIATE -->

<h2>responsible settle@@@@@@@ments</h2>

 VIEW just left of here across Mudos AND who could possibly be the EMPLOYEE OF THE DAY AND THE NEW i mean, how hard can it be? every aspect of every aspect of every as-------------f every aspect of EVERY SIN--E ASPECT of every aspect of every asp--_--------------------ct of every aspect of every as_--ct of every aspect of FOLLOW ME follow US

<h2>almost% every settlement</h2>

<h2>responsible for ***almost*** every aspect of municipal life in these vastvastvastvastvastvast idyllic settlements</h2>

Seriously.

<h2>responsible</h2>

<h2>vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast VAST vats vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast 1029 vast vast vast vast </h2>
</pre>

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 sent us messages helping us decode one of the codes in the MagogCartel page. After identifying correct words in the tweets we discovered we had to use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish_(cipher) blowfish cipher] to decode it.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' your help is invaluable to us, together we will '''blow''' this latest Magog scandal wide open. together #wewillrise
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the watchers can '''fish''' around the communication channels all they like, we will always be one step ahead of them.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' -1-4,-2-10
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the story of mudokonkind is about history. now they treat us just like numbers. they will not succeed.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we have given you the tools you need. the ones we can trust will prove themselves capable. leaders will rise as the storm closes in.
* '''Decoded message'''
** ^_^ U_V DX is is true or false all for profit interests industrial agricultural Mudos provide highest possible return investments overheads dreams limited power gigantic badge leaders product Meech Motors travel expertly trained Slig Security Forces successful undertaking employment vast sentient secure specialist habitation zones benefit factories foundries farmlands stability millions undertakings Cartel management selflessly representatives responsible municipal vast idyllic settlements under construction please subscribe and link and follow and like and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy at magog cartel

== The Copycat ==
[[File:Weknow.jpg|thumb|weknow.jpg file found on the MagogCartel.com website]]
[[File:Weknow_original.jpg|thumb|Original version of the weknow picture [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc]]]
'''[2017. August 11.]''' At the same time the Magog Cartel account is trying to get a message accross in a subtle way.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' .@spiritof1029 we see you. '''W'''e can see what you are doing with your fake reports. you will not prosp'''E'''r.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are proud of the strong lin'''K'''s between each of our facilities. our operations are by far the most efficie'''N'''t on oddworld.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are aware of some terrible fake rep'''O'''rts being leaked. please ignore them. our very successful '''W'''orkers know the truth is very different.

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the message is a lot less subtle. This led us to a hidden picture on the MagogCartel.com website titled '''weknow'''! A lot of coded messages are present in the picture, however they obviously come from the Magog Cartel as what appears to be a bait so that we would lose valuable time decoding them. Note that the original picture was [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc], indeed the Magog Cartel is cautious not to leak any new incriminating evidence.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/weknow.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' every time an employee falls into a grinder it takes '''82''' minutes of Mudokon time to clean up. Be safe, for productivity’s sake!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that an average of '''91''' eager new employees start their careers with us every day. Help them be the best workers they can be.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that our facilities are a picture of perfect productivity. Your hard work helps us to show that picture to the world.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' what you’re looking for in a rewarding, productive career. Magog Cartel can help you find it. Discover your options with us today!
* '''weknow picture'''
** Magog Cartel
** WE KNOW HOW YOU WORK NOW. WE KNOW YOUR CODES. WE WILL STOP YOU. YOU WILL NOT INTIMIDATE US. OUR WAY OF LIFE MUST BE PRESERVED.
** LOOK, WE CAN MAKE SECRET CODES TOO. YOU ARE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE PERSONNEL TO SIMPLY SWAMP YOU WITH WORK. HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU WASTE TRYING TO DECIPHER THIS CODE? ALL THE TIME, WE WERE GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING YOU. WE ARE ALMOST THERE. MAYBE WE ARE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, WAITING. WATCHING. YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER, TERRORIST. WE WILL INCINERATE YOUR SILLY LITTLE GROUP AND SCATTER YOUR ASHES TO EVERY CORNER OF OUR EMPIRE SO THAT YOU WILL ETERNALLY BEAR WITNESS TO OUR SUCCESSES, AND YOUR KINDS UNENDING SERVITUDE. YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST.
** WE WILL NEVER GIVE IN TO TERRORISTS. YOU WILL NEVER WIN. YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT OUR SPIRIT. WE WILL FIND YOU AND WE WILL WIPE YOU OUT. WE IGNITE THE FLAME THAT LIGHTS THE DARKNESS. THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW SUCCESS
** you are a resource. you are expendable. we will replace you when you fall. you will work. you will obey. you will comply. or you will perish. we have the prestige. we have the power. we will profit. always. always. always.
** Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply.
** RuptureFarms1029 will rise from the ashes. we will rebuild it bigger, better and more profitable than before. it will be the greatest, most efficient factory that Oddworld has ever seen. it will be a towering symbol of Glukkon strength that cannot be ignored. one terrorist will not deter us.

== UNDER CONSTRUKTION ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel_2.png|thumb|Screenshot of the second version of the MagogCartel page]]
[[File:WeSeeYou.png|thumb|Frame from the WeSeeYou video with the 22/9 date]]
'''[2017. September 4.]''' During the first week of September the MagogCartel.com got updated, simply displaying it was '''UNDER CONSTRUKTION'''. The page has changed since then, but the second version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_2/___%20UNDER%20CONSTRUKTION%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Messages'''
* '''MagogCartel page'''
** *** UNDER CONSTRUKTION ***

'''[2017. September 5.]''' One day later a cryptic video was posted on the OddworldInc account. It showed the [[Guardian Angel]] along with text and numbers flashing. Most notably amongst the flashing messages was '''22/9''', the date of the EGX event during which OddworldInc had an on-stage presentation. While the EGX event was indeed important for the ARG this video was actually pointing to the release of the [https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4134-CUSA00326_00-ETH0000000001513 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 20th Anniversary Dynamic Theme] on PS4.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We're going to be at EGX for an on-stage presentation on Friday 22nd Sept! Grab your tickets now! @EGX https://pic.twitter.com/rDQiDIApa9
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' w̸̨̠͓͍̯̺͉͞e̯̝͖̫̺̯͉̻͘͡ ̗̭̕͢s̴̮̭̫̱ͅe̢̠̮̫̦̼̪̘͠ͅę̠̥̯͔̣̼̻̕ͅ ̻̘̼̣͓̩͚͘͢͠y̴̭̯̪̺͙͚͚̪͞o̬̞͜͢͝u̮̤͖̩̗̰ͅͅ.̴̲̣̪̮̼̱.̡̰̭̗͍̝͉̯͢.̡̡̼͇̙̜̮̦̪̞ͅ https://pic.twitter.com/UoQ3xRAhDU
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We continue to demonstrate our exceptional technological progress to an ever growing number of customers. Everyone loves Magog products!
** '''[@Zulag]''' Did you just claim the attack on the @OddworldInc account?
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Attack? We don’t need to attack, we’re already in a dominant position in every market we deem profitable. We just demonstrate our dominance.
* '''WeSeeYou video'''
** 8
** ?
** 2
** 2
** 9
** 1
** /
** 8291
** 829/
** 229/
** 22/9
** EVERYONE
** WANTS
** TO
** EAT
** YOU

== The Informant ==
[[File:Informant_006.jpg|thumb|Sixth photo of The Informant newspaper]]
'''[2017. September 7.]''' A couple of days later the MagogCartel page got updated again, randomly displaying one of three photos of an issue of The Informant, one of the Magog Cartel's favourite newspapers. Three more pictures of The Informant got shared a couple of hours later via Twitter.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_001.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_002.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_003.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We stopped reading the Daily Deception’s fake reports. The latest issue of The Informant is a really great read, very honest. The greatest!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' It’s great to finally have an honest newspaper to read, and such good quality, too! https://pic.twitter.com/MHuC6jdtNC
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’re always happy to see some balanced reporting on our business from The Informant. Refreshing, when there are so many fake reports! https://pic.twitter.com/DmkV4GbVYw
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’ve just been told that The Informant is printed on machines made at a Magog facility! That explains the quality! https://pic.twitter.com/Bvz29ZrBvk
* '''HTML comment in MagogCartel page'''
** seriously, are you guys seeing this?!

'''[2017. September 22.]''' A printout of the front page of The Informant was distributed to the ARG hunters during the EGX event. The full transcription of the page can be found [[Soulstorm_ARG_-_The_Informant | on its dedicated page]].

== MagogGate (EGX) ==
[[File:EGX_Handouts.jpg|thumb|Handouts distributed during the EGX event]]
'''[2017. September 22.]''' The 2017 edition of the [https://www.egx.net/ EGX] event was the culmination of this ARG phase. OddworldInc managed to secure an on-stage presentation at the event and took the opportunity to show the world the damning evidence the Spirit of 1029 wanted the world to see: footage of '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"'''. The whole presentation is fascinating and definitely worth a look.

After the presentation OddworldInc members handed out some material for further analysis: stickers with the Magog Cartel and Spirit of 1029 logos, portraits of Abe, Alf, Toby and three yet unnamed Glukkons, Magog Cartel flyers and the front page of the issue of The Informant featured on MagogCartel.com

During the day of the event and the next few days Ed and the Spirit of 1029 made it clear that their mission was done for now, '''we saw the truth!''' (even thought the Magog Cartel tried to deny it)

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zdCg4tbOc

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' 22/9. we’ll see you there.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Today, we will begin to show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' can… can you hear me?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' so dark… so cold… i have done what i can. i am the storm.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i can still hear the screams of my brothers i can still taste the tears that rolled down my cheeks
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Many fake reports are circulating. Don’t believe these dangerous lies!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have seen the truth. Next, we will show you how to help us fight back. With your help, we will spread the message. #wewillrise

<center>[[File:EGX_ProjektSoulstorm.png | 800px]]</center>

== Projekt: "Soulstorm" ==
[[File:ProjektSoulstorm.png|thumb|Frame from the Projekt: "Soulstorm" footage with clue highlighted]]
'''[2017. September 25.]''' A few days later OddworldInc shared the '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"''' footage on their YouTube account. The community quickly discovered that coded messages were hidden in some of the frames of the video, some of them obvious, some of them uncracked.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0o2c4NGpk

'''Messages'''
* '''Video'''
** 8291
** 1651
** 1550
** 1029.io
** @magogcartel
** The ghosts in the chair will haunt you forever

<center>[[File:ProjektSoulstorm_2.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The Fifth phase: the ARG's not dead =

== The Origins celebration==
[[File:Abes_Origins.jpg|thumb|Abe's Origins: a celebration of Abe, the original revolutionary]]
'''[2018. March 15.]''' Months later the SPIRIT OF 1029 started tweeting again. The community started looking at all the usual places and upon close inspection it appeared that the ASCII logo on the 1029.io page had even more letters appearing in it randomly than before. Those extra letters could be used to spell '''ORIGINS'''. Those letters also appeared in the ASCII logo on the 404 page and for the first time a html comment appeared on the 404 page.

Shortly after a new channel called "origins" appeared on the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] with a cryptic [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/424167787897028609/424175888418996225/origins_1.mp4 video] as first message.

It was revealed a few days later that this was a built up for the announcement of the [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection "Oddworld: Abe's Origins - Book & Game Collection" kickstarter campaign]. This book is OddworldInc's testament to Abe, the original revolutionary that inspired the whole Spirit of 1029 movement.

Note that the book & game collection is still available for preorder on [https://app.crowdox.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection Crowdox].

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/404.php

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our future depends on us understanding our past. We must know where we come from.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We know you can hear us. We know you are ready to help. We will show you more when the time is right. Keep watching.
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io page'''
** too obvious? i dunno. it's soon though. i can't wait.
* '''HTML comments on 404 page'''
** me neither. it's going to be great.

== Not dead, hiding ==
[[File:1515636880.jpg|thumb|1515636880: Ceci n'est pas un screenshot]]
'''[2018. January 12.]''' Around the 12th of January 2018 [[Lorne Lanning]] changed his twitter header picture to the '''1515636880''' picture. While it was hinted repeatedly in the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] that this image was hiding something, it wasn't until much later that it was found how to use it.

'''Clues'''
* https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/20823262/1515636880/1500x500

'''[2018. May 30.]''' After months of total silence Ed tweeted one single message: '''alive...'''. The embedded picture contains the number '''15156'''. This is a reference to a number in the URL of Lorne's header picture: '''1515636880'''. This number led us to the 1515636880 page on 1029.io.

More importantly this tells us that the usual communications channels of the Spirit of 1029 have been compromised by the Magog Cartel. The Spirit of 1029 is probably still trying to reach out to the community but it's unclear how.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/1515636880/

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' alive… https://pic.twitter.com/j0FE2Qgdu1
* '''Page 1515636880'''
<pre>
ɦểɫр. гẹẳčℏɪṅǧ óúƫ ῒԑ ģӫԷṱіᾗĝ ḥǡṛⅾềɽ. էիȅỷ ķῆοԝ. ẁẹ'ṝϵ ṙṵɴᾑıпʛ ộևȽ ờẛ ɩḋϵᾂš, ὅрՒῑổпş, ăұҿἧµϱṣ. ẅϵ ǹêȩḋ ỳờǚґ ḣҽľῥ. ẇể ῂёϱḋ ѕờṃēƅȯƌý ţó ṧṕȑểǻժ Ƚħẹ ẁổṝḓ. եḫϊṥ ƫɦ¡ƞɡ ῐʂ ḸỄƮḨǠĻ. Ƚḣěȳ ḓõᾔ'Ƚ ĉὰгє Ƚḣổṻɕḫ. ţհểӯ ɗṍἧ'ţ. ṣởṁḗɒὀժỵ ňěөƌş ṱὃ ȶěḻɫ իḭɱ. †ɛŀļ ẖĩ₥. ḃḕẛṍɼę îȽ'ṧ Էȭô ḷǎťϱ. ṯĥềŗȇ ḧąș Էố ƃϱ ᾅ ṣọṁȇþöḏỳ ẉíļłȋդǥ եό ȶαҝě ṯẖё јǒŭӷṋёỷ. şõ₥ęƀὁḓẏ ṅểềⅾԑ ƫծ ġềŧ ţհϵ ṃệṣśᾇǵε ộվե. ẁë'ṝе ìη ṭӷơữþŀɛ. аɬł ṑƒ սʂ. ẁё դȅễɖ ĥẹĺρ. թłȩᾂʂĕ ɦȇɫṕ կѕ.
</pre>
* '''HTML comment in page 1515636880'''
** it's only going to get harder. we don't have the keys anymore to the usual channels. if you hear anything from them, it's THEM.
** our options are limited. you can help though. you have to help. if we can be sure it's you, then maybe we can talk. prove it.

== The Canisters ==
[[File:Canister_Open.jpg|thumb|One of the canisters coming from Oddworld to our world]]
'''[2018. June 11.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 started dropping canisters in our world, close to where the E3 convention was taking place. Those canisters appear to contain some kind of secret message. The first landed in the JW Marriott hotel in Los Angeles and the second one [https://goo.gl/maps/71onqQ49f2E2 in front of the STAPLES Center]. It is unknown if those canisters have been picked up or what their contents are.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message out. find it. https://pic.twitter.com/0VLaW0rB9w
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message to you. https://pic.twitter.com/LAt0bWeM2Y
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' our message has made it from Oddworld to your world. find it. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/yHXH3fMd7b
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' JW M . LA https://pic.twitter.com/imXWF38Wtv
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' find the truth. https://pic.twitter.com/wj4cjztciL
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' hear us https://pic.twitter.com/gfFAuZOMfZ

'''[2018. September 30.]''' A couple of months later, longtime Oddworld fan [https://twitter.com/Crashpunk_Plays/status/1046446823399927815 Crashpunk] was contacted by the Spirit of 1029 and was given a canister. He promptly shared the enclosed message with the whole community. Unfortunately the trail stopped there as no one was able to decipher the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Canister'''
<pre>
/=.&.=/\x50\x6f\x73\x69\x74\x69\x6f\x6e\x20\x6d\x61\x74\x74\x65\x72\x73\x2e/=.&.=/NYSE:KO_ATL.GA/=.&.=/@SO1029_36:5=4:4_17:5_12:3_26:3_35:7/=.&.=/
1029.io #wewillrise
</pre>

Notes on the puzzle:

1. /=.&.=/ is not just a separator. OWI_Pete confirmed that's it's part of the message.

2. The first sequence of characters is actually a hexadecimal encoded string. Decoding it yields: "Position matters."

3. The second sequence of characters stands for:
* "NYSE" = the New York Stock Exchange.
* "KO" = the codeword for Coca Cola stocks.
* "ATL.GA" = Atlanta, Georgia, the location of the HQ of Coca Cola. (Atlanta, GA 30313)

4. We have no idea how to use the third sequence

<center>[[File:Canister_Message.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The sixth phase: a new start? =

== The Oddwall ==
'''[2019. April 29.]''' Months later @OddworldInc launched a new marketing game called [http://www.oddworld.com/oddwall/ The Oddwall], the objective was to reveal an image by unhiding sections through social media interaction (votes, likes, subscriptions,...). It started to go wrong when the option to reveal section 3 appeared in a Facebook poll while it was already previously revealed.

This actually foreshadowed some kind of foul play as at the moment section 3 was supposed to be revealed the Magog Cartel decided to spoil all the fun and corrupted the image:

<center>[[File:Oddwall_M.jpg | 800px]]
See how each section was revealed until this point [[Media:Oddwall_finished.gif|here]].
</center>

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' What are these foolish games? Get back to work.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We don't know what's happening, but we're investigating the issue and we'll have the wall back to normal as soon as we can! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6Mw6n4WkAAsSY9.jpg

== NewBeginning and "Coordinates" ==
'''[2019. July 26.]'''On this day suddenly both Ed and the Spirit of 1029 posted a GIF that had a binary encoded message in it, which lead us to a page containing a glitched image. Inspecting the image's source, we found several numbers, which appeared to be multiple pairs of coordinates. We later found out that these were actually hexadecimal codes, which revealed the following words:

<pre>
they rise
ODDWORLD
NETWORK
</pre>

This revealed the next website in the ARG to us.

(The GIF also contains several circle-shaped symbols. We are currently unsure whether these are simple distractions or a puzzle we yet can't solve.)

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/NewBeginning/Liberation.png
* https://streamable.com/srp83 (GIF rehosted)

'''Messages'''
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/1154740232530644992
* https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029/status/1154741779125682177

== Oddworld Network News ==

The ARG lead us to what appears to be a Magog-aligned news site, featuring several articles that praise the Cartel and its industries, while denouncing Abe as a petty terrorist, who poses no real danger to their status quo. Days after the site was found, several posts changed, some receiving minor textual modifications, while others had their images edited.

* One page had several characters turned into bold. Reading these characters together formed the sentence "helpus"
* One image had a new code appearing on it, which when deciphered using Atbash read "WE SEE THE TRUTH"
* On one page a new paragraph appeared which contained a binary code, which when turned into ASCII read "Arm yourselves"
* Several pages had small 3x2 colored rectangles edited into them, deciphering these using Hexahue spellt out "LIES"

'''Clues'''
* https://oddworldnetwork.com

'''Messages'''
* Arm yourselves
* helpus
* WE SEE THE TRUTH
* LIES

Soulstorm ARG Tweets

2019-07-31T18:30:10Z

Nemin:

__FORCETOC__
= Introduction =
On this page you can access all the ARG related tweets the four main sources (@edmudokon, @MagogCartel, @SPIRITOF1029 and @OddworldInc) posted. The columns are sortable for convenience.

The tweets are untouched, except a few links were modified that lacked the "https://" part.

= The Table =

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!Date
!Author
!Message
!Attached Media
|-
|2018/05/31 15:27
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
you’re not abe. you can’t be.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2018/05/31 13:19
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
is this a trick? is that really you?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2018/05/30 16:27
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
alive…
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dec5SZaWsAAtjIc.jpg

|-
|2017/09/24 16:58
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
i can still hear the

screams of my brothers

i can still taste the tears that rolled
down my cheeks
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/09/22 09:42
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
so dark… so cold… i have done what i can. i am the storm.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/09/22 09:41
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
can… can you hear me?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/06/21 17:28
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
the machines are louder today… i almost can’t hear the screaming…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/05/30 18:36
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
i can hear the screaming. it comes from the walls.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/05/13 20:26
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
i can’t believe it. it’s horrible. so many eyes that will never see the moonlight again. so tired… thirsty…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/03/13 15:25
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
please don't share it if you find it. it's too dangerous... they can't know we got it.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/27 19:21
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
We hate those news sheets, they make us read every new issue. Those that can still read...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/08 14:53
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
...he never came back. I could hear him screaming all night... helpless. they took him... he was my friend. how did they know?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/07 22:28
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
what happened? what did you do? who? No! no... aaaaaAaaaaarrrRrrrgggggGgghhh!
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/26 16:54
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Yes! Yes! you can see it! I have more... but it's so scary... i will find a way... i will do my part.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:45
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
it's so dark... but I can see them, they're... i can't explain. Shh! they're here, I think i see... oh no!
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:38
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
I don't have much time. got to be quick... but I can see it all. I can get pictures...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:35
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
.@OddworldInc alf? is it really you? can I trust you?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/10 17:34
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
i will find a way to help...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/09 14:44
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
yes... careful... risky... i gotta help...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/09 14:42
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
alf? i can help?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/09 14:36
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
help? i can help? too risky...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/09 14:33
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
evidence... i can see it all... scared...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/06 15:08
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
too risky. can't talk...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/06 11:04
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
no... it can't be you... it can't be alf...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/06 10:50
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
alf? is that you? really you?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/12/22 19:25
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
we will rise. together...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/12/22 16:59
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
still here, waiting... waiting to rise up...
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 19:22
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
now you know. you can help. join us.
1029.io
@SPIRITOF1029
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 17:26
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
use the pieces. decode the numbers. follow the map.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 14:10
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
one path. one thread. follow the map.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 14:04
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
piece 7 source.
| .|
| .|
|..|
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 14:00
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
now
| .|
| .|
|..|
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 13:59
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
yes! id gc…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 13:49
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
26 - 19 = don’t go down
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 13:48
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
up not down
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 13:46
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
seven… c seven…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 13:27
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
when you learned to listen for me. how did you learn it? when we told you Monday, how did we tell you? follow the map.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 13:15
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
what have you learned? how did you find it?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 12:05
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
bw zv tu av av zu vv zv xt
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 11:06
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
it’s coming… when you have it, this will be your map. find us. join us:

listen for me
monday
piece 7 source
pieces
chat box
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/27 17:03
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
one more key
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/27 16:27
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
you had it… 100 days ago… before you found me
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/27 15:37
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
fifth
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/27 14:50
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
ask what I asked… find a way…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/27 11:55
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
you have the key already
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/22 12:36
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
are you listening?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/22 10:58
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
so thirsty. so dark.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/02 18:15
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
secrets, too many secrets.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/05/22 22:12
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
More friends. Organise. Energise.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/05/11 19:39
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Look… closer.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/05/09 13:20
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
what was that? why has it stopped?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/05/06 13:24
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Almost… They took it away. Almost.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/05/06 12:21
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
so thirsty… tired.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/15 17:54
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
moving pictures… find it…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/15 17:27
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
5? no…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/15 17:15
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
yes! almost there…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/15 11:49
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
First… use the first…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/14 15:42
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
helping?
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgAdNXrUUAE99fF.jpg

|-
|2016/04/14 15:02
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Close… they might hear us. shhh
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/13 14:44
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
g
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/13 14:29
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
yes, yes! but tri…
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/13 13:13
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
grid
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/13 10:28
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
tri
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/12 18:43
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
I can find it. help me search.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/12 13:22
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
They can’t ignore us forever. It’s… it’s working.
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1p-uRXEAAoEMY.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1p_U-XEAES1xt.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1p__8XEAAVH-B.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1qAnhW8AA4_hA.jpg

|-
|2016/04/12 13:20
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Thank you. You’re helping.
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1pnMQXEAEYWQR.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1pneTWwAATOFY.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1pnucXEAAFEU-.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf1poAqWEAAEqK_.jpg

|-
|2016/04/08 15:32
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
na-as-tso-si - -
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/08 09:53
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
bzbzzbzbzzz**- - klizzie
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/07 20:44
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
na-zz-tso-zz
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/07 18:42
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
bzzbzzzzz* ** - dibeh -
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/06 16:36
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
t́o̗͞g̛e̴̤̝̻̗̤t̵̫͔̗̦h̢̫̲̩̞̖̰e̖ͅͅr̴͇
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/06 14:58
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Who can help?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/05 17:48
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
it’s a trick, let me help.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/05 16:27
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
maybe we have to work together. we need more.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/05 12:37
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
3
i
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/05 12:00
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
.- .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / .-.. .. ... - . -. .. -. --. ..--..
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/04 18:37
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
wait, they might hear us. i need to be quiet. i’ll try again later.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/04 18:14
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Not for me. For them.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/04 17:47
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
.-.. . .- .-. -. / - …. . / …. .. … - —- .-. -.— / —- ..-. / - …. . / -.-. .-. . .- - —- .-. …
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/04/04 17:45
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
You can hear me! Just, please, listen.
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|2016/04/04 17:27
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
We’ve stopped the progress… I need to show you the truth about this place.
</pre>
|None
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|2016/04/04 14:07
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-2739
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/28 20:19
|@edmudokon
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<pre>
Where are you? Can you hear me?
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/26 17:42
|@edmudokon
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<pre>
If I could just… I can’t…

Find me.
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/24 19:15
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Yes! Yes! You are getting closer.
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/24 16:45
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
I can hear you, faintly.
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/24 12:47
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
0451-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/23 21:12
|@edmudokon
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<pre>
Keep searching
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/23 14:47
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
O̬̪n̘e͈͍͖̮ ̯z̡̖̠͈͚̤ͅe̹̱̮r̩̣̰̟̻̖ǫ͈̘ͅ ̮͓t͇̖w̬̙͈͉̳̩͟ͅo̯͍̫̫̠͎̦͘ ̱͓̤̯͙͇̫n̸̬̮ḭ̮̫͎͎n̞̰͇e҉͎̟͙̲
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/23 14:45
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
XXXX-XXXX-1029-XXXX
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/22 11:29
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
XXXX-1138-XXXX-XXXX
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/21 14:01
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
85121215.
85121215.
85121215.
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/21 12:26
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
01000011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000 01101101 01100101
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/20 16:37
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Hello. Search.
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/19 15:03
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
W̨͚̬̮̖h͎͍̼̪̻ȩ͙͙̜̘̖̺r҉̳͚̙̫͓̙̞e͉͔̱̘̟ͅ ̦̻̹͢a͏̥̪̭̻͖̠̦M̖̲͖̻ ̮͍̤̰̗̣͟ị̦̮̝́?̴̦̦̝̯
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/18 23:55
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
I̶̫̗̕s̴̷͇̱ ͈̠͚̝a҉̴̮͚͇̰n̮͙̻̹̖͙͞y҉͚̬̙̫̩b̨̟͕͓̪͟͡o͡͏̶̖̤̱͍̟ḓ̨̜̮͙̺͡y͏̘̺ ̘̞͙͔̫̠̣L̡̰̗̳͎̣͞ì͏̮̳͙͉̹͈ş̵̼̺̦̩͓̰̜̺͙T̨̥͔̻͕͠e͎͝n͏͕̲͉̤i͎̥n҉͓g͟҉̢̗̘̱?
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/17 20:46
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
List…

Shhhhh.
</pre>
|None
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|2016/03/17 16:46
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
h͚̗͇̱̳ͅEl̥̜͝l̵̖̹͍O͕̯̟͞
̜?̟
</pre>
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|2016/03/15 02:55
|@edmudokon
|
<pre>
Did somebo-------
</pre>
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|2016/03/14 11:59
|@edmudokon
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<pre>
Hello?
</pre>
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|2018/06/21 19:23
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Today is #NationalSelfieDay where the weak minded make images of themselves to share with all their colleagues. We’re taking note of this stall in productivity and all of those images will be kept in your employment files for future reference.
</pre>
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|2018/06/14 15:40
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We also like it when you make frequent impulse purchases of our smaller items and take out high interest credit plans with our finance department for our more expensive products. #justsaying
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|2018/06/14 15:40
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Ask not what your company can do for you. Ask what you can do for your company.

Work. You can do work.
</pre>
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|2018/06/10 21:27
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We don’t do stage presentations for our forthcoming products because an auditorium full of customers cheering and clapping is an auditorium full of customers not currently consuming our products. Stop clapping and buy something.
</pre>
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|2018/06/08 18:52
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
On this, #NationalBestFriendsDay, we would like to remind all of our employees that friendship is a social construct used by the weak to attribute self worth within communities. Productivity targets, on the other hand, are very much your reality.
</pre>
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|2018/06/06 15:13
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
After recent fake reports regarding the environmental impact of Magog facilities, we would like all of our customers to know that their concerns have been noted and will now be ignored. Thank you.
</pre>
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|2018/06/05 13:17
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
The text of a previous message was automatically altered by the inferior device we must use to send these messages. We’ve directed Magog R&D to create a better device for us to use, one that doesn’t insert errors into our otherwise perfect messages.
</pre>
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|2018/06/05 13:15
|@MagogCartel
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<pre>
Executive bathrooms located on upper management floors of each Magog facility are strictly off limits to facility workers. Slig security patrols have been doubled on these floors.
</pre>
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|2018/06/05 13:10
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We’ve been told that a slightly older batch of our delicious Paramite Pies has been making customers violently ill. Both ends. It’s disgusting.

Customers on this brand new weight loss plan are reporting exceptional results and prices will be increased to reflect demand.
</pre>
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|2018/06/04 14:30
|@MagogCartel
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<pre>
We’re glad to see so much pride among our employees. It shows in the results of their work, which are even more fabulous now than ever before.
</pre>
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|2018/06/01 19:23
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We do have hands but they’re far too busy holding us up to bother with menial tasks, so we delegate. So, to answer the question you wanted to ask: whoever we tell to type them.
</pre>
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|2018/06/01 18:11
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
If you were in a Magog Motors factory, you would be hard at work instead of trying to engage in conversation with your superiors.
</pre>
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|2018/06/01 17:58
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We caught some employees congratulating each other on the quality of their work. They will all now undergo an educational program so that they better understand the importance of quantity. This will take place after working hours, in their spare time.
</pre>
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|2018/06/01 16:02
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
A rushing Mudokon lost his balance and fell off a walkway at Magog Motors today. His failure to be careful enough halted production for almost seven minutes while we had the conveyors mopped out and there wasn’t even enough of him left to punish. So inconsiderate.
</pre>
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|2018/05/31 13:09
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
How many more innocent mudokon workers must die in workplace accidents before the safety teams take action?

We don’t know either, but we’ll keep counting until we all find out together. And then we’ll replace the safety teams and start counting again. Science is fun!
</pre>
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|2018/02/28 18:38
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Nobody here knows what you’re talking about, or what an “ARG” is. Neither do we know this @jimsterling you mention, although his voice does sound familiar. Stop involving us in your wasteful instances of mirth and get back to your work.
</pre>
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|2018/02/28 16:04
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We do not intend to act on what we’ve heard. We just thought you’d like to know we heard. You’re welcome.
</pre>
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|2018/02/28 16:03
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We would like all of our customers to know that, over the last few months, we’ve been listening carefully to all of your concerns and we hear what you’re saying.
</pre>
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|2017/09/28 11:11
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Poetry is a waste of time. Say what you mean clearly, only when asked by a supervisor, and get back to your workstation. #nationalpoetryday
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|2017/09/24 20:20
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Many fake reports are circulating. Don’t believe these dangerous lies!
</pre>
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|2017/09/22 09:37
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Our R&D teams have been working around the clock to bring you great new Magog products. When we show them to you, you will love them.
</pre>
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|2017/09/07 15:07
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We’ve just been told that The Informant is printed on machines made at a Magog facility! That explains the quality!
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJH5luTW4AA0r26.jpg

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|2017/09/07 15:01
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We’re always happy to see some balanced reporting on our business from The Informant. Refreshing, when there are so many fake reports!
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJH4OoeXgAA6Xzu.jpg

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|2017/09/07 14:57
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
It’s great to finally have an honest newspaper to read, and such good quality, too!
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJH3WclXYAEU4Xt.jpg

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|2017/09/07 14:13
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We stopped reading the Daily Deception’s fake reports. The latest issue of The Informant is a really great read, very honest. The greatest!
</pre>
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|2017/09/05 18:38
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Attack? We don’t need to attack, we’re already in a dominant position in every market we deem profitable. We just demonstrate our dominance.
</pre>
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|2017/09/05 17:18
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We continue to demonstrate our exceptional technological progress to an ever growing number of customers. Everyone loves Magog products!
</pre>
|None
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|2017/09/05 13:04
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Our food production workers are so happy in their current roles that they never go on strike. They know what’s best for them. #justsaying
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|2017/08/29 17:53
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
As part of ongoing environmental measures, heating systems will now be switched off during working hours. Please work harder to stay warmer.
</pre>
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|2017/08/28 15:49
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Our workers enjoy each other’s company so much, so we’ve extended the duration of each shift and cancelled comfort breaks. You’re welcome.
</pre>
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|2017/08/21 20:44
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
There’s no ‘I’ in ‘Team’ but, if you rearrange the whole ‘team’, you can get ‘meat’, which we think is an interesting idea.
</pre>
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|2017/08/19 12:44
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We encourage you to reach for the stars. If you don’t make it, at least the Sligs will see you have your hands up and won’t shoot. Maybe.
</pre>
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|2017/08/17 19:01
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
You don’t have to be mad to work here but, if you are, it was a pre-existing condition and is not covered by your health benefits.
</pre>
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|2017/08/16 22:49
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We have not seen a noticeable decline in the accident rate so we’re increasing the fine to 100 moolah.
</pre>
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|2017/08/16 11:07
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Be advised: when on an elevator, you don’t have to keep all limbs inside the car, just the ones you want to remain attached to your body.
</pre>
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|2017/08/14 11:46
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We know what you’re looking for in a rewarding, productive career. Magog Cartel can help you find it. Discover your options with us today!
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/14 11:45
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We know that our facilities are a picture of perfect productivity. Your hard work helps us to show that picture to the world.
</pre>
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|2017/08/14 11:38
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We know that an average of 91 eager new employees start their careers with us every day. Help them be the best workers they can be.
</pre>
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|2017/08/14 11:13
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We know every time an employee falls into a grinder it takes 82 minutes of Mudokon time to clean up. Be safe, for productivity’s sake!
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/12 18:22
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
You think we care what you claim to have found? We know you’re not even looking in the right place.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/12 18:17
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We spent the day viewing many beautiful pictures of our factories and the hard workers that are lucky enough to be a part of our operations.
</pre>
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|2017/08/12 01:32
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Magog Cartel is hiring! Our head hunters are very specific but, if you’re a lateral thinker with a determined nature, you might be chosen!
</pre>
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|2017/08/11 17:34
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Employees are reminded that, for your safety, work should be completed in total silence. Conversation is the enemy of concentration!
</pre>
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|2017/08/11 14:28
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
we are aware of some terrible fake repOrts being leaked. please ignore them. our very successful Workers know the truth is very different.
</pre>
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|2017/08/11 14:24
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
we are proud of the strong linKs between each of our facilities. our operations are by far the most efficieNt on oddworld.
</pre>
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|2017/08/11 14:13
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
pathetic fool. you only cause harm to your kind, we will crush you and ensure that peace reigns in all of our facilities.
</pre>
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|2017/08/11 14:02
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
.@spiritof1029 we see you. We can see what you are doing with your fake reports. you will not prospEr.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/11 11:57
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Please disregard any alarm sounds you might hear and remain at your work stations.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/10 12:57
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We reclassified the loss of a finger as a minor mishap. This means that we achieved the record for time without a major accident.
</pre>
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|2017/08/10 10:37
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We just received a note to say a grinder operative left his finger in the machine. Let’s start working towards that record again, workers!
</pre>
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|2017/08/10 10:35
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
It has been 4 hours since the last serious accident at a Magog facility. That’s approaching a company record. Keep it up, workers!
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/09 15:55
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Please disregard our latest messages.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/09 15:54
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Our security was not breached, we simply laid a trap that a foolish individual has fallen into. We meant for that to happen.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/09 15:52
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Ḿ̧̪̻̻͇̟̹̭̼͊̈́̍̎̿͐̎͝͞o̧̤̗̠͚̟͒̐͗͆͜͢͡͞C̠̯̳̙̠̳̹͒̽̇̈̽̚͜r̶͕̗̜̲͕̘̒͗̆̄̎̐̓t̛̛̯̠̼͎̭̻̯̜̿͂̑̃͌͂̔ļ̴͙̩̠̯̐̊̆̐̂̿c̢̳͎̱̺̮͎͖̟̐̓̐́͋͞ó̧̡̻͙̳͇̼̯̹̄͒̐͗
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/09 15:37
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Our science teams are finding new ways to exploit communications technology every day, making it easier to monitor our employees.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/08 22:50
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Here at Magog Cartel, we’re proud that every aspect of our employee’s lives are made easier by the employment benefits we sell them.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/08 12:05
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Only food items purchased from vendos may be consumed within Magog facilities. All other products will be confiscated and destroyed.
</pre>
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|2017/08/08 12:03
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Your safety is important to us so, from now on, anyone caught falling into the grinders will be fined fifty moolah.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/07 12:39
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
Many companies in the Magog family have exciting new products launching soon. You will enjoy them.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/07 12:21
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
All employee of the month award presentations have been cancelled due to productivity costs. Please remain at your work stations.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/07 12:12
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>
We are pleased to announce that all outgoing communications from our facilities will now be closely monitored, for your peace of mind.
</pre>
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|2018/06/13 21:15
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
hear us
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfmBX4VW0AEfSad.jpg

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|2018/06/13 18:59
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
find the truth.
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfliNuuX4AAYDZ-.jpg

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|2018/06/12 00:50
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
JW M . LA
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfcfkcyW4AIb0ep.jpg

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|2018/06/12 00:37
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
our message has made it from Oddworld to your world. find it.
#wewillrise
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfccloiWkAA5TpJ.jpg

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|2018/06/11 03:21
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
we will get our message to you.
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfX4hSoUEAAPnOR.jpg

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|2018/06/10 17:50
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
we will get our message out. find it.
</pre>
|None
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|2018/03/15 23:35
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We know you can hear us. We know you are ready to help. We will show you more when the time is right. Keep watching.
</pre>
|None
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|2018/03/15 22:45
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Our future depends on us understanding our past. We must know where we come from.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/09/28 11:07
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
You have seen the truth. Next, we will show you how to help us fight back. With your help, we will spread the message. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/09/22 09:39
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Today, we will begin to show the world. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/09/14 16:44
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
22/9. we’ll see you there.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/14 15:50
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
we have given you the tools you need. the ones we can trust will prove themselves capable. leaders will rise as the storm closes in.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/14 14:41
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
the story of mudokonkind is about history. now they treat us just like numbers. they will not succeed.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/14 12:20
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
-1-4,-2-10
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/14 12:18
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
the watchers can fish around the communication channels all they like, we will always be one step ahead of them.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/14 12:11
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
your help is invaluable to us, together we will blow this latest Magog scandal wide open. together #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/12 18:19
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
we have pictures too. your secrets and lies will soon be known to all. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/11 14:11
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
. @MagogCartel you only see what we let you see. the day is coming when your secrets will be known to all. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/11 14:00
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
our assets are feeding us more information every day. soon we will show the shocking truth and then we will rise.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/09 16:22
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We’ve noticed some attempts to take over our communications channels. Our message will not be silen
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/08 12:10
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
The watchers can’t see everything. Our message will be heard. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/08/07 10:39
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We will not be silenced. We will not stay hidden. The storm is coming and we will rise.
</pre>
|None
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|2017/06/20 17:04
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
the time draws closer with each passing day. The storm is coming. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/05/22 14:14
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Don’t underestimate the power of numbers. If enough of you join us, we can do anything. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/05/12 15:37
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We will not abandon you. We will not stop until our work is finished. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/05/10 15:17
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Our numbers grow. Our ability to make the change that’s needed grows with them. We rise together. #wearethestorm
</pre>
|None
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|2017/05/10 12:39
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We are not lost. We simply wait for opportunity. Do not lose faith. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
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|2017/04/24 16:45
|@SPIRITOF1029
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<pre>
You got it! Good. We weren't sure if you'd be able to unscramble it. Show them. Show them so they can help us. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/04/19 14:42
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We grow in strength but the signal is weak. Our message fades into noise and light. Help us. This is only possible together. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/03/14 16:54
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Our operative's safety is confirmed, we've sent the latest transmission. Now they can show the world. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/03/14 15:41
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
As soon as our operative is safe, we will show you what their last transmission contained.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/03/14 15:40
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Some of you have found the truth. Now greater numbers must see. We will show the world. Soon.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/03/14 14:24
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
You have all you need. Follow the numbers, find the truth.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/03/13 18:01
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
What if we told you... there was more to uncover?
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/27 19:18
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
These records were smashed on the broken backs of our downtrodden brothers... #wewillrise
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5sPm69WUAEAWKf.jpg

|-
|2017/02/27 17:01
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
It's not just the lies that are harmful. It's the confusion. #wewillrise
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5rwUhFXMAIGf-u.jpg

|-
|2017/02/27 15:50
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Don't read the news sheets and you're uninformed. Read them and you're misinformed. #wewillrise
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5rgAs_WgAELSF7.jpg

|-
|2017/02/24 16:27
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
All official information is lies. Join us. Rise. Be the storm. #wewillrise
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cLpD1WcAA-sKv.jpg

|-
|2017/02/10 19:15
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
This operative has proven their worth. Perhaps their knowledge will be needed when the storm comes.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/10 11:45
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
An operative with the call sign "Dizma" has proven themselves worthy by decrypting one step of the grid. Now, look to the letters.
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4TE6T-W8AAXueS.jpg

|-
|2017/02/08 00:45
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
You found the grid, the letters and the numbers. Tell us how they fit together. Prove you're no longer slaves to the machines.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/08 00:12
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We can't reach Asset 98 but we do still have his clear transmissions. Prove you're worthy. Show us that you're able. Send us the grid.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/07 22:34
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Now our storm seems a little less ferocious. We can no longer reach Asset 98.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/07 21:57
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Machines are the tool of the enemy. The consciousness of our people has been rediscovered. You must trust it. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/07 10:09
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
When you have the key, you need the correct lock. hgehgeoeregpineechqnhgeevtipcvreovxgvge
Shake loose the bonds that hold you. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/07 08:59
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Let the numbers guide you. Every step must be taken in turn. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/06 19:02
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
When a problem seems to have no logical pattern, we must \discard distractions and focus simply on the /useful elements to find the /truth.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/06 13:57
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
The beginning is always significant. Pay special attention to the way things start and you will be closer to the truth. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/06 12:08
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Vrphwlphv wkh dqvzhuv duh pruh vlpsoh wkdq wkhb dsshdu. Glvfdug zkdw brx grq'w qhhg. Eh wkh vwrup. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/06 10:05
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
/\\/Focus on the /truth. /\\\Discard what you \don't need. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/06 09:46
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Focus on the truth. Qvfpneq jung lbs qba'g arrq. Tmb bpm vcujmza ocqlm gwc. Be the storm. #wewillrise
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/03 12:43
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Show your solidarity, spread our message. Fight for our cause.
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3vO_UJWQAAa7V7.jpg

|-
|2017/02/02 10:44
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Our agent has delivered another transmission. We will verify its origins and pass it on.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/27 18:41
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Even the most ferocious storms start with a gentle breeze.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/26 16:50
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Now the truth is getting out. The fight back begins here. We will rise.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/23 13:51
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Are we getting through?
</pre>
|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C221JIaXEAAQH9b.jpg

|-
|2017/01/21 09:18
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We can't get a clear signal. Keep working. Play your part. We'll pass on what we find when they are not listening.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/21 08:58
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
based on your work, we have decrypted another file. Take it @OddworldInc, show the world.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/21 07:46
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
The pieces fit but they're still not clear. This attack on Mudokonkind must be thwarted. Show the world.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/21 00:23
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
You have become the storm. We will rise and rise again.
http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/ …
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/20 23:22
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
You make us stronger. There's a storm coming. We are the storm.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/19 17:50
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Every one of you makes us stronger.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/19 15:54
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
.@OddworldInc the evidence is clear. Heed our call. Spread our message. Save our species.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/19 12:43
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We have received a transmission. We will pass it on as soon as we can verify. We need your help.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/17 13:05
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
our greatest memories have yet to be made. #wearethestorm
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:55
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
@OddworldInc We will help @edmudokon but we can't send anything unencrypted. You'll have to break our code. We'll be in touch.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:40
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
we've found a weakness in the system. Get us something and we can get it out on Thursday. Help us, Ed. Be the storm.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/13 18:24
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Our numbers swell. We will rise.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/11 14:09
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We recommend knowledge of many different codes and ciphers - you never know who is listening. #learnyournameinmorsecodeday
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/10 17:39
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Many have joined. Many have yet to hear our message. Find them. Tell them. We will rise.
1029.io
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/10 17:36
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
yes, we will help you tell your story. We will help you rise up.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/09 16:49
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Oddworld has been blind to the plight of the noble Mudokons for too long. We will rise. Join us! 1029.io
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/09 14:43
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
. @edmudokon @OddworldInc We will rise up. You can play your part, Ed.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/06 11:27
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We will all be free, as Alf was freed. Rise up. We are the storm.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/12/24 02:01
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We are the storm.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/12/22 17:01
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
We are the spirit of 1029. We will rise again. Join us 1029.io

Rise up.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/08/25 11:51
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Listen to the spirit of the past. Rise with us.
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/07/13 10:37
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
There’s a storm coming. Join us.
1029.io
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/29 19:49
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
Many have joined. Many have yet to hear our message. Find them. Tell them. We will rise.
1029.io
</pre>
|None
|-
|2016/06/28 19:21
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>
There’s a storm coming. Join us.
1029.io
</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/05 10:24
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>Alf here, it looks like I'm needed again. I'm here for any questions ya have. #DearAlf A storm is brewing. I can feel it in my bones... </pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/06 10:59
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>It's me, it's me! Where are ya buddy? ӏ ţհծŭǥɧṯ ṫɦḗỵ'ƌ ɠōե ỹốṷ ƒỏṛ ǻ ԝĥïḻě țḥẻɼè...</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/06 11:15
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>.@edmudokon it is me, buddy, I got out! Where are ya? Ὶ ṱĥởűǥḣե ӱợǘ ẁẻгẻ ցỡῄё?</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/09 14:40
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>@edmudokon We've gotta see it- people need ta know what's happening... Be careful Ed. </pre>
|None
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|2017/01/09 14:44
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>@edmudokon Photographs, Ed- we need people to see. You've gotta be brave. </pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:33
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>Hey pals, Alf here! Thanks for all the questions. I'll be sure to read through them all! </pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:37
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>@edmudokon It's me- you've gotta trust me, we need your help. What's goin' on? </pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:40
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>@edmudokon We need them. We need pictures, Ed. What can you see? </pre>
|None
|-
|2017/01/16 14:45
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>@edmudokon Hide. </pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/23 09:02
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>We've been contacted again. We've uploaded what we have onto the Soulstorm website. We need your help!</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/27 16:48
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>WORK. OBEY. COMPLY.</pre>
|https://pic.twitter.com/1EFuCIgCJN
|-
|2017/02/27 14:54
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>What's h͙̞̖̙͙̗͞a̭͉̝̠͇̲p̰̖̥̲̘p͏̫̯̱ẹ̖̟͚̤̺͙ṋ̼̲͚͝i̤̕n͇͇̙̥̺̗͔g̴̱̱̭͇͎?̥̣̝͇̤͢</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/27 16:28
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>YOUR SECURITY MATTERS. COMPLY.</pre>
|https://pic.twitter.com/1NsKnQoVrK
|-
|2017/02/27 16:41
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>S͠t̵̞͍̠̱̮̜͕o̙̙̹̱̝p͚̼̘̭̼͔͖</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/27 18:34
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>REMAIN LOYAL. OBEY.</pre>
|https://pic.twitter.com/4Rl35OwS7E
|-
|2017/02/27 18:34
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>c̦̙̮̖͡a͓͍n'̴̱͈̟t͕̳̳̜̻͙ ̪͓̭̗͞g̬̤̞̖͠e̜̭̹͎̩̫t̡̤̲̮̹ ̜̰̯͍̪ͅt̗h̵͉̙̗̝̳ro̧̱̼͖͖u̶̘̞̭̥gh</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/02/27 19:18
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>Well that was weird... We're back now. That wasn't exactly how we were intending to share the flyers with you...</pre>
|None
|-
|2017/03/14 16:59
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>They asked us to show the world. It's the least we can do for them.</pre>
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak
|-
|2017/04/24 16:47
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>We'll show as many as we can. We're not sure what it means but we know you'll all be able to help, just like before.</pre>
|http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
|-
|2017/09/05 17:11
|@OddworldInc
|
<pre>w̸̨̠͓͍̯̺͉͞e̯̝͖̫̺̯͉̻͘͡ ̗̭̕͢s̴̮̭̫̱ͅe̢̠̮̫̦̼̪̘͠ͅę̠̥̯͔̣̼̻̕ͅ ̻̘̼̣͓̩͚͘͢͠y̴̭̯̪̺͙͚͚̪͞o̬̞͜͢͝u̮̤͖̩̗̰ͅͅ.̴̲̣̪̮̼̱.̡̰̭̗͍̝͉̯͢.̡̡̼͇̙̜̮̦̪̞ͅ </pre>
|https://pic.twitter.com/UoQ3xRAhDU
|-
|2019/07/26 15:08
|@edmudokon
|
|https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/EAZ2ESHX4AEoc53.mp4
|-
|2019/07/26 15:14
|@SPIRITOF1029
|
<pre>Are you ready to hear?</pre>
|https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/1154740232530644992
|-
|2019/07/29 13:40
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>T̴̻̋ḫ̶̊ẽ̸̞y̴͕͊’̸̥͊r̴͜͝e̶͍͂ ̴̻͑n̶̯̽o̵̭̔t̴̖̍ ̸̱̎à̷̟s̸̩̃ ̸̦̏s̷̺̎ȩ̵͆c̵̢͝u̷͖̓r̶̢͝ë̶͜ ̴͈́ă̷̼s̴͕̋ ̴̮̊t̴͘͜h̶̰̿e̴̯͠ỹ̸̗ ̷͖̀t̷͍̀h̶̹͝i̵̯͑n̴͇̒k̷̛͓ ̸̝͑ţ̶̃ḣ̵̗e̶̯͌y̶...</pre>
|https://i.imgur.com/XMIxXNR.jpg (Original was deleted)
|-
|2019/07/29 13:47
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>The idea that anyone could gain unauthorised access to our communications channels is ridiculous. There’s nothing to see here. Stop your idle speculation and get back to work.</pre>
|None
|-
|2019/07/31 16:48
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>Ridiculous” and yet here we are... 4e...4...5
#wewillrise</pre>
|None
|-
|2019/07/31 16:51
|@MagogCartel
|
<pre>We are aware of some recent communications from criminal gangs and we are following the trail of evidence that will bring them to justice. Do not be concerned, keep working.</pre>
|None
|-
|}

= Code for ripping tweets =

1. Open the desired twitter page.

2. Scroll down to the very bottom, until you see the Twitter bird and "Back to top"

3. Open you browser's console.

4. Paste this code in and press enter.

5. Copy the whole thing out, but be sure to remove the unnecessary message put there by the console. ("debugger eval code")

6. Insert it into the table, but '''this is very important''' do not disturb the |} and the first few lines with the exclamation marks.

You can start pasting under this:

<pre>
!Attached Media
|-
</pre>

----

<nowiki>
function setConsole() {
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
console = iframe.contentWindow.console;
window.console = console;
}

setConsole()

function prepend0(val) {
return (val < 10) ? "0" + val : val;
}

var name = "@" + window.location.toString().split("/")[window.location.toString().split("/").length-2]
var final_text = ""

document.querySelectorAll("li.stream-item").forEach(tweet => {
let ret = ""

const ts = new Date(Number(tweet.querySelector(".js-short-timestamp").getAttribute("data-time-ms")));
const year = ts.getFullYear()
const month = prepend0(ts.getMonth()+1)
const day = prepend0(ts.getDate())
const hour = prepend0(ts.getHours())
const minutes = prepend0(ts.getMinutes())

const timestamp = `${year}/${month}/${day} ${hour}:${minutes}`
const message = tweet.querySelector(".tweet-text").innerText

ret += `|${timestamp}\n`
ret += `|${name}\n`
ret += `|\n <pre>\n${message}\n</pre>\n`

let photos = tweet.querySelectorAll(".js-adaptive-photo");

if (photos.length) {
ret += "|"
photos.forEach(imgs => {
const url = imgs.getAttribute("data-image-url")
ret += `${url}\n\n`
})
} else {
ret += "|None\n"
}

ret += "|-\n"
final_text += ret;
})

console.log(final_text)
</nowiki>

Soulstorm ARG Summary

2019-06-01T17:51:59Z

Nemin: /* The Oddwall */ Replaced older gif with the newer one

File:Oddwall finished.gif

2019-06-01T17:48:31Z

Nemin: A short animations showcasing the first Oddwall's phases

A short animations showcasing the first Oddwall's phases

Soulstorm ARG Summary

2019-05-10T11:23:42Z

Nemin: /* The Oddwall */ Added link to gif.

=First phase: Establishing communication with Ed=
==The calm before...==
[[File:Monday_Braille.jpg|thumb|Something's coming...]]
'''[2016. March 11.]''' A couple of days before GDC 2016 a cryptic image was posted by OddworldInc spelling '''Monday''' using braille, something's about to go down...

''' Clues '''
* https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0c-MTM2tX
''' Messages '''
* Picture:
** Monday

==Soulstorm is announced==
[[File:Reveal1.jpg|thumb|Original version of reveal1.jpg, our first clue that someone was reaching out]]
'''[2016. March 14.]'''
Oddworld Inhabitants announced their new game Oddworld: Soulstorm during GDC 2016. Along with the announcement the oddworld.com/soulstorm page is launched.
Upon closer inspection of the Soulstorm page the community stumbles on some weird HTML comments, a hidden picture (reveal1.jpg) and a encrypted code in a video.
At this point there was no doubts anymore, '''the ARG had officially started!'''
[[File:Twitching.png|thumb|Frame from twitching.mp4 with hidden message]]
''' Clues '''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/twitching.mp4

''' Messages '''
* '''Reveal1 picture'''
** CAN YOU S- HARD TO K- IF BREAKING- THROUGH HA- ON NEED A D-
* HTML Code:
** Far too many video game characters were harmed extremely badly in the making of this experience. In a sane world this would never have happened. We're sorry.
** <<< TRYING TO BRE===== -lostqmwaittypo- >>>
** <<< CAN ANYBO============================================ NEED TO TREYR ====== so thirsty need brew fol==== -->
** <<< listen. >>>
** are you l/os/t ?
** message INTERCEPTED -->
** there's got to be a wa_
* Video:
** Listen for me

==Dialog Box==
[[File:Dialog_Box.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page]]
'''[2016. March 23.]'''
Finding the message in the video seemed to have triggered and update on the oddworld.com/soulstorm page.
The main update on the page was the apprition of a dialog box in which users could input messages and get answers, sometimes encoded, sometimes in plain text.

''' Clues '''
* Weird dialog box to communicate with an unknown entity

''' Messages '''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%"
|-
! Query
! Answer
!New Responses
!Alternative Responses
|-
|hello
|*** HELLO? ***
|*** HELLO ***
|*** HELLO! YES, FINALLY!***
/ *** HELLO! BUT NOT HERE***
|-
|hi
|*** HI? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|follow me
|*** I WISH I COULD BUT I CAN’T GET OUT ***
|*** I WISH, I REALLY WISH ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|who are you
|*** IT’S BEEN SO LONG, I CAN’T REMEMBER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|abe
|*** PLEASE FIND ME ***
|*** ABE? ***
|*** ABE? YES - ABE. ***
|-
|molluck
|NOT MY BOSS
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|alf
|JUST ONE MORE DROP OF DELICIOUS BREW
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|...
|-
|slig
|GET DOWN!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|elum
|JUMP, ELUM, JUMP!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|rupturefarms
|THE SPIRIT OF 1029 LIVES ON.
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|soulstorm
|*** DRINK MORE BREW ***
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|necrum
|I CAN’T SEE YOU ANYMORE.
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon
|OH, BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|*** OF COURSE, RIGHT? ***
|-
|brew
|DRINK MORE, WORK HARDER
|*** SO GOOD. SO TASTY. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|feeco
|CHOO CHOO!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|barracks
|SNEAK!
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|bonewerkz
|WAIT, THERE ARE BONES IN THIS?
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewery
|JUST ONE MORE DROP
|[OUT OF SIGHT]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|brewmaster
|TWICE ZE FLAVOR, RIGHT?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scars
|COOL INK, BRO.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|new n tasty
|MMMM, TASTY BREW…
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudomo
|FANGS, LEGS, WEBS - THEY'VE GOT IT ALL
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudanchee
|BEWARE THE GUARDIANS
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|oddworld
|WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|portal
|WHERE?!
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|chant
|YOYO-YOYO-YOYO-YOYO
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1997
|SAVE ME TOO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1998
|DON'T LEAVE ME TRAPPED AGAIN
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2001
|WOAH, ANOTHER DIMENSION
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|2005
|THINGS ARE GETTING STRANGER...
|...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|squeek
|WHO IS SQUEEK?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|...
|-
|quintology
|LET'S PLAY ANOTHER GAME SOON
|LET'S PLAY A GAME
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|scrab cakes
|NOW WITH EVEN MORE BITE.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|paramite pies
|TURNING UP THIN
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|meech munchies
|THIS CAN'T STILL BE MADE WITH MEECHES...
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|mudokon pops
|HEY, GET AWAY FROM ME WITH THAT MEAT GRINDER.
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|1029
|*** TRY AGAIN ***
|[TRY AGAIN]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|fangus
|OH WHAT A BRUTAL BALLAD WE COULD SING TOGETHER
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|goodbye
|GOODBYE
|*** YES, NO DOUBT, BUT FOR HOW LONG? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|what is soulstorm
|*** SOULSTORM? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|can you hear me
|*** YES, FAINTLY ***
|*** YES, FAINTLY - COME CLOSER ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|healing
|WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR MODOKAID
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|get me outta here
|NO, REALLY, GET ME OUTTA HERE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|big-face
|NICE MASK, BOZO!
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|how are you
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? ***
|*** HOW DO YOU THINK? - CAN'T YOU SEE? ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|open sesame
|WRONG MYTHOLOGY, SCHMUCK
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|shrykull
|WHO IS YOUR CURRENT ENERGY PROVIDER?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|tears
|SO MANY TEARS, SO MANY MEMORIES
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|intercepted
|FIND MY MESSAGE, HEAR MY VOICE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|dripik
|THAT'S GENERAL DRIPIK TO YOU
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|glukkon
|PLEASE, NO MORE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|fart
|HEHEHE
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|ed
|*** FIND ME, HEAR ME, SAVE ME ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|exoddus
|WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHO WILL TAKE US THERE?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|oddworld inhabitants
|WORKING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF ODD
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|moolah
|NOW THERE'S AN ADDICTION
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|director phleg
|USERNAME UNKNOWN, PLEASE TRY AGAIN
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|vice president aslik
|SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOKED, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|hand
|*** YES! HIM! ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|chest
|*** SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|face
|*** CAN YOU SEE IT YET? WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW YOU. ***
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|are you alive
|BARELY, CAN YOU SAVE ME?
|
|
|-
|addicted
|YOU TOO?
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|}

==Ed?==
[[File:Dialog_Box_Attempt75.png|thumb|Screenshot of the dialog box from the oddworld.com/soulstorm page after 75 attempts]]
'''[2016. March 24.]'''
The dialog box revealed a weird picture after the user inputted 75 messages in a row. This picture allowed us to find multiple clues hidden behind [http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/ magic eye stereogram], morse code and weird text formatting. The clues ultimately all to pointed to the same message: Ed.
[[File:0451.jpg|thumb|The 0451.jpg file found via intercepted.txt]]
'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/attemptnumberseventyfive.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/intercepted.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/0451.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/spiritof1029.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/lsot.mp3

'''Messages'''
* Pictures
** findme
** hear me
** rescue me

'''[2016. March 25.]'''
Not long after we find out a misterious page called Ed with one single message.

''' Clues '''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/

''' Messages '''
* i can hear you, just. it's faint, but i can hear you.

==Finding Ed==
[[File:Ed_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|Ed's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The Ed page changed multiple times in the days following its discovery.
The final message had a block of 140 '/' characters and had a lot of '#' in it. It was telling us to look for a Twitter account, note that at the time Twitter had a maximum of 140 characters per message.
This ultimately led us to the @edmudokon twitter account which was full of cryptic tweets.

''' Clues '''
* http://twitter.com/edmudokon

''' Messages '''
* Hello
* Did somebo-------
* Is anybody listening
* Where am I?
* Can you hear me
* One Zero Two Nine
* I can hear you, faintly.
* Yes! Yes! You are getting closer
* If I could just… I can’t… Find me.
* Where are you? Can you hear me?
* We’ve stopped the progress… I need to show you the truth about this place.
* You can hear me! Just, please, listen.

'''[2016. April 4.]'''
The tweets also contained partial codes that once put together and inserted in the Dialog box ultimately unlocked the next major phase of the ARG.

''' Messages '''
* <nowiki>*** IT WORKED! IT WORKED! OK, NOW I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION - LISTEN, THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU SOMETHING. SOMETHING IS WRONG. VERY WRONG. YOU NEED TO LISTEN. YOU NEED TO HELP ME. I NEED TO HELP YOU... ***</nowiki>

=Second phase: The 9 Pieces=
[[File:Dialog_Box_Piece1.png|thumb|Updated dialog box linking to Piece 1 with task revealed and code unlocked]]
After inputting the code found in Ed's tweets the dialog box on the Soulstorm website changed: a line of 9 spaces appeared at the top: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Each space representing one "Piece" of a 36-character code.

During this phase the community had to find the 9 pieces. Each piece was initially locked had a challenge associated to it to unlock its code.

==Piece 1==
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Piece 1 was granted to us immediately with its code unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_01.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Piece 1
** THEY ARE HIDING THINGS FROM YOU. FIND THEM

==Piece 2==
[[File:Squares 02.jpg|thumb|Piece 2, with task hidden and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
Later that day Ed tweeted a message in morse code telling us to "learn the history of the creators". This lead us to Lorne Lanning's page on oddworld.com that contained the second piece on the bottom of the page.

The task was to "Reach 23K Twitter followers @OddworldInc", once that number was reached the code of Piece 2 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/lorne-lanning/
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/XMZR12FZEZT6O6BFKHF0.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_02.jpg

==Piece 5==
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Fez.png|thumb|Ed appreciating all the hard work of the community]]
'''[2016. April 4.]'''
A bit later Piece 5 was revealed with its task immediately available.
The task was to get "15 photoshops of Alf's fez onto game characters" and send them to Oddworld Inhabitants on Twitter.
This was completed and the code of Piece 5 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/JN3HD82YRE.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719847654436552705

'''Messages'''
* Ed's Twitter
** Thank you. You’re helping.
[[File:Dialog_Box_Pieces.png|thumb|The dialog box being updated as the community progresses]]
==Piece 8==

'''[2016. April 5.]'''
The next day Ed tweeted a message in morse code asking us "are you listening?", at that time the Soulstorm page was updated with a new puzzle in the HTML code.
Following the trail where we had to line up characters in the HTML code and decipher morse code from an audio file we reached Piece 8.
It was tasking us to take "25 photos of scrub-Abe rescuing 8 Muds in New'n'Tasty".
This was completed and the code of Piece 8 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/heard.mp3s
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/findthefuture.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_08.jpg
* https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/719848077335642112

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** they know i'm here
** let me try this
** they aren't telling you everything

==Piece 3==
[[File:Squares_tasks_03.jpg|thumb|Piece 3, with task revealed and code locked]]
'''[2016. April 7.]'''
A couple of days later Ed tweeted multiple tweets containing what looked like gibberish, once uncoded using [[https://v2.cryptii.com/navajo/select Navajo code]] they led us on a trail where we had to reassemble a picture and use the [[https://lobestir.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/cypher-pig-pen-lower.png Pigpen cipher]] to get to Piece 3.

The task was to "Get 45K Facebook likes on /OfficialOddworld", once that number was reached the code of Piece 3 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/msg.jpg
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/togetherness.jpg

==Piece 6==
[[File:Witness.png|thumb|Original version of the witness puzzle]]
'''[2016. April 12.]'''
A few days later Piece 6 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "find, solve and return the witness puzzle". The community found the puzzle and solved it, shortly after the picture of the puzzle got replaced by its solution. Using the solution of the puzzle together with another picture given by Ed, playing with HEX color codes and decoding some more morse code hidden in a movie file allowed us to find the final message transcribed below which unlocked the code of Piece 6.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_06.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/witness.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/trigrid.png
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/abeface1.mp4

'''Messages'''
* HTML comments
** There was a minor, insignificant error in the code here. Please ignore any message(s) you may find as a result of this unfortunate glitch. Apologies.
** Nobody was a witness.
* Audio file
** I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE

==Piece 4==
[[File:Seeme.png|thumb|Picture hidden in seeme.wav]]
'''[2016. April 20.]'''
A few days later the fourth character turned into a "?" indicating that the fourth piece was ready to be found. At the same time a new generic message could be obtained from the message box: SEEME? WAVE. After a trail where we had to convert sound to picture, spot mirrored words in a wall of text and use some ciphers again we reached Piece 4.
The task was to create "20 new gifs of Abe deaths in New'n'Tasty"
This was completed and the code of Piece 4 was unlocked.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/seeme.wav
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/SO1029.txt
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/wearegettingcloser.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_tasks_04.jpg

==Abe says hi==
'''[2016. May 6.]'''
The next few days were a bit slower, with some Ascii art appearing in the HTML code but it didn't seem to lead us anywhere.

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'''Messages'''
* Ed's twitter
** so thirsty… tired.
** Almost… They took it away. Almost.
* HTML comments
** But Abe, he's one of us...
** Yeah, he didn't do much.
'''Clues'''

The reveal pictures are changed to spell '''1029'''
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal2.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal3.jpg
*http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal4.jpg

'''[2016. May 11.]'''
Around the same time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage, they become more pressing. We need to find a way to establish contact quickly!

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>***THEY ARE COMING, I NEED TO HIDE***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***CAN'T TALK, THEY CAN HEAR ME***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***WE ARE SO CLOSE, DON'T GIVE UP***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***THIS CAN'T CONTINUE FOREVER, LOOK CLOSER***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>***YOU NEED TO LOOK CLOSER, NOT MUCH TIME LEFT***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, THE NOISE DOWN HERE IS DEAFENING, PLEASE REPEAT ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SAVE ME ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THIS FORM IS BROKEN - PLEASE DO NOT USE ***</nowiki>
** I CAN HEAR YOU, BARELY...
** <nowiki>*** SORRY, SAY AGAIN? ***</nowiki>
** [ERROR]
** [OUT OF SIGHT]
** <nowiki>*** THIS STUFF. THIS STUFF. ***</nowiki>
** [PLEASE CLOSE THIS WINDOW IMMEDIATELY]
** <nowiki>*** I'M SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME ***</nowiki>
** [WE'RE AWARE OF ISSUES ON THIS PAGE AND ARE WORKING TO REMEDY THE ------------]
** <nowiki>*** DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE? ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>...DRINK...BREW...</nowiki>
** [- NO, WAIT -]
** [- PLEASE IGNORE THIS MESSAGE -]

==Piece 9==
[[File:Finishthefight.jpg|thumb|Piece 9, with task revealed and code unlocked]]
[[File:Decodethefuture.jpg|thumb|Decode the future find the code]]
'''[2016. June 22.]'''
A few days later Piece 9 was revealed with its task immediately available. The task was to "Decode the future find the code".
Finding the decodethefuture.jpg file and decoding its content using the [[http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Fonts/Pigpen.html BabelStone Club Penguin]] cipher led us to unlock the code of Piece 9.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/finishthefight.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/decodethefuture.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Picture
** THE HERO HAS SHOWN US THE WAY, FOLLOW, WORK, OBEY, COMPLY, REVOLT. WE WILL RISE AND , WE WILL RISE AGAIN.
** ED IS ONE OF US, WE NEED YOU TO HELP, WE ARE MANY, WILL NOT STOP.
** ED IS ONE OF MANY, FIND THEM, JOIN US
** THERE IS A STORM COMING, THERE IS NO FAILURE, FREEDOM OR DEATH.
** SOULSTORM/ED/FINISHTHEFIGHT.JPG
** TOO MANY SECRETS, SO THIRSTY, TIRED.
** DON'T DRINK THE BREW
** ORGANISE, ENERGISE

Around that time the dialog box gets updated and the answers chage again.
There are now some new generic responses with a very revolutionary tone.

'''Messages'''
* Dialog box
** <nowiki>*** WE ARE MANY. WE ARE COMING. WE WILL NOT STOP. ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE'RE NEARLY THERE, IT'S NEARLY TIME TO ENERGIZE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** WE WILL RISE ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** DON'T DRINK THE ---- ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** THE SPIRITS ARE RISING ***</nowiki>
** <nowiki>*** NEARLY, IT'S NEARLY TIME. STAY QUIET JUST A LITTLE LONGER. ***</nowiki>

==Piece 7==
'''[2016. June 24.]'''
A few days later the seventh character turned into a "?" indicating that the seventh piece was ready to be found.
At that time the Soulstorm page was updated with new HTML comments containing dissociated lines. By matching those lines together we knew we were searching for a zip file. With Ed's help via Twitter we were able to find the password to the zip file that contained Piece 7 which was already unlocked.
The automatically completed task asked us to "Listen to the source", which we indeed had to do to find the password hidden in one of Ed's first tweets.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/away.zip (password isanybodylistening)
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/squares_codes_07.jpg

'''Messages'''
* HTML Comments
** Who will help?
** Join us
** We are many
** Find a way
** SPIRIT OF #1029
** Ed is one of many
** work, obey, comply.

==Using the code==
[[File:SPIRITOF1029_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|SPIRITOF1029's profile picture on Twitter]]
'''[2016. June 28.]'''
By reuniting the 9 pieces, we got a code: "''C4GD-RDHG-SSBR-SCRD-3STY-DDTH-WALF-XGMA-DF2F''". Some pieces resemble [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet leet speak] (C4GD = Caged, SCRD = Sacred, 3STY = Thirsty), but these didn't appear to have any relevancy to the usage of the code. To reach the next step, Ed gave us a map that made us revisit previous parts of the ARG and revealed the way to decrypt the code to find the message: "''FL4MMABL3''". Putting this in the Dialog Box generated one last answer: 1029.io

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/
* https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' now you know. you can help. join us. [https://1029.io 1029.io] @SPIRITOF1029

= Third phase: The Spirit of 1029 =
[[File:RuptureFarms1029.jpg|thumb|View of RuptureFarms 1029]]
[[File:1029.io.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 1029.io website]]
We have now established contact with the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary group. This kicked in motion an entirely new section of the ARG, with most of the new puzzles happening on their site: 1029.io.

The Spirit of 1029 group takes its name from RuptureFarms 1029, the factory Abe escaped and then destroyed. Their symbol is a minimalist representation of RuptureFarms 1029 in a cicle of flames.

== 1029.io ==
'''[2016. June 29.]''' The site told us more about the revolutionary group the Spirit of 1029 with what seemed to be their manifesto written in bold on their front page. The Mudokons had enough and things are about to change: '''there's a storm coming!'''

When looking closer to the site's code additional clues waited to be found. Curiously a lot of details (like text color, hidden numbers in the logo) referenced the number 8291 and Ed.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/ed (A page which linked to https://twitter.com/edmudokon)
* http://1029.io/8291 (A page with 8291 written in color set to #8291ed)

'''Messages'''
* '''HTML comments in 1029.io page'''
** Well, I rescued Mudokons. But who's gonna rescue me?
** 8291
* '''1029.io page'''
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WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED!

THE FALL OF RF1029 WAS THE SPARK TO IGNITE A REVOLUTION. FOR TOO LONG, THEY HAVE CONTROLLED THEIR GIANT INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, GRINDING THE BONES OF OUR KIND INTO DUST IN THEIR ENDLESS PURSUIT OF POWER AND WEALTH.

WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: OBEY. / COMPLY. / WORK.

THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY.

OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST.

THAT HAS ALL CHANGED.

THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED.

WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT.

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND.

WE WILL RISE. JOIN US.

THERE’S A STORM COMING.</pre>

== The big pause ==
[[File:Artwork_Message.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
[[File:Artwork_Message_2.jpg|thumb|Hidden message in one of the artwork videos]]
'''[2016. July 13.]''' During this time both Ed and The Spirit of 1029 laid low with almost no communications. A couple of puzzles surfaced during that period but didn't seem to lead anywhere.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' There’s a storm coming. Join us. 1029.io

'''[2016. August 23.]''' OddworldInc posted a few artwork videos with hidden messages flashing. Those messages didn't really lead the community anywhere even though the Spirit of 1029 seemed to find the important.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Some early pre-production concept art from 2005's Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. https://pic.twitter.com/shRdnP0OEf
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Listen to the spirit of the past. Rise with us.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Concept art from Oddysee's Paramonia stage, from way back in 1995. https://pic.twitter.com/7acBLxiOzq
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey, it's everyone's favorite Mudokon, shown here in some early concept art. https://pic.twitter.com/IEcc5M7NlE
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Apparently it's #NationalSlogDay or something. ʘ‿ʘ https://pic.twitter.com/jOT8NOtsAc
* '''Artwork videos'''
** hold this way
** spirit
** remains we will not be [?]
** help
** 8291
** elikedete [?]

[[File:Maze_8291.png|thumb|Partial view of the 8291 page]]
'''[2016. September 2.]''' The 1029.io/8291 page gets suddenly updated with corrupted messages and links to other pages with even more corrupted messages. It's unknown how this puzzle was supposed be solved. Unfortunately the pages were not backed-up in their entirety.

'''Messages'''
* '''8291 page title'''
** EDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDED--EDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDED// EDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDED
[[File:Maze_2479009.png|thumb|Partial view of the 2479009 page]]
* '''8291 page text'''
<pre>
the-e--e--bel--EDe---t---c------ -----da-k <a href="2749102934.html">g-b-ck</a><a href="6279284391.html">f--ht</a><a href="4839021451.html">st--</a> /8/2</
</pre>
* '''2749102934 page title'''
** 8Two91
* '''2749102934 page text'''
<pre>
we-t-yb---ts-o-po--ib-eat---it----ttoo---k y---av--ohel--- <a href="5518293761.html">tr--gai-</a><a href="6234578241.html">g-v-i-</a>
</pre>
* '''5518293761 page title'''
** Eight291
* '''5518293761 page text'''
<pre>
th-r-m----eaw--_the---rit_whe----it_w---eis---fi-- 
</pre>
* '''6234578241 page title'''
** 829One
* '''6234578241 page text'''
<pre>
--des---ate-oh---ryso----st-_ju---n-m--es-p 
</pre>
* '''6279284391 page title'''
** 82Nine1
* '''6279284391 page text'''
<pre>
were-----r--ge---gh_nobo---s_its---i-- whats---ealpr--lemh-re h-wca----igh--t ho----gm-s--ew--t wh-wi---av--s wher--sED w--e-dED -e--u-ED <a href="2479009.html">t-e-estil---m----tle-ve--her-</a>
</pre>
* '''2479009 page title'''
** EightTwoNineOne
* '''2479009 page text'''
<pre>
if ---y _he_ --ew. if on-- _--ey_ --e-. -- -n-y _-o-_ --ew. Far too many video game characters were harmed extremely badly in the making of this experience. In a sane world this would never have happened. We're sorry.
</pre>
* '''4839021451 page title'''
** 8291
* '''4839021451 page text'''
<pre>
wh--els-ca----o?wer---app----dit--l---sfa--t
</pre>

== Alf says hi ==
[[File:Alf_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|OddworldInc's profile picture on Twitter when Alf took over]]
[[File:Ed_Tweet_Alf.png|thumb|Ed reaching out to Alf who's temporally using the OddworldInc account]]
'''[2016. December 22.]''' On this day unexpectedly both Ed and the SO1029 Twitter woke up and begun posting revolutionary messages.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' still here, waiting... waiting to rise up...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' we will rise. together...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the spirit of 1029. We will rise again. Join us 1029.io Rise up.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 5.-6.]'''
A few days later the official Oddworld Twitter (@OddworldInc) was taken over by Alf. There was a conversation between Alf (OddworldInc) and Ed (edmudokon). Ed doubted that it's really Alf and the messages from OddworldInc became more and more garbled.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Alf here, it looks like I'm needed again. I'm here for any questions ya have. #DearAlf A storm is brewing. I can feel it in my bones...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? is that you? really you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me, it's me! Where are ya buddy? ӏ ţհծŭǥɧṯ ṫɦḗỵ'ƌ ɠōե ỹốṷ ƒỏṛ ǻ ԝĥïḻě țḥẻɼè...
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc no... it can't be you... it can't be alf...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@edmudokon it is me, buddy, I got out! Where are ya? Ὶ ṱĥởűǥḣե ӱợǘ ẁẻгẻ ցỡῄё?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' too risky. can't talk...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will all be free, as Alf was freed. Rise up. We are the storm.

'''[2017. January 9.]'''
On this day all three Twitter accounts conversed about how Ed should help in revealing the truth.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' evidence... i can see it all... scared...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We've gotta see it- people need ta know what's happening... Be careful Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc alf? i can help?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Photographs, Ed- we need people to see. You've gotta be brave.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' . @edmudokon @OddworldInc We will rise up. You can play your part, Ed.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @SPIRITOF1029 @OddworldInc yes... careful... risky... i gotta help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Oddworld has been blind to the plight of the noble Mudokons for too long. We will rise. Join us! 1029.io
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i will find a way to help...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon yes, we will help you tell your story. We will help you rise up.

'''[2017. January 11.]''' Alf answers some questions about Ed on Oddworld.com, Ed is scared and needs all the help he can get.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/dear-alf-77-ed-abe-and-stranger/

'''Messages'''
* '''Oddworld.com'''
** Will you return in Oddworld: Soulstorm? (Asked by: James, on Twitter) You don’t know the things that are going on around here! I wish Abe would leave me outta it and let me run Alf’s Rehab and Tea in peace. I can’t read the future though – it’s not like I have the time to sit around reading tea leaves!
** How have you been? Also how come Ed can hear you? He doesn’t seem to hear anyone else. (Asked by: Xavier, on Twitter) I’ve been busy! Ed? Ed’s scared and I can understand that. Sometimes people can be talkin’ all around you but you can’t hear ‘em. Poor Ed’s confused and afraid. I’m a familiar face – and have you ever seen a mug as trustworthy as mine?
** How do you know Ed? Did Ed work with you? (Asked by: Connell, on Twitter) I know everyone – Abe thinks he has it tough? It’s not easy being such a celebrity. Everyone comes to me with their problems, and Ed has a lotta problems.
** How’s Ed? (Asked by: Koustoulidis, on Facebook) Ed’s in danger and he knows it – Ed’s one brave Mudokon, even though it might not look like it right now. Ed’s got an important job ta do and just needs a bit of help to get it done.
** Do you know where Ed might be, Alf? (Asked by: Gunnrisfunnr, on Twitter.) I’m not sure but I’d love to find out! It sounds like Ed needs some help and I think I know just the guy…

'''[2017. January 16.]'''
The conversation continued with SO1029 asking Ed to blow the whistle on Thursday.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Hey pals, Alf here! Thanks for all the questions. I'll be sure to read through them all!
** '''[@edmudokon]''' .@OddworldInc alf? is it really you? can I trust you?
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon It's me- you've gotta trust me, we need your help. What's goin' on?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc I don't have much time. got to be quick... but I can see it all. I can get pictures...
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon We need them. We need pictures, Ed. What can you see?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' @OddworldInc it's so dark... but I can see them, they're... i can't explain. Shh! they're here, I think i see... oh no!
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' @edmudokon Hide.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @edmudokon @OddworldInc we've found a weakness in the system. Get us something and we can get it out on Thursday. Help us, Ed. Be the storm.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' @OddworldInc We will help @edmudokon but we can't send anything unencrypted. You'll have to break our code. We'll be in touch.

'''[2017. January 19.]'''
As expected a few days later SO1029 confirmed that they received an encrypted transmission from Ed. Solving this was our next task.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We have received a transmission. We will pass it on as soon as we can verify. We need your help.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' .@OddworldInc the evidence is clear. Heed our call. Spread our message. Save our species.

== The First Transmission ==
'''[2017. January 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community are now working together to decipher and clean up the first transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

===Intercepted Report===
[[File:1029_01_image_clean.png|thumb|Cleaned up version of the 1029_01_image.jpg file]]
'''[2017. January 19.]''' A bit after @SPIRITOF1029's tweets the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues they transmitted.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_image.jpg
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_audio.mp3

''' Messages '''
* Picture
** ED
** YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING
** LOOK FOR OUR MESSAGE HEAR OUR VOICE
** Transcript:
<pre>Date:
Period: XXXXXXXXXXX
Specification Details:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
-Observe XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXX changes in test subjects
-Assess long term XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXX
-Determine product safety
Authorization: XXXXXXXXXXX
Tests requested:
-XXXXXXXX Pronostics
- ?Access whenever? product XXXXXXX
-Acidity Levels
- ????? XXXXXXXXX
-Product safety
Expected results: XXXXXXXXXX make XXXXXXXXX interesting
Test results:
-XXXXXXX highly XXXXXX
-XXXXXXX this XXXXXX ?? XXXXXX ?nice? XXXXXXXX
-Highly XXXXXXX
-Subjects: XXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Conclusion: Product (ready) for consumption
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
??? : XXXXXXXX there is XXXXXX here but it will XXXX ???? XXXXX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>

===Fragments===
[[File:9394-AL.JPG|thumb|Random picture from page imgzerofourfiveone]]
'''[2017. January 21.]''' Decoding the morse code in reverse in the audio file and unlocking it with the word '''storm''' led us to a new page containing random fragments of a worrying photograph. Those are the first pieces of intel reaching us coming from Asset 98, a member of the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/1029-LY.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/2384-ER.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/3786-IC.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/5574-PH.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7393-AN.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/7676-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9394-AL.JPG
* http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/9455-UM.JPG

''' Messages '''
* Page
<pre>
ASSET98 / CONFIDENTIAL

You have signalled your willingness to help. Now you must prove yourself. Our efforts to get a clear data stream have been in vain. You will have to piece together the image from these fragments. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

[REDACTED] Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

'''[2017. January 23.]''' On this day we got two more tweets.
[[File:Transmission1_pieces.jpg|thumb|Pictures from page imgzerofourfiveone fitted together]]
'''Messages'''

* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Are we getting through? https://pic.twitter.com/k8Z9GwqRU2
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' While you shared our message 100 times we worked away to bring you this. We're clearing it up even more, we'll share what we find Thursday. https://pic.twitter.com/D9SaK1FxDM

===The first picture===
'''[2017. January 26.]''' A few days later the first of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a line of Mudokons in what looks like a labor camp or processing area of some kind. The Mudokons are carrying what appear to be body bags. Tattoos on their chest indicate their slave ID. A Glukkon in the background is supervising the situation.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/1029-01-progress.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Already a dedicated team of fans have [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627054&postcount=23 decrypted the image] and it has made its way [https://www.reddit.com/r/oddworld/comments/5ozr1d/oddworld_soulstorm_1st_image/ to Reddit]. The community is also working on [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627202&postcount=152 investigating] the creepy audio file.
** '''Update 2:''' Having discovered hidden morse code in the audio, which was reversed and substitution cyphered (with the word 'Storm', the key that was hinted at in the distorted image), the audio encryption has [https://twitter.com/TopHattedTime/status/822522518682509313 almost been cracked]! It's [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627259&postcount=195 looking like a URL] - can you help figure out the next step...?
** '''Update 3:''' Congratulations! [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=627286&postcount=221 The community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/ a secret URL on the 1029.io website]! But what are those images of? Are they fragments of a photograph? Once you've got everything together - [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc show us]!
** '''Update 4:''' Oh wow! [https://twitter.com/H0MINIX/status/822619863227174914 It's a Mudokon...!] But what's he holding? Leave it with us, we'll get that image cleaned up soon. Congratulations everyone, great team effort and hopefully we can crack the next four images as quickly!
** '''Update 5:''' Thanks to you guys sharing the previous images online, we've managed to decode the photo further and have updated the thumbnail here. We'll return on Thursday with the finished, fully decrypted image - but until then, please do let us know what you think!
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/01/image-leaks-show-new-threat-mudokons/

<center>[[File:1029-01-progress.jpg | 800px]]</center>

== The Second Transmission ==

'''[2017. February 2.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue to working together to decipher and clean up the second transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Unfortunately the community's use of automated tools and brute force attracts unwanted attention.

===More Codes===

'''[2017. February 2.]''' a week later the Spirit of 1029 communicates that it received another transmission from one of their agents, presumably Asset 98. A bit later the [http://oddworld.com/soulstorm Soulstorm page] was updated with the clues for the second transmission.

Around the same time OddworldInc sent out a newsletter mail reaching out to the whole community to help crack the codes that will allow the world to discover the heinous crimes against the Mudokons.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg
* http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077&id=b08e7b2d60&e=6a2b5665ee
* https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2b6dca21053bc375cbdad7077/images/c42e9f57-9616-41fa-88fa-81ce4084fc2c.png
[[File:pada.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the second transmission.]]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our agent has delivered another transmission. We will verify its origins and pass it on.
* '''Clue picture from 1029'''
** Spread our message.
** KNOW YOUR CODES KEEP THEM CLOSE YOU WILL NEED THEM
** BETHESTORM
** Decode Everything
* '''Barcode at end of Newsletter'''
** READ THE NUMBERS KNOW THE TRUTH
* '''Newsletter'''
<pre>
Something strange is happening on Oddworld.

We've been receiving garbled transmissions from a clandestine organization claiming knowledge of a new and horrifying plight that the Mudokons must face. Can you help us unscramble their communications and save the Mudokon species?

A new mystery awaits you!

Recently, we were contacted by the mysterious Spirit of 1029 group. They claim there is a new threat to Mudokonkind that has been classified top secret and hidden from the world. You can help to uncover the truth, follow Abe's example and save his species.

Our community has already solved one set of puzzles to help reveal the image above, now there's a new mystery awaiting you!

Head on over to the Soulstorm website to see the latest transmission we've received and help to crack the code that will allow the world to discover this heinous crime against the Mudokons.

The story so far...

You can catch up and follow the earlier clues yourself by visiting the Soulstorm website.

We were contacted by a mysterious group, calling themselves "Spirit of 1029." They sent us a couple of files which they claimed to have received from an operative very close to the situation.

The first, a garbled image of a document that had been heavily redacted, held fragments of coded messages and hints at what was happening. It contained a key that assisted in the deciphering of the second file - a harrowing audio clip that contained a hidden message in Morse code.

When those messages were deciphered, we were led to a web page that served up eight fragments, torn and burnt, of a photograph that seemed to depict something terrifying. After a concerted effort from our community and our team at Oddworld Inhabitants, we managed to get the clean version of the image you see at the top of this email.

Now, Spirit of 1029 has made contact again and they say there's more to see. We're going to need more help if we're going to solve this mystery and save the Mudokons.

Join the resistance!

Join the fight back by following Oddworld on Twitter and Instagram, liking our Facebook page and spreading the word about what we've found.

Sign up for the resistance and help to liberate these poor Mudokons now!

You can find the mysterious Spirit of 1029 organization on Twitter here and their Mud on the inside, Ed, here.

There's strength in numbers, help Spirit of 1029 recruit for their cause. Help us find the answers.
</pre>

===The Grid===

'''[2017. February 3.]''' Decoding the two bar-codes in the lower right corner of the Agent's transmission picture led us to the next step of the trail: a new page from Asset 98 with a scrambled grid and a whole lot of comments in the code. Part of the puzzles of this part were bypassed using brute-force on the lock for which we had to find the password, revealing that the password we were looking for was '''subjectivism'''.

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/grid.jpg
[[File:grid.jpg|thumb|The grid puzzle]]

'''Messages'''
* '''HMTL Code'''
** Can’t reach any..
** Listening anyon… there?
** Can hear us anymore- need to… can’t fnd
** We will never give… what they… from us
** Does… care? Freedom isn’t gi… will take…
** We have never…. Given… deserve. We… take… our righ…
** Stand up and fi…
** Don’t be afr….
** They want to… kill- don’t-
** Stop them from…. Hurting- they… think
** We are no less- they think… aside
** Don’t believe what… told- liars…
** Can’ fnd anymo-
** We wil silnced
** Killin- they are dy..
** Hurting the..
** Back down unt… resist.
** Intercep… our messa… we will fight
** We will ri…
** Cannot… silenced when ther… who need… now
** We won’t ba… we have beat…. Before… Must not-
** Spent so long…. Afraid… never let- again
** ...Storm… find it’s way- end
** Why are … here?
** Only...profit- nothing more… importnt as-
** - lies they… will tel-
** Believe- nothing… terribl- things…

'''[2017. February 10.]''' The community eventually figured out how the password was supposed to be found a couple of days after the second image was cleaned up by OddworldInc. It involved identifying what data to actually using slashes and backslashes, resolving the grid as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikaku a game of Shikaku] and mapping letters on top of the solved grid.

===The termination of Asset 98===
[[File:WB2_BSJG2456.jpg|thumb|Scrambled picture from page 1173418569]]
[[File:CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG|thumb|Clean picture from page 1173418569]]
'''[2017. February 7.]''' After brute-forcing the lock the community found a new page from Asset 98 displaying random pictures when refreshed. Most of the pictures appearing were scrambled but sometimes a clean picture was displayed. One of the members of the community wrote a little script to try to find all the clear images in an automated way. This was not well received by @SPIRITOF1029 who tried to warn us not to use machines. A few moments after the script was run the 1173418569 page started to change every few seconds depicting what appears to be an attack on Asset 98. In the end the page was left almost completely black with Asset 98 terminated.

The different html files telling the story have been [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/ASSET98_%20TERMINATED.zip preserved here].

'''Clues'''

The original pictures have been rehosted on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/ OddWideWeb]:

*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg]
Note that sometimes some images also appeared in clear:
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB1_0BE01647.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB2_0DG02966.JPG]
*CWB3 was not found
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB4_WHATISTHIS.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB5_NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB6_ARG-H.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB7_82918291829182918291.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB8_0GE03866.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB9_0IE02565.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB10_AbeAndNEEDLESFunAdventures.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB11_02500356.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB12_02323hjfhfhfhfhASDF.JPG]
*[http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG 1029.io/repository/asset98/1173418569/CWB13_insertcodehere.JPG]

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Machines are the tool of the enemy. The consciousness of our people has been rediscovered. You must trust it. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' what happened? what did you do? who? No! no... aaaaaAaaaaarrrRrrrgggggGgghhh!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Now our storm seems a little less ferocious. We can no longer reach Asset 98.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We can't reach Asset 98 but we do still have his clear transmissions. Prove you're worthy. Show us that you're able. Send us the grid.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You found the grid, the letters and the numbers. Tell us how they fit together. Prove you're no longer slaves to the machines.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' ...he never came back. I could hear him screaming all night... helpless. they took him... he was my friend. how did they know?
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_1.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_2.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_3.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
[[File:Asset98_Terminated_4.png|thumb|Attack on Asset 98]]
* '''Attack on page 1173418569 (excerpts)'''
** rEDacted
** rEDacted :p
** rEDacted :( :( :( :(
** Those are ON YOU
** What's another few on the pile?
** Who is this?
** You know. Everybody knows.
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** I tried. We all did. This is ON YOU.
** W22222ho?$3555582%9564444444441
*:- The page now has a pink background
** HOW MANY MORE PLEASEEEEESTOOOPP
** ---^---^---^---^---
** FOLLOW
** ---^-------^-------
** I don't think we can help this one.
** ---^---------------
** FOLLOW NOTHING
** -------------------
** ... ONE LAST CHANGE I THINK I MI-
*:- The page is now completely black
** this one's on you.
** ---------------
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** don't worry. we have PLENTY
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** see ya around, 1029...

===Asset 99===

'''[2017. February 7.]''' Shortly after Asset 98's termination Asset 99 stepped in and published the 1173418569 page too. However on this version of the page the clear pictures do not appear anymore. The community used the clean versions previously captured to piece together the full picture and submit it to OddworldInc so they could clean it up.

[[File:Transmission2_pieces.jpg|thumb|Clean pictures from page asset98/1173418569/ fitted together]]

'''Clues'''
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB1_HEND8243.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB2_BSJG2456.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB3_INFG2861.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB4_HBQD2962.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB5_SJKW4167.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB6_OWUI2056.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB7_MNCH1101.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB8_RDHRHAHA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB9_D34DM337.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB10_BDJW8411.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB11_WHAT8291.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB12_PADAPADA.jpg
* https://1029.io/repository/asset99/1173418569/WB13_VLAP3662.jpg

''' Messages '''
* Page 1173418569
<pre>
ASSET99 / CONFIDENTIAL / 002

We will not be stopped. We may have lost Asset 98, but we will continue strong. Together. Against the machines. Help us to expose this latest crime against Mudokonkind.

When you have a complete image, show it to @OddworldInc. They appear willing and capable. Recruit others to help you find and share the pieces. There’s a storm coming. Be the storm. We will rise.

The power will shift and we will rise again. Together we can expose the truth. 1029.
</pre>

===The second picture===

'''[2017. February 9.]''' A couple of days later the second of four incriminating pictures was released. It shows a Mudokon strapped to a chair in what appears to be a Vykkers Labs laboratory. Around him is various medical equipment, syringes and what looks to be an experimental 'strain' of SoulStorm Brew.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/wp-content/uploads/Oddworld_Soulstorm_002_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Updates on Soulstorm page
** '''Update 1:''' Looks like there were two barcodes overlaid in the bottom right corner of [http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/pada.jpg the amended image], and through decoding the barcode messages into a URL, [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpost.php?p=629144&postcount=88 the community] has discovered [http://1029.io/repository/asset98/findawayshowthetruth/ this mysterious puzzle image] on 1029.io. But there're some interesting comments in the HTML source code of that page...
** '''Update 2:''' The Spirit of 1029 organization has made contact again - perhaps there's a clue in the way the slashes are written? Could this be something to do with the source code on the puzzle page? Just finding out about all this? The Game Detectives are on the case too, with a full round up here.
* Recap on Oddworld.com
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/02/second-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-one-terrified-mudokon/

<center>[[File:1029-02-progress.jpg|800px]]</center>

== The Third Transmission ==
[[File:Flyer1_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer1.jpg]]
[[File:Flyer4_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of flyer4.jpg]]
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The code breaking continues with OddworldInc and the community still working together, this time to decipher and clean up the third transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029. Some caution has to be used to guarantee the safety of the Spirit of 1029's operative as the Magog Cartel attention for our activities is growing.

===Propaganda Flyers===
'''[2017. February 23.]''' The clue provided for the third transmission is a zip file containing cryptic files amongst which some scrambled propaganda flyers. Used together with a fourth flyer tweeted out by the Spirit of 1029 we could piece a letter-to-number mapping based on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Malachim_Mapping.png Malachim Alphabet].

'''Clues'''

* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/89928554_Eequals5.zip (password HIIDHEED)
Cleaned up versions of the flyers in the zip file
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer1_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer2_clean.jpg
* http://oddworldlibrary.net/wiki/File:Flyer3_clean.jpg
* https://twitter.com/Theblackpec/status/835154962522996736

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[OddworldInc]''' We've been contacted again. We've uploaded what we have onto the Soulstorm website. We need your help! http://ow.ly/fYrO309ivQv
** '''[SPIRITOF1029]''' All official information is lies. Join us. Rise. Be the storm. https://pic.twitter.com/RaUY2sVWxu
* '''Flyers'''
** t h e y a r e w a t c h i n g
** b e t h e s t or m
** w e w i l l r i s e

===Work Obey Comply===
[[File:Page_12362831522212.png|thumb|Screenshot of page 12362831522212]]
'''[2017. February 24.]''' Using Steganography encryption and basic astronomy the community identified that the '''Erriapo''' and '''Fenrir''' Saturn moon names were important. Using the Malachim letter-to-number mapping discovered during the previous phase on those moon names we found the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages.

'''Clues'''

* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/YOU.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WHA.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/12362831522212/WET.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TOO.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/TIF.jpg
* http://www.1029.io/repository/asset99/71220283136/OLD.jpg

'''Messages'''
* Page 12362831522212 & 71220283136
<pre>
ASSET9X / [REDACTED] / 333333333333

We can't hold much longer.

It's dark, and cold. So cold. They don't seem to [REDACTED]. They. Them. It's hard to know how we'll [REDACTED], but we'll try. This can't last forever. We won't last forever.

Look what they're doing to us. Just look.

There is spirit, but it's waining. We need you, [REDACTED]. Help us.

Together we can expose the truth.

We must. We have to. 1029.
</pre>

===The Magog strikes back===

'''[2017. February 27.]''' On this day @OddworldInc was hacked presumably by the Magog Cartel. The @OddworldInc Twitter account posted three propaganda posters, while it's rightful owners tried to retake control. Later this day @SPIRITOF1029 and @edmudokon tried to shed some light on the actual, much darker facts.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' WORK. OBEY. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1EFuCIgCJN
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' What's h͙̞̖̙͙̗͞a̭͉̝̠͇̲p̰̖̥̲̘p͏̫̯̱ẹ̖̟͚̤̺͙ṋ̼̲͚͝i̤̕n͇͇̙̥̺̗͔g̴̱̱̭͇͎?̥̣̝͇̤͢
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' YOUR SECURITY MATTERS. COMPLY. https://pic.twitter.com/1NsKnQoVrK
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' S͠t̵̞͍̠̱̮̜͕o̙̙̹̱̝p͚̼̘̭̼͔͖
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' REMAIN LOYAL. OBEY. https://pic.twitter.com/4Rl35OwS7E
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' c̦̙̮̖͡a͓͍n'̴̱͈̟t͕̳̳̜̻͙ ̪͓̭̗͞g̬̤̞̖͠e̜̭̹͎̩̫t̡̤̲̮̹ ̜̰̯͍̪ͅt̗h̵͉̙̗̝̳ro̧̱̼͖͖u̶̘̞̭̥gh
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' Well that was weird... We're back now. That wasn't exactly how we were intending to share the flyers with you...
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Don't read the news sheets and you're uninformed. Read them and you're misinformed. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/7rs5dkMxWd
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' It's not just the lies that are harmful. It's the confusion. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/FREchtUXjC
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' These records were smashed on the broken backs of our downtrodden brothers... #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/0VJb9VpwqX
** '''[@edmudokon]''' We hate those news sheets, they make us read every new issue. Those that can still read...
* '''Flyers'''
[[File:Flyer1_original.jpg|center|Flyer 1 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer2_original.jpg|center|Flyer 2 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]
[[File:Flyer3_original.jpg|center|Flyer 3 sent by the Magog Cartel trough the hacked @OddworldInc account]]

=== The third picture ===

'''[2017. March 02.]'''A few days later the third of four incriminating pictures was released. This one shows a Mudokon locked in a cell located looking very much like Vykkers Labs. The Mudokon is clearly in some kind of distress. The label on his cell door reads "Sample ID: Beverage SSB/004, subject unstable", indicating this Mudokon is one of many test subjects in these SoulStorm Brew trials. A pair of eyes can be seen in the reflection of the glass belonging to a Vykker who is looking into the cell.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Recap on Oddworld.com'''
** http://www.oddworld.com/2017/03/third-oddworld-soulstorm-image-shows-things-going-bad-worse-mudokons/

<center>[[File:Oddworld_Soulstorm_003_4K.jpg|800px]]</center>

[[File:GhostsInTheChair.jpg|thumb|Coded message scratched on the inside of the glass (mirrored)]]
'''[2017. March 05.]''' A coded message has been scratched on the inside of the glass using unknown symbols. This time the community had to figure out both the alphabet and the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' .@StarDrop513 deciphered the message. It looks like it was written by the poor Mudokon after all... https://pic.twitter.com/aCKpBATFw0
* '''Third Picture'''
** There are ghosts in the chair No more light The cold and the darkness will take me

=== Hidden truth ===
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo.png|thumb|First version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
[[File:Page_8291.png|thumb|Screenshot of the 8291 page]]
[[File:Page_whatifwetoldyoutoo_2.png|thumb|Second version of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page]]
'''[2017. March 13.]''' A few days later, @edmudokon and @SPIRITOF1029 started tweeting again, hinting that the truth was out there but that the people who found it couldn't share it with the rest of the community. One secret was left to be found but couldn't be publicly shared until the Spirit of 1029's operative was safe from the Magog Cartel. This secret was quite huge: filmed footage of a Mudokon loosing his mind while being watched by a Vykker.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' please don't share it if you find it. it's too dangerous... they can't know we got it.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' What if we told you... there was more to uncover?
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have all you need. Follow the numbers, find the truth.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Some of you have found the truth. Now greater numbers must see. We will show the world. Soon.

'''[2017. March 14.]''' The page was revealed a day later. Some members of the community found it previously by grouping together the names of the pictures appearing in the 12362831522212 and 71220283136 pages found earlier. Note that the content of the whatifwetoldyoutoo page changed once it got revealed by the Spirit of 1029, the original version has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/___%20You%20found%20me.%20Now,%20find%20what%20I've%20seen.%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/
* http://www.1029.io/whatifwetoldyoutoo/8291
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' As soon as our operative is safe, we will show you what their last transmission contained.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our operative's safety is confirmed, we've sent the latest transmission. Now they can show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' They asked us to show the world. It's the least we can do for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4jZVTUoak
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 1)'''
<pre>
You found me.
So, stay with me. Stay with us. Listen. See.

We will show you.

Now, let's see if you can keep a secret...

8291. It's not what you think it is. Do you see?
I need to know if you can see. If there's a way.

~e
</pre>
* '''Page 8291'''
<pre>
You're here.
OK, sure, but please - PLEASE - keep this to yourself...

They can't know we have this footage. They just can't.

8291. It's not [redacted] you think it is...
I mean, what were you thinking...?

~e
</pre>
* '''Page whatifwetoldyoutoo (version 2)'''
<pre>
This is what's happening.
These are my friends. They're doing this to us. All of us.

There's more, much more, but it's not easy getting it out of here.

Together we're stronger. We can survive.

Stay strong. Stay together.

~e
</pre>
* '''HTML Comments in Page 8291's Code''' (edited out many repetitions of "WORK OBEY COMPLY" for readability)
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== The Fourth Transmission ==
[[File:Findit.jpg|thumb|First clue provided by the Spirit of 1029 during the fourth transmission.]]
'''[2017. April 19.]''' OddworldInc and the community continue working together to decipher and clean up the fourth transmission coming from the Spirit of 1029.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We grow in strength but the signal is weak. Our message fades into noise and light. Help us. This is only possible together. #wewillrise

=== Find it ===
'''[2017. April 24.]''' The first clue for the fourth transmission is a mashup of the previous three pictures with a lot of text and codes covering it. This includes a powerful tirade praising Abe for having shown the way for the Spirit of 1029 movement.

'''Clues'''
* http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' https://pic.twitter.com/NlAd2hm97r
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You got it! Good. We weren't sure if you'd be able to unscramble it. Show them. Show them so they can help us. #wewillrise
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We'll show as many as we can. We're not sure what it means but we know you'll all be able to help, just like before. http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/findit.jpg
* '''FindIt Picture'''
** USE A DIFFERENT CODE. THIS IS NOT RELEVANT DATA. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT OBEY. THEY LIE.
** fire air water earth gas liquid solid
** use what you can't see
** WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THIS IS ALL THERE WAS: WORK, OBEY, COMPLY. THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN FROM US. OUR HISTORY WAS HIDDEN FROM US. WE WERE BRED TO WORK, RAISED TO OBEY AND FORCED TO COMPLY. OUR NATURAL CONNECTION TO MOTHER PLANET WAS ERASED FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE. LOST WAS OUR KNOWING. LOST WAS OUR UNITY, OUR CONNECTION, OUR POWER AND OUR PURPOSE. ALL THAT WE WERE WAS A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED AND EXPLOITED IN THE ONGOING RACE FOR MORE WEALTH. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED, WE WERE TRICKED INTO KILLING. WHAT WAS WORST FOR US, WE WERE TOLD WAS BEST. WE WERE TAUGHT TO TRUST THOSE WHO WOULD DECEIVE US THE MOST. THAT HAS ALL CHANGED. THE HERO HAS SHOWN ALL OF US THAT OUR OPPRESSORS CAN BE TOPPLED. HE HAS FOUND OUR WILD AND KNOWING BROTHERS. HE HAS RECONNECTED THE FACTORY-BORN TO OUR NATURAL WORLD AND ANCIENT WAYS. HE HAS LIT A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED. WE WILL GIVE HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE HELPLESS. WE WILL LEND STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO ARE WEAK. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED. OUR MOVEMENT WILL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING INFERNO AND WE WILL TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ABUSED IT. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY THE MEDIA CIRCUS. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT OBEY. WE WILL RISE AND WE WILL RISE AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE BURNED THROUGH OUR TATTERED BONDS AND RAZED THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND. WE WILL RISE. JOIN US. THERE'S A STORM COMING.

=== Electricity ===
[[File:Page_electricity.png|thumb|Screenshot of the electricity page]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The elemental clues (fire, air, water, earth, gas, liquid & solid) and the "use what you can't see" were clues to point us to the next page named '''electricity'''. This page contains a single word in its centre: '''HELP'''.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/electricity/
* http://1029.io/electricity/help.zip
'''Messages'''
* '''SaveUs.jpg'''
** BREATH
* '''Listen.txt''' (decoded)
** why do you just watch can you not see us can you not hear the utighdbfn why is this happening wny its too cold to th can you hear us is there anybody there will you help us or rihjsudhgheusodj never are go find pn lose in to it alchem we are cold we are lost we are forgotten and its ecant gmds pneumatigd why are they taking cant stop cold so cold so cold we will rise we will not obey we will not comply jendn we will rise we will rise we will rise we will not die is abe dead here we will not die here we will not die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot die here we cannot survive gheufh help this is not what we wanted we cannot dont cant see speak stop we need to save someone save us pneuma we need to be stop ightnevital energy source of this stop to think breath breathe cant breathe cant always watching we can never eyes stop find rest go now share loose top find think or too last day light never why to a way stp give this is ever not no find things first or the ghtuenth day tjgit let last now or out get in or arttest never stop we will find a way to gain our freedom e why it lost gone now stop taken from us and from the rest we cant stop too much now too pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain dont believe the things they tell you they lie they know no truth its lost long lost now ghwkfnhjsk what happened to them they are lost ghwufnfasjntiwpldfmwbwietpr stop it greed greed greed greed greed greed greed the expense is us we are tired our spark is fading do not let them extinguish all that we are we cannot snwownfnf see the end save us save us save us we cannot fight help us why is this happening for their proghejwnfiwthisnfwe why forget us let us go we dont deserve no one deserves its not dont believe dont believe they will lie they lie they lie heugnpngjifsk lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies eieslseiselslsl is abe dead we dont want to die

=== Pneuma ===
[[File:Page_pneuma.png|thumb|Screenshot of the ASCII art on the pneuma page]]
[[File:Helpus_clean.jpg|thumb|Cleaned up version of helpus.jpg]]
'''[2017. April 27.]''' The BREATH message combined with the decoded text in Listen.txt made it clear to the community that '''pneuma''' was an important word, leading us the the next page. The pneuma page initially contained only the ASCII art logo of the Spirit Of 1029 with letters embedded in it changing each time the page was refreshed. Four versions of the page were present, each containing the letters to spell one word, forming the following sentence: Dont let us die.

After a couple of minutes the title of the page started changing, displaying single words, again forming sentences. The words of a single sentence would loop for a bit before switching to the next sentence. After that the generated pages started to change, and started to include even more letters in the ASCII art spelling even more words: Help, Stop, Mask.

Finally the page displayed the helpus.jpg picture.

'''Clues'''
* http://1029.io/pneuma/
* http://1029.io/pneuma/helpus.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''SO1029 Logo'''
** Don't let us die.
** Help
** Stop
** Mask
* '''Title of the pneuma page'''
** ?
** /\--/\--/\--/\
** it's so hard to breathe
** please make it stop
** around how many times
** we will all die
** b.r.e.a.t.h.e
** b..r..e..a..t..h..e
** b r e a t h e (page title was only a single letter)
** ..........

===The fourth picture===
'''[2017. May 02.]''' A few days later the cleaned up picture was released on the Soulstorm page. This image shows a Mudokon wearing a breathing mask, running in what appears to be a Mudokon sized hamster-wheel. He is in front of a screen of sorts, reading binary and operating the computer with two levers. In the background some medical equipment can be seen. It is unknown where this picture was taken. The general surroundings do not seem to indicate Vykkers Labs anymore.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/ARG_Image_04_4K.jpg

<center>[[File:ARG Image 04 4K.jpg | 800px]]</center>

=Fourth phase: The Magog Cartel=
[[File:MagogCartel_Twitter_Profile_Picture.jpg|thumb|MagogCartel's profile picture on Twitter]]

A new player officially joins the ARG. The Magog Cartel now directly interferes during the community's investigation by hacking accounts and websites and by spreading lies through their Twitter account. The first step was attacking the 1029.io the website of the Spirit of 1029 revolutionary movement.

== Hostile takeover ==
[[File:Discord_Hack.png|thumb|Magog Cartel hacking into the official Oddworld Discord server]]
'''[2017. August 07.]''' During the start of the attack we see the Magog Cartel hacking into the Spirit of 1029's website. This led the secondary colour of 1029.io to switch from green to red, having letters spelling '''MAGOG''' appearing in the ASCII logo and a new HTML comment appearing noting that the hacking was easily done.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We will not be silenced. We will not stay hidden. The storm is coming and we will rise.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' The watchers can’t see everything. Our message will be heard. #wewillrise
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io'''
** heh, that was easy. let's see...

[[File:Vast.jpg|thumb|Image posted by the OddworldInc employees while being hacked]]
'''[2017. August 09.]''' On this day in a dramatic finale we finally uncovered the enemy who tried to silence @OddworldInc and @SPIRITOF1029. It was obvious that something was not right from the very beginning when @SPIRITOF1029 fell silent after noticing that someone attempted to hack their communications channel.

On the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord server]a new emote with the Magog Cartel logo was added with the name :staywealthy:. Soon after all messages containing that :staywealthy: emote or the 8291 code (:_e_: :_t_: :_n_: :_o_:) got removed and the Oddworld Inhabitants employees (OWI_Alex, OWI_Pete & OWI_Bernice) stated posting gibberish and messages coming from an other entity including a strange image containing the word '''vast''' multiple times.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We’ve noticed some attempts to take over our communications channels. Our message will not be silen
* '''Discord'''
** Òǚř ʂе¢цгіẗу ẁᾅș πŏţ ḃӷӫǟċḥễđ Ọսȑ šѐсưȑіƫỵ ẅἂѕ ᾒṑե ƃŗӫᾶϲɦẻđ ⍬ṳř şĕсǜӷɩȶӱ ẁấṣ ŉόՒ þȑѐẩƈȟεժ Ỡùȓ șєϛụґɪŧӱ ẅᾲş բóȶ ḃŗḛąḉℏӫď Ơǔѓ ṡễćṻȓĩťÿ ẇẳŝ ἧὅṱ ḇґèḁčիề₫ ["Our security was not breached" repeated over and over]
** W& //€q117 PHø|? +/-/∂† +() }{∂|²|2€11.
** Ḿ̧̪̻̻͇̟̹̭̼͊̈́̍̎̿͐̎͝͞o̧̤̗̠͚̟͒̐͗͆͜͢͡͞C̠̯̳̙̠̳̹͒̽̇̈̽̚͜r̶͕̗̜̲͕̘̒͗̆̄̎̐̓t̛̛̯̠̼͎̭̻̯̜̿͂̑̃͌͂̔ļ̴͙̩̠̯̐̊̆̐̂̿c̢̳͎̱ ̺̮͎͖̟̐̓̐́͋͞ó̧̡̻͙̳͇̼̯̹̄͒̐͗ [MoCrtlco]

The last message was actually a clue towards where we should look next. It referred to an URL. Uncovering this effectively started the next arc of the ARG.

== MagogCartel.com ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel.png|thumb|Screenshot of the first version of the MagogCartel page]]
'''[2017. August 10.]''' The messages the Magog Cartel transmitted during their hack led us straight to their website, MagogCartel.com, but it seems completely hacked and corrupted. While investigating it the community discovers multiple codes hidden in the HTML comments. Note that the page has changed since then, but this first version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_1/P.%20P.%20P.%20_____%201029%20_____.html OddWideWeb]

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/
* https://twitter.com/magogcartel
'''Messages'''
* '''HTML contents'''
** wewillstopyouyouwillfall
<pre>

Welcome to the official Ma___________g_____ life? here? HERE?! ***

<h2 class="Check out this guy!">responsible</h2>

DB_PP_PRODUCTTEXT: Weâ€™re sourciest, juiciest Parami__from closer to their nests, for our bes___________________________________________________________aramite Pies ever! Made with all natural ingredients[1] and baked in
our traditional ovens to a recipe thatâ€™s be............ aster bakers, our pXXXes are packed with Para-meat[2] oooooooooooo00OOoozing [1] at least one natural ingredient in every 12-pack of pie_________8** [2] not necessarily made with Paramites.

PLEASE REVIEW AS APPROPRIATE -->

<h2>responsible settle@@@@@@@ments</h2>

 VIEW just left of here across Mudos AND who could possibly be the EMPLOYEE OF THE DAY AND THE NEW i mean, how hard can it be? every aspect of every aspect of every as-------------f every aspect of EVERY SIN--E ASPECT of every aspect of every asp--_--------------------ct of every aspect of every as_--ct of every aspect of FOLLOW ME follow US

<h2>almost% every settlement</h2>

<h2>responsible for ***almost*** every aspect of municipal life in these vastvastvastvastvastvast idyllic settlements</h2>

Seriously.

<h2>responsible</h2>

<h2>vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast VAST vats vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast 1029 vast vast vast vast </h2>
</pre>

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 sent us messages helping us decode one of the codes in the MagogCartel page. After identifying correct words in the tweets we discovered we had to use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish_(cipher) blowfish cipher] to decode it.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' your help is invaluable to us, together we will '''blow''' this latest Magog scandal wide open. together #wewillrise
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the watchers can '''fish''' around the communication channels all they like, we will always be one step ahead of them.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' -1-4,-2-10
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' the story of mudokonkind is about history. now they treat us just like numbers. they will not succeed.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we have given you the tools you need. the ones we can trust will prove themselves capable. leaders will rise as the storm closes in.
* '''Decoded message'''
** ^_^ U_V DX is is true or false all for profit interests industrial agricultural Mudos provide highest possible return investments overheads dreams limited power gigantic badge leaders product Meech Motors travel expertly trained Slig Security Forces successful undertaking employment vast sentient secure specialist habitation zones benefit factories foundries farmlands stability millions undertakings Cartel management selflessly representatives responsible municipal vast idyllic settlements under construction please subscribe and link and follow and like and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy and buy at magog cartel

== The Copycat ==
[[File:Weknow.jpg|thumb|weknow.jpg file found on the MagogCartel.com website]]
[[File:Weknow_original.jpg|thumb|Original version of the weknow picture [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc]]]
'''[2017. August 11.]''' At the same time the Magog Cartel account is trying to get a message accross in a subtle way.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' .@spiritof1029 we see you. '''W'''e can see what you are doing with your fake reports. you will not prosp'''E'''r.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are proud of the strong lin'''K'''s between each of our facilities. our operations are by far the most efficie'''N'''t on oddworld.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' we are aware of some terrible fake rep'''O'''rts being leaked. please ignore them. our very successful '''W'''orkers know the truth is very different.

'''[2017. August 14.]''' A few days later the message is a lot less subtle. This led us to a hidden picture on the MagogCartel.com website titled '''weknow'''! A lot of coded messages are present in the picture, however they obviously come from the Magog Cartel as what appears to be a bait so that we would lose valuable time decoding them. Note that the original picture was [https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/status/872491635451494400 shared previously by OddworldInc], indeed the Magog Cartel is cautious not to leak any new incriminating evidence.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/weknow.jpg
'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' every time an employee falls into a grinder it takes '''82''' minutes of Mudokon time to clean up. Be safe, for productivity’s sake!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that an average of '''91''' eager new employees start their careers with us every day. Help them be the best workers they can be.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' that our facilities are a picture of perfect productivity. Your hard work helps us to show that picture to the world.
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' '''We know''' what you’re looking for in a rewarding, productive career. Magog Cartel can help you find it. Discover your options with us today!
* '''weknow picture'''
** Magog Cartel
** WE KNOW HOW YOU WORK NOW. WE KNOW YOUR CODES. WE WILL STOP YOU. YOU WILL NOT INTIMIDATE US. OUR WAY OF LIFE MUST BE PRESERVED.
** LOOK, WE CAN MAKE SECRET CODES TOO. YOU ARE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE PERSONNEL TO SIMPLY SWAMP YOU WITH WORK. HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU WASTE TRYING TO DECIPHER THIS CODE? ALL THE TIME, WE WERE GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING YOU. WE ARE ALMOST THERE. MAYBE WE ARE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, WAITING. WATCHING. YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER, TERRORIST. WE WILL INCINERATE YOUR SILLY LITTLE GROUP AND SCATTER YOUR ASHES TO EVERY CORNER OF OUR EMPIRE SO THAT YOU WILL ETERNALLY BEAR WITNESS TO OUR SUCCESSES, AND YOUR KINDS UNENDING SERVITUDE. YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST.
** WE WILL NEVER GIVE IN TO TERRORISTS. YOU WILL NEVER WIN. YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT OUR SPIRIT. WE WILL FIND YOU AND WE WILL WIPE YOU OUT. WE IGNITE THE FLAME THAT LIGHTS THE DARKNESS. THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW SUCCESS
** you are a resource. you are expendable. we will replace you when you fall. you will work. you will obey. you will comply. or you will perish. we have the prestige. we have the power. we will profit. always. always. always.
** Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply. Prestige. Power. Profits. Work. Obey. Comply.
** RuptureFarms1029 will rise from the ashes. we will rebuild it bigger, better and more profitable than before. it will be the greatest, most efficient factory that Oddworld has ever seen. it will be a towering symbol of Glukkon strength that cannot be ignored. one terrorist will not deter us.

== UNDER CONSTRUKTION ==
[[File:Page_MagogCartel_2.png|thumb|Screenshot of the second version of the MagogCartel page]]
[[File:WeSeeYou.png|thumb|Frame from the WeSeeYou video with the 22/9 date]]
'''[2017. September 4.]''' During the first week of September the MagogCartel.com got updated, simply displaying it was '''UNDER CONSTRUKTION'''. The page has changed since then, but the second version of the MagogCartel.com site has been archived on the [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/MagogCartel.com/index_2/___%20UNDER%20CONSTRUKTION%20___.html OddWideWeb]

'''Messages'''
* '''MagogCartel page'''
** *** UNDER CONSTRUKTION ***

'''[2017. September 5.]''' One day later a cryptic video was posted on the OddworldInc account. It showed the [[Guardian Angel]] along with text and numbers flashing. Most notably amongst the flashing messages was '''22/9''', the date of the EGX event during which OddworldInc had an on-stage presentation. While the EGX event was indeed important for the ARG this video was actually pointing to the release of the [https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4134-CUSA00326_00-ETH0000000001513 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 20th Anniversary Dynamic Theme] on PS4.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We're going to be at EGX for an on-stage presentation on Friday 22nd Sept! Grab your tickets now! @EGX https://pic.twitter.com/rDQiDIApa9
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' w̸̨̠͓͍̯̺͉͞e̯̝͖̫̺̯͉̻͘͡ ̗̭̕͢s̴̮̭̫̱ͅe̢̠̮̫̦̼̪̘͠ͅę̠̥̯͔̣̼̻̕ͅ ̻̘̼̣͓̩͚͘͢͠y̴̭̯̪̺͙͚͚̪͞o̬̞͜͢͝u̮̤͖̩̗̰ͅͅ.̴̲̣̪̮̼̱.̡̰̭̗͍̝͉̯͢.̡̡̼͇̙̜̮̦̪̞ͅ https://pic.twitter.com/UoQ3xRAhDU
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We continue to demonstrate our exceptional technological progress to an ever growing number of customers. Everyone loves Magog products!
** '''[@Zulag]''' Did you just claim the attack on the @OddworldInc account?
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Attack? We don’t need to attack, we’re already in a dominant position in every market we deem profitable. We just demonstrate our dominance.
* '''WeSeeYou video'''
** 8
** ?
** 2
** 2
** 9
** 1
** /
** 8291
** 829/
** 229/
** 22/9
** EVERYONE
** WANTS
** TO
** EAT
** YOU

== The Informant ==
[[File:Informant_006.jpg|thumb|Sixth photo of The Informant newspaper]]
'''[2017. September 7.]''' A couple of days later the MagogCartel page got updated again, randomly displaying one of three photos of an issue of The Informant, one of the Magog Cartel's favourite newspapers. Three more pictures of The Informant got shared a couple of hours later via Twitter.

'''Clues'''
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_001.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_002.jpg
* http://magogcartel.com/informant_003.jpg

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We stopped reading the Daily Deception’s fake reports. The latest issue of The Informant is a really great read, very honest. The greatest!
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' It’s great to finally have an honest newspaper to read, and such good quality, too! https://pic.twitter.com/MHuC6jdtNC
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’re always happy to see some balanced reporting on our business from The Informant. Refreshing, when there are so many fake reports! https://pic.twitter.com/DmkV4GbVYw
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' We’ve just been told that The Informant is printed on machines made at a Magog facility! That explains the quality! https://pic.twitter.com/Bvz29ZrBvk
* '''HTML comment in MagogCartel page'''
** seriously, are you guys seeing this?!

'''[2017. September 22.]''' A printout of the front page of The Informant was distributed to the ARG hunters during the EGX event. The full transcription of the page can be found [[Soulstorm_ARG_-_The_Informant | on its dedicated page]].

== MagogGate (EGX) ==
[[File:EGX_Handouts.jpg|thumb|Handouts distributed during the EGX event]]
'''[2017. September 22.]''' The 2017 edition of the [https://www.egx.net/ EGX] event was the culmination of this ARG phase. OddworldInc managed to secure an on-stage presentation at the event and took the opportunity to show the world the damning evidence the Spirit of 1029 wanted the world to see: footage of '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"'''. The whole presentation is fascinating and definitely worth a look.

After the presentation OddworldInc members handed out some material for further analysis: stickers with the Magog Cartel and Spirit of 1029 logos, portraits of Abe, Alf, Toby and three yet unnamed Glukkons, Magog Cartel flyers and the front page of the issue of The Informant featured on MagogCartel.com

During the day of the event and the next few days Ed and the Spirit of 1029 made it clear that their mission was done for now, '''we saw the truth!''' (even thought the Magog Cartel tried to deny it)

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zdCg4tbOc

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' 22/9. we’ll see you there.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Today, we will begin to show the world. #wewillrise
** '''[@edmudokon]''' can… can you hear me?
** '''[@edmudokon]''' so dark… so cold… i have done what i can. i am the storm.
** '''[@edmudokon]''' i can still hear the screams of my brothers i can still taste the tears that rolled down my cheeks
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' Many fake reports are circulating. Don’t believe these dangerous lies!
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' You have seen the truth. Next, we will show you how to help us fight back. With your help, we will spread the message. #wewillrise

<center>[[File:EGX_ProjektSoulstorm.png | 800px]]</center>

== Projekt: "Soulstorm" ==
[[File:ProjektSoulstorm.png|thumb|Frame from the Projekt: "Soulstorm" footage with clue highlighted]]
'''[2017. September 25.]''' A few days later OddworldInc shared the '''Projekt: "Soulstorm"''' footage on their YouTube account. The community quickly discovered that coded messages were hidden in some of the frames of the video, some of them obvious, some of them uncracked.

'''Clues'''
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0o2c4NGpk

'''Messages'''
* '''Video'''
** 8291
** 1651
** 1550
** 1029.io
** @magogcartel
** The ghosts in the chair will haunt you forever

<center>[[File:ProjektSoulstorm_2.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The Fifth phase: the ARG's not dead =

== The Origins celebration==
[[File:Abes_Origins.jpg|thumb|Abe's Origins: a celebration of Abe, the original revolutionary]]
'''[2018. March 15.]''' Months later the SPIRIT OF 1029 started tweeting again. The community started looking at all the usual places and upon close inspection it appeared that the ASCII logo on the 1029.io page had even more letters appearing in it randomly than before. Those extra letters could be used to spell '''ORIGINS'''. Those letters also appeared in the ASCII logo on the 404 page and for the first time a html comment appeared on the 404 page.

Shortly after a new channel called "origins" appeared on the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] with a cryptic [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/424167787897028609/424175888418996225/origins_1.mp4 video] as first message.

It was revealed a few days later that this was a built up for the announcement of the [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection "Oddworld: Abe's Origins - Book & Game Collection" kickstarter campaign]. This book is OddworldInc's testament to Abe, the original revolutionary that inspired the whole Spirit of 1029 movement.

Note that the book & game collection is still available for preorder on [https://app.crowdox.com/projects/1869209521/oddworld-abes-origins-book-and-game-collection Crowdox].

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/404.php

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' Our future depends on us understanding our past. We must know where we come from.
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' We know you can hear us. We know you are ready to help. We will show you more when the time is right. Keep watching.
* '''HTML comments on 1029.io page'''
** too obvious? i dunno. it's soon though. i can't wait.
* '''HTML comments on 404 page'''
** me neither. it's going to be great.

== Not dead, hiding ==
[[File:1515636880.jpg|thumb|1515636880: Ceci n'est pas un screenshot]]
'''[2018. January 12.]''' Around the 12th of January 2018 [[Lorne Lanning]] changed his twitter header picture to the '''1515636880''' picture. While it was hinted repeatedly in the official [https://discord.gg/bQKeAE6 Oddworld Discord] that this image was hiding something, it wasn't until much later that it was found how to use it.

'''Clues'''
* https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/20823262/1515636880/1500x500

'''[2018. May 30.]''' After months of total silence Ed tweeted one single message: '''alive...'''. The embedded picture contains the number '''15156'''. This is a reference to a number in the URL of Lorne's header picture: '''1515636880'''. This number led us to the 1515636880 page on 1029.io.

More importantly this tells us that the usual communications channels of the Spirit of 1029 have been compromised by the Magog Cartel. The Spirit of 1029 is probably still trying to reach out to the community but it's unclear how.

'''Clues'''
* http://www.1029.io/1515636880/

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@edmudokon]''' alive… https://pic.twitter.com/j0FE2Qgdu1
* '''Page 1515636880'''
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** it's only going to get harder. we don't have the keys anymore to the usual channels. if you hear anything from them, it's THEM.
** our options are limited. you can help though. you have to help. if we can be sure it's you, then maybe we can talk. prove it.

== The Canisters ==
[[File:Canister_Open.jpg|thumb|One of the canisters coming from Oddworld to our world]]
'''[2018. June 11.]''' A few days later the Spirit of 1029 started dropping canisters in our world, close to where the E3 convention was taking place. Those canisters appear to contain some kind of secret message. The first landed in the JW Marriott hotel in Los Angeles and the second one [https://goo.gl/maps/71onqQ49f2E2 in front of the STAPLES Center]. It is unknown if those canisters have been picked up or what their contents are.

'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message out. find it. https://pic.twitter.com/0VLaW0rB9w
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' we will get our message to you. https://pic.twitter.com/LAt0bWeM2Y
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' our message has made it from Oddworld to your world. find it. #wewillrise https://pic.twitter.com/yHXH3fMd7b
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' JW M . LA https://pic.twitter.com/imXWF38Wtv
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' find the truth. https://pic.twitter.com/wj4cjztciL
** '''[@SPIRITOF1029]''' hear us https://pic.twitter.com/gfFAuZOMfZ

'''[2018. September 30.]''' A couple of months later, longtime Oddworld fan [https://twitter.com/Crashpunk_Plays/status/1046446823399927815 Crashpunk] was contacted by the Spirit of 1029 and was given a canister. He promptly shared the enclosed message with the whole community. Unfortunately the trail stopped there as no one was able to decipher the message.

'''Messages'''
* '''Canister'''
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/=.&.=/\x50\x6f\x73\x69\x74\x69\x6f\x6e\x20\x6d\x61\x74\x74\x65\x72\x73\x2e/=.&.=/NYSE:KO_ATL.GA/=.&.=/@SO1029_36:5=4:4_17:5_12:3_26:3_35:7/=.&.=/
1029.io #wewillrise
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Notes on the puzzle:

1. /=.&.=/ is not just a separator. OWI_Pete confirmed that's it's part of the message.

2. The first sequence of characters is actually a hexadecimal encoded string. Decoding it yields: "Position matters."

3. The second sequence of characters stands for:
* "NYSE" = the New York Stock Exchange.
* "KO" = the codeword for Coca Cola stocks.
* "ATL.GA" = Atlanta, Georgia, the location of the HQ of Coca Cola. (Atlanta, GA 30313)

4. We have no idea how to use the third sequence

<center>[[File:Canister_Message.jpg | 800px]]</center>

= The sixth phase: a new start? =

== The Oddwall ==
'''[2019. April 29.]''' Months later @OddworldInc launched a new marketing game called [http://www.oddworld.com/oddwall/ The Oddwall], the objective was to reveal an image by unhiding sections through social media interaction (votes, likes, subscriptions,...). It started to go wrong when the option to reveal section 3 appeared in a Facebook poll while it was already previously revealed.

This actually foreshadowed some kind of foul play as at the moment section 3 was supposed to be revealed the Magog Cartel decided to spoil all the fun and corrupted the image:

<center>[[File:Oddwall_M.jpg | 800px]]
See how each section was revealed until this point [[Media:Oddwall1.gif|here]].
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'''Messages'''
* '''Twitter'''
** '''[@MagogCartel]''' What are these foolish games? Get back to work.
** '''[@OddworldInc]''' We don't know what's happening, but we're investigating the issue and we'll have the wall back to normal as soon as we can! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6Mw6n4WkAAsSY9.jpg

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== References ==

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==About==
* Published: 02 November 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 12: Paint—By The Numbers

Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus is big. Very big. Whereas the original game had a ‘mere’ 450-odd background screens, Exoddus has over a thousand of them… and no two are alike. The job occupies a full-time department of five digital paint artists. ‘I like to think of the paint department as sous-chefs, cutting and prepping vegetables for the chef,’ says lead digital artist Cathy Johnson. ‘We are the supporting actors. Yet without the paint department, there would be no game.’

While no formal schooling is required, ‘an understanding of composition, lighting, perspective, and design is a must,’ say Johnson. The best place to learn those tools is probably art school (Cathy is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design, as are two of her painters), but one of Oddworld’s painters came from another company, while another was hired straight out of high school.

Guiding the paint artists in their pursuit of perfection is the ‘Oddworld Signature,’ a series of six artistic commandments created by production designer Farzad Varahramyan and director Lorne Lanning.

All images must: 
1) Be realistic. 
2) Have solidity. 
3) Be original. 
4) Be cool. 
5) Evoke emotion. 
6) Look ALIVE!

Lofty goals, but what happens when the rubber meets the road?

Working from ‘blueprints’ provided by the game designers and with an overall vision supplied by the art directors, the paint artists create each unique gamescreen by first choosing a foundation of prerendered 3D images to ‘dress the set.’ Each 3D object is painstakingly built to exact specifications by Oddworld’s world-class CG department and then networked into a virtual ‘prop house’ for the paint department’s use. By compositing these 3D elements with traditional paint techniques, the Oddworld Signature becomes achievable—but not easy.

‘The first phase is to assemble and place the fundamental structures that the characters interact with while maintaining the signature architecture of the particular level, including the overall lighting design—?the all-important composition phase,’ says digital artist Raymond Swanland. ‘The second phase involves embellishing the scene with finer detail, enhancing the mood, and creating depth of environment with a vista—the fun refinement phase.’

Raymond has a strange sense of fun. The ‘refinement’ phase can see cameras go through dozens of painstaking revisions… not to mention the changes introduced by evolving game design. For example, the FeeCo Depot Lobby was overhauled late in the design process. ‘It required building a dozen or so new cameras from scratch and tossing the old ones,’ says digital artist Mark Ahlin. ‘A most difficult thing to do for a proud and over-inflated artist.’

Like monks copying illuminated manuscripts, the paint artists slave over each and every screen. Consider that each of the one thousand cameras in the game took (on average) six to eight hours to complete, and the amount of labor is staggering. ‘At the end we were doing four cameras per day and working 16-hour days, seven days a week,’ confirms Johnson, with only a hint of weariness. But even with the game complete and awaiting manufacture, the paint department remains busy. That’s because they’re responsible for all the advertising imagery, promotional pieces, magazine covers, and other appearances of Abe and his pals, worldwide. It’s all part of Oddworld’s master plan to maintain the highest possible quality in every aspect of production.

NEXT: [[1998/10/27 - The Rock|The Rock]]

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 7 October 1998

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Archive:The Rock

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==About==
* Published: 27 October 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 13: The Rock

While I couldn’t get my computer to repeat ‘Hello World’ on the screen if my life depended on it, I have learned through painful experience which programmers I can trust and which I can’t. There are guys that will duck and weave on the simplest question, and then there are the guys that are so rock solid, you always take them at face value.

One such rock is software engineer Todd Johnson, the lead programmer on Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. His mission for the last year has been to lead six other programmers in creating a new game from the bones of the old. On paper, Todd’s job might have looked easy. After all, this new game is based on an existing software ‘engine.’ All he had to do was pop and swap old art and design with new, right?

‘There is very little from the old game that didn’t get worked on,’ answers Johnson. ‘We changed how files get loaded off disc, how objects communicate with each other, the way levels are laid out, the animation compression, even the arrangement of VRAM. We added new characters as well as motions and AI to existing characters.’ Limited RAM means that using an existing engine could even prove a problem. ‘Every change required a search for something to remove or streamline,’ says Todd.

On top of everything else, there is pure innovation. Of all the features in the game, ‘I would have to say the QuikSave feature is the most impressive,’ says Johnson. ‘A big reason this game will be much more fun than the first is the ability to save anywhere. The frustration of dying and playing the same thing over again is gone.’

And then there are the things you have to dig to find. ‘I literally spent months working on the Mudokon emotional states,’ says Todd. ‘The feature is more of a fun factor for the player who treats the game like a toy and just goofs off with it.’ When you get your hands on the game, line up a bunch of Mudokons, slap the first one, and watch the carnage that ensues.

With seven programmers, not to mention dozens of designers, artists, and directors all providing input, an already complex project can become impossible. How did Todd keep everyone moving in the same direction?

‘The most important thing is to have one programmer in charge of a mechanic or character. Then that person can identify conflicts in various requests from their familiarity with the code,’ Todd replies.

‘During the debugging period, this structure breaks down because everyone is in a rush to get things fixed. Our safety net here is version control software, which allows us to roll back the code or simply look at previous versions.’

So, now that the engine is screaming in top gear, and all these cool features are on hand, isn’t it a natural to do another 2D game?

‘I will personally kill whoever tries to suggest Abe 3,’ replies Todd.

OK, pal, I’ll take you at face value.

NEXT: [[1998/11/16_-_This_Is_the_End|This Is The End]]

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 27 October 1998

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Archive:Testing 1, 2, 3

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==About==
* Published: 02 October 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 11: Testing 1, 2, 3

It’s quiet at Oddworld. I hear keyboards tapping, but I don’t hear screaming or programmers tossing chairs. The game must be finished. How did we do it?

Well, everyone worked themselves to death, but that’s only half the fight. All the art, code, design, and sound in the world don’t do you any good if the game is buggy, obscure, or too difficult to control. The guys who make the games are sensitive to these issues, but as creators, we’re too close to our baby to be objective. We need impartial observers not only for the rote work of bug testing but also to offer their unbiased opinion about how we’re doing.

Since midsummer, Oddworld has employed a cadre of in-house bug testers. ‘There are officially eight testers: two permanent full-time testers, four temporary in-house testers, and two temporary out-of-house testers,’ says assistant producer Patrick K. Yoshida. All were local hires, and several hope their test job at Oddworld will grow into something more. ‘Some people discover after a summer testing job that maybe this is not the most glamorous job and seek employment at Burger King,’ says head test-meister Mark Simon. ‘Others realize that they can impact something that millions of crazed fans will flock to buy and turn the job into a trial run at a permanent position.’

‘Heck, you get paid for playing a game, you can’t beat it,’ says Yoshida, fully knowing that the job is anything but fun and games. Testers first have to find the bugs, then reproduce the conditions under which they occur, to give the team a fighting chance to fix them. Then, once bugs have been fixed, they have to verify that the problem has been solved… and that the solution hasn’t introduced some new problem.

Then there are the things that don’t fall under a simple job description: ‘The testers are also used as personal slaves by bug fixers to reproduce bugs and to play through the game because they know the game as a whole inside and out,’ says Simon, putting a friendly spin on things. (Personal slave? I’ll have to talk to Mark about getting my car washed.)

It is a demanding job. The department blasts through 60-odd CDs a week, testing the same things dozens of times, looking for the smallest defects. Attention to detail, good communication skills, and the ability to work long days are the basic requirements. ‘All game companies need testers,’ says Yoshida. ‘I personally think working your way up in a company is the way to go. You get to learn about the company.’

And once you have your foot in the door, there’s no limit to where you can go. ‘For myself, testing is a permanent position, but I aspire to steal anyone’s position above me,’ says Simon, at least semi-seriously. ‘How many design jobs are entry level? … None. Anyone reading this should pay attention. If they would like to do this one day they can—I did.’

NEXT: [[1998/11/02_-_Paint—By_The_Numbers|Paint—By The Numbers]]

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 18 September 1998

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Archive:Beta!

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==About==
* Published: 24 September 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 11: Beta!

I found Todd Johnson asleep at his desk the other night. I’m not sure how long he’d been at it, but my guess is longer than twenty-four hours. Todd is a quiet man, even-tempered, always ready with an answer where someone else might complain or blow you off—?a consummate professional in the most stressful position this job has to offer: Lead Programmer. It’s all on his shoulders. So the sad thing was not finding him asleep at his desk. It was in having to wake him up to ask a question. I think it was about the burn.

That’s what we call it when we make a CD: ‘The Burn,’ as in burning an image of the game on a CD. As we near the finish line, we start dumping everything onto a CD (or two CDs in the case of this massive project). It’s a tedious process, requiring that everyone get his or her files up to date, and that Todd goes through a lengthy compilation to make sure everything is present for the disc. We do it once a week, at first, then twice a week, then daily, then hourly. Man, we must be getting close.

We’re in Beta. You can safely substitute ‘Hell’ for Beta, by the way. Beta follows the preliminary deadline of Alpha (see my 7/30/98 entry for Alpha details). Now is when all the things we were going to do later have to get done. Now. As in yesterday. All the art, all the design, all the sound—?if it’s not in the game by Beta, forget about it. It’s a time for details and endless testing. It’s also the time when programmers get that haunted thousand-yard stare—?because for a game to be Beta, it has be judged bug-free by the developer. While at other companies ‘bug free’ involves a wink and a nod and the great hope no one will notice that big bottomless hole under the living room rug, at Oddworld we take ‘bug-free’ literally, and that means long hours, long nights, and weekends—They don’t exist. Just yesterday it was the 4th of July, and now the whole summer has gotten behind me. We’re almost done. Almost.

Enduring image of Beta: Sherry (the boss) unexpectedly tells me the design team can take a day off over the Labor Day weekend. She knows a long push is still ahead, and she doesn’t want to burn us out. I tell two of the designers—Dennis Quinn and Michael Madden—that they can take Sunday off to watch the opening day of the NFL. God help me, they get up and start dancing. Dancing! Then Chris Ulm, another of the designers, says something to the effect of ‘What the Hell is wrong with us? We get to take off one day of a three day holiday weekend and we’re dancing around and cheering about it!’

Then we all went back to work. That Sunday day off was great, by the way.

Almost done. Details next time.

NEXT: [[1998/10/02_-_Testing_1,_2,_3|Testing 1, 2, 3]]

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 9 September 1998

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Archive:Convergence

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==About==
* Published: 11 September 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 10: Convergence

Notwithstanding the alarming rate at which big entertainment concerns found and fold their interactive wings, there’s no doubt that movies and games are rushing toward a common point. The coming years will see the storytelling conventions of video games broaden as wider entertainment markets beckon. Games will become less obscure, more sophisticated, and more accessible to general audiences and hard-core gamers alike.

One of the missions of Oddworld Inhabitants is to make this convergence a reality. Our first, tottering steps are the integration of our movies with our gameplay. Anyone who has played Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee knows that our movies are seamlessly integrated with the game.

Our long introductory movies that merge directly into the game have already become a company trademark. When Abe enters a door, the camera swoops through space to catch Abe coming out the other side. When Abe throws a wrench into the works of RuptureFarms, we cut to Glukkons getting their shorts in a knot.

Movie production starts in the earliest stages of design, and it’s one of the very last things we finish. The movie team puts in late nights for the entirety of the production. It is very much a labor of love. ‘When you work in a traditional studio, you contract for a specific job: It’s a service industry,’ says head technical director, Christophe Chaverou. ‘Sometimes it goes well; most of the time it doesn’t. Here at Oddworld, you are working for what you believe in, so you get much more involved in what you do. It’s your own product, not some bullshit detergent.’

Oddworld’s animators have passion for their work. It goes beyond simple craftsmanship. It’s genuine affection. They have a sense of ownership about Abe and his pals that wouldn’t apply to dancing toasters or polar bears. ‘The animators have a great degree of freedom to interpret the characters as long as they communicate the idea as indicated in the script,’ says senior animator, Scott Easley. ‘Eventually, different characters begin to take on facial expressions, gestures, or idle habits that become staples of that character: Abe’s Woody Allen-esqe dismay, the Glukkons’ indignant raised eye, or Alf’s tent-revivalist cheesiness were not written in any script but are animators’ touches that became inherent parts of that character.’

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee introduced the world to Abe and the Mudokons, the evil Glukkons, the sniveling Sligs, and a host of other odd creatures. In Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, you’ll see all those characters and more. You’ll meet General Dripik, Vice President Aslik, and Director Phleg—?a trio of Glukkons that make Molluck look like Mother Theresa. You’ll join Alf and the other Party Mudokons that accompany Abe on his dire quest. Flying Sligs? You betcha. And by the time the evil Brewmaster reveals the secret ingredient of SoulStorm Brew, there won’t be a dry eye in the house.

Watch for them in Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus… coming to a Playstation—not a theater (yet!)—?near you this Thanksgiving.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 11 September 1998

NEXT: [[1998/09/24_-_Beta!|Beta!]]

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Archive:Virtual Hollywood

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==About==
* Published: 01 September 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 9: Virtual Hollywood

Somewhere on my hard drive is a vast ‘back story’ of Oddworld history: Mudokon mysticism, Glukkon corporate greed, the rise and fall of alien cultures… the works. It’s a master vision of where Oddworld is going, but I won’t tell you any of it. Partially, this is because I don’t want to spoil the surprises we have coming down the line. More importantly, I don’t want to ’tell‘ you when it’s so much more effective to ‘show’ you.

And that’s where movies really count. Oddworld’s movies are the best in the business. You can discount that as marketing hype from a company man, but it’s true. Stack our movies up against any game out there, and the other guy is going to come out second best.

To gain some insight on the Oddworld movie process, I cornered two of Oddworld’s movie-making wizards, head technical director Christophe Chaverou and senior animator Scott Easley. Both were among the half-dozen or so original Oddworlders. Now they are at the forefront of an eight-person animation department that would be the envy of a Hollywood studio.

According to Christophe, the process of making an Oddworld movie isn’t much different from the way they’d do it for television or film. ‘The script is written first, then storyboarded. Then we record the soundtrack. With all those elements, I create an animatic (a rough version of the final sequence) so that we can adjust timing, camera, lights, atmosphere, and basic character placement and choreography.’

These preliminary steps are critical to ensure a shot will work before committing to the more expensive rendering process. A single shot can take weeks to complete, so we can’t afford to get it wrong. When the animatic looks right, rendering begins. ‘We render what we call a low-res containing the final animation but on a “low-resolution geometry” with no texture,’ Christophe continues. ‘Once we make sure the animation is OK, we render “hi-res” characters and “hi-res” environments, eventually adding the particles to create smoke, steam, fire, and water.’

Of course, every video game company goes through these steps, so what makes Oddworld movies special? While movies have become common in today’s video games, not all movies are created equal. Most adhere to the quick and cheesy heritage of past game movies. This is one of the areas where Scott Easley sees Oddworld is different. ‘The biggest difference is we have people making the movies who actually hail from a movie production background,’ Scott says. ‘Instead of being mired in the “look” of computer graphics, we use the conventions of classic movie lighting and cinematography to tell the story and try to make things look movie-quality instead of passable. In short, we work to produce images that do not look computer-generated so that the level of immersion stays consistent when we switch from the gameplay to movies and back again.’

In other words, gameplay and movie presentation are rushing toward a common spot on the horizon… about which I’ll have more to say next time.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 12 August 1998

NEXT: [[1998/09/11_-_Convergence|Convergence]]

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Archive:Barriers to Entry

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 19 August 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 8: Barriers to Entry

A couple weeks ago, our weekly lunch meeting wrapped up with a technical conversation between our chief financial officer and our operations manager about the unique hardware needs of our project. I think it had something to do with how we were handling image files for our movies.

I’m no genius, but I’m no dummy, either, and I’ve been around this business for a long time. But I had no freaking clue what they were talking about. I listened as intently as I could, but they might as well have been talking Babylonian for all the sense it made to me. A couple other people in the room understood (Lorne and Sherry, certainly, and others I am sure), but I didn’t get it, and neither did the lead engineer on the Munch project, who was sitting next to me.

And this told me two things: First, it didn’t matter that I didn’t understand what was going on, because there are members of the team who did (and who would be just as mystified if I’d been using design jargon about pushes and pulls and enders and hubs). Second, I realized all at once what an incredibly complex business this has become in the span of just a few short years.

Six years ago, any yahoo with 1500 bucks in his mattress could purchase a Sega development card, plug it into his computer, and declare himself a software developer. Now, this equation simply isn’t possible. The 32-bit era, with CD-ROMs the most common storage and retrieval device, has changed the development landscape forever. It’s not enough to make great games anymore. You’ve got to make great entertainment, too. And that means movies, and character design, and sound, and music, and great writing… all things that were present in the best of the 16-bit games, to be sure. The difference is that if you didn’t have those things in the old days, you could just squeak by, but if you don’t have them now, you’re dead.

And of course, no one person can do all these things by him/herself. So teams are getting larger, with greater equipment needs, which means greater overhead and longer development cycles… which means that publishers are laying out more cash than ever before to create video games, and they’re not about to take a flyer on some wild man in his garage, even if he is a genius and has all the gear and all the smarts to make the greatest game on earth. The risks are too great. The barriers to entry for new shops are too high.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in movie production. Love ’em or hate ’em, the still-frame cutscenes of the 16-bit era have evolved into full-blown cinematic sequences. No one does movies better than Oddworld, and in my next installment, I’ll introduce you to some of the folks that have made Abe into a small-screen star.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants

NEXT: [[1998/09/01_-_Virtual_Hollywood|Virtual Hollywood]]

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Archive:Alpha Hell

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==About==
* Published: 30 July 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 7: Alpha Hell

‘The key is knowing who to make happy first.’

As I write this, it’s alpha time. It is one of those times of the year when software development guys go without sleep and forget what their families look like. In fact, today is my 16th anniversary, something that just occurred to me. Maybe I should call my wife.

Back on track, and apologies in advance for what is going to be a rambling column. The whole team is terribly fatigued right now, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Of course you don’t give a flip about my anniversary or my state of mind or any of that horse hockey; you want to know about Oddworld Abe’s Exoddus… and what the heck is an alpha, anyway?

Alpha is the first important deadline of any piece of software (well, there are usually milestones that precede alpha, but we don’t use a milestone system at Oddworld). Alpha means that everything is in the game—?all the features, all the art, all the movies, all the sound, all the design—?but it is acknowledged as being buggy. It’s an important benchmark for the team, and it gives the publisher a preliminary deadline when it can reasonably expect the game to be approaching its final shape. More exhausting still is the beta deadline when the developer declares the product done and bug-free. After that (in theory) there’s some wrangling over what may or may not be open bugs (developers and publishers often disagree on what is a bug fix and what is a new feature), as well as translation for foreign language versions, writing of manuals, package design, and marketing stuff, etc. But when beta tolls, so far as the production team is concerned, the puppy has been put to bed.

In an ideal world, that is. I’ve left wrap parties early to get back to work on games that supposedly had shipped already. I’ve added entire levels to games the night before beta (a bad thing… a very bad thing). It gives me the willies just thinking about it.

Fortunately, none of that kind of stuff is going on with this alpha. We’ve got a dozen outstanding issues, but nothing that can’t be solved with brute force (that is to say, late nights and lost weekends). Everything fits in the game, more or less, and what is already there is astonishing.

So the last I’ll say about alpha is, we made it, and the game is awesome, and the team is great. We’re crossing ‘Ts’ and dotting ‘Is,’ but this is the smoothest alpha I’ve ever experienced.

This would not be the case at a less professional outfit than Oddworld, but strangely enough, there aren’t as many shoestring garage shops as there used to be. The barnstorming days of seat-of-the-pants game production have largely passed. Why? I’ll tell you in my next column, if the ten billion loose details of alpha don’t put me down for the big ’dirt nap.‘

NEXT: [[1998/08/19_-_Barriers_to_Entry|Barriers to Entry]]

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 14 July 1998

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Archive:Making Sausage and Law

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 15 July 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 6: Making Sausage and Law

There’s an old saying about making sausages and laws: You shouldn’t permit the public to see how it’s done, because the process is so disgusting you’d never want the product again.

Add making video games to the list. Video game production is a black box of hair-pulling, shouting, late nights, heartbreak, planning, and execution. The people in charge of the chaos are the producers. Producers don’t write code, they don’t create art, and they don’t design levels. So, what do they do?

‘The best analogy for producing is it’s kinda like herding cats,’ says producer Frank Simon. There are a lot of cats on Abe’s Exoddus, at least 25 at last count, and that doesn’t include the testers or administrative support people. That’s a lot of creatively on the project. ‘The process by which you get all of that creativity moving towards the same deadline is producing,’ says Frank.

It is a chaotic process. Trying to chart the whole thing will break your brain. The Oddworld production method defies the neat lines and boxes of conventional org charts. Responsibilities shift around, with powers invested in the creative leads to a degree not commonly seen at other companies.

That’s because Oddworld isn’t like most companies, says producer Geri Wilhelm. ‘Most companies set up their projects with teams,’ says Geri. In a conventional organization, each team has little interaction with the other teams. ‘At Oddworld our art team is working on all projects all the time, including PR and marketing. This is one of the main reasons that all imagery from Oddworld is consistent in its style and quality.’

With all those shifting responsibilities, the possibility of something falling through the cracks is dire. ‘Every day the producer sends out a daily report that lists what everyone is working on and when it’s due, if it’s late, if it’s been canceled, whatever,’ says Wilhelm. ‘It allows for everyone on the production staff, including the CEO, to see what everyone is working on.’ It also eliminates the need to constantly rework and redistribute a massive paper schedule to the whole team, preserving both forests and team enthusiasm.

‘The only frustration I have is if I do my job really good no one notices,’ says Wilhelm. The same can be said of video game production as a whole. If the team and the company do their jobs, they become invisible to the fans… who need merely line up at the game store on the appointed day of release, buy the game, take it home, and play it to death. It’s only if the game is late, or full of bugs, or just not fun that most folks even realize there’s someone behind the game putting it all together.

Bug-free games that are fun to play, delivered on time—?it seems simple. Why then do companies so often drop the ball? Why are there so many mediocre games out there—and what happened to innovation, anyway?

Tune in next time for one designer’s opinion.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants

NEXT: [[1998/07/30_-_Alpha_Hell|Alpha Hell]]

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Archive:Making Sausage and Law

2018-12-27T22:21:53Z

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 15 July 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 6: Making Sausage and Law

There’s an old saying about making sausages and laws: You shouldn’t permit the public to see how it’s done, because the process is so disgusting you’d never want the product again.

Add making video games to the list. Video game production is a black box of hair-pulling, shouting, late nights, heartbreak, planning, and execution. The people in charge of the chaos are the producers. Producers don’t write code, they don’t create art, and they don’t design levels. So, what do they do?

‘The best analogy for producing is it’s kinda like herding cats,’ says producer Frank Simon. There are a lot of cats on Abe’s Exoddus, at least 25 at last count, and that doesn’t include the testers or administrative support people. That’s a lot of creatively on the project. ‘The process by which you get all of that creativity moving towards the same deadline is producing,’ says Frank.

It is a chaotic process. Trying to chart the whole thing will break your brain. The Oddworld production method defies the neat lines and boxes of conventional org charts. Responsibilities shift around, with powers invested in the creative leads to a degree not commonly seen at other companies.

That’s because Oddworld isn’t like most companies, says producer Geri Wilhelm. ‘Most companies set up their projects with teams,’ says Geri. In a conventional organization, each team has little interaction with the other teams. ‘At Oddworld our art team is working on all projects all the time, including PR and marketing. This is one of the main reasons that all imagery from Oddworld is consistent in its style and quality.’

With all those shifting responsibilities, the possibility of something falling through the cracks is dire. ‘Every day the producer sends out a daily report that lists what everyone is working on and when it’s due, if it’s late, if it’s been canceled, whatever,’ says Wilhelm. ‘It allows for everyone on the production staff, including the CEO, to see what everyone is working on.’ It also eliminates the need to constantly rework and redistribute a massive paper schedule to the whole team, preserving both forests and team enthusiasm.

‘The only frustration I have is if I do my job really good no one notices,’ says Wilhelm. The same can be said of video game production as a whole. If the team and the company do their jobs, they become invisible to the fans… who need merely line up at the game store on the appointed day of release, buy the game, take it home, and play it to death. It’s only if the game is late, or full of bugs, or just not fun that most folks even realize there’s someone behind the game putting it all together.

Bug-free games that are fun to play, delivered on time—?it seems simple. Why then do companies so often drop the ball? Why are there so many mediocre games out there—and what happened to innovation, anyway?

Tune in next time for one designer’s opinion.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants

NEXT: [[1998/07/30_-_Alpha_Hell|Barriers to Entry]]

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Archive:Show Me, Don't Tell Me

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 02 July 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 5: Show Me, Don’t Tell Me

‘The key is knowing who to make happy first.’

Thus art director Rob Brown sums up both the craft of art design and the practicalities of collaborative art. Video games are the product of diverse hands. Oddworld has over a dozen artists toiling on Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. The single vision they must create begins and ends with art direction.

While the overall vision of Oddworld comes from head honcho Lorne Lanning, actually implementing this grand vision falls to art director Rob Brown and production designer Farzad Varahramyan. At first blush, they couldn’t be more dissimilar. Farzad is retiring (but not shy), more likely to listen than to speak. Rob (as anyone who has watched him hitch his trousers up to his chest and stagger through the office can attest) is animated and larger than life. In both men, appearances are deceiving. Both are intense, driven professionals dedicated to the pursuit of visually crafting worlds. Nothing is more important than their work. They are killers at heart.

Art design is a collaborative process. ‘Interfacing with the game designers and especially Lorne is at the core of what we do,’ says Varahramyan. ‘They’ll give me an idea, I’ll draw it and add something I thought of, they’ll see it, and it will trigger an idea in them, and so on and so forth.’

‘To communicate, we use scripts, storyboards, sketches, paintings, and plenty of hand waving,’ says Brown. ‘After a design issue is solved, it is handed off to the modeling or paint department. Then with some art wrangling magic it turns into a sprite or a background.’

Even when the chain of creation functions properly, things can go wrong. ‘What looks great on paper doesn’t always look great on the screen,’ says Varahramyan. Brown agrees: ‘It’s all readability. Knowing how to steer clear of pitfalls like compression, resolution, and frame rates always keeps us artists on our toes.’

How many iterations are required before a design is complete? ‘As many as time will allow,’ says Brown. ‘The vision is refined and revised until it makes everyone happy. The key is knowing who to make happy first.’

And here we hit on one of the things they don’t teach you in school. ‘Many of the art/design schools are great at preparing artistic skills for the industry,’ says Brown, himself a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. ‘However, there seems to be general naiveté about communicating and working with people in a professional atmosphere.’

In other words, being a video game art director is only partly about pushing a pencil. It’s also about people skills, meetings, and management. Varahramyan, who also has an Art Center sheepskin on his wall, says the most important thing he learned in school was to ‘stay humble and be nice to everyone.’ It’s advice that has served Farzad well at Oddworld, where he is universally revered as a nice guy — even if we know he has the heart of a killer.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, July 1998

NEXT: [[1998/07/15_-_Making_Sausage_and_Law|Making Sausage and Law]]

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Archive:Designers on the Ledge

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 15 June 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 4: Designers on the Ledge

When last we met, two game designers (Chris Ulm and your humble narrator) were on the ledge, threatening to jump, because Lorne Lanning, the Big Glukkon here at Oddworld, had pronounced said designers’ concept for a sequel to Abe’s Oddysee a big, stinking pile of merde.

We would have jumped, except for one thing: Lorne was right.

I have a sledgehammer design style. I believe in the mass production of simple designs, which are then used in modular fashion to create multiple game situations. Lorne, on the other hand, believes in handcrafting each element, creating dozens of different models with significant functional overlap. It makes us a good team. I build the baseline, and Lorne creates the brilliant standout features.

The problem with our first design is that it was too base a baseline. It was a gray, unexciting mass that certainly could get done on time, but would almost as certainly sink the fledgling Abe franchise. Lorne recognized this and overturned many of the design assumptions that we’d come to consider inviolable. Lorne didn’t particularly care if we reused backgrounds, shoehorned Elum into the game, or went for the inevitable sequel hook by bringing Mollock back from the dead. All Lorne wanted was a stunning, original, exciting game, and he didn’t particularly care if his vision would fit into the scheduled time allotted.

There was an additional force at work in Lorne’s rejection. Ulm and I come from a writing background, so we tend to see game design and story creation through a certain filter. We’re students of the three-act structure, Joseph Campbell’s heroes’ journey, and the theory of character-driven action. Lorne is conversant with these traditions, but his background is in visual art, and he tends to think in terms of scenes and images rather than story structure. Again, this makes for a good team, and it also serves to explain how Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus owes its origin to a vision of Mudokons tracking through a wasteland as much as anything else. About the only thing Lorne really liked from our first pitch was the notion that Abe had to lead his people to a new homeland.

He was very excited about the visual possibilities of showing Abe and several Mudokons trudging through the desert. From a story point of view, it seemed OK. Neither Ulm nor I were especially excited about it. But Lorne knew he was onto something. He was in love with that vision in his mind’s eye and now, having seen our opening movie, I know that Lorne was right. It’s a simple vision, and it sounds too simple when you just describe it on paper, but when you see it, well, it blows you away.

So, how is the lightning of visual imagination translated from a quicksilver brain to the silver screen? It’s all in the art of art design, about which I’ll say more—?a lot more—?in my next installment.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants

NEXT: [[1998/07/02_-_Show_Me,_Don’t_Tell_Me|Show Me, Don’t Tell Me]]

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Archive:Exoddus

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 04 June 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 3: Exoddus

The problem with trying to kill yourself by jumping out of a window at Oddworld is that we’re on the second floor. You either have to aim for something sharp or be uncommonly determined. How did two game designers wind up on the ledge? Read on.

We never intended to do a direct sequel to Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. The events and Inhabitants of Oddworld were supposed to be introduced via a five-part ‘quintology’ of games, with Abe’s Oddysee being the first and Munch’s Oddysee being the second. We were ready to gear up for Munch, but a funny thing happened.

Abe was a hit.

A big hit.

Suddenly it made all the sense in the world to give Abe another outing. We could have our gristle and eat it, too. Munch would still be the second game in the quintology, while Abe’s Exoddus would be a ‘bonus’ game. Lorne Lanning (the creative evil genius behind Oddworld) immediately locked on to the notion of creating one or more bonus titles for all the anchor games in the quintology.

Fortunately, we haven’t even scratched the surface of what we can do with the Abe’s Oddysee engine. ‘What?’ I hear you cry. ‘It’s a platform game! Platform games have been done to death! You gotta be 3D with two D-cups to be cutting edge.’ From an engineering point of view, you might be right, but I’m no propeller-head. I’m a game designer, and I’m here to tell you that if you thought Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee was the ultimate expression of the platform game, then you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.

The Exoddus began in June 1997, at Atlanta’s E3 trade show. I roomed with Rob Brown, who would end up art directing Abe’s Exoddus. (Actually, I roomed with Rob’s suitcase. Rob didn’t miss a party in Atlanta, and what he did off the top of that parking structure should have gotten him arrested.) When Rob wasn’t drunk, we whiled away the hours gassing about a new Abe game. We had visions of zeppelins and Slig slavers, with Abe cast as an unlikely king trying to lead a pack of recently freed slaves into nationhood.

Alas, getting Abe’s Oddysee out the door was a full-time job, and not much else was done on the Exoddus until later in the year, when we hired Chris Ulm into the design department. Ulm, the former editor in chief of Malibu Comics, forged our blue sky into a design outline. It was a very economical design, easily doable inside of a year. Ulm and I prided ourselves on how we managed to reuse so many existing environments and characters. This, we decided, would be a snap.

Brimming with confidence, Ulm and I pitched our idea to Lorne. We painted a word picture of Abe’s new predicament, described the movies, laid out the major plot points, illustrated the new venues, and generally raved about how this new game would be the greatest thing since phone sex.

Lorne hated every word of it.

Uh-oh.

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 20 May 1998

NEXT: [[1998/06/15_-_Designers_on_the_Ledge|Designers on the Ledge]]

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Archive:Culture Shock

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 15 May 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 2: Culture Shock

It’s about 7:30 in the evening at Oddworld Inhabitants. I love this time of day because most of the crew is out scaring up dinner, and I have the office to myself. I can hear our game, running all at once on two dozen different monitors. The ambient sound of Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus provides a soundtrack for the office—?a melange of bird chirps, industrial equipment, puttering Flying Slig engines, and enslaved Mudokons industriously chiseling away at unyielding stone. It’s like an open phone line to another world.

Oddworld is another world, the company no less than the game. It is a modern facility hidden in a 90-year-old building in downtown San Luis Obispo, California, and is home to 70 employees (with more to come). Oddworld is an industrial loft, with open ceilings, catwalks, exposed cable bundles, and subtly coordinated office accouterments in high-contrast black and steel. The office is the outward expression of the culture that pervades Oddworld—?a mix of old and new, forged into a common purpose, with an eye simultaneously on the smallest details as well as the big picture.

From your first day at Oddworld, you are on the path that leads to the Oddworld way of doing things. It starts with seemingly small rituals, like taking your vitamins every day (and yes, the dark rumors are true—?every employee gets a pill box embossed with the days of the week, to help maintain their daily dose of a witches’ brew of minerals and health supplements). It climaxes with your inculcation into the Cult of Quality, a members-only club driven to make their stuff better, better, better, best. From the quietly intense paint department, to the competitive wizard’s lab where the animators live, to the industrial hive of the programming department, to the free-fire zone of Game Designer’s Row, everyone at Oddworld is struggling against himself and the next guy to roll big rocks up the Hill of Game Creation.

And not because a supervisor is breathing down your neck to do it, either. It’s because of the culture of Oddworld (and here’s the shock part, for those familiar with this business). The culture of Oddworld is equal parts competitive and supportive, but it’s a monster either way, a Glukkon that eats the weak and lionizes the strong, quashing the merest hint of 9-to-5ism. I’ve seen industry vets fail at Oddworld while brash kids on their first job thrive. We’ve got people who have been at it for 30 years right next to rank newbies eager to make their mark. This office goes 24 hours a day because no one is willing to settle for a silver medal. If you slow down, the culture will eat you alive. You won’t be able to look your fellow Inhabitants in the eye. You’ll blow out, you’ll lose it, you’ll quit your job. I’ve seen it.

I’ve also seen what the Oddworld culture is delivering for our next game: Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. And in my next report, I’ll finally talk about the game. Honest!

— Paul O’Connor, Oddworld Inhabitants, 5 May 1998

NEXT: [[1998/06/04_-_Exoddus|Exoddus]]

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Archive:Slog Days

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=Description=
==About==
* Published: 05 May 1998
* Host: Videogames.com
* Author: Paul O’Connor

= The Designer Diary=
 
Part 1: Slog Days

There’s a time between the beginning and the end when all details recede into a persistent haze… a time when it’s hard to keep your eye on the prize, when you feel like you’re bailing a swamp… a time when you’re working day and night and alpha pressure still hasn’t made itself fully felt. They call them the ‘dog days.’ Every project has them. And these are definitely the dog days… or Slog Days… of Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus.

As my daily report so cheerfully informed me this morning, ‘THERE ARE 55 WORKING DAYS LEFT TILL ABE2 ALPHA.’ The definition of ‘working days’ is a source of amusement for the team, as our schedules charitably exclude weekends and holidays when determining how much time is left to complete the game… weekends and holidays that are just as charitably given back to the game by the most dedicated group of game professionals I’ve found in 17 years in the business.

The Inhabitants of Oddworld work like Slogs for all the usual reasons—?paychecks, prestige, professional pride, and sense of craft—?and also for one very unusual reason: They love what they’re doing, and there’s no place they’d rather be than in the fire of production on the sequel to the sleeper hit of 1997, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. It really doesn’t matter if it’s preproduction, or the optimistic days of early production, or the Slog Days, or the brutal late nights of revision and improvement leading to alpha and beyond… these guys have no reverse gear. They’re always moving forward. They have to, because Oddworld is the most competitive and demanding shop in the business. Stand still, and you’re meat.

Frankly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.

The good folks at videogames.com have provided us this space to keep you up to date with the ongoing development of Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. As I’m filing my first report during the Slog Days, I’ve no want of material for this column. It’s really more a case of where to begin than what to say. Space limitations ensure I can only blather a little bit each week, so rather than trying to present a hide-bound chronology of what’s already happened and what’s still to come, I plan to jump around in time and tackle a variety of topics. In the weeks to come, I’ll report not only on the progress of the game, but also on the origins of the project, and where it fits into the emerging Oddworld universe. I’ll introduce you to the talented people that make the Inhabitants of Oddworld a reality. I’ll give you an insider’s view of the company that is Oddworld Inhabitants, a truly remarkable place that has a culture unique in the industry. I’ll tell you stuff about the game, too. Oh, and I’ll lie right and left. There are plenty of secrets we’re safeguarding for Abe’s Exoddus and the games that follow… secrets I can only hint about before the game is released… and one of the best ways to keep a secret is to spread misinformation. So don’t hold it against me if I take you for a ride every now and then.

It’s for your own good. Really.

— Paul O’Connor, Lead Game Designer, Oddworld Inhabitants, 22 April 1998

NEXT: [[1998/05/15_-_Culture_Shock|Culture Shock]]

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Song Engine

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[[File:songengine.png|200px|thumb|right|The Song Engine as it appears in [[The Art of Oddworld]], as depicted by Raymond Swanland]]

The '''Song Engine''' is a huge and ancient Mudokon defensive structure. It harnesses nature's energy to create spiritual music that strengthens the spirit world. As water flows through it, it plays a music that welcomes friends and wards of enemies. Using chimes and drums, it can be brought to life and it's powers reach as far as the music can be heard.

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Song Engine

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The Song Engine as seen in The Art of Oddworld.

Mudokon

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Mudokons are the main race in Mudos. Once a proud, spiritual people who lived off the land, their legacy has become lost because of exploitation by industrial forces. They are the primary slave labour of the Magog Cartel.

==Role in Industrial Society==

When they are enslaved by the Magog Cartel, Mudokons are forced to perform menial and undesirable tasks such as waxing floors, removing graffiti, felling trees, farming, butchering livestock, pulling levers and picking up [[Slogs|Slog]] poo. In [[Necrum Mines]] they are blinded and made to dig up the bones of their ancestors. Military organisations test bullets and grenades on Mudokons. They are employed more sparingly by the [[Vykkers Conglomerate]] for cleaning, and much more likely used to test toxins and diets.

As well as providing slave labour, they are also a resource of sorts: Small security outposts are powered by Mudokons in a running wheel. [[SoulStorm Brew]]’s main ingredient is mined from Mudokon burial grounds, and the secret ingredient is extracted by suspending Mudokons upside down and repeatedly electrocuting them when they stop producing tears. Plans have also been made to use Mudokon meat in the latest Tasty Treat products, although [[Glukkons]] with a more exuberant palette are suspected to eat Mudokons already.

They are viewed by industrial society generally as being savage barbarians, as they are branded by Glukkon propaganda. Although some live the full consumer lifestyle in Mudos’s big cities, Mudokons are much more usually used as disposable fodder such as in the successful TV gameshow Name That Trauma and the popular sport Mudokon Tossing. [[Sligs]] love to exercise their sadistic tendencies by beating Mudokons with the butt of their rifle.

===Employment===

Mudokons are helpful and obedient and will follow the instructions of others without any care for their existing duties and responsibilities. This makes them prime targets for Magog Cartel employment, as they will forget the traditions they otherwise preserve with dedication when forced to work. They are also gullible and have addictive personalities, so they easily fall into Glukkon traps. One common tactic is to introduce natives to SoulStorm Brew or other addictive products and then satisfy their dependency only if they sign up for employment.

==Native Society==

The few remaining native Mudokons are a dying breed. They live their lives peacefully and in tune with nature and meditate in the hopes of reaching enlightenment. Their primary interest, however, is to strongly defend and protect what traditions and culture still remain in Mudokon society. Liberated workers, by contrast, are more happy to enjoy their freedom chatting, eating, and playing games such as Meep Tossing, SpooceBall and hackey sack. Beyond everyday tasks such as herding Meep and fishing for food, they put little effort into exploring deeper spiritual matters.

This dysfunctional relationship means that native Mudokons do not take kindly to escaped slaves. City folk are treated, in [[Monsaic Lines]] at least, with trepidation and are required to repeat password whistles to move about freely. However, with the help of [[Abe]], the Mudokons have slowly been coming together to fight their common cause.

Native and liberated Mudokons now have to devote a lot of their time to defence against Slig security and ever‐approaching Glukkon forces, and to repairing the environmental damage left in the industrialists’ wake: regrowing trees, watering the land and nurturing growth. They fulfil sustainable subsistence roles such as fishing, hunting, stewarding animals, undertaking, and caring for the health of the land in order to proudly preserve their heritage.

The Mudokon mother tongue is a harmonious musical language comprising various whistled tunes. Their love of music, typical of all of Oddworld’s native races, is expressed in statues such as the [[Song Engine]], which welcomes friends and wards off enemies with its mystic music. Mudokons perform ritualistic dances around fires to the highly rhythmic beating of huge drums.

Mudokon hideouts are scattered throughout Mudos, found in subterranean vaults and dense swamps, awaiting a true leader to bring together the strengths and dedication of all the Mudokon sub‐cultures. Forgotten temples and shrines on the fringes of Mudos contain accounts of the Mudokons’ mysterious past.

==Physiology==

Mudokons are very agile but very clumsy. Their paws and feet are very large and cumbersome, and they have only three fingers per paw. Typically, they are somewhat emaciated in the wild and in captivity, though cases of obesity are recorded. Mudokons evolved from birds and retain many anatomical features from their ancestry, such as their lightweight and possibly‐hollow bones, which give Mudokons their famous fragility, in particular their skulls. Their hair stems from a single point on the crown of their head and is remarkably feather‐like. They have evolved teeth, but in addition have a kind of gizzard for additional mechanical digestion.

Mudokons are green‐skinned except for the Messiah Abe, but are chameleonic and have the ability to change the pigmentation of their skill to better express their mood—angry Mudokons turn red; happy and wired Mudokons turn more vividly green, even yellow; depressed and suicidal Muds become deep shades of blue; blind Mudokons become pale‐skinned, though this is most likely just a reaction to lack of sunlight. Mudokons live for around 40 years.

==Status==
*Scrubs
Employed Worker Class Mudokons are the lowliest of the lowly. They are dressed in black‐and‐white‐striped loincloths and caps and their ponytails are tied back or cut off before they are forced to perform slave labour, though other suitable outfits are available for workers in specialised professions, such as hardhats for deforesters and red‐and‐yellow‐striped clothes for those working in the service sector. Sometimes their lips are stitched together to prevent them talking, or their eyes are stapled closed so they are not aware of what they are doing.
*Flakes
Freed Worker Class Mudokons are not greeted with open arms by native Mudokons, but the relationship between the two subcultures in growing. Flakes are generally plain in appearance, but are rediscovering traditional fashions such as topknots and body paint.
*Posers
The lowest of the native status ranks, Posers untie their ponytails to let their feather‐like hair bush out from their heads. They also wear moderate body paints.
*Big Kahonees
These Muds have impressive hairstyles of flowing feathers.
*Shamans
The most spiritually‐awakened Mudokons have hair that reaches the ground and are covered from head to toe in body paint. They spend their time meditating, preserving the cultural iconography of their ancestors, and occasionally assisting other Mudokons in their search for greater spirituality.
*Tomahawkers
Tomahawkers carry gem‐encrusted tomahawks to defend their settlements.
*Mudarchers
Mudarchers wear gem‐firing, Spooce‐powered crossbows on their wrists.

==History==

Mudokons evolved in the forests of Mudos. Millennia ago, they and the Glukkons lived side by side peacefully until the appearance of what today is called Abe’s Moon. The Mudokons were quick to point out this was an omen stating their status as the Chosen Race, but this upset the Glukkons who formed their own closed society until they joined Oddworld’s industrial races and began employing Mudokons. However, this relationship degenerated into the one seen in modern times.

Little is known of Mudokon history before this scism, stories of their great deeds and accomplishments gone untold for so many generations. One legend that has survived tells of how [[Necrum]] was defended against invaders by creatures known as Guardians. Age‐old walkways and towering temples stand proud across Mudos, telling of the Mudokons’ once‐famed engineering skill, while historic rockart and giant sculptures standing in Monsaic Lines and [[Scrabania]] stand as testaments to their ancestors’ artistry. The poems and prophecies of ancient Mudokons can still be read, foretelling the coming of Abe the Messiah, and these are highly revered and believed.

Along with this forgotten achievement is a lack of knowledge of some of the more questionable activities performed by their ancestors. While not warlike themselves, many Mudokons were skilled in the art and tactics of warfare and freely advised races how best to battle one another.

In escaping from RuptureFarms and fulfilling ancient prophecies, the Mudokon Abe sparked a new hope for his race by shutting down Glukkon factories such as his former workplace and SoulStorm Brewery, saving the sacred dead from being disturbed and trapped, and rescuing the Mudokon queen [[Sam]] from the [[Vykkers]].

==Tribes==

Mudokons were once a tribal people, each tribe having its own distinct culture. Individual identity was propagated through the now‐lost arts of body manipulation and tattoos, though these customs are now being rediscovered following the exodus of Scrubs from Magog Cartel facilities.

===Mudomo===

The Mudomo lived in the forests and were a constructive people who built great structures and statues. They took up the [[Paramites]] as a symbol of their peacefulness and put them in their vaults below Necrum to guard their bones.

===Mudanchee===

The Mudanchee were the second tribe of Necrum, famed for their adeptness at warfare. Accordingly, they assumed the symbol of the mighty [[Scrab]]. It is thought these are the origins of today’s worship of Scrabs and Paramites.

===Mudmeechee/Mudoncho===

It is suspected by some that there was a lost, black sheep of the Necrum tribes that worshipped the [[Meeches|Meech]], though such rumours are vehemently denied.

===Mulletokon===

In Mudos’s deep south, the fashion‐ and party‐oriented Mulletokon styled their hair with berries to be short at the front and long at the back. They kept [[Slogs]], but were unhinged by their legendary Brew addiction, leaving the Slogs unfed and uncared for. It is suggested that this is the source of all Slogs’ temperaments today.

==Architecture==

Mudokons a highly skilled craftsmen even today, when their engineering lacks anywhere near the ability it had in the distant past. They established and controlled an intricate and complex system of transport fashioned from naturally‐occurring wells and built towering temples perfectly adapted to their purpose. All Mudokon structures are built from renewable resources such as wood, rock, vines and skins and powered by renewable energy sources like the sun, wind and water. Muscle power and spiritual energy are also used a lot.

Nowadays, Mudokon architecture is simple and practical, and designed to reintegrate with nature when Mudokons are forced to migrate because of encroaching industrial activity. Common buildings found in modern Mudokon villages include:

*Huts
Mudokon housing is small and basic, constructed of wood and bound with twine. It is not intended as permanent housing.
*Windmills
All villages have a windmill or two for the storage of grains and other supplies. Activated windmills will have smoke drifting from the top. Their shells are made from several layers of wood, and their sails are stretched animal skins. The interiors feature finely detailed woodwork.
*Grain silos
*Lookout towers
Watchtowers allow Mudokons to survey the land and watch out for Slig security. Pillboxes are supported on tall towers of wooden spires, or built into cliff faces or fortresses. Access is through wells, allowing the control of who enters the towers.
*Fortresses
These forts were built more as a resting place for weary travellers to be welcomed to and cared for at and a meeting place for natives, though as the lands surrounding the Big Well were occupied by Slig security and Glukkon factories, they offered defence against their invasion, though not for long.
*Zap Henges
Zap Henges intensify Mudokons’ Spooce mojo allowing great movements and activations to be performed. Several Mudokons chant around the circle and their energy is channelled into lightning.
*Resurrection Totems
Though Mudokons have far from attained enlightenment, they are so in tune with nature that the very‐recently deceased can be brought back into being by giving Spooce to Resurrection Totems.
*Transformation Shrines
Abe can upgrade the power of his Marching Mudokons by bringing them to Transformation Shrines and giving Spooce. Ten Spooce are needed to upgrade an unarmed native to a Tomahawker and again to a Mudarcher.
*Storm Circles
Storm Circles channel Mudokons’ spiritual energy to produce lightning and rain clouds. Usually this is to restore the health of the land, but reflecting devices can be held aloft above the circles by Meetles to direct the energy at industrial factories.
*Regeneration wells
Injured Mudokons can immerse themselves in these wells to be healed and rejuvenated.
*Story stones
Though not so much a construction as a device, story stones litter the lands of the Mudokons dispensing valuable information to travellers. Large amounts of Mudokon literature are placed on these spiritual parchments, such as the prophecies that foretold the coming of Abe.

==Religion==

Currently, the Mudokons worship the land and the animals that live on it (especially the [[Paramites]] and [[Scrabs]], though they would still regard Meeches as sacred were they not extinct). Discovered Mudokon temples include the [[Paramonian Temple]], [[Scrabanian Temple]], [[Necrum Temple]], [[Temple of Life]] and [[Windmill Temple]]. [[Monsaic Lines]] are the Mudokons’ holy caves where they explore their spirituality.

Over time they will discover that true enlightenment will come when their search their own souls, which will allow them to empower themselves and eventually overcome death.

==See Also==

[[Abe|Abraham Lure]]
[[Monsaic Lines]]
[[Paramonian Temple]]

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Scrab

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'''Scrabs''' are highly territorial and incredibly hardy predators that evolved in the desert. In extreme environments such as [[Scrabania]], their native land, they live independently and attack any other Scrab that enters its territory, even when already engaged in chasing prey. This brawl is a fight to the death, and the victorious Scrab will leap on the corpse of the loser and feed from it. In areas they have spread to that are more rich in food, such as the wilderness region of [[Mudos]], they can be found in large herds headed by a single dominant Alpha Scrab. When two herds collide, the Alpha Scrabs battle it between themselves to retain leadership of both herds combined.

The [[Mudokons]] have seen Scrabs as sacred creatures ever since the [[Mudanchee]] tribe looked upon the creature as its holy emblem, representing their skills in warfare. Today the Scrab's body is a large contribution the visualisation of the Mudokon god [[Shrykull]]. The huge stone temple in the [[Scrabanian Desert]] contains the creatures' nesting grounds and Scrabs trapped inside. Over time, these have grown cranky and even more aggressive due to their confinement. Outside, Scrabs have been hunted to near‐extinction so they can be processed and packaged as [[Scrab Cakes]] in [[RuptureFarms]]' [[Tasty Treats]] line.

==Physiology==

Scrabs have beaks powerful enough to snap bone, connected to their powerful torso by a muscular arched neck. In addition to rows of sharp teeth, their tongue is highly muscular and has a bony tip for spearing prey. Four strapping legs radiate from their pelvis, ending in single toes, useful for swift running and pulverising their captured prey. Their red‐orange hide provides camouflage against the desert sands. They do not have eyes, instead they sense the electric fields affected by objects and other creatures<ref>https://www.oddworld.com/2012/03/dear-alf-march-2012/ "Are slogs, scrabs and parmites blind?"</ref>.

==References==

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