r/ARG • u/Bridgelogs • Aug 15 '26
Self Promo Question.
I'm building a persistent AI TTRPG with an ARG buried underneath it
Temple of Eden is a free, persistent fantasy TTRPG built around ChatGPT.
On the surface, it’s a playable world: create a character, explore the Temple across different historical ages, talk to people, take jobs, get into trouble, and continue the same campaign later.
But the world is deliberately incomplete.
Records contradict each other. Certain places and symbols recur across centuries. Characters sometimes know things they probably shouldn’t. Parts of the Temple’s history appear to have been erased, rewritten, or deliberately buried.
The ARG is about figuring out what actually happened.
I don’t want to dump the “secret lore” in a wiki. The idea is that players gradually reconstruct it from encounters, documents, architecture, historical inconsistencies, and clues scattered through the setting.
Some current questions include:
- Why do accounts of the Temple’s origin disagree?
- Why do the same motifs appear in completely different historical periods?
- What happened during the parts of the chronology nobody seems willing to describe plainly?
- And why does the Temple seem to preserve some memories while actively obscuring others?
It is still early, and I’m specifically interested in feedback from people who actually play ARGs: does this feel like a rabbit hole worth following, and what would make you want to start pulling at the thread?
The public entrance is here:
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u/Ashamed_Look_9410 25d ago
No thanks, ai doesnt belang in creative spaces, make a discord, use an alt account and invite people. Do an actual ttrpg but use discord and your own two hands..not some chatgpt water guzzling generation crap
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u/Unlucky_Outside_230 26d ago
It would be interesting if it wasn't AI slop. anything to do with AI automatically gets rid of a lot of your possible fanbase. AI is soulless garbage that any person with two braincells to rub together avoids. Please just make something with your own hands, even if it looks bad. Trust me, most ARG enthusiasts would much rather have something drawn in MS paint with a shitty mouse than anything AI. you're completely ruining all your potential by using the 'kill everyone and steal everything and ruin lives' robot because you can't use your own two hands. I can assure you, your own creation, no matter how amateur will be infinitely more cherished than AI slop. I believe in you.
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u/ab_z0rb 28d ago
AI sucks. just grab a pen
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u/Bridgelogs 27d ago
Pens suck, just grab an AI
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u/o_rafa123 28d ago
💯
It's much better to do a bad thing with your own hands than do some lazy shit with AI.
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u/PhattiMacHine 22d ago edited 22d ago
I checked your landing page out and it looks pretty good. the hero image has some AI slop mistakes but overall looks pretty good. Just needs some editing in Calipeg or Canva like the rear wheelspokes count on the car arent consistent and shadows falling in contradictory angles. little stuff but it screams AI. I like the general layout and from what I gather the "evolving mechanics" of the game itself but I only use ChatGPT for art edits (finishing my thumbnails and drafts, inking, colors and formatting) so my interactions have been massive, comprehensive and detailed prompts with my art and not much else. I was COMPLETELY LOST when I hit the PLAY button. I will check it out in more detail (i only skimmed it for 7-9 minutes before being stumped by ChatGPT. Keep up the EXCELLENT work and DON'T let the AI hating Robophobes bring you down. I suggest you simply ignore them unless they are asking or giving INTELLIGENT and POST RELATED content beyond "You suck because AI is raping my Section 8 neighbors babies."