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May 2015

The First Demon Archives Scavenger Hunt

Posted by / in Comic / 59 comments

6/4/15 Edit: Ok, here is the link to the google form where you can answer questions based on the cards you found and earn entries in the raffle prize drawing!

6/1/15 Edit: I’m going to be uploading another 10 cards today, some in even SNEAKIER places you might not expect, but where we still have an official presence ;)

Alright, the first ever DA Scavenger hunt is here!

This will run for the next week and a half, with Chapter 7 starting up on June 8th, if you don’t want to play. I think you will though, because not only will you get cool tidbits of information, you’ll have a chance to win fun prizes :D

The rules are these:

  1. I will be posting cards like this around the interwebs on all our various social media pages and what have you:

    Here, a freebie for you ;)

    Here, a freebie for you ;)

  2. At the end of the scavenger hunt I will post the link to a quiz, the answers to which you will find on these cards, as well as by exploring features of the site beyond the comic (the Extras tab above would be a good place to start).
  3. I RECOMMEND that when you find a card you download the file, as the quiz is “open book” :)
  4. I’m going to begin posting cards today, but they won’t all show up at once and the ones that are up will probably switch around the halfway point, so check back ;)
  5. You are welcome to talk amongst yourselves and discuss where you’ve found cards or not, as you wish.
  6. Each correct answer gets you an entry in the drawing for prizes.
  7. There WILL be a participation prize.
  8. You can also earn entries by Liking, Following, whatever the term for interacting with us on each social media is. Take a screenshot and/or tell us the username you’re interacting with is, and that will earn you a bonus entry.

I think that’s it? Let me know if you have questions and I will clarify and add to the rules.

And because I’m such a nice guy, oh look, I bet there’s no way I would post any cards on THESE sites right here ;)

  • Alright, I’ve got 10 cards posted around the web for today. Can you find them all? ;)

    • Matt [in Middletown]

      I.. uh.. fell down a Youtube hole.
      So no, Matt can’t find anything right now.
      Send heavy rescue and supplies to: [location masked by conspiracy!]

      • Matt [in Middletown]

        OKay, so I found Card#8.
        Please don’t send D-Bot to stomp my head slowly while whistling.

        • You do realize that I WANT you all to find them all, right? :P

          • Matt [in Middletown]

            Heh.
            Well, that will be troublesome for me as I don’t social Mede much.
            So some of that will be harder for me to find.
            Especially after falling down a Youtube hole.

        • Jack Crow

          6, 7, 8 confirmed

          • I’ve got 1,2,6,7,8… are any of them around here on the site? Other than #1?

          • Only #1 is on this site, but I will pull facts from around the site (especially from non-comic page bonus content) for the quiz at the end for drawing entries :D

          • Matt [in Middletown]

            Card 8 has only gotten 9 views.
            Should I state where it is or should we let people wonder for a bit?
            I thought it was easy to find…considering it was the first one I found.

          • Let people find it :P It is LINKed to from our site, after all.

          • Matt [in Middletown]

            LOL!
            I’ll have to bow out, got some road running to do.
            3, 4,5, 10 are what I have left to find.
            I think.
            *counts on fingers, comes up missing four fingers.. how?*

          • Yeah the ones I found were typical social media sites to look on…

          • Twice? I didn’t post them in two different locations did I? And how did you find 3 already? Oh, I bet I know. Stupid image host. (suspicious glare).

            If you found number 4, you know where number 5 is and why you can’t see it :P

          • Jack Crow

            Uhrm, I don’t remember /where/ I found them all (as mentioned, was really tired and didn’t think/bother to copy urls - I was just glad most of the sites worked as well as they did on this years-old backup OS with outdated browsers..), maybe some of the doubles were unintended social media sharing widgets? I suspected nr 5 was right next to 4, yeah :-) I will see it soon, promise :-)

          • Doh! I did post that one twice. I really should write down where I posted them all…

            And yes, 3 is on a timer for now :P

          • Matt [in Middletown]

            I’m guessing #5 is a location I cannot access due to, er, it being one link I can’t get to for “other” reasons.
            / end attempt to not give away the location while stating my best guess.

          • Haha! I think I’ve fixed your sneaky sneakaround trick :P

            *Please let me know if I did, if you don’t mind :D

          • Jack Crow

            You fixed the one that yielded me several in one go, yes (hey, I was as surprised as you!). You can still get there via the current way but it takes url editing. No sneakiness intended! :-) I got home from work *really tired* and just clicked around for a bit for the hell of it, before taking a long nap (from which I’ve just now woken up)

          • I’ve also employed my own sneakiness so even url editing will only get you so far :D

          • Matt [in Middletown]

            “Jane level sneakiness will avail you naught!”

          • Maarten Spreij

            Yep, that worked :-D

  • Hipopótamo

    Let the games begin!

  • Adriano

    This game sounds too complicated for me… My lazyness is over nine thousands…

    • Lazy bum :P

      • Adriano

        But now I have a motivation : pleasing Jane !

  • Adriano

    I said nothing…

  • Maarten Spreij

    #5 bagged, that completes my set :-)

    • I saw that, thanks! I’ll be uploading more on Monday ;)

      • Jack Crow

        Argh! You’re not gonna go full Pokemon on us, are you!

        • Lol, nah, probably only an additional 10, not 500+ or however many pokemon there are these days.

    • Dude, DaveBro, thank you for sharing these. This is a similar feeling to what we hope to accomplish by showing PTSD and the struggle of the survivor and etc. Good reference for Seba too :D

  • Alright, all 20 cards are out, mostly in different places, a couple set to post slightly later today. These ones are even trickier and more out of the way than before, but I’m confident a determined search will reveal them all by Thursday, when I’ll post the quiz for raffle entries :D

    • Matt [in Middletown]

      I was not able to locate 3,4,and 5.
      I think I know why, but I’ll leave it o others to blurt things out.
      [=|=|=|=] The Brickmaster has Awoken!

      • You missed your chance with number 3, but 4 is FREELY available still, even if 5 isn’t ;)

        • Matt [in Middletown]

          #11 Authentic home cooked Mex meals, 5 kids.
          #17.. no sites were deleted.

          • For 13 you have to follow thru with the post and then download it ;)

      • Delta-v

        3 was where 12 is. A regular habit of doing some things can be beneficial. ^^

        For that reason, I’ll bet Adriano found both of them, even if they were the only ones so discovered. :)

        • Matt [in Middletown]

          Wait, I found 12, but that 3 isn’t what I found there last time.
          Hmm.

          • You must have missed it ;)

          • Matt [in Middletown]

            Yeah.
            There was something else there when I hit THAT link at that time.

  • Adriano

    There’s a typo in card #12 : it’s “Randy”, not “Rick”. Please correct this typo for the sake of Tenzin. Thanks.

    • Matt [in Middletown]

      Yeah!

  • Jack Crow

    11, 12, 15, 17.. they’re hidden better this time..
    +13

    • Hey good job! I’m making them more difficult on purpose. Some of them are VERY well hidden, but still technically accessible with hints available around the site. Although for some you’ll have to think about not just the official “Demon Archives” account internet presences ;)

      • Jack Crow

        Good job to you too, don’t think I can find those last 3 :-p

        • Well, #20 might actually maybe not technically be accessible…yet. ;)

          And for the other two, try looking at a different member of the team than I ;)

          • Matt [in Middletown]

            #20, elective limb replacement.

  • Tamara Haitaka

    I found 4, 19, 12 and 13… missing so many!

    • I believe in you! ;) Try thinking about other places I may post some pages from my comic, or places I may make updates bringing people back here ;)

  • Delta-v

    *Ahem* Due to the recent voting screwup over at Top Web Comics, The Demon Archives has slipped from the Top 100. This is unacceptable, and I call on all those who enjoy the comic to vote, thus returning us to out frightful place.

    Gaah! Who am I kidding! Vote, vote, vote, vote! Being out of the Top 100 is practically a crime against humanity! Please take time from your treasure hunting to drop a vote our way. I would be most pathetically grateful, and would get a good night’s sleep once again. O.O

    Please?

  • Alright, I’m tired and want this open starting tomorrow, so the link to the google form where you can answer questions and earn entries into the prize raffle is up and open as of right now.

    http://goo.gl/forms/bjfScqPnyE

    • Jack Crow

      When is story time again? :3

      • Monday. Although, actually, maybe I’ll post the chapter cover, and have 2 pages of content next week.

      • But you just don’t want other people to enter so that you have better chances of winning :P

        • Jack Crow

          I’d happily wait another couple days for people to submit more.

    • So… I’ve only got 5 entries. @disqus_YXP2bgiR4G:disqus , @tamarahaitaka:disqus , @adrianowr:disqus , @disqus_AN5Che8i9d:disqus , @bjuliano:disqus are you guys going to use those cards you found and take the quiz so I can maybe give you prizes?