ARG/February 2020-Ongoing

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## February 14, 2020

Phil (The Clockwork Operator) changed his Discord name to "Philip." Phayke chimed in with their heartfelt experience of reading The Shopkeeper's first cabinet rant for the first time, which prompted the community to vote and give Phayke the final "Ninja" Discord role before the role was phased out from being given to future users.

The Clockwork Concierge announced the beginning of the next phase of Project Solstice, the first phase of which involved housekeeping of the Discord server. After giving users with the "Ninja" Discord role the "Child of the Solstice" Discord role—thus concluding the housekeeping phase of Project Solstice—the Clockwork Concierge began the second phase, creating the #mooncradle text channel and summoning Headmaster Moraine from Mooncradle Village via a portal. The new character spoke using a new type of dialogue text box compared to the style used in *The Messenger*.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Victory! He made it!

 **Headmaster Moraine** | Until then, be safe.

## February 19, 2020

The community noticed that Thierry had the "ARG" Discord role and made some jokes, which led to the Clockwork Concierge sharing a free Steam code for *The Messenger*. After a few users asked for clarification regarding the composer of *The Messenger*'s sound effects, Rainbowdragoneyes stopped by, explaining that 100% of the audio in *The Messenger* was his doing. The Clockwork Concierge agreed.

## February 21, 2020

SaboTeam released a teaser video for their then-untitled upcoming video game. Later, Headmaster Moraine returned, and the process of training to become a Solstice Warrior began in the Discord server. The community reacted positively to the new Solstice Warrior training, and the Clockwork Concierge reminded everyone not to spoil the specifics of the process. A new user named Shuu joined the Discord server and immediately began their Solstice Warrior training. Later, a user named Mason began their training.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | See announcements.

 **Headmaster Moraine** | I trust you will help me make Mooncradle a lively place. Onwards, gifted ones!

## March 11, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge reminded everyone that Sabotage Studio's then-untitled upcoming video game would have an announcement in a week. He also explained that only humanoids can become Solstice Warriors. Afterwards, he told the community they could reach out to moderators to nominate users to become Children of the Solstice before the formal process was added.

Headmaster Moraine welcomed the new Children of the Solstice and revealed ahead of time that Garl is Zale and Valere's best friend. Thierry told him to stop revealing spoilers and joked that he would make a great concierge. Some theories were made about the upcoming game and its timeline, which confused Headmaster Moraine before he left to meditate.

 **Headmaster Moraine** | I am confused. Pardon me, I must go meditate to regain my senses.

## March 16, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge reminded everyone that Sabotage Studio's then-untitled upcoming video game would have an announcement in three days.

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## March 17, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge reminded everyone that Sabotage Studio's then-untitled upcoming video game would have an announcement in two days.

Storme the Cat let the community know that his recent lack of activity was partially caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this prompted the community to share their experiences with it and show each other support. At the end, the Clockwork Concierge sent everyone a hug.

## March 18, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge reminded everyone that Sabotage Studio's then-untitled upcoming video game would have an announcement in a day.

## March 19, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge continued, and finished, the countdown to the announcement of Sabotage Studio's new game, *Sea of Stars*.
Later, when the Clockwork Concierge returned, he teased future stretch goals for the campaign and soon after that, announced that the game got funded.

 **Thierry** | @everyone Announcing **Sea of Stars**, a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics, and a prequel story set in The Messenger’s universe!
We have been secretly working on Sea of Stars for over a year now. In these trying times, our role as entertainers finds new purpose, and we hope that this announcement can bring a ray of sunshine to your day.
After careful consideration, we decided to go ahead with the launch of our Kickstarter campaign today, and to review our pledge tiers to accommodate those financially affected by the current situation. It would mean a lot for us to see you support our next project, but please, do not spend money you do not have, spreading the word is another great way to help!
To see the trailer, learn more or help crowdfund the game, head over to our Kickstarter page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sabotagestudio/sea-of-stars/
Oh, and feel free to follow Sea of Stars on Twitter! @seaofstarsgame
Stay safe

## March 20, 2020

When the crowdfunding campaign reached the first stretch goal, the Clockwork Concierge expressed his concern about SaboTeam not having anything prepared for the next stretch goal, except for a teaser of cinematic cutscenes that the concierge did not find compelling enough. He was proven wrong and the teaser got released.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Apologies, I love movie quotes...

## March 23, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge welcomed a new member.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Welcome, nopeify.

## March 25, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge welcomed ChoronoKatie, a YouTuber who has covered the announcement of *Sea of Stars* on her YouTube channel. He also shared that his Hype Meter exploded.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | By 'sort of', I really mean literally.

## March 26, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge shared some information about the upcoming reveal of the third stretch goal for the crowdfunding campaign.
Later he answered a few community questions revealing that Manfred attempted to fetch the Scrying Orb.

## March 31, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge answers some questions about the crowdfunding campaign and send a hugging emoji in response to Thierry wishing a happy Transgender Day Of Visibility, for those it applies to.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Stay tuned, Taylor.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | We like to put our own twist in all things, but that is the gist of it Gigi.

## April 1, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge teased an upcoming announcement of "something legendary."

## April 2, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge teased yet another big announcement. He later returned to announce that the fourth stretch goal of the crowdfunding campaign has been reached, celebrate the the Discord server reaching four thousand members and interact with the community for a bit.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | I really meant legendary. Get ready.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | New Game Plus and Alternate Ending confirmed!

## April 3, 2020

The Early-Backer Physical Edition of *Sea of Stars* got announced and made available for pre-order, the Clockwork Concierge thanked the community for their pledges and reminded everyone to not spend more money than they can afford to. He later teased a possibility of an upcoming livestream of the backer demo of the game.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Thank you so much for your support, all of you ❤

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Cheers twin0mega ❤

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Please do not spend money you are not entirely certain you should be spending ❤

 **Clockwork Concierge** | I am sincerely hoping 4 days will be enough for you to get ready.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Would there be any hype for a livestreamed playthrough of the demo?
* Community reacts:  x19

## April 6, 2020

A new community member, Smash78, got confused by the community members talking about ARG. This prompted the Clockwork Concierge to provide them a first-hand experience. Later, while hyping up the upcoming announcement, he shared that *Sea of Stars* will feature the ability to name the playable characters (this functionality is not available in the game).

## April 7, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge appeared shortly before the announcement of Yasunori Mitsuda being a guest composer for *Sea of Stars* and hinted at it's subject. Later, he complained that he was given an incorrect spoiler (that *Sea of Stars* will feature the ability to name the playable characters) in order to avoid him revealing the announcement to the community a day early. The Clockwork Concierge has also shared the reveal date of the next stretch goal.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Is this not hype enough?

## April 8, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge revealed that the crowdfunding campaign was about to reach its final stretch goal before it was even announced.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | That would be unprecedented!

## April 9, 2020

The Clockwork Concierge realized that the crowdfunding campaign was only a few pledges away from reaching the final, not yet revealed, stretch goal and that its potential announcement post would soon after be followed by a celebration post. After community tried to reassured him and the conversation shifted towards Manfred's new cereal bussines, the crowdfunding campaign passed 750,000 Canadian dollars, thus reaching the unannounced stretch goal, and a DLC for *Sea of Stars* called Throes of The Watchmaker got announced.

 **Clockwork Concierge** | Thank you so much for your support everyone ❤ ❤ ❤

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The user labeled as "nopeify" had their account deleted by the time these messages got documented and the name they were using at the time is unknown. However, them being nopeify appears to be the most likely scenario.

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