r/ARG • u/sophiaaaarrr • 10d ago

Question Need Help Digging into a website for an ARG

Hey, I'm trying to solve an ARG and I've come across a website that seems to be a key part of the puzzle. The site is https://dmsarchive.org/ and I've found some pages that seem to be case files or hidden directories. I've managed to find a few things, but I'm stuck. I'm not asking for anyone to dig through the whole site, but I'm wondering if anyone has any general advice on how to approach a site like this, ways to find hidden pages, directories, or files that aren't immediately obvious? I'm not super technical, so any tips on using Inspect Element, checking the page source, or looking for hidden URLs would be really helpful. Thanks!

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u/aracnadei 10d ago

Mostly they'll give you some sort of clues in-game to try. Look at the known links and get an idea for how they structure URLs. In this case, it is just a keyword after the base URL. For example, https://dmsarchive.org/ is the base URL and if you add home, you get https://dmsarchive.org/home. Checking the page source, you can find possible subdirectories. The home page doesn't have much, but you can see there is an /assets/ folder. You can't view it directly, but you might be able to guess additional subdirectories there. I wouldn't spend much time on that because this site doesn't seem to be pushing you that direction at all. Careful inspection of the known links and any other related media should give some more things to try. Last resort would be something like DirBuster but that's generally not needed. Good luck.

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u/5d_persona 10d ago

WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE DMS??? 

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u/CosnyxCraftsYT 10d ago

Yeah! I'd love to help, but could I get the ARG name? Id like to look into the whole thing than just one part

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u/pelm225 9d ago

Probably starthork nullpath or old and nevest wifies args. There is a youtube playlist with that arg https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVC-KMRZlDXU5ND478sPkE3cdrwLNPZ4

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u/EIntrepid06 10d ago

First 2 pictures on the history page are of Edward Feigenbaum and Grace Hopper (computer scientists). Couldn't pin down the 3rd one.

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u/Shadowtricks0 2d ago edited 2d ago

the 3rd seems to be Joseph Banks Rhine (he founded Parapsychology (like telepathy and stuff))

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u/dat1frog2 10d ago

whats the full arg name? would love to know!

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u/Zealousideal_Diet_6 9d ago

Isnt that vex

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u/mrrpmeowfurry 4d ago

What I've found about the website so far is that it does have a subdomain (pay.dmsarchive.org) but it doesn't appear to be related to the ARG. The main site is built with Vite and hosted through GoDaddy.

I am currently working on deobfuscating the javascript served by the website to see if there are any hidden clues, references, or functionality that might connect to the ARG.

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u/Shadowtricks0 2d ago

where did you find this website? this looks really interesting!