What might a hopepunk larp be like? In this workshop we will develop ideas together, in groups. We’ll look at the implementation of community in the larp setting; at the dramatic arcs that support a hopepunk direction of play; at characters and backgrounds; and at everything else that might help to create a hopepunk larp project. Important: this workshop is to get people to investigate thinking and working together around concrete larp ideas that are relevant to this direction of design – it is not for the development of actual larps that will be run (although that might be a nice bonus outcome!) You don’t need to be a larp designer or organizer to take part. (This workshop is preceded by ‘What if there could be hope?’, an optional discussion session about the importance of hopepunk and its relation to larp.)
Content warnings: May involve discussion of systemic oppression and the harms that it causes