The Dreaming LARP

[Cramulus]

Need to reg myself.  What were you thinking for the alpha testing?

basically just two weeks of gameplay.

After the alpha test, there will be more features added to the game, such as a Shaper (a politician who can change the Dreaming), NPCs, and more plotines.

I'm most curious to see how people play when I'm not there to explain what's supposed to happen. 

The secondary motivation is to generate content for the website - pictures and text about people playing. This will serve as more advertisement for the game as it develops.

[Cainad (dec.)]

I'm over a month into school, and STILL haven't been able to round up the gang to try this out.   It will happen sooner or later, once I find a workaround for all of us being overcommitted to random shit.

Oy, Cram, do you have any ads for The Dreaming that could be printed out as a flyer or trifold pamphlet? My friends and I are going to be attending I-CON at Stony Brook and I'd be happy to drop some literature while I'm there. Or do a rogue demonstration, even.

[President Television]

I imagine that could generate a lot of drama, too. If your group "owns" your city, they'll want to get back at whoever stole it from them...

I think there's an issue with that, though. If one person can do it all by themselves and it's that easy, city hall is going to be changing sides several times a day whenever you get rival groups, and numbers, weapons, skills etc. will change nothing. I propose that it be set up so that a certain number of pictures have to be taken in a row to capture it for that side, but each player can only get their picture taken once at a city hall per day. This will encourage groups to recruit new players to enhance their forces, since more players will be able to capture faster. Perhaps the number of photos that have to be taken can be decided based on what kind of offensive and/or infiltration capabilities the group's members have. Or maybe we could design a LOT of content to distract from it, so that owning the city isn't always a top priority.

[Cramulus]

I'm over a month into school, and STILL haven't been able to round up the gang to try this out.   It will happen sooner or later, once I find a workaround for all of us being overcommitted to random shit.

Hopefully you guys will be ready by the second week of March!

I know a number of us will probably drive out to meet you guys in-game. and you know, fuck up everything.

Oy, Cram, do you have any ads for The Dreaming that could be printed out as a flyer or trifold pamphlet? My friends and I are going to be attending I-CON at Stony Brook and I'd be happy to drop some literature while I'm there. Or do a rogue demonstration, even.

The images (above, ITT) which contain the URL make good ads

Some other posters here: http://dreamings.ning.com/profiles/blogs/posters-for-the-dreaming

I'm still working on a more straight-forward poster, and a trifold pamphlet isn't a bad idea at all.


when is I-Con?

[Cramulus]

I imagine that could generate a lot of drama, too. If your group "owns" your city, they'll want to get back at whoever stole it from them...

I think there's an issue with that, though. If one person can do it all by themselves and it's that easy, city hall is going to be changing sides several times a day whenever you get rival groups, and numbers, weapons, skills etc.

That's cool though. A rapid back-and-forth is healthy. It can be the stage for in-game hostilities, too.

ie - "If you take Boston back from the Dead Gods, we will put a hex on your land. You've been warned."


if the game gets to the point that there are a hundred people playing in one area, I do think it'll be changing too rapidly to matter and some new rules will have to emerge.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

By the by, did you end up getting that map thing working?

[Cramulus]

yes I did, check it out 

Map of the Dreaming

If you're going to play, feel free to put a Player Location spot on the map roughly where you live. (you don't need to give an exact address)

When you play, you'll put territories and turf-war photos right on the map.

[Dalek]

This is going to be so awesome! I'm going to tell this to the LARP/fantasy club here, and hopefully will get enough people to play. for the LARP

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

I'm unlikely to join in, but if you guys make posters or trifolds, I will place them around campus.

[Cainad (dec.)]

I'm over a month into school, and STILL haven't been able to round up the gang to try this out.   It will happen sooner or later, once I find a workaround for all of us being overcommitted to random shit.

Hopefully you guys will be ready by the second week of March!

I know a number of us will probably drive out to meet you guys in-game. and you know, fuck up everything.

That would be teh sweet.

Oy, Cram, do you have any ads for The Dreaming that could be printed out as a flyer or trifold pamphlet? My friends and I are going to be attending I-CON at Stony Brook and I'd be happy to drop some literature while I'm there. Or do a rogue demonstration, even.

The images (above, ITT) which contain the URL make good ads

Some other posters here: http://dreamings.ning.com/profiles/blogs/posters-for-the-dreaming

I'm still working on a more straight-forward poster, and a trifold pamphlet isn't a bad idea at all.


when is I-Con?

Last weekend of March: the 26th through the 28th. We'll be there all three days.

[Cramulus]

We're up to 45 people signed up! 

I really hope everybody that signed up actually plays! If they do, this game is going to be RIDICULOUS.

anyway, some new content up which you guys should dig:
Two really crazy adventures posted for SINGLE PLAYERS.

In Songlines: The Butcher, you'll photograph yourself being stalked and killed by a serial killer.

In Rapid Eye Movement, you'll create culture jams and installation art which trick people into thinking they're in a dream.

[LMNO]

Aww.. You care, you really care!


I can't access the forums at work, but I'll see what's going down when I get home.

Love ya!

[Cramulus]

yeah 

The Butcher songline is one of the weirdest and creative larp challenges I've ever written.

And the Rapid Eye Movement dream walk is exactly what we set out to do with LARPGASM - a game that is played by creating mindfucks.


To be fair, neither of these are really LARP challenges, more like ARG challenges. But they are both very "out of the box", and should be fun activities for people who don't have a community to jive with.

Let me know if you can think of other single-player activities. I feel like there should also be something more interactive, like some way you can vote or make a decision which impacts the rest of the game. Creating fun experiences for single players is going to be key. Because those single players may eventually drag their friends in (I hope), and then we'll have a brand new meatspace community.

[Cramulus]

New event posted: PARTY AT MY HOUSE

http://dreamings.ning.com/xn/detail/4797885:Event:397

[Richter]

Excellent!  I'm solidifying form tentative to YES, and peer - pressuring locals. 

I was going to make some of the siloflex core'd boffers.  I'll have samples of the material, and finished product.  Would you mind looking them over?  I'm thinking it's pretty safe, but your review / ideas would be valued.  I don't want to break out new stuff without your OK as game creator / facilitator.

Other thigns to bring?  Food / Beer get?