Self-perception, old friends, old grudges |
| Designer: Annika Waern & Celia Pearce (Sweden) |
| Number of participants: 18-50 |
| Duration: 2 hours |
| Genre/style: Nordic-style |
| The presenter feels that this larp IS suitable for young people aged 16+ |
About the larp
It has been twenty-five years since the class of -XX graduated from High School. While there have been attempts at reunions before, this time it will happen!
Most of you haven’t seen each other in twenty-five years… what has life done to you and your memories of high school, and what old loves and grudges will resurface when you meet?
Return to Innocence is a larp scenario about how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us.
Content Warnings: Bullying, Drugs, Promiscuity
Annika Waern: Annika is a larp scholar and designer from Sweden. Her research has been focussed on pervasive larp, and more recently, the use of larp as a tool for sensitising professional design teams. Her design experience includes experiments with new larp formats such as Cabaret, a larp musical and Angel Falls, a larp played out entirely in Second Life.
Celia Pearce:
Parameters
| Physical contact | Light contact; touching hands or forearms |
| Romance and intimacy | Demonstrations of affection; e.g. hugging, holding hands |
| Conflict and violence | Shouting and other intimidating actions not involving contact |
| Communication style | Lots of speech |
| Movement style | Walking |
| Characters | There are thin pre-designed characters, relations are workshopped |
| Narrative control | The shape and direction of the story is entirely, or almost entirely, determined by player choice |
| Transparency | There are predesigned secrets that players will have from each other |
| Representation | The fictional space is pretty similar to the play space |
| Play culture | Players have somewhat conflicting goals, can decide to play to lose and it is also possible for all to succeed. |
| Tone | Moderate |
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