Meta-techniques and dramachanics in larp

FADER #7 META-TECHNIQUES

WHAT IS AMETA-TECHNIQUE?

Communication in the game - between the players and not the characters

or

additional story that doesn’t fit in to the game time and space continuum

DRAMATIC GAME MECHANICS

DRAMACHANICSWE WILL FOCUS ON

DRAMACHANICS ARETECHNIQUES TO STRENGTHEN THE DRAMA OF THE LARP

SO COULD PLAYING MAGICBE A META TECHNIQUE? YES, BUT WE WILL NOW FOCUS ON DRAMACHANICS

HOW MUCH METADO YOU WANT?

A LOT OR NOT!When Our Destinies MeetBlack box with lots of dramachanics

1942Realistic 360° illusion

ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS

RELEVANT

FOR YOUR GAME?

New Voices in ArtMonologues played in open space

SkymningslandBlack box scenes in closed space

INTRUSIVE OR DISCRETE

DISCRETE TECHNIQUESUses closed space / not in your face

INTRUSIVE TECHNIQUESClear breaks of 360° in public / in your face

FADER MAX INTRUSIVE + Transparency+ Ease of use

- No opt-in- Breaking the game & 360° illusion in public

FADER MIN DISCRETE+ Opt-in+ Not breaking the game or the 360° illusion

- Less transparency- Where are the players?

?WHY META

+ Deeper characters and relations+ Changing mood and pacing+ Better game handling for gamemaster & participants+ Fun

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Larpwriter Summer School 2012Vilnius, Lithuania