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I would desperately love to do something like this. Either as a participant or as an organizer. Honestly, if anyone wants help in my local area (denmark) or rem

I would desperately love to do something like this. Either as a participant or as an organizer. Honestly, if anyone wants help in my local area (denmark) or remote help organizing web stuff or part design/3d sculpting for 3d printers id be happy to donate some time. I had heard of similar things in the UK, fantasy stuff. and also Evermore park in the US which was like an even more ambitious theme-park sized one that had a continuous ongoing story.

aleph_minus_one 2y ago
Then start organizing something like this. :-)
- RugnirViking 2y ago
  My remote hope was that something like spontaneous organization could form here in the comments :P but honestly i'm aware this kind of thing requires years of putting yourself out there making smaller events, building up etc. But I've not really ever been in this world, it might be nice to know someone with a bit more experience to guide me, or hear about something already going before diving into organizing something myself
- saulpw 2y ago
  Looks like they are. Why don't you start responding to comments exhorting the person to do what they're already doing in the very comment you're responding to?
  - RugnirViking 2y ago
    to be fair to them, my comment was a lot shorter when they responded, they were very fast aha
adrianhon 2y ago
OP here! Denmark has a very strong larp scene with a lot of young people involved due to the popularity of larp for children and at schools. I’m not sure if there’s anything on the scale of Odysseus planned but the skills certainly exist.
panzagl 2y ago
You should look into the Artemis Spaceship Simulator: https://www.artemisspaceshipbridge.com/#/ https://www.artemisspaceshipbridge.com/#/ (also on Steam) While not nearly as extensive as what's in the article, it's a first step achievable with a small group of friends.
- WorldMaker 2y ago
  Also the article mentions that the Larp mentioned here directly used an Open Source relative (competitor?) to Artemis named EmptyEpsilon: https://daid.github.io/EmptyEpsilon/ https://daid.github.io/EmptyEpsilon/ Artemis Tom is cool and deserves the revenue and has a lot of cool scenarios and stuff out of the box. EmptyEpsilon is when you start to need more customization, down to source level, and GM tools. (The article mentions a lot of what this Larp did was not heavily automated and somewhat directly in EmptyEpsilon's GM tools.)
  - smcameron 2y ago
    Don't forget (my own) Space Nerds in Space: https://spacenerdsinspace.com https://spacenerdsinspace.com (discussed here previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28343941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28343941)
creade 2y ago
you might check out Copenhagen Megagames[1] which is the other name I've seen for this type of stuff [1] https://www.cphmegagames.dk/ https://www.cphmegagames.dk/
klik99 2y ago
"Nordic Larp" and the Knutepunkt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knutepunkt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knutepunkt) conference is close to you. I worked with a guy who organized an earlier battlestar galactica larp: https://petterkarlsson.se/2013/03/19/the-monitor-celestra-battlestar-galactica-larp/ https://petterkarlsson.se/2013/03/19/the-monitor-celestra-ba... and they do things like - rent a medieval castle and larp courtly drama, etc. I'm in the US and they don't do this kind of thing often, but if you're interested by Odyssesus then nordic larp scene will totally be your jam, and honestly I'm jealous. If there's anyone in Seattle doing this kind of thing, say something!
zabzonk 2y ago
> Evermore park in the US Another great Jenny Nicholson review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9OhTB5eBqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9OhTB5eBqQ

aleph_minus_one 2y ago

Then start organizing something like this. :-)

RugnirViking 2y ago
My remote hope was that something like spontaneous organization could form here in the comments :P but honestly i'm aware this kind of thing requires years of putting yourself out there making smaller events, building up etc. But I've not really ever been in this world, it might be nice to know someone with a bit more experience to guide me, or hear about something already going before diving into organizing something myself
saulpw 2y ago
Looks like they are. Why don't you start responding to comments exhorting the person to do what they're already doing in the very comment you're responding to?
- RugnirViking 2y ago
  to be fair to them, my comment was a lot shorter when they responded, they were very fast aha

adrianhon 2y ago

OP here! Denmark has a very strong larp scene with a lot of young people involved due to the popularity of larp for children and at schools. I’m not sure if there’s anything on the scale of Odysseus planned but the skills certainly exist.

panzagl 2y ago

You should look into the Artemis Spaceship Simulator: https://www.artemisspaceshipbridge.com/#/ https://www.artemisspaceshipbridge.com/#/ (also on Steam) While not nearly as extensive as what's in the article, it's a first step achievable with a small group of friends.

WorldMaker 2y ago
Also the article mentions that the Larp mentioned here directly used an Open Source relative (competitor?) to Artemis named EmptyEpsilon: https://daid.github.io/EmptyEpsilon/ https://daid.github.io/EmptyEpsilon/ Artemis Tom is cool and deserves the revenue and has a lot of cool scenarios and stuff out of the box. EmptyEpsilon is when you start to need more customization, down to source level, and GM tools. (The article mentions a lot of what this Larp did was not heavily automated and somewhat directly in EmptyEpsilon's GM tools.)
- smcameron 2y ago
  Don't forget (my own) Space Nerds in Space: https://spacenerdsinspace.com https://spacenerdsinspace.com (discussed here previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28343941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28343941)

creade 2y ago

you might check out Copenhagen Megagames[1] which is the other name I've seen for this type of stuff [1] https://www.cphmegagames.dk/ https://www.cphmegagames.dk/

klik99 2y ago

"Nordic Larp" and the Knutepunkt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knutepunkt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knutepunkt) conference is close to you. I worked with a guy who organized an earlier battlestar galactica larp: https://petterkarlsson.se/2013/03/19/the-monitor-celestra-battlestar-galactica-larp/ https://petterkarlsson.se/2013/03/19/the-monitor-celestra-ba... and they do things like - rent a medieval castle and larp courtly drama, etc. I'm in the US and they don't do this kind of thing often, but if you're interested by Odyssesus then nordic larp scene will totally be your jam, and honestly I'm jealous. If there's anyone in Seattle doing this kind of thing, say something!

zabzonk 2y ago

> Evermore park in the US Another great Jenny Nicholson review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9OhTB5eBqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9OhTB5eBqQ