A shimmer in the Dark (2024)
Participatory storytelling experience/LARP
(Life action role play)
Duration: 4 hours
A Shimmer in the Dark is a speculative climate fiction role-play game. •Participants• imagine a world at the end of extraction, petroleum, and human labour, exploring our relationship with the unknown. In A Shimmer in the Dark participants become a group of workers on •an oil rig in the North Sea•. Under pressure from environmental activists and facing the depletion of fossil fuel resources on Earth, deep-sea drilling is coming to an end. The workers are having their final shift on the oil rig and made an extraordinary discovery from the ocean’s depths. In their remaining hours, till they get picked up from their shift, they •discuss• what to do with their finding and their uncertain future; In a more and more automated world, the need for human labour is diminishing.
The game accommodates •6-10 players• and has a total duration of approximately 4 hours. It includes a 1.5-hour workshop for preparations, a 1-hour gameplay session, and a 1-hour debrief during which players share their experiences and engage in follow-up discussions on the game’s themes.
A shimmer in the Dark (2024)
Participatory storytelling experience/LARP
(Life action role play)
Duration: 4 hours
A Shimmer in the Dark is a speculative climate fiction role-play game. •Participants• imagine a world at the end of extraction, petroleum, and human labour, exploring our relationship with the unknown. In A Shimmer in the Dark participants become a group of workers on •an oil rig in the North Sea•. Under pressure from environmental activists and facing the depletion of fossil fuel resources on Earth, deep-sea drilling is coming to an end. The workers are having their final shift on the oil rig and made an extraordinary discovery from the ocean’s depths. In their remaining hours, till they get picked up from their shift, they •discuss• what to do with their finding and their uncertain future; In a more and more automated world, the need for human labour is diminishing.
The game accommodates •6-10 players• and has a total duration of approximately 4 hours. It includes a 1.5-hour workshop for preparations, a 1-hour gameplay session, and a 1-hour debrief during which players share their experiences and engage in follow-up discussions on the game’s themes.
