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Event Horizon

Duration

2015 - 2018

Role

Founder, Co-owner, Director of Worlds and Words

Designed and launched new destination larp event. Oversaw worldbuilding, character creation, and narrative development. Successfully raised $50,000 via Kickstarter for first event. Created branching narrative structure for weekend-long events and responded in realtime to player choices to keep the storyline flowing. Managed onsite logistics, volunteer crew operations, and participant workshops. Tracked and coordinated simultaneous parallel storylines for 100+ players and NPC characters. Created game mechanics to integrate experimental tools from the UCSC Wearable Technologies lab, custom-built app software, and a private Discord server to simulate the experience of being in a fully realized sci-fi world.

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