The Archivists
Immersive Storytellers
The Archivists are makers of immersive digital and live-action experiences. Click the links to learn more about us, or browse our story selection.
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About
The Archivists
A group of friends that decided to form a LARP company to create the games we wanted to see and play. We're game and animation industry veterans who have been creating worlds together for about 20 years. Rather than let them collect dust in our archives, we've decided to share them with all of you.Charity
An important part of our design is also community outreach and charity. ALL Archivist events will include charity donations thematically tied to our events. We feel it is important to give back to the people around us and to live the stories we tell, especially in tumultuous times such as these. These will be funded through swag hand-made by the Archivists to maximize donation amount or baked into ticket sales."Together, we will repair the world with kindness, and with love." - Hivemind LARP, Agent Honey Bee.
S.R.
Logistics & Story
Lao game dev. Animator by day, coffee addict by night - arguably the worst time to be a coffee addict. Lover of fine pretend-y games with two decades of experience writing for roleplay settings, comics, and animation packets.
Actively involved in AAPI community outreach and mentorship as a board member for ZAPI (Zynga Asian Pacific Islanders ERG).
K.P.
Story Lead
Thai Game Dev and poodle enthusiast. Long-time writer for digital roleplaying games and communities.
K.S.
Art & Story
Indigenous character designer and comic artist from the Mono tribe, Kiwi enjoys animation, cartoons, and Boschian horrors. Her work has been in media such as Axe Cop and Skullgirls.
Part time clown. Honk honk!
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Services
Writing
Characters, Worlds, Games
Writing for a game is a daunting task. Looking for folks to delegate some of those tasks to? We love writing! With 20 years of writing experience for immersive games, we specialize in both world building and character writing and would love to help out!
staff
Need a hand?
We have a long history of managing online communities on Discord centered around Roleplay, as well as people managing by day. If you're a bit short handed on support and staff, we'd love to help out!
graphics
Make it pop!
We are Game Dev artists by day, and between us we can handle graphic design, branding, and kinetic assets & animation for your social media campaigns, packets, fliers, and more!
Request a service
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The bloom. A beautiful death.
Twisting vines, blossoming flowers.
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?New Gods took over. The old Gods rested, but one of them dreamed.
Her dream was a sickness; the people called it The Bloom.The Bloom made the world strange; it made monsters,
and it made beautiful things, too.To save the world, she must awaken.She sleeps deep in the hidden city.
A floral horror
Let rise the new Gods!
Book of Roses is a roleplay set in the fictional Grey Keep, a theocratic fortress ruled by The Order.A rejection (or disappearance?) of the Old Gods has reformed the world, and in the place of the ancient deities have risen new, young Gods ..and a strange new malady.The characters in Book of Roses are driven to discover the secrets lying in and below Grey Keep. Whether to hasten the spread of the Bloom, wake the Sleeping Goddess, or discover a cure for their plague - that is for you to decide.Inspired by Fear & Hunger and the works of Junji Ito!!!!Content Warning!!!!:
Horror (Psychological & Body), Mature, Gore, Death, Themes/Suggestions of Sex and Torture.
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The sunlit Garden
eternity. the power of miracles.
For the revolution of the world.
Once upon a time, in a place where the sun never sets, two figures danced within an endless garden of roses.They were beautiful, untouched by time, or hatred, or sorrow. And they were trapped.
Long ago, when their hearts were small and fragile, each was given a role: to be the prince who rescues, or the bride who waits for their happily ever after. In exchange for their tears, the garden promised them eternity - a fairytale frozen in marble, untouchable and pure.And yet.To stay in the garden is to remain flawless, immortal, and dead. To leave means to lose everything. In this quiet courtyard, two figures face one another across a field of duels fought not with steel - not really -, but with confessions, cruelties, and buried, ugly truths.The ritual demands a choice:Will you strip away your armor, expose your bleeding, unsightly heart, and step into the terrifying world outside?Or will you keep your nobility and your innocence, play the part you were given, and remain in the sunlit garden as something eternal?The path you must take has been prepared for you.
Revolution
The end of the world.
The Sunlit Garden is a Dyadic, surrealist psychological drama.Following a descent narrative, the game explores the ritualized breakdown of toxic relationships as players transition from idealized romanticism to explore their vulnerabilities, their secrets, and their hidden selves - however agonizing or lovely it may be.Will you have the courage to seek emotional authenticity at great cost, or will you continue to play the role you were given and remain eternal?Based on Revolutionary Girl Utena.
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Larps
HIVEMIND
November 6-7, Port Angeles, WA.
With the modern age comes new and exciting dangers, possibilities and ever-evolving plots to save (or destroy) the world. The Hive agents are resourceful, intelligent, adaptive—and, with any luck, Calendar Corp.'s days are numbered!
Grunhollow
TBD 2027
Deep within the mist-veiled forests of 17th-century Rhode Island, the trial of Amaryllis Codrin has ended. But the strange events that haunted Grunhollow haven’t stopped.
The Sunlit Garden
TBD
The Sunlit Garden is a Dyadic game focused on surrealist psychological drama framed by a descent narrative.Based on Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Book of Roses
TBD
A floral horror set in a medieval town. Inspired by Fear & Hunger and the works of Junji Ito.Let rise the new Gods!
Wizards of the Old West
TBD
Dust, dusk, sigils, and gunpowder. You find strange things out in the desert, and in desperation you might make a deal or two. For survival. For power. For love.But it will cost you.Join us in Copper Creek for a weird-west adventure full of magic and deep desert mysteries.
King of Hearts
♡ ♦ ♤ ♣
The monarchy has ruptured into a schism over who will take the throne; the Head Prince, or the Heart Princess.♠ As a Head, logic rules over everything. Reason dictates what must be done.♥ As a Heart, you feel deeply and openly. Emotion and passion drive you.Which are you?
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