Ok so my first post, (seen some great stuff on here so far). I'm planning a quite ambitious high fantasy inspired dungeon (rather than a dedicated 'haunt though could be ramped up in intensity for different ages) as a live action adventure game for children primarily 7/12 years. Think classic D&D style, where the kids solve puzzles and fight goblins with safe foam weapons, similar to a Larp game, gaining extra skills and treasure/magic items as they progress and meet interesting and entertaining npc's. I would ideally like to have an indoor modular set up (hopefully on several floors in a warehouse type facility to provide depth and vertical play), that can be rearranged and redecorated to provide different adventures without too much hassle, comprising of stoneworked corridors, rooms and caves, interspersed with some wider open areas with some special terrain pieces like swamps, evil forests, and some interactive special effects etc
I've seen plenty of tutorials with fake foam walls and such, but i'm worried these wont hold up to the rigours of being bashed about a bit. I assume though that being just for children some of the foam hardeners or some spray on quickcrete would suffice.
Some primary questions I have would be;
How to make the corridors and rooms seem 'enclosed' with a ceiling that wasn't just a sheet of something on top, and perhaps get them arched or vaulted a little to provide a more 3d experience?
How would I go about making arched dungeon doors that work and can be also moved about in a modular manner?
How would one create more interesting curved sections rather than everything being at 90 degrees that can still link up to other sections without throwing everything off kilter?
How easy are 'secret' hidden doors or sliding bookshelves (classic trope I know) to make? What would be the best way of lighting these sections so the still provide a safe level of vision without unnecessary reams of wiring? (kids will have safe glowing torches/lanterns/wizards staffs etc anyway)
What is the best way of providing a sturdy link between modular sections?
Have you got any cool ideas of how to decorate the place with interesting prop items and any ideas of non-complex interactive sfx?
and of course 'What are the best money saving and safe ways to do this?
As an aside some of my inspiration thus far has come from films like Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, LotR, Hobbit, Disney, Harry Potter, D&D , Warhammer, Grimm's Fairytales, Knightmare etc
Apologies for my rambling incoherence but I hope you get the gist of this preliminary idea! If I have forgotten something important please ask me some questions.
I've seen plenty of tutorials with fake foam walls and such, but i'm worried these wont hold up to the rigours of being bashed about a bit. I assume though that being just for children some of the foam hardeners or some spray on quickcrete would suffice.
Some primary questions I have would be;
How to make the corridors and rooms seem 'enclosed' with a ceiling that wasn't just a sheet of something on top, and perhaps get them arched or vaulted a little to provide a more 3d experience?
How would I go about making arched dungeon doors that work and can be also moved about in a modular manner?
How would one create more interesting curved sections rather than everything being at 90 degrees that can still link up to other sections without throwing everything off kilter?
How easy are 'secret' hidden doors or sliding bookshelves (classic trope I know) to make? What would be the best way of lighting these sections so the still provide a safe level of vision without unnecessary reams of wiring? (kids will have safe glowing torches/lanterns/wizards staffs etc anyway)
What is the best way of providing a sturdy link between modular sections?
Have you got any cool ideas of how to decorate the place with interesting prop items and any ideas of non-complex interactive sfx?
and of course 'What are the best money saving and safe ways to do this?
As an aside some of my inspiration thus far has come from films like Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, LotR, Hobbit, Disney, Harry Potter, D&D , Warhammer, Grimm's Fairytales, Knightmare etc
Apologies for my rambling incoherence but I hope you get the gist of this preliminary idea! If I have forgotten something important please ask me some questions.
