# Is there "Happy" NSR?
**URL:** https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/is-there-happy-nsr/347
**Category:** Theory
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/is-there-happy-nsr/347 "2021-10-06T20:08:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@deldon](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/deldon)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/is-there-happy-nsr/347/82 "2022-03-15T04:05:59Z")
My first impressions based on your description of what sort of narrative you are looking for, is that you’re looking for Hopepunk games. There are two game jams from last year that would probably be of interest to you, the Applied Hope jam and the Solarpunk jam. Both pages also offer great examples and an introduction to the genre.
> **[Applied Hope: The Solarpunk & Utopias Jam](https://itch.io/jam/applied-hope)**
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> A game jam from 2021-05-31 to 2021-09-30 hosted by sadpress & vagrant ludology. TL;DR: Applied Hope is a jam about solarpunk and/or utopian thinking and practice. Define ‘solarpunk’ and/or ‘utopia’ any way you like. Your g...
> **[Solarpunk Jam](https://itch.io/jam/solarpunk-jam)**
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> A game jam from 2021-06-01 to 2021-07-14 hosted by emmy. be SOLAR. Use sustainable technologies and energy production to make Earth a greener place to live in. be PUNK. Imagine a world that challenges the sy...
Hopepunk as a genre exists to be a direct counter to grimdark. Try as I might, nearly every RPG campaign I’ve ever run eventually becomes hopepunk. And I’ll add my hat to the ring here and say that I, too, am trying to design more hopepunk games and settings, specifically in the vein of “Ghibli with a healthy dose of Legend of Zelda”.
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### Author:  [@Chaosmeister](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Chaosmeister)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/is-there-happy-nsr/347/83 "2022-03-16T09:13:59Z")
There are some great posts here! Thank you @Hasimir for your mechanic ideas, all great points. Thanks, @deldon for the links, I will have a look. I always understood Hopepunk to be opposed to dystopian Cyberpunk and more in the Sci Fi and less in the fantasy genre.
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