The host
Larve
Larve lives in the big black mansion at the top of the street. He's the life of every block party, but nobody has ever been past his gates, and one upstairs window glows purple long after everyone else has gone to bed.
The neighborhood
Welcome to the block
Every few weeks, the neighbors close off the street, hang the bunting and fire up the grill for a block party. Rosa brings the food, DaJohn runs the grill, Katerina puts on a show and Roger keeps score. And sooner or later, everybody ends up at Larve's machine.
The machine
Larve's machine
He built it for the block parties: a cabinet of brass, gears and furnaces that builds the blocks, delivers the garbage and hands out the powerups. Wherever a game breaks out, Larve wheels it into that neighbor's yard.