Speaking of which, due tonight is it not?
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Team Danny DeVito from Dumbo Project Nine - Kooky Clown Time
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Sharon&Susan
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ThemeParkPriest
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Sounds good! What are you calling it?
PerGron
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I’m just going with “The Great American Circus”
goofyyukyuk
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Just posted the maze description and game in the doc... here's the link to the game if anyone wants to play and see if I missed any bugs. I think I tested it enough but there could be some issues I missed lol
goofyyukyuk
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Oh, and this is meant to be played on a computer… no idea what would happen with it on mobile lol
ThemeParkPriest
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Okay I'm formatting pictures and then I'll be editing. Other than PerGron's circus, is there anything else that people are still working on?
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MickeyWaffleCo.
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- In the Parks
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Just tried it for fun. You can’t get past the instructions, due to the requirement of pressing any key other than the spacebar to continue. But it’s fine on desktop!
ThemeParkPriest
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@Outbound the text for the Backstory is great! However, I just get confused as to how to read it (do I read page 1 first or all of column 1 first? maybe it got messed up at some point in the editing process). On a different note, do we want an earlier posting date for the newspaper given that it is speaking of something upcoming?
Sharon&Susan
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Are you talking about the introduction at the top? I read it like a newspaper article where you read column 1 first and then column 2, and it made sense to me.
PerGron
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather round for a celebration of daring feats, of magic, lights, and fun! Here in the town of Calico for one week only, see the Great American Circus!
The Charles Schultz theater has been temporarily taken over by a classic circus bigtop, the red and white pinstripes of the canvas sticking out in the sky as a yellow circus flag billows in the wind atop the tent, beckoning guests from all angles of the park to be drawn into the weird, the wonderful, and the macabre art of the Great American Circus.
Outside the circus tent is a ticket booth where guests can stop and procure a ticket to the bigtop from a clown scare actor who sits within the booth. While this clown may bang on the glass to startle passers by, he is more jovial than some of the sinister clowns, beckoning guests in with a rhyme.
“HOO HOO HOO hoo! I’ve got a surprise, it’s true! Who found the circus bigtop? What a delight, it’s you!” He will then offer guests a ticket, which is a great free souvenir featuring the logo of the Knotts Scary Farm 2017 event with the Great American Circus logo beneath it. Ticket in hand, guests can enter the bigtop and into the theater where the smells of hot buttered popcorn, sweet cotton candy, and the familiar smell of an artificial fog machine mix and form a strange miasma that wafts through the theater. The calls of food vendors wandering up and down the theater stairs calling out “Fresh popcorn! Cotton candy! Snow cones” echoes through the theater, mixing with the sounds of the circus music that plays over the loudspeakers. As you wait for your show, a pair of clowns periodically come out to perform a short comedy act or to sneak around the audience scaring people.
After a brief wait, listening to the cacophony of food merchants and crackling audio above you, fog fills center stage as the music turns eerie and the lights dim. Figures move about in the shadows, slowly and cautiously as they move into place on the center stage, made to appear like a circus ring. The ticking of a nonexistent clock joins the music and speeds up until a large crash is heard and all the lights and music go out immediately. After a moment in the dark, unaware of your surroundings, the lights snap back on and reveal a full cast of circus characters have filled the theater, on stage, in the stairways and in any other space they can occupy. The music begins again, this time with a jaunty number played by what sounds to be a brass band as the performers dance a synchronized dance. As the performers dance, a classically dressed ringmaster comes out from the fog and gets the audience clapping. He then introduces himself and the crew.
“Ladies and gents, welcome to the Great American Circus. The things you will see tonight are sure to get you laughing with joy and screaming with terror, sometimes both at once. For your safety, remain in your seats for the duration of the show and if you have to exit the big top for any reason, please follow the illuminated emergency exit signs. Now, sit back and enjoy the Great American Circus!”
With that, the lights go dim again and the performers all rush backstage as the ringmaster announces the first act. A pair of contortionists who are sure to send a chill down your spine as they unnaturally twist theirs. The music becomes eerie as two contortionists exit from backstage. From either side of the stage, they work their way in, starting with body rolls almost like a standing cartwheel. However, soon, they collapse to the floor in unison, both turning their heads and spider-crawling across the stage (think the scene from The Exorcist) before climbing up onto a podium. One lies on the podium, twisting their back and legs to create a platform for the other to climb upon. The bottom person then gets handed a stool and replaces their body with the stool, allowing themself to climb up their partner. This act continues for multiple stools as the two battle to become the top of the tower. However, the stools begin to topple and both contortionists tumble down the sides, using their arms and legs to grip the wobbling stools as they pour down the stack of stools, each ending on one side of the tower. The two begin to climb again, battling each other as the stools shake and wobble from one side to the other, as they throw punches and kicks, causing the other to bend in unnatural ways as they do so. As they both reach the top at the same time, they begin to try to climb each other, twisting and curling, until one begins to hold the other up with one hand. The one on the top then places their hand interlinked with the bottom hand, using the resistance between the hands to support them as they continue to contort and spin. The lights wag and go out as the sound of stools collapsing to the ground echoes through the theater. When the lights come on, no contortionists are left.
The ringmaster then comes out and tells guests to prepare to witness the most daring of stunts as a wheel of death is rolled out onto the stage. The wheel begins to spin as a person dressed as a daredevil climbs in. This segment is a pretty standard wheel of death act, with the daredevil beginning within the wheel, but soon climbing on top of it, including jumping, flipping, and somersaults as they attempt to remain in time with the wheel and not fall off. They also begin to juggle atop it, starting with balls, then pins, then swords as they run and keep time with the wheel, including juggling swords between their legs as they run atop it. The final thing they are tossed are sticks that the daredevil promptly light on fire and begin to juggle the flaming batons as they keep time with the wheel of death.
The next act features a set of clowns who rush out, sending other clown scouts into the audience to select participants, willing and unwilling alike. The clowns lead the guests to the stage where they are positioned to form a fighting ring, using duct tape along four outer members to create the ropes. Then, the other participants are expected to “fight” the clowns in a boxing match with comically large boxing gloves. The clowns swing and hit themselves, slip, trip, and otherwise make a mockery of themselves. After this, the clowns do a few more jokes, most of which switch up each night so that the show remains fresh for every night that it is on. The clowns are eventually interrupted by an evil clown wielding a chainsaw who comes in through the stairway, threatening guests as he goes by, revving the chainsaw as he goes. The other clowns begin to scramble, attempting to defeat the evil clown by all means necessary. They start by trying to trip him, but he sidesteps, cutting into the oversized pants of one clown exposing his white underwear with big red hearts. Another launches a pie at him, but misses and hits one of his comrades. Eventually, using the guests who had duct tape on them, they reform the fighting ring and trap the evil clown within with a bunch of other clowns who beat him up with their boxing gloves. Eventually, they pin him down and carry him off, but one clown is left who picks up the chainsaw and revs it before dashing backstage with the rest of his group.
The next act comes out, being a magician. The magician does a few sleight of hand tricks like pulling a rabbit from a hat, flower bouquets, etc. However, the big trick is when he saws his assistant in half. This is a pretty standard magic show set, but is still a wonderful and exciting part of the circus. The show also rotates a few other acts, such as a human cannonball, a dog show where the dogs perform tricks with a trainer, all dressed like classic circus animals, and a fire eater.
The final act is always, however, a series of acrobats. Utilizing a tightrope that extends across the theater and over the seats as well as multiple trapezes above the stage. These acrobats perform daring spins and flips and swinging. This trapeze act features multiple daring acts and behaviors as they perform a rigorous routine, including juggling, flipping on the tightrope, riding a unicycle, and more all above your prying eyes.
Once the show ends, the ringmaster comes out with the rest of the acts and all take a bow. They thank the audience for visiting the Great American Circus and the clown who stole the chainsaw runs out, running down the stairwell and up aisles, revving it at guests before chasing the ringmaster and acts offstage. We hear screaming and revving as the lights come up and ushers direct us out.
The Charles Schultz theater has been temporarily taken over by a classic circus bigtop, the red and white pinstripes of the canvas sticking out in the sky as a yellow circus flag billows in the wind atop the tent, beckoning guests from all angles of the park to be drawn into the weird, the wonderful, and the macabre art of the Great American Circus.
Outside the circus tent is a ticket booth where guests can stop and procure a ticket to the bigtop from a clown scare actor who sits within the booth. While this clown may bang on the glass to startle passers by, he is more jovial than some of the sinister clowns, beckoning guests in with a rhyme.
“HOO HOO HOO hoo! I’ve got a surprise, it’s true! Who found the circus bigtop? What a delight, it’s you!” He will then offer guests a ticket, which is a great free souvenir featuring the logo of the Knotts Scary Farm 2017 event with the Great American Circus logo beneath it. Ticket in hand, guests can enter the bigtop and into the theater where the smells of hot buttered popcorn, sweet cotton candy, and the familiar smell of an artificial fog machine mix and form a strange miasma that wafts through the theater. The calls of food vendors wandering up and down the theater stairs calling out “Fresh popcorn! Cotton candy! Snow cones” echoes through the theater, mixing with the sounds of the circus music that plays over the loudspeakers. As you wait for your show, a pair of clowns periodically come out to perform a short comedy act or to sneak around the audience scaring people.
After a brief wait, listening to the cacophony of food merchants and crackling audio above you, fog fills center stage as the music turns eerie and the lights dim. Figures move about in the shadows, slowly and cautiously as they move into place on the center stage, made to appear like a circus ring. The ticking of a nonexistent clock joins the music and speeds up until a large crash is heard and all the lights and music go out immediately. After a moment in the dark, unaware of your surroundings, the lights snap back on and reveal a full cast of circus characters have filled the theater, on stage, in the stairways and in any other space they can occupy. The music begins again, this time with a jaunty number played by what sounds to be a brass band as the performers dance a synchronized dance. As the performers dance, a classically dressed ringmaster comes out from the fog and gets the audience clapping. He then introduces himself and the crew.
“Ladies and gents, welcome to the Great American Circus. The things you will see tonight are sure to get you laughing with joy and screaming with terror, sometimes both at once. For your safety, remain in your seats for the duration of the show and if you have to exit the big top for any reason, please follow the illuminated emergency exit signs. Now, sit back and enjoy the Great American Circus!”
With that, the lights go dim again and the performers all rush backstage as the ringmaster announces the first act. A pair of contortionists who are sure to send a chill down your spine as they unnaturally twist theirs. The music becomes eerie as two contortionists exit from backstage. From either side of the stage, they work their way in, starting with body rolls almost like a standing cartwheel. However, soon, they collapse to the floor in unison, both turning their heads and spider-crawling across the stage (think the scene from The Exorcist) before climbing up onto a podium. One lies on the podium, twisting their back and legs to create a platform for the other to climb upon. The bottom person then gets handed a stool and replaces their body with the stool, allowing themself to climb up their partner. This act continues for multiple stools as the two battle to become the top of the tower. However, the stools begin to topple and both contortionists tumble down the sides, using their arms and legs to grip the wobbling stools as they pour down the stack of stools, each ending on one side of the tower. The two begin to climb again, battling each other as the stools shake and wobble from one side to the other, as they throw punches and kicks, causing the other to bend in unnatural ways as they do so. As they both reach the top at the same time, they begin to try to climb each other, twisting and curling, until one begins to hold the other up with one hand. The one on the top then places their hand interlinked with the bottom hand, using the resistance between the hands to support them as they continue to contort and spin. The lights wag and go out as the sound of stools collapsing to the ground echoes through the theater. When the lights come on, no contortionists are left.
The ringmaster then comes out and tells guests to prepare to witness the most daring of stunts as a wheel of death is rolled out onto the stage. The wheel begins to spin as a person dressed as a daredevil climbs in. This segment is a pretty standard wheel of death act, with the daredevil beginning within the wheel, but soon climbing on top of it, including jumping, flipping, and somersaults as they attempt to remain in time with the wheel and not fall off. They also begin to juggle atop it, starting with balls, then pins, then swords as they run and keep time with the wheel, including juggling swords between their legs as they run atop it. The final thing they are tossed are sticks that the daredevil promptly light on fire and begin to juggle the flaming batons as they keep time with the wheel of death.
The next act features a set of clowns who rush out, sending other clown scouts into the audience to select participants, willing and unwilling alike. The clowns lead the guests to the stage where they are positioned to form a fighting ring, using duct tape along four outer members to create the ropes. Then, the other participants are expected to “fight” the clowns in a boxing match with comically large boxing gloves. The clowns swing and hit themselves, slip, trip, and otherwise make a mockery of themselves. After this, the clowns do a few more jokes, most of which switch up each night so that the show remains fresh for every night that it is on. The clowns are eventually interrupted by an evil clown wielding a chainsaw who comes in through the stairway, threatening guests as he goes by, revving the chainsaw as he goes. The other clowns begin to scramble, attempting to defeat the evil clown by all means necessary. They start by trying to trip him, but he sidesteps, cutting into the oversized pants of one clown exposing his white underwear with big red hearts. Another launches a pie at him, but misses and hits one of his comrades. Eventually, using the guests who had duct tape on them, they reform the fighting ring and trap the evil clown within with a bunch of other clowns who beat him up with their boxing gloves. Eventually, they pin him down and carry him off, but one clown is left who picks up the chainsaw and revs it before dashing backstage with the rest of his group.
The next act comes out, being a magician. The magician does a few sleight of hand tricks like pulling a rabbit from a hat, flower bouquets, etc. However, the big trick is when he saws his assistant in half. This is a pretty standard magic show set, but is still a wonderful and exciting part of the circus. The show also rotates a few other acts, such as a human cannonball, a dog show where the dogs perform tricks with a trainer, all dressed like classic circus animals, and a fire eater.
The final act is always, however, a series of acrobats. Utilizing a tightrope that extends across the theater and over the seats as well as multiple trapezes above the stage. These acrobats perform daring spins and flips and swinging. This trapeze act features multiple daring acts and behaviors as they perform a rigorous routine, including juggling, flipping on the tightrope, riding a unicycle, and more all above your prying eyes.
Once the show ends, the ringmaster comes out with the rest of the acts and all take a bow. They thank the audience for visiting the Great American Circus and the clown who stole the chainsaw runs out, running down the stairwell and up aisles, revving it at guests before chasing the ringmaster and acts offstage. We hear screaming and revving as the lights come up and ushers direct us out.
ThemeParkPriest
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Okay. I think the Page Break was messing with my brain. It should read like a 1-page article even though it is on 2 pages.
ThemeParkPriest
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Ok I’m going to look over everything again. I plan to post in about 15 minutes.
Sharon&Susan
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Looks great to me!
ThemeParkPriest
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Agreed! Everyone pulled their weight in a prompt type that was challenging in different ways! Thanks to Outbound on the presentation; it’s a fun way to present the project!