About This Project

This narrative project is an introduction to the hit online animated series, "The Amazing Digital Circus", created by Glitch Studios. It can be watched on YouTube. In this narrative, the audience assumes the role of an unsuspecting individual that has found themselves transported into a world reminiscent of a 1990s video game. Circus paranphelia surrounds you as you are greeted by a overtly enthusiastic character that calls himself the "ringmaster." It seems that they are a bit too eager for your arrival, and any mention of leaving the place is met with negative feedback. If you are interested in this type of story, I highly recommend checking out the pilot for The Amazing Digital Circus.

The process of generating ideas was quite daunting. I went through several different concepts before deciding on this one, and that was only after I watched the TADC pilot. It was a genuinely entertaining watch, which is why I decided on introducting this series for my narrative project. I was also inspired by the concept of vertical-scroll webcomics, hence the single-lined textboxes that reveal themselves as you scroll down. I was having a hard time deciding as to whether I wanted the color pallete to match the background, or completely mimick comic-styled speech bubbles. I also spent a bit of time deciding which type of CSS animations to use, and eventually decided on a JS fade animation toggled by scroll.