A living production journalThe
The
Diary
The warts-and-all record of Brett Clements building Carny Island: the decisions, machine conversations, failures, breakthroughs and exact evidence.
13 August 2026 · The Villain Puppet ↗The Journal Showcase
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Brett’s diary
Riding The Big Dipper
How real astronomy became theatrical machinery inside a 50 × 50 × 25 metre comic world.
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41.000 stars
How the Big Dipper replaced wallpaper over Crookwood.
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Why Use Two AIs?
Machines need a finish line.
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Production record
The Site Became Part of the World
The Making Of stopped behaving like a brochure.
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