DEV LOGCarny ArtCarny SoundtrackCarny TVUnity Web TestsNewsstand
Game answersFAQ

Carny Island · Crookwood

Staging a
Crookwood
Night

The set, the studio, the cyclorama, the grids and the lights—everything needed to build the stage one night is played on.

Open the complete document ↗

Nobody wins Crookwood. It is an interactive show.

A film-maker making a game, not a game-maker making a film.

Running time, not timer. Numbers, not levels. Cues, not triggers. The house, not the UI.

The descent is the shot.
Show the machine, not the mistake.
Q6 is twelve minutes long and must not be static.

The complete 17-page set specification

One night.
Built as a show.

Staging a Crookwood Night, page 1 of 17.
01 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 2 of 17.
02 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 3 of 17.
03 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 4 of 17.
04 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 5 of 17.
05 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 6 of 17.
06 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 7 of 17.
07 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 8 of 17.
08 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 9 of 17.
09 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 10 of 17.
10 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 11 of 17.
11 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 12 of 17.
12 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 13 of 17.
13 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 14 of 17.
14 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 15 of 17.
15 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 16 of 17.
16 / 17
Staging a Crookwood Night, page 17 of 17.
17 / 17

Physics as a source, never as an authority.

Use the world to find out what's beautiful and why.

Never let it tell you what's allowed.
Enter the nightMeet The Player ↗