Behind the Scenes of the
Carnal Carnival
by Jeff Booth
The real life inspiration and adventures
Behind the Scenes of the
Carnal Carnival
by Jeff Booth
The real life inspiration and adventures
The Carnal Carnival, part of Erotic Games Online, is an interactive adventure that lets you roam around a virtual carnival. It features Flash based games, picture galleries, and a Flash based interface that sets the tone of a fantasy carnival where sexuality is the main theme.
It is based on our real life experiences
as teenagers spending a couple of summers performing in a carnival sideshow.
I did magic and was an inside talker, Kris juggled, talked some acts, was
the Helium Girl, sometimes the girl without a head, and anything else that
needed to be done.
Kris as the Helium Girl
and Jeff below in a Sideshow banner painted for us.
While our Carnal Carnival is fantasy, it
was inspired by the strange experiences we encountered in our many adventures
traveling across the country with what is essentially a group of gypsies
with their own code of conduct and lifestyle. Many of the things you see
in the Carnal Carnival are based on things that really took place on the
carnival. You'll have to watch out for con men and short change artists,
figure out ways to win more money before you run out, and make sure
you say the right thing when you meet a number of the characters that populate
our imaginary carnival.
This banner painted for
Jeff Booth was not exactly an accurate portrayal of his performance.
In the next few sections, we’ll give you a behind the scenes tour of just what carnival life is really like, and how it inspired our sexualized version.