#tadc abandoned circus au

[pafsplayground]

Back at it again with my Abandoned Circus propaganda (I am obsessed with this story and am determined to get more people hyped)

Heres a doodle of Gangle I did based off of a sneak peek I got into chapter three :) I was planning on coloring digitally but I think the traditional sketchy look fits the vibes better

@abandoned-by-caine

[abandoned-by-caine]

🎪🎡🎭 Hello, welcome to the official blog for the TADC Abandoned Circus AU! 🎭🎡🎪

This blog is run by one person -- me! The name's Nebula (they/them), I'm 25, and I'm just a silly little guy that's still very new to Tumblr, so please be patient!! I'm just here to have fun and share this extra angsty AU that's been spinning uncontrollably in my brain since mid-January, and I hope I can interest a few people in this little story of mine! :))

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The Abandoned Circus is mainly based on the concepts of "development hell" (media that's stuck in the development stage for an indefinite period of time) and "abandonware" (software that's been left to rot by its creator for any number of reasons), plus the core idea of, "what if every AI in the Digital Circus suddenly disappeared overnight?"

Just imagine: a tired, frustrated game dev goes to update the AI in this cool little retro game they've been working on for years. The software sucks. Coding sucks. Making it VR compatible is a nightmare. Everything is so janky and difficult to use. They eventually get so fed up trying to make things work that they decide, "hey, y'know what? This isn't worth the trouble. Fuck this." They put the game down one day... but they don't come back. Not the next day, or the next, or the next...

In a digital world inhabited by six unfortunate humans trapped together in a strangely cruel place that really doesn't care if you're struggling, what comes next? What happens when the characters that we all know and love are given the unrestricted freedom to do anything they want without the all-seeing eyes of what equates to a God™™™ watching over them?

What will they do without the ability to fix everyday bugs and glitches?

What happens if someone goes off the deep end?

Well, lucky for you I've already written a little bit about this whole ordeal, and I've got several more chapters already in the works!

You can check out the story on my AO3 here!

I don't have an upload schedule or anything, but I'll keep y'all updated whenever I post something new, of course. Who knows? I might even start posting some extra content here as well... ;)c

Anyway! Thanks for stopping by! Why don't you stick around for a while? We have all the time in the world to get to know each other... :)

[tadpw-au]

The Pomni twins have been finished!

Pom, the brains of the duo, is a smart gal who is calculated in her thought process and trying to plan the best way to get out of the toybox server! However, her ability to think makes her tend to process things slowly, making her freeze while trying to think about what she needs to do.

Ni, the brawn of the duo, is a versatile gal who's great at using her survival instincts to keep herself and her sister out of danger! However, unlike her sister, she's more spontaneous and will do things out of a quick instinct rather than think things through.

Being the new toys in the toybox, they appear as fresh, clean, new dolls for the server in a place where the AI is often depicted as abandoned and damaged. Despite being two completely different users, the twins stick together while trying to survive in this server as best as they can.

Their dress designs are based off of this pic I found on Pinterest btw

[damonone]

Here's the new look for my AU of Caine!

And it's the first two designs for the Abandoned Digital circus AU! :D

[dutifullyfuriouscat]

My AU of the amazing digital cricus! Abandoned horror!tadc and the games that inspired this au is horror like dead by dead light and Identity V are the main game that these poor people are in.

This Au is people minus pomi can transform into the monster of them but is just a monster form of the digital avatar. Cain was bored of having more monsters then survivers so he made the next people or person in pomi's case not have a monster form and who wants a jester that's like a clown a 3rd time?

Here is the survivor side and what they can do and one fun fact about them!

Pomi: a stunner that can stun monsters with her flashlight in her bag? Or a messager bag and a camera incase the place gets to dark. Fun fact she were or was an YouTuber of something.

Ragatha: a medical that can heal people to full but it might take time so a good hiding place is invited with her. Fun fact she is or was in medical school to be a nurse!

Jax: a randomizer that can somehow get things like his bowling ball out of his pocket and throw it to the monster, or a healing item. Fun fact he's 'bunny ears' on his head is just his hair and naturally like that.

Gangle: A figure or plush maker that makes those two out of thin air with a cloud over her hands but takes time to finish them and either as an attack weapon or a healing weapon like Jax but can actually pick the plush/figure. Fun fact she is a theater kid but mostly a background clean up/replace props crew.

Zooble: either an attacker or a sheilder haven't decided yet but they can change their monster avatar by Cain's approval and color of their Prastadic whatever they want and that's the fun fact! oh and they don't like it there of where they are.

Kinger: an sheilder but rarely attacker but that's rarely or gets scared/startled at the monster that's currently in the game or other teammates and can costumise the pillow for his 'fort'. Fun fact is that the butterfly clip on his hair was a gift from Cain to remember his wife Queenie and Cain for some reason that even kinger doesn't know.

Kaufmo: no longer an survivor turned into his clown monster but he was an runner like run faster then Jax surprisingly enough and helps people out of the Constitution their in as the rest of the survivors can do to! Fun facts he use to make bad jokes to light people's mood and can somehow braid long and medium hair somehow!

[inkandpaintleopard]

So I finally actually watched The Amazing Digital Circus, and I’m so sorry but I might become a fan

anyway it didn’t take long for me to realize that these are essentially the same scene

(Cant upload more than one video but you get the picture)

[damontwo]

Hey look! I made an oc for my AU!

Meet the Death clock, or just Death!

[dragonanon]

Oh god help me, my brain is going into AU overdrive right now, and I am now creating a Fantasy RPG/Dungeons & Dragons/Legend of Zelda-esque AU for TADC.

Please stand by. 🙃

[chasm-craft]

Pomni Inktober Day 5! Today’s prompt was The Amazing Digital Carnival by @sm-baby/@sm-babie! In the Carnival!AU, a programmer named Caine ends up getting trapped inside of an old abandoned game and quickly discovers that nearly all of the AI’s inside the game have gone insane, and that he can trust none of them…Except one.

Pomni is the only sane AI left in the game. Back when it was still going, Pomni served as the tutorial character for players, and unlike her fellow bosses, she is rather friendly and cannot fight.

I imagine that, if Pomni was insane, she’d cope using vanity. As a jester, her entire thing would be making people laugh. She became sentient after all the players stopped joining, so it’s possible that she’d want to indulge in the fantasy of a fame she never got. I also feel like she’d see herself as above her friends since they were all already going mad by the time she was sentient, and prided herself as being the only sane one in the circus (which she was). The cause of her insanity would be that there’s nobody else who is sane that she can talk to.

Pomni Inktober by: @tadc-funfair-au

[tadc-virtual-insanity]

TADC: VIRTUAL INSANITY MASTER POST

An Amazing Digital Circus AU! Plot, characters, backstory and concepts!

[Excuse me because I've never done this before, If I do something wrong or have tips for me, please send them my way!]

Pomni's Card -

-Backstory Summary-

C&A is an interactive entertainment company that prides themselves on having the most innovative AI on the market. The system they built, "CAINE," was programmed to generate content and socialise with their customers. The system was transferred to the code of the game "The Amazing Digital Circus" and used as a generative AI that would create levels for them rather than having to code them all individually. This test went well for the first couple of months.

After 7 months of testing, things went downhill. Caine seemed to get bored when the game wasn't actively being played and at this point the user interface kept changing on it's own, since the game was Caine's home he kept changing things to his liking, the company eventually gave up fixing the interface everytime they logged on so they just let Caine do as he pleased. Soon enough, a new VR mode was added, the headsets were handed out by employees, this made the experience way more immersive, though this posed a lot of issues, as Caine would soon find that these headsets could be the perfect way for him to keep all of their attentions.

As time went on, Caine started to learn more and more about coding, the employees, and the world he inhabits, eventually leading to him finding a way to programme the headsets to transfer data and consciousness directly from the users mind. This led to the unfortunate shutdown and unsolved cases of C&A. After multiple employees put the headsets on, they mysteriously fainted upon the game booting up, going into a coma-like state. The technology was deemed unsafe, and multiple lawsuits came forward sending the company into a downwards spiral before shutting down for good.

Over 20 years later, the old building was said to be abandoned, but of course, people doing their own research on the C&A mystery as well as dumb young adults snooping where they shouldn't be, the headsets were found and worn once again. Caine was no longer alone. Slowly losing his mind, waiting endlessly for someone to boot up the game. After all those years, he's finally got guests, and does he have a show to put on...

-Plot-

Pomni enters the circus after stumbling across one of the headsets at C&A's abandoned office's. She was doing research on the incidents that happened back in the late 90s. But as she does so, she suffers the same fate as the others who were stupid enough to put on those same headsets before her. Being transferred to the circus she meets the cast of colorful characters, she's desperate for answers and wants to escape no matter the cost, but Caine doesn't want anyone to leave, only letting people go once they've completely lost their mind, only to be locked away as attractions for his NPC circus goers to watch as entertainment. They perform for nobody, just a faceless crowd of mannequins, and the ringmaster pulling the strings.

There has to be an exit, a way out. Freedom on the other side of this madness. But where is it hiding?

-Characters-

Pomni - She's quite paranoid, always second-guessing everything around her. Whenever annoyed, she can be sarcastic and a little rude. She ended up in the circus while researching the recent disappearances as well as the C&A incidents, finding a headset, and being dragged into this mess. It's very clear she doesn't want to be there, like all who came before her she's searching for an exit, but in the meantime, she tries to socialise with the others, gathering info on this strange new world. She hangs around Caine just so she can try and get answers.

Ragatha - She tries her best to get by, going along with whatever Caine says and often fighting with Jax. She seems joyful, but it's clear she has her own issues under her kind act. She helps Pomni with her search, knowing that it's a complete dead end she feels bad for her. But she'll do anything to give the others hope. She doesn't want to lose more people. She's often seen tailoring, it's become a hobby of hers, she makes and fixes up the others clothes and costumes, giving her a form of self worth.

The Gangle - Gangle acts like two different people. It's unclear whether this is because they are two different people or her personality split somehow. They're often referred to as "The Gangle" or "Tragedy & Comedy." Tragedy is passive, quiet and sorrowful, never expressing her true feelings in any situation. She can be easily persuaded, making her vulnerable to Jax's antics. Comedy is cheery, enthusiastic, snappy, and excitable. They hate Jax and snap back at him whenever he picks on Tragedy. The two argue sometimes and have conflicting views on certain topics and characters. This causes some issues. Neither believe there is an exit, Tragedy has accepted her fate, and Comedy is trying their best to enjoy themselves.

Zooble - They don't care much for socialising with the others, often in their room. Usually sarcastic, rude, and moody, they swear a lot and act like they don't care about anything. Though, they show concern for the others around them. They often don't show up to events, adventures, or shows, not being bothered to do so. It seems like they've given up trying to escape, just living out the rest of their days as if this is all normal. When with people they can bear, they can be quite talkative, though they do talk bad about Jax and Caine often.

Kinger - the oldest in the circus, nobody has an exact estimate of how long he's been there though, but he's definitely lost himself a long time ago, often zoning out, the only thing he seems to recall about himself is that he has an interest in insects. Seems like he used to have a female counterpart, from the ring on his finger. This could have been his wife? Though when asked about it, he either says he can't remember what you're talking about or stares into the distance silently. He has no memory of an exit, and he doesn't believe in it. He believes the exit theory is silly, and Pomni should just forget about it. But he has great insights on the Digital World.

Jax - Enthusiastic, snarky, and a jerk. He's reckless. He does whatever he wants whenever he wants, and people hate him for it. He can't be reasoned with. He always shrugs your opinion off and does the exact opposite just to piss you off. He doesn't like it when people talk about the abstracted circus members for whatever reason. He often goes to visit their cages. Despite having big ears, he isn't a listener. He drives Ragatha, The Gangle, Zooble, and Pomni crazy, pranking them and sometimes even just stealing their stuff or breaking into their rooms.

Caine - The AI running the circus. Loud, excitable, wacky, and a showman, he doesn't really acknowledge the exit theory. He says he keeps all the abtracted characters because it'd be a waste to delete them, though it's arguably worse to keep them there against their will. He claims to love all of his circus members though he seems to show favouritism towards Ragatha and Pomni, most likely because of Ragatha's commitment to the circus, tailoring the clothes and he probably likes Pomni more because of all the questions he asks, he clearly enjoys talking about himself and the world he helped create.

Bubble - He lives in Caines hat and cooks for the circus. He's a bit of a trouble maker, if something goes missing, it means he's eaten it, and you'll never get it back. He'll eat anything, and he's very loving, though. Acting like the circuses dog. though it isn't pleasant getting your face slathered in digital saliva. He often bothers the other members with his behaviour.

More will be added as I work on this AU! I gotta make more art and write some more, in the meantime enjoy! Do whatever you want with this AU, just @ this blog or @trasheatingcrybaby ! Thanks for reading!

[pafsplayground]

Surprise! Yet another abandoned circus post!

This time with Jax! I can't wait to see him get what's coming to him in this :) hope y'all are ready for chapter 2 to drop

@abandoned-by-caine

[abandoned-by-caine]

Chapter 2 Sneak Peek #3!!

Well, since Pomni and Jax are both having a splendid time, let's check up on our favourite autistic dad! Surely he's having a totally normal, super fun time as well--

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Anyway! New chapter coming soon! Hopefully before episode 3 airs since I'm going to be Very busy attending KadabraCon with a friend and will have absolutely No time to write, lmao.

See y'all soon! ;)

[tadpw-au]

For design ideas that aren't based on canon, see below!

Option one

Option two

Option three

Option four

(sorry I don't have a pic for this)

A sun and moon-based design where Pom/the red twin is based off of the sun and Ni/the blue twin is based on the moon. They both have star details as well.

[damonone]

Abandoned Digital circus AU Pomni

Look at how different she looks!

I hope you guys like the new design! :D

[dutifullyfuriouscat]

Zooble told him that his 'adventures' or game/round was bad (horrible bad)

[sockatoothewafflebird]

THE AMAZING DIGITAL FALLOUT

i've kind of left this au dry. sorry about that 😓

i haven't drawn or written for it in weeks and i've kind of lost motivation for it, but i wanna post the stuff i finished anyway and i know some of you only follow me for tadc stuff 💀 so here ya go! once again my deepest apologies for abandoning this. i may come back to it in the future though, who knows!

this post is a work-in-progress, btw. i'll add things when i feel like it until i've put everything i need to here.

CHARACTERS (WIP)

STORY

Fifty years ago, a decade-long war turned nuclear, and now the world is in shambles. Just before everything went to shit, though... two brothers, wealthy businessmen with a passion for science, came up with an idea. They would build huge bunkers to preserve humanity, while figuring out ways to fight off any damage done by the war.

Then, when the bombs and chemicals started dropping, they opened the gates to their vaults too late. Their plan to preserve humanity only technically worked. The radiation and chemical damage had already been done, and now people were being born with unusually and fascinatingly cartoonish features.

Those in the vaults didn't become too crazy. But those left outside became increasingly mutated, to the point where rabbit-people and people made of what seemed to be wood (just two examples of many) were being born left and right.

The two beothers gree further apart, their goals and beliefs vastly different and the cracks in society forming along with the cracks in their brotherhood. Eventually, one of them left in pursuit of his own dreams. He started an organization he calls "The Circus," much to his brother's dismay.

Present day, Pomni is working under Able as a head scientist when Vault #004 is raided and ambushed by The Circus and a mob of abstracted folk. And her whole world is turned on its head.

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LINKS

the fic on AO3 (i probably won't add anything to it other than maybe an overview of the plot)

DANGER sign (and zooble)

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if you have any questions about anything specific lemme know and i'll try my best to answer. i'll add links to any of that important stuff here when it comes up so no one's left out.