Welcome to the dawn of the movie industry. The year is 1920 and your new studio's success lies in your hands. You must guide it to greatness! You must create the biggest movies and employ the most famous stars, as you strive to reach the summit of the Studio Charts, and reap the rewards of victory. First build a thriving studio. Hire wannabes and nurture them into your stars. Make the movies that'll get the big bucks rolling in and clean up at the awards!
Then, with every award you win, with every success you enjoy, your studio's reputation will grow. Soon, stars from rival companies will flock to your studio and you'll unlock new technologies, scenes, and sets to make your movies better than ever.
So what are you waiting for? You've got a suitcase full of cash and a world of possibilities before you! Now get out there and start making your dreams come true, because in the movie industry, anything is possible.
Welcome! Released in 2005 by Lionhead Studios, The Movies is a business simulator/machinima tool. In it, the player takes control of a fledgling movie studio, keep the stars and directors happy, and make movies and hopefully money and awards. The Stunts and Effects expansion pack, released in 2006, added...well...stunts and effects. We'll be playing with that, but those won't come into play until the 60s.
So! We're gonna be playing a normal game, cause the Sandbox mode leaves out a couple features. And first things first,
We're gonna need a NAME for our Studio!We'll also need actors, actresses, and directors! And that's where you all will come in. How?
WITH THE STARMAKER!
Bundled with the game, this tool allows us to create a close digital/not really approximation of your mug to be in the game.
In addition to looks, we can also determine a star wannabe's personality. Of course, being the superficial hole that Hollywood is, a star's personality and looks will determine how 'suited' he or she is for certain film genres and their popularity. That is to say: Having a high Looks, Trimness and Chest Size help out stars in Action and Romance Films and give a boost to popularity while Comedy or Horror stars don't particularly need to look good to fit the role. (This doesn't really apply to directors) That's why the world had fat Chris Pratt in
Parks and Recreation and fit Chris Pratt in
Guardians of the Galaxy The second set of stats determine a star's previous experience in a certain genre. More experience = a better performance. Simple enough.
The third set of stats determine a star's temperament. Workers gain stress while working on films, be it acting or shooting. Likewise, they gain boredom if idle. Having points in these stats raises the threshold before they flip. Food and drink help stars destress, but too much leads to addiction, which leads to rehab, which leads to a star being out of commission. Points here will increase tolerance.
Lastly, points in Mood:Upper and Mood:Lower changes the threshold on how easily or harder it takes to put a star in a good or bad mood. Stars in good moods put in better performances while stars in bad moods will phone it in.
So what does that mean for you?? Well I want you all, the readers, to be the actors, actresses, and directors of our soon to be named studio! I you wish, send me a pic of yourself (It doesn't necessarily have to be a pic of yourself. It could be a picture of Abraham Lincoln or something) and I'll try to recreate you in the Starmaker and feature you in the LP. Also give me an idea of what your stats should be like. Starting out, I'll probably only need a single set of Actor and Director, but I'll add more on a rolling basis. Of course, I can paste your name on a random joe actor if that's your style as well. So let's go and see our name in lights!