The demo tutorial

[Old Gamer]

playing the updated tutorial I found the talent office and writing the script so confusing and not explained very well.
The directional view also meandered on its own.
The action is so slow even when speed up
If you want people to like this game please don't release things with so many mistakes or oversights.
This was only in the first few minutes, must do better.

[tilarium]

Part of the reason of the demo is for just how your post started, to gather feedback.

[Stars-N-Stripes]

yeah very confusing but just started dropping stuff in various places and figured it out. Honestly the first 30 minutes of actually making the movie was tedious and pretty boring but I wanted to see the movie in action so continued on. Made two movies and I'm done, uninstalled :(

So what would it take for me to actually buy the game?

- character management
- much more movie management within the scenes - more interaction in creating the movie
- something different than "The Movies" game, I mean I've already played that i don't want a clone.

[Old Gamer]

Question- in the audition could you tell who has what talent, does the game need this pointless exercise.

Ok you want feedback, set graphics not much updated for the movie game ones, hope films look better and have plenty of new ideas not copying old ones.

We could do with a really good film making game, we have waited long enough, hope that this is the one because others trying to emulate THE MOVIES game have been cr*p .

[PixelCraze]

Hi, thank you all for your feedback.

We will be continually improving the onboarding - adding more visual cues and explaining things better etc. We've been working with this for over a year so we know every little detail but it's really important to gather this fresh perspective on things, thank your for that.

As or gameplay mechanics, the demo only has the basics and all the other stuff is either turned off or happening in th background. We'll be showcasing more indepth gameplay with the next demo for the Steam Next Fest in June .. and obviously in the full game.

In the Audition phase, there is a board in the room with information about the person, it tells you which role they are good at.

The full movie editor is also coming for the later demo/full release. In the meantime, you can check out our youtube channel to see the first actual movie made in game. Or you can shoot and cast the movie yourself in the demo.

[Old Gamer]

Hi Pixelcraze

Thanks for your reply, good to know your on the case.
I do understand that the game is in the early stages but it is good to impress as early as possible to build up momentum, interest and anticipation.
I only give feedback as I see it because we want this game to be best as possible, as do you.
Will look forward to your next demo and complete game in the near future.
Good luck

Auditions board, can't see the highlighted color which describe which job they're best suited for (is purple the correct one?).
Hiring crew, can't work that out with the token and the tutorial just leaves you hanging there, no back button to see if your doing the instructions correctly.
So far no movie to place on you tube sorry

[dr.htibor]

I'm just now playing the classic Movies game again (Lionhead Studio, 2005) and yesterday I tried the demo of Movies Tycoon.
I like the idea, but the game needs a lot of work! Some comments:
1.The movement of the characters is very slow and the animation is often not natural.
2.They can't find the right way, they get stuck against the walls of buildings.
3.The construction is too slow.
4.The workers - except the builders - are wandering around the area without any purpose.
5. The player has almost no influence on the filming, missing the point of the game!

I like the graphics (characters and scenery especially), but there's still a lot of polishing to be done, in my opinion.

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[Skattershot]

I also have a question / possible bug:
1. Is there going to be a training feature? I see in the game on the sets where you can "Train" your actors/directors, but when I do this, they stand there, bars moves, little green icon comes up, and.....nothing. No progress in skills.
2. When I pick up an actor and drop him directly on set, sometimes they start "sliding" off until they hit the end of the property. No interaction is available to stop it, they just slide.

[kjconlon94]

I can't get screen writers do their screen writers jobs I drop them into their screen writing office after I put scripts in the writing phase and the screen writers do nothing and walk out of the screen writer office

[ShellyBeans]

Originally posted by kjconlon94:

I can't get screen writers do their screen writers jobs I drop them into their screen writing office after I put scripts in the writing phase and the screen writers do nothing and walk out of the screen writer office

I am having the same issue.

[burgstel]

Just my two cents .... why not have potential employees queue at the Technical production building like the first couple of buildings instead of introducing the crew token mechanic? This might need better explaining and/or tool tips cause its kinda confusing at first

[dobrt]

My only hope is the game is not "fixed" to the lowest common denominator.

[kevin.w.clark]

Originally posted by kjconlon94:

I can't get screen writers do their screen writers jobs I drop them into their screen writing office after I put scripts in the writing phase and the screen writers do nothing and walk out of the screen writer office

In order for them to write the script you have to put a blank script in the set up box below it and choose a genre, theme, and type of movie it is. Then name it. Only then will the screenwriters move to write it after dropping it in the writing box.