Purchase decision: Can I create my own films?

[berlin-bluesmaker]

Hi folks,

even though I'm also interested in the management part of the game, I'd much rather create my own movies again, like I did with The Movies.

So some questions for those who already own the game:

Is it already possible to make your own movies and export them to share with friends?


In The Movies you could only choose from many pre-made scenes, but you could influence them with extras, props, camera movements and filters. This allowed you to compensate for the restrictions of the limited scenes and, to a certain extent, create your own scenes. How is this solved in Movies Tycoon?


What is the current scope of stage sets, scenes, props and visual effects compared to The Movies?

Are there sound effects and music that can be placed via an editor? And is it possible to import music?

Are there already genres with corresponding sets and costumes, and if so, which ones?

Are there any movies online that have been created with Movies Tycoon? I would like to get an impression of what is currently possible.

Thanks in advance!

[Demon of Elru]

I too am curious, I saw a youtube video and it does look like you can make your own movies and watch them I am keeping an eye on this game.

[PixelCraze]

Hi, yes there is a movie editor in the game. You can share the raw game files that are a few kb in size, or you can export a video to post somewhere.

You can place actors, choose their clothings, pick one of the 23 sets, set time and weather, choose a filter.
Characters are placed in scene with various animations, you can set their emotions, choose their voice, voice emotion and write what you want them to say and they will say it.
You can pick background music but its just reading files in the games folder, so you can put your own stuff there. (and you can replace the character voices)
There is a clothing/costume available for each major theme.

So there is plenty of things already there, but we are still in early access. We are working mostly on the tycoon part of the game, but the movie stuff is also in development and coming up later.

Check out our public roadmap here:
https://portal.productboard.com/moviestycoon/1-movies-tycoon

We've already implemented all sorts of custom camera movements and better integration of custom movies in the tycoon game. However most movie editor improvements will be released at once at the end of september. (There are lots of movies bundled with the game and it would waste a lot of work to keep updating them for each new improvement, so we'll do it once)

Some notable things that are coming up for the late september update:
- movie editor tutorial and UI improvements
- picking more locations to film in on each set
- more clothes / costumes and predefined sets
- Improving the generated voices from the player input

So there is a bunch of things already there and bunch more coming up. It's up to you if you'd like to support us now in early acces when not everything is 100% done yet while the rest of the features are in development.

[Old Gamer]

Roll on September, the current list of movies to view are very basic. I think that the game development side is important but most people want to make movies and publish them online, am I wrong ?

[berlin-bluesmaker]

Originally posted by PixelCraze:

Hi, yes there is a movie editor in the game. You can share the raw game files that are a few kb in size, or you can export a video to post somewhere.

You can place actors, choose their clothings, pick one of the 23 sets, set time and weather, choose a filter.
Characters are placed in scene with various animations, you can set their emotions, choose their voice, voice emotion and write what you want them to say and they will say it.
You can pick background music but its just reading files in the games folder, so you can put your own stuff there. (and you can replace the character voices)
There is a clothing/costume available for each major theme.

So there is plenty of things already there, but we are still in early access. We are working mostly on the tycoon part of the game, but the movie stuff is also in development and coming up later.

Check out our public roadmap here:
https://portal.productboard.com/moviestycoon/1-movies-tycoon

We've already implemented all sorts of custom camera movements and better integration of custom movies in the tycoon game. However most movie editor improvements will be released at once at the end of september. (There are lots of movies bundled with the game and it would waste a lot of work to keep updating them for each new improvement, so we'll do it once)

Some notable things that are coming up for the late september update:
- movie editor tutorial and UI improvements
- picking more locations to film in on each set
- more clothes / costumes and predefined sets
- Improving the generated voices from the player input

So there is a bunch of things already there and bunch more coming up. It's up to you if you'd like to support us now in early acces when not everything is 100% done yet while the rest of the features are in development.

Thank you very much for the comprehensive answers. That sounds very promising. I will probably buy the game at the end of the month.

[Demon of Elru]

Originally posted by Old Gamer:

Roll on September, the current list of movies to view are very basic. I think that the game development side is important but most people want to make movies and publish them online, am I wrong ?

Having both is what makes the game special. But yes I have ideas I want to see made in game looking forward to this potential for hundreds of hours of fun, especially if the developer is active and putting out new sets, animations etc etc.