Version 0.9.0 available for download

I was pleased to announce that, after several months of intensive work, you can already download the version 0.9.0 Film Business 2. But before you do that, read some important information.

Information about changes and news in this release can be found in version history, and a more detailed description of the new functionality in the entry on my personal blog.

With the new version, the game requires an updated .NET Framework library (up to version 4.5). Rest assured, most likely nothing special you do not have to do, because you probably already have them installed on your systems (this library is very popular and is used by many applications such as video card drivers). If it is not detected during installation, the installer will inform you and indicate where it can be download. However, if for some reason something went wrong, just let me know by email. I will try to help you solve the problem.

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A summary of what's new in version 0.9.0

The new version of the Movie Business 2 marked passes 0.9.0 is fast approaching. So collect all the news, changes and modifications that appear in this version of the game and summarize it in one post. Welcome to the text on the my private blog, where in addition to a summary of all recent posts about the new version, there is some slightly more extensive comments to each of the new features, as well as a few not yet described. Link to this entry has also been placed in the section Director's Cuts.

I invite you to read and comment.

Profiles in the cloud

The version of 0.9.0 film business will allow you to store a player profile. Cloud or on the game server.

In which situations this feature can be handy:

  • When we play more than one computer or start the game at the first but we leave for example. For the holidays to the house, and we would like to continue for example gaining further challenges. Then we can export such a profile before leaving and then import it on the new computer (where we previously installed the game).
  • Another common case is to reinstall the computer. Here again before reinstalling export profile and reinstall we can recover it from the cloud.

Due to the fact that storing a profile in the cloud occupies a valuable space on the server is a feature available for donors From the gold level.

Translation and review updates

Nowa wersja Biznesu Filmowego wprowadza kilka istotnych zmian i usprawnień w recenzjach. Pojawienie się sequeli wymusiło znaczne rozbudowanie ilości warunków, które wpływają na ich tworzenie. Niezbędne było dodanie wielu zależności pomiędzy nowym filmem, a oryginałem, począwszy od jego oceny, przez wartości poszczególnych parametrów scenariusza, po obecność lub brak konkretnych twórców oraz oceny ich występu w obu częściach. Zależności są dosyć skomplikowane izobaczymy jak będą sprawdzać się w praktyce. Sugeruję jednak uważne przyglądanie się nowym recenzjom 🙂

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Creators Update 32

This is the last entry before christmas. As you probably guessed, this means that this year there will not be a new version of BF2. You have to wait for it until next year (contrary to appearances, it is not so long). To make this waiting time more enjoy able, I have a new developer update for you. It contains 56 new and updated characters and 174 photos.

For those who have forgotten how to update a set reminder link.

As I mentioned this last entry before christmas, I therefore wish you a quiet, warm, family holiday and interesting gifts under the Christmas tree.

And a little more information for donors. After the holidays, you will probably receive an email with a little surprise…

Short films

Until now, short films have been one of the genres. It wasn't the happiest solution because short yardage is a form rather than a genre. I decided to change it and the impulse was the comments I received from the author Level Design books about game design, which I mentioned to you on the occasion of the collection on the site Polak Potrafi.

As a supporter of this project, I chose the opportunity to receive an analysis of any game as a reward. Of course, the choice fell on Film Business 2. As a result, I received a few page document along with some suggestions about the design of the game. One of them was to give players the opportunity to experiment more easily without incuring a lot of risk, in the form of losses leading to rapid bankruptcy. Jacek, the author of the study, as a solution has just proposed the creation of short films that would be cheaper to produce, and therefore, in case of success, the consequences of this would not be so severe for the player.

I really liked this suggestion, and that I was going to get rid of short films anyway, it was a good opportunity to modify the game.

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T-Shirts and shop with gadgets of Movie Business

Mdc BFMB LogoGmina Mikołajki is coming and Christmas so this is the best time for gifts. And going against the biggest fans of the games I have for you a little surprise. Well, you can yourself (or your family) to make a gift in the form of gadgets related to the Business.

From today officially is available shop with gadgets game-related Business. On the face of it they go several types of t-shirts with themes of the game. More details you'll find out with the new section Shop.

Game+

Today about the new functionality available to Donors. Several times there were suggestions from players to allow for an infinite game time or to be able to continue the game after completing the standard time for a given type of game. I didn't quite like this idea due to the fact that the game contains many time-dependent algorithms. These include aging creators and other dynamic parameters. An additional problem is data structures that can be overloaded with too long a game period. A longer explanation of the lack of such functionality can be found in FAQ section.

GraPlus

However, to meet the expectations of players, I decided to do a little experiment and provide a new option called Game+.

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Changes in the levels of donors

The movie business is constantly being developed, appear in the newer and more sophisticated hence I have found that the current amount of donations do not reflect inserted time and effort in creating the game. Since their findings it has been, in fact, a lot of time during which the game heavily developed and offers a lot more features and powerful options. As that in the latest version appear more features available only to donors decided to slightly modify the thresholds for each level.

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Temporary production costs depend on the film's budget

Temporary production costs are the additional costs incurred by the producer in the production of the film. Their amount depends on the quantities and types of developers involved in our project. So far, their size, however, was independent of the budget of the film causing a player to produce a film about the multimillion budget of even ignoring them.

The new version of the game it will change. Monthly production costs will depend on the budget (the cost of the entire movie). What will be the consequences? Ano such that much more will have to be careful of the length of the production of the film. With every month since these costs can (but need not – due to the random factor) to grow.

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Sequels

In the current (0.8.7) version of the game, in the production of the new film you will see option “sequel”However, it does not have any significantly on the fate of such production. When I started to wonder how it would look in the final form of an implementation of this functionality I've come to the conclusion that it should behave quite differently than it used to be I thought.

So here is how to look the sequels made from version 0.9.0 Movie Business 2.

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Freedom in the actions of the director

Another feature that was hosted in the production window of the new film almost from the beginning but so far has not been implemented, is the possibility of free hand meals to the director. In the new version of the game, finally, this option will start to work.

What will it consist of? Well, in a big cinema on the final shape of the movie very strongly influences the manufacturer often limiting the activities Director (hence the crop of movies in versions of reżyserskich which represent a real vision of the Director). In the Film Business, the player (or the manufacturer) will have the opportunity to Denmark a certain freedom in the doings of the Director affecting the ultimate shape of the film.

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Reactions

The second part of the Movie Business offers the possibility to export films produced by players to the site with statistics online MovieStats. Thanks to this, your best productions can go to the global BoxOffice where you can watch and compare achievements with other fans of the game. Unfortunately, due to the non-commercial nature of the Film Business, and thus the limitations in the amount of space available on hosting, it is not possible to send all the films produced by you. Sometimes, however, there are situations when you would like to share with other players (or the author of the game) a film that was not the best but stood out with something from other productions.

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Script adjustements

The scenarios that are the basis for the production of films in the Film Business, you can get in two main ways: buy a ready scenario on the free market, or create it from scratch, in its sole discretion.

When we entered into possession of a scenario it could not already be subject to modification. At most, during the production of the film, we can change its completion or ultimate movie censorship, which can lead to a reduction in the amount of violence and/or sex in the final production.

In the earliest version of the game will, however, the option to amendments to your scenario.

How it will look?

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Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair is the title of the novel by Williama Makepeaca Thackeraya wydanej w 1847 a będącej satyrą na angielskie społeczeństwo XIX wieku. To miejsce podejrzane, pełne fałszu, obłudy, kłamstwa i szacunku dla pozorów. Vanity Fair is also the name of a popular magazine on culture, politics, life and Vogue. And, in this context, it must be interpreted in the game.

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I want to appear in your film

W zbliżającej wersji BF2 pojawi się nowa funkcjonalność, która już kilka razy pojawiają się w propozycjach graczy. Dotyczy ona możliwości zgłoszenia się do nas jakiegoś bardziej znanego twórcy, który za znacznie niższą gażę zechce zagrać w naszej produkcji.

Oczywiście jest kilka warunków, które trzeba spełnić aby taka sytuacja mogła nastąpić.

Po pierwsze trzeba mieć asystenta. Założenie jest bowiem takie, że to nasz asystent w nieformalny sposób (np. na jakiejś imprezie) szepnie słówko jakiemuś aktorowi/aktorce (lub jego asystentowi) o naszej nowej produkcji, która to potencjalnie może go zainteresować.

Po drugie scenariusz do filmu musi być naszego autorstwa. Bo to właśnie oryginalność naszego filmu ma przekonać danego twórce do tej roli.

Po trzecie nie zawsze aktor, który będzie chciał u nas zagrać będzie z najwyższej półki ani nie jest powiedziane, że będzie to dobry aktor… będzie to po prostu popularniejsza postać niż ta którą oryginalnie dobraliśmy do obsady. Tak więc ostatecznie to Ty, jako producent, musisz podjąć decyzję czy ta “okazja” jest warta świeczki… może się okazać, że do Twojego ambitnego dramatu zgłosi się np. Paris Hilton…

I ostatnia kwestia… nie będzie to zbyt częste zdarzenie… nie oczekujcie więc, że co do drugiej Waszej produkcji będą pchały się tłumy aktorów chcący grać za pół darmo… po prostu gra być może, czasami Was zaskoczy.

Poll: Did cheat codes should appear in BF2

I'm not an advocate of cheating in games. Moreover, your opinion on this topic I in this text placed in Director's Cut When I discovered that players use prohibited practices in BFie. Recently, however, I looked at this issue from a slightly different perspective. Thanks to reading the first chapters of books dedicated to the Level Design which I mentioned You on the occasion of the collection on the pole. (Collection was a success and got already a brief but expert analysis, and the conclusions of it probably will contribute to the emergence of several new, small but interesting in-game items).

The author writes in it that the codes often use the most committed players to experiment and discover as much as possible depending on the game.

Don't panic on players who use fraud, until do not spoil the fun for other players. Codes to exclude some challenges allow them to tune the level of commitment to your own needs.

Hence the idea for this poll ... What do you think? Or cheat codes should appear in BF2?

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Stay Tuned or soon in Movie Business

Autumn is coming and for the fans of the movie Business is a good period of time. Then, typically, I have a bit more free time and i can sit more intensively to develop the game. Therefore, over the next several weeks you can expect to see a lot of activity in the topic.

In addition to informing You about upcoming news and progress, I'm going to a little kick-start firmly forgotten forum, a few, I hope interesting topics for discussion.

Perhaps you'll also see a few other surprises ... for now, but without the details not to zapeszać.

Watch so with more attention the project profiles on social networks, the official game forum ...

Update developers 31

I am pleased to present to you the next update of creators number 31. This time Kacper, hard working on the balance of the parameters of the current set, took a small break and decided to add a larger number of actors, which he believed was missing in the game. These are mostly solimid averages who have had the opportunity to play many famous films... But rather in less significant roles.

I, for my part, decided to complement the set of creators, fashionable lately, Scandinavian cinema (especially crime). I also added some interesting artists whose films could be watched during the last edition of the New Horizons Festival.

In total update adds or modifies 76 creators and 234 Photos. What makes the whole set exceeded 2000 Creators!!!

I hope this update will make you wait for the October area, when it starts a more intense period for film business fans and a real dump of information about the next version of the game…

For those who have forgotten how to update a set reminder link.

Level Design and Film Business or collection on PolakPotrafi

A few days ago, on organising social financing PolakPotrafi.pl has been started project for ebook "Engineering games. Level design for beginners. " For its implementation corresponds to the team forming the blog Wonderland Engineering, the main founder and leader is Jacek Wesolowski. Jack's blog (formerly Inżynieria Wszechświetności) I'm following already for a long time and very price his texts and knowledge of game design (worked on by several very famous AAA titles so it has a lot of experience). Therefore, I decided to support this project and his crew.

No good but why You write about it. Well, this action may indeed have an impact on Business. In what way? Among the prizes offered for support is one in which the authors of this publication will undertake analysis of any game in terms of its design, which is what's working, what's not yet and how it can be improved. Of course, the game, which I intend to analyse is… The movie business 2.

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Upgrade to version 29

Dzisiaj mam dla Was aktualizację zestawu twórców o numerze 29. A w niej kolejna setka twórców z odświeżonymi statystykami oraz ponad 20 nowych postaci (tym razem sporo operatorów). A także coś specjalnego z okazji dnia kobiet… kobiety politycy, których do tej pory brakowało w grze 🙂

If you want to remind yourself how the process upgrade of the set looks like check here.

I przy okazji wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji zbliżającego się Dnia Kobiet dla wszystkich fanek Biznesu Filmowego!

 

IMDB Filmography Tool

Together with a recently added feature to retrieve information about the creators of the IMDB, I created a little tool to help you download filmographies of the creator with the address of its profile from IMDB. I decided to share with you this small program, because it can help you a bit of life to all those who add new artists on MovieStats. In addition to the photo processing filmography completion one of the most time-consuming element of the whole process of adding a new creator.

This tool and a description of how to use it can be found on on a new subpage IMDB Tool in the download section.