Biznes Filmowy / Movie Business
The game for fans of films and cinema.
News that is news
Currently, there is an option in the Movie Business called cult characters which allows you to change the photo of characters playing iconic roles in famous films. In the new version, I will expand the ability to modify the displayed photos of the creators… with monsters!
In the game we already have cult characters... this time it's time for cult vehicles ... What they are and how to get them.
It seems to me that the marketing element of the Movie Business is somewhat neglected by me. The game is not popular enough as it could be and one of the facts is its insufficient promotion, e.g. the lack of more video materials presenting the game or selected elements of the game in a more detailed way.
Cult scripts are screenplays in Movie Business based on real films and data about them from IMDB website. They were introduced to add some flavore and immersion. It was not intended to be available for purchase for players. One player suggested the idea that you could buy an iconic scenario. Although I'm not sure if this is a good idea, this possibility will appear in the next version of the game.
Some players pointed out to me that the game does not use the media aspect of Movie Business. Specifically, it was about contacting the press. In the new version, I will try to address this problem in the form of the possibility of organizing a press conference and interviews.
In the next edition of the game, you will see a new option to organize various kinds of events after the film's release.
It is high time to share with you the first information about the 2020 edition of the game. Today, a small revolution associated with photos of young talents.
The next update of the Movie Business is now available. It contains mostly bug fixes (especially useful for players in career mode). Detailed information about the fixes can be found in version history.
In addition, game updates the set of creators to version 56that includes 4369 and more than 12 000 photos.
Game download from Download MB2
Special thanks to Chino Derien who reported problems with some career objectives and provide information so that I could quickly make fixes.
Remember when you find a bug/problem please inform me about it it significantly improves the process of troubleshooting. In the game there are several mechanisms to facilitate the search for problems and thanks to your help and additional information that you provide all the process improvement of the game is much faster.
Note: after the installation check whether you have the game marked as version v2019.0.3.19166. If the last number differs please unistall it and download again (the first installer contained an error, where there was a problem with unpacking creators photos).
Today another set update. Which contains73 creators and 131 photos.
The largest contributors to this update are:
The update will take place after launching a new game with the default set of creators (details can be found here).
After this update, the official set will contain 4275 creators.
P.S. The first update of the game itself is coming, so if you found any bugs that needs to be fixed this last days to let me know.
We already have the premiere of Movie Business edition 2019 behind us (although soon the first update is planned to fix some bugs that have already been reported to me – if you had some, let me know). This does not mean, however, that I rest from work on the project. In the end, I could take a moment to work over MovieStats. And today about two functionalities that have appeared there (some of you have already used them).
W 2018 Edition among the events that may appear during the production were those related to the reaction of the audience after the test screening. It was an event somewhat detached from the reality of the game, because the player could not organize such a show. Expanding the potential events in the course of production I decided to fix it. In the latest version on the occasion of major productions, just before the premiere, the player will be given the opportunity to organize such a test show. Its result will be feedback from viewers and critics, what went wrong in the film.
Festivals and awards are a very important element of the film world. In Movie Business they also play an important role. However, up to now, the celebration associated with festivals was not too great in the game. To say the truth, the player could even miss the fact that his film won the prize. In the new version it will change, in the end the festivals will definitely get a more celebrity setting ... thanks to the festival gal.
Today about the most advanced mechanics that will be introduced in the Edition 2019 of Movie Business - something that I've named during working: motives and tag.
A large part of the beginner players are still complaining about the unpredictability of the game (more specifically, it can not be reconciled with the fact that one movie brings huge profits while the other, similar at the first glance, makes a lot of losses). It seems to me that the core issue is not the unpredictability itself, but the lack of tools to analyze what is happening in the game. Hence, in the new version, such a tool will appear in the form of simple analytical tools.
One of my lecturers from Human-Computer Interaction course asked us once how much the application should have modes?… The correct answer was… 1. It is clear from this perspective that Movie Business is a badly designed application with 4 game modes. Unfortunately, life is not easy and different users have different needs and preferences, hence the number of game modes in the Movie Business will be greater than 1 ... However, observation of players' behavior has made me realize that some changes are needed in this area.
It seems to me that the mechanics of the investments in paintings and cars it is not used currently too often by players. I decided that in the next version I will give you more reasons to use it. Well, you can give gifts in the form of cars or paintings. Who will you be able to give them and for what?
New survey forum does not last too long. It is true that the opinion as to the need to have are divided into (a bit more followers) was not, however, an overwhelming advantage. Finally the creation of a new forum decided to so my thoughts. I found that would do well, however, the place where in a broader circle, you can discuss some of the issues related to the game.
The faithful fans of the game know that end of the year is the time when I work more intensively over the next edition of the Movie Business game. So today I can officially confirm this. So, work over Edition 2019 Edition has been started. Apart from this annoucement I have today also some general information about the content of the next edition.
Well? Today is launched a new poll concerning whether the Movie Business needs a new discussion board. You have to admit that the idea of the discussion boards lataely lost in importance. The Movie Business still has the old forum that is already dead. Do you see the need for its reactivation in a new form?
The next update of the 2018 Edition is ready for download. It does not make too many changes, but corrects several errors, and improves the game balance.
For a complete list of changes see version history. The game you obtain it, as usual, with the subpage Download MB2.
This version also updates the set makers to 51 version that adds 169 creators.
The main contributors allowed this update:
Remember that some developers could get to the waiting room with a relative too modest filmography (or too few significant roles).
Of course, as always, I look forward to your comments, ideas, reactions and of course information about problems or errors.
If you have not heard about the Movie Business and you are here for the first time, you can also refer to the section Director's Cut and Help page, where you can find a lot of information that can help you in the early stages of exploring, this already quite extensive, games.
If you like the game I remind you of the possibility of Donations 🙂
Enjoy!
P.S To już ostatnia aktualizacja w tym roku (no chyba że pojawią się jakieś mega krytyczne błędy) i powoli zaczynam myśleć o wersje 2019 😉
Recently a lot of you adding your own proposals of creators with MovieStats. Although I was very happy, but there are cases when your suggestions may not be accepted. The reasons for this state of affairs are of two types: formal or technical. Hence I decided to to the current status of the creator accepted or rejected introduce two new statuses, which should somewhat clarify the reason not to accept the creator at any given time, which can, however, be accepted in the future.
Another update edit 2018 is ready to download. It does not make too many changes, but corrects several errors, and improves the game balance.
For a complete list of changes see version history. The game you obtain it, as usual, with the subpage Download MB2.
This version also updates the set makers to 50 version which adds a 194.
About three years ago I mentioned You about that on the portal PolakPotrafi I supported the crowfounding of book about game design by Jacek Wesołowski and the team Wonderland Engineering (Wszechświetności Engineering) entitled: Engineering games. Level design for beginners. As part of the prize, in addition to the e-book, I chose the Business. Since then, there have been a few versions of the game, in which I included part of the comments and suggestions contained in the prepared by Jack document.
Where such a surge of nostalgia? Well, more than a dozen days ago started a new project of the same team. This is again a book dedicated to designing games, this time, however, the more extensive and more comprehensive. Its title is Designing experience. Mechanisms, emotions, narration.
Long ago there was no probe ... probably so it is time for a new one. This time I wanted to ask you about whether you are more movie-whether gro-maniakmi. The movie business is so specific game that tries to combine these two oh-so-different world. And I admit that I have personally a bit with this issue.
The movie business every moment gains the rail option, and becomes more and more complicated. One of the users of Reddit (where sometimes I put information about new versions of the game) drew attention to the fact that the game does not have any tutorial. I admit that from my point of view this is the element with the lowest priority, because personally, I prefer to spend your limited time to develop games, and not documentation. Unfortunately, the reality is that the issues of tutorials to no end can be omitted. Today, when games for pennies or completely free is a whole bunch and it's cross-platform, when someone finds a niche game, creator has mostly only a few minutes for the new player interest in its production. In addition, when the game is so poor graphically how the movie Business by far harder to require players to spend they enough time to learn its nuances or horror of horrors to read the documentation (which after all to help for game exists and contains quite a lot of interesting details).
Hence I made the decisions that a stopgap tutorial would be useful, however, in the game.