Gladiator Productions, 1920-????

[Abe Sargent]

Hello and welcome to my newest dynasty. This will show my attempt to play through The Movies. I have had it for years, and play I every so often. I always enjoy the first bit, but eventually get bored of the tedium that comes in the middle game, as your studio gets very involved.

I just picked up the expansion for the game, and want to give it my first spin in two-three years or so. I could play 20-30 years, or I could go deep – it just depends on my interest level.


In January, 1920, Braham Essex forms Gladiator Productions in a moderate sized lot near the rest of the competition. A small company at birth, in grows into one of the major houses in film making in Hollywood. This is its story:

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You can see our studio’s crest on the flag by the entrance. I need to turn this into a real studio over the next few months.

The first thing I do is order the construction of a 5,000 Stage School to hire talent as actors, actresses, extras, and directors.

Then I need crew to build it. After a group of 6 people flocks to our set looking for work, I hire one as a janitor and two as builders.

While the builders move to the stage school to start building it, I order more buildings placed in my lot for construction – Crew Facility for hiring camera crew, production office for many things, and a casting office. When a script is ready, I move it to the casting office, and then assign a director, and actors there. They then rehearse the script until ready for shooting.

The production office is used when a film is done shooting and ready for release. There I can release films, review them, and check finances and other information.

I also order this area of the lot we are using to be sodded green and some pavement is added as well.

I then order a stage set built in the front center of the area.

After the Stage School is opened, I move a lady to the role of extra from the line formed outside of the staff building. Our first actress, although just an extra, is:

Consuela Nohpal, 21 years old

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I was thinking of starting a The Movies dynasty too. I'll be reading.

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It is late January. I officially declare Gladiator Productions open for business, and four people come to my studio looking for major work. I hire all four. Meet:

Jo Townsend, 21, hired to be a movie director
William Loomis, 19, actor
Anna Grice, 21, actress
Kelly Ford, 20 year old, hired as director

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I was thinking of starting a The Movies dynasty too. I'll be reading.

Awesome possum!

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Feb - Our first script arrives purchased for about nothing. It is called The Baggage Boy. As soon as the Casting Office is done, we can start. Our Crew Facility is built and I hire two camera crew from the line wanting work as janitors or builders. One came by, so we have one still in line.

Apr – The Casting Office is built and I move The Baggage Boy to pre-production. I need a male lead, so William Loomis is cast there. I need a director, and choose Jo because she has a tiny bit of comedy experience, which this film is.

May arrives and the set is built just before the pre-production of The Baggage Boy is done, so now is moves to shooting. My builders head off to finish the Production Office.

A line has formed outside the crew building. I create a second janitor, a two more crew, and another extra.

Extra Tom Overton, 21

June – The Production Office is complete

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Here is the movie being shot:

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In July, a new set becomes available – the Wild West Saloon, and I order it built at the cost of 8k

Sept – The new set is built.

Oct – Here is my studio from an aerial view. You’ll note that I built many of my initial buildings along the bottom wall, and my sets towards the middle. I’ve left space in the bottom center for things like bathrooms, eating, and other important places for my people to hang.



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It’s early December, and The Baggage Boy has just finished filming. I order it distributed.

Overview of The Baggage Boy:


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It cost a little over 10k to make.

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Want to see?

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That took about 5 minutes to do, but perhaps it will speed up in the future. Plus I need to make better quality videos, ick.

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I order the construction of a snack van and a couple of portable toilets.

I can now build a Makeover Department, and I drop 7k on it.

The calendar year turns to 1921.

March hits and the Makeover Dept is ready. I send in my people one by one to get makeovers, to increase their self-image.

April sees another film hit our studio – Love Lasso. This romance is moved to the casting building now.

Love Lasso will have William Loomis as the male lead, and Kelly Ford will direct

In June, the movie begins shooting after rehearsal and pre-production finishes.

Several new sets are now available for building, so I order them constructed. They are:

Rural – Musty Cellar
Sci-Fi Bridge 1
Wild-West Desert

The last one is one if the very large sets you will typically get for outdoor scenes. The first is very small, and easily fits in, and the second is of medium size. I fit the first two around the central set area I’ve been working on.

I spend 17k on the starship bridge directly inside of the stage. I order the Cellar set to its right (5k). Finally, I order the Wild West Desert in one of the corners of our lot, at a cost of 7k

I hire another builder.

In September, I only have 17k left in the bank. I need to get some money from Love Lasso.

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Here is a picture of Love Lasso being shot.



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Jan, 1922 – With 12k in the bank, Love Lasso ha finished shooting and we release it.

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It cost 12.7k to make

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In Feb, I increase the salary of my four stars by 500 each

I then drop 6k on a Basic Script Office.

I start sending my stars out to practice in empty lots to increase their skills in various areas.

In April, the Scriptwriting Office is complete and I hire two scriptwriters. I have them both start working on a horror script.

Jun – I hire 22 year old Jon Whitfield as an extra.

I have to build another snack van and port-a-potty because our demand is too much.

Sept – Our script – The Witching Park, is ready for casting. I cast Kelly Ford as director and Anna Grice as the lead. Anna was working on horror a lot and has some ability in it now.

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I order our scriptwriters to focus on a comedy film next.

Nov – Our film is ready to begin shooting,

Jan 1923 – Our next script, Ship of Dolts, is ready for casting, and I move it to the Casting Office. Jo will be directing and William starring.

I order a sci-fi script written

The Baggage Boy has stopped making money, so we send it to an archive. It made us 83k in revenue, so it really helped keep us afloat.

Mar – Ship of Dolts begins shooting

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May – The Witching Park is released:

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It cost 11.8k to make

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The scifi script Citizen Prophet is ready.

I order another scifi made.

Aug 23 – I put Citizen Prophet in the casting queue, and send the same duo back. I had been working on sci-fi for the director, so that should hopefully show itself off here.

October sees the release of Ship of Dolts:


You can see the practice by my lead and director are making them better at this genre. This film cost us 13.5k to make.


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Citizen Prophet starts shooting. Here is what my studio lot looks like now:

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I hire another janitor to go to three.

In December, we finish the latest scifi script – They Built the Moon and focus on an action flick.

In Feb, 1924 – I order a Suburban Bathroom 2 set built after we unlock it.

The following month our action script, Defenders of the Fort, is complete, and I order another one written in Comedy.

Mar – After making us almost 80k in revenue, it is time to retire Love Lasso, and we archive it.

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Two months later, costing us 13.7k to make, Citizen Prophet is released:


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As you can see, nice casting, and our second one star film is made.

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Our script, Lady Please Leave the War is done and I order a romance script

In July, 1924 0 our first event occurs. Men fly around the world, and action films are up, so I greenlight our action film with Jo Townshend directing William Loomis

September arrives and we start shooting Defenders of the Fort

We finish the scriptwriting for a film called Where’s Baby and I order them to work on another action film.

I increase everybody’s salary to 10k

The script for Railroad Spike is done and I order another horror script

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The Awards are here!

Old Rope Cinema won for Highest Charting Star, we aren’t even close to the conversation

Lionear Productions won for Highest Charting Studio, and again, we were not even close (5th out of 5)

Creamboat Creations has the highest charting movie. And once again, we are not even close.



And that’s it. In 1930, the next awards show will have a prize for best studio lot.

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I hire two more stars at our gates:


Pete Petrov, 19, director
Meghan Bradley, 22, actress


I give them makeovers and raise their salary to 7k

In March, I look to start another script and I build another bathroom. I greenlight action flick Railroad Spike with our new talent as the stars.

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The next month we release Defenders of the Fort, which cost 17.5k to make.


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Another one star film.

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I increase everybody’s salary to 14k, 12k or 10k depending on what kind of money they’ve made us thus far.

A month later, Railroad Spike is ready for shooting. The horror script Runekiller is ready so I order another scifi one made

Jul – The Basic lot pack has been discovered. I order the construction of a Bar in the middle of my studio lot.

The sci-fi script Major Purple Takes a Holiday is concluded so I order another horror one.

Aug – After making 146k, The Witching Park is now archived

Sept – Kelly Ford and Anna Grice are approved to work on Runekiller

I hire two more camera crew, to give me a total of 6.

19 year old Christopher Hutchings is hired as an extra

Nov – Shooting begins on Runekiller. I order a new script for action

Lady, Please Leave the War, a comedy, will have Jo and William working on it.

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In early December, Railroad Spike is released at a cost of 19.8k.

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We have reached the first achievement with 500k made from films, 5 movies, and 5 stars of films released. We get an option to build a custom script office, and the next achievement is now open.

I order a Wild West: Bank set built.

1925 was a good year, but 1926 arrives and Lady, Please Leave the War is now ready for shooting

After making us 98k. Ship of Dolts is now archived.

In Feb, the script P.R.O.T.O.N. is done. I order another comedy script.

In April, I order the action script just completed to get ready, with the team from Railroad Spike reprising their roles. I spent some time making my director better in action.

We have a new comedy script – The Hairnet. I order another action one made.

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The next month, Runekiller is released with a cost of 21.4k.

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The movie looks a lot like our previous horror film. The one star films are often a little redundant in their scripts.


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I increase everybody’s salary 2k. I’m wading in cash (I have over 300k).

In June, P.R.O.T.O.N. begins shooting.

In August, at a cost of 24.1k, Lady , Please Leave the War releases:

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And yet again, more movies looking virtually identical to previous ones. Despite many sets, we keep using the crappy stage.

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After making us 115k, Citizen Prophet is time to retire.

In October, our latest script is complete and I order another romance one since Where’s Baby? Isn’t even a 1 star script

I build a Script/Star selling office and sell Where’s Baby?

In January 1927, the War Pack is available, and I order up a War Battlefield set.

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The next month, at a price of 28k, P.R.O.T.O.N. releases.

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Two months later I greenlight the horror film Prehistoric Dawn, and put our normal horror team in charge of it.

Our studio reaches two star status, one of the three things needed for the next achievement. The other two are having a two star movie and a two star star.

Now that we have a nice parcel of cash, I am using my time to jack up my stars’ abilities on the five genres. Ideally, I want each actor to be great at two and good at a third genre, and each director great at two.

The script The Walnut Crack’d is done, and I order my script writers to focus on another horror script, entitled Deadbeater.

The next month (April) P Dawn starts shooting.

The next month, I start casting The Walnut Crack’d, and star the team of Jo and William again.

In June, Deadbeater is done and my staff work on another romance film.

After making 138k for us, it’s time to archive Defenders of the Fort.

In July, The Walnut Crack’d is now shooting

Sept – TVs are now on made. Scifi Pictures are up, everything else is down.

The scriptwriters gave me Where’s Baby? Again so I built a script editing room and changed it to Where’s My Baby? and changed the sets in a few places.

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The next month, at a cost of almost 25k, Prehistoric Dawn is released:


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Nothing like a movie which is exactly identical to previous ones in every way. My scriptwriters need to get a clue.

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Dec – I move They Built the Moon to casting and hire my horror duo to run it.

In Jan, we begin shooting the sci fi film (which uses the stage still – sigh)

Feb, 1928 – New things are unlocked, including trailers for stars, rehab, and a lab. I build the lab and rehab at a price of 46k for both.

I also build a few trailers and a ton of decoration around them.

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25.8k is invested in The Walnut Crack’d. Let’s take a look:


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In March, some of the trailers are done, and I assign two of them to Jo and William.

The next month, our lab is built and I hire four researchers and get them working on a mainstream pack

I also hire a fourth janitor

The next month we archive Railroad Spike after it made 98.7k.

In June, here is my lot, after our Rehab center opens.


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August arrives and I hire a new star –

20 year old Tamsin Carr, hired with a lot of experience already in action.

I give her a makeover, and then increase her salary to 10k while increasing everybody else’s as well.

I give the other two trailers to the people who made They Built the Moon – Kelly and Anna.

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At a cost of 28k, our October release is They built the Moon


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I increase a couple of salaries. Anna Grice is currently the 2nd biggest star out there, so I want to compensate her like it.

Runekiller made us 141k and is being archived. Lady, Please Leave the War made us 125k and is similarly getting archived.

In Nov, I edit our remaining n sci-fi script to Major Pink takes a Holiday (from Major Purple). I change the sets to give it a bit of a kick, and I order another scifi script from my script doctors.

Jan arrives and I greenlight our modified sci-fi film with Kelly and Anna in the starring roles.

The next month, our newest scifi script – The Infernal Combustion Engine is ready. I order Major Pink to start shooting.

March sees our research unlock a wild west pack and I spend 23k to build a WW Jail set and 7k on a WW Traveling vehicle set. I move our researchers to Cult Packs.

April – I greenlight Where’s My Baby?

Starring Jo and William.

Two months later it starts shooting.

After making it 128k for us, P.R.O.T.O.N. is retired.

Oct 1929 sees the Stock ,market crash which means comedies are up

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In early November, Major Pink is releases and barely misses being our first two star film. It cost us 43k to make.

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This is our first movie script I edited to make a little different than the other ones.

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The 1930 awards have arrived! There are now 6 studios. I expect to win two of the four awards. Let’s go.

The first award is the Highest Charting Star, and Anna Grice wins for us, giving us our first major award. The horror and scifi actress has had 5 films released since the last awards ceremony, and has definitely been good for us. She will be harder to displease and more effective for the next five years.

While we are one of the three finalists for Highest Charting Studio, we do not win. We’re currently ranked 3 outta 6. Creamboat Creations wins

We win Most Prestigious Studio Lot. That’s great, because the prize is increased research in the next five years.

Creamboat Creations has the highest charting movie, and we are not even in the running.

Highest Climbing Studio will be the newest award next time.


With two of four awards, and an nomination for a third, we have a really good night tonight at the second Awards Ceremony.

We now have a two star star and only need a 2 star movie to get the next achievement.

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January, 1930, Where’s My Baby? Is released

It cost 32.5k to make, and again, just missed out on 2 stars. It was also a script I modified.

This was our 15th film

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We unlock the basic horror pack and create another bathroom set.

After making us 87.8k Prehistoric Dawn is archived.

March arrives and I greenlight The Hairnet after making adjustments.

Instead of directing William Loomis, Jo Townshend will be directing Meghan Bradley

I try my hand at script writing and create a script – Megavolution, a sci fi. I’ve actually never done this before, so we’ll see how it works out

April arrives and The Hairnet starts shooting. I cast William Loomis and Anna Grice with directing by Kelly. Megavolution begins rehearsal

After making us 84.7k, it’s time to retire The Walnut Crack’d

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I hire a new star – Mark Smart, because I needed another male actor.

June – We unlock a major movie making pack from our research. We now have:

2 color movies
Sound
Intermediate Script Office
Post Production Office

I order the last two built immediately at a cost of 29k and 39k respectively.

We are now the #1 studio in the rankings.

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July arrives and Megavolution begins shooting

I hire another researcher

I edit our film Two-Fingered Pete and get it ready for casting. I cast Pete Petrov as the director and Tamsin Carr in her first film.

I hire two more movie crew. I also hire Andy Quayle and Laura Turner as new extras, giving us 6 total.

Oct – Two Fingered Pete begins shooting

With our Intermediate Script Office ready, I hire a third writer and start working on our first two star script.

I build three more trailers and stuff around them.

After a 203k run, They Built the Moon is time to be archived.

Jan 1931 – I hire another builder

The next month we finish a almost 2 star script and I order my people to make another one.

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At a cost of 40.7k, The Hairnet is released.

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This debuts our new tech. It is also modified from an original script.

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[Abe Sargent]

I give away a trailer to Meghan

April – with a cost of 68.8k, we release Megavolution, an original script by me, and my first time ever doing anything like that.


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[Abe Sargent]

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[Abe Sargent]

It is my very first 2 star film – excellent! We have reached our second milestone, and I unlock a Forest Set. I order it built. Our next one we need 2 awards, which we have, 5 2 star films, and 1 mill in the bank.

June 31 – We are officially in a depression. Comedy and Romance are up, Action and Horror down.

Later in the month we unlock a sci fi pack. I order the Sci Fi Corridor set built.

Next month I greenlight The Gutter Dwellers, a horror film with a script almost 2 stars. I cast:

Mark Smart in his first starring role
Anna Grice as a star
Director Kelly Ford


We discover a suburban pack, and I order the construction of a Suburban Living Room set.

I hire another janitor and builder

Aug sees shooting begin on The Gutter Dwellers

Sept sees a script, Tenderspirit, finish. I order it to begin casting and cast Jo, William and Meghan.

I hire 19 year old Anthony Orchin as a new actor.

[Abe Sargent]

Oct – 40.8k sees Two-Fingered Pete released. I modified it a bit here and there.


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[Abe Sargent]

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Processing on this one took a long time.

[Abe Sargent]

Nov sees Tenderspirit begin filming. I build another trailer and starting making assignments.

Jan – We have a million and reach our second milestone. At 303k, it is time to archive Major Pink Takes a Holiday. At one time, this was as high as the 6th highest grossing movie ever, but now it’s 16.

Currently Two-Fingered Pete is #3 and Megavolution is #6.

I hire a 9th camera crew

Stars can now get entourages. I can take an unemployed person, and move them to help out a star. It takes from my queue for jobs though.

Two months later, with a revenue of 270k, it’s time to archive Where’s My Baby?

A two star script, comedy, Douglas Duckmeat is ready and I order it prepared. Pete Petrov will direct with Tamsin and new hire Anthony starring. We start shooting in early June

I give Anna Grice an entourage.

Sept – We unlock a war pack 7 years early. Here is what it comes with of note:

Smoke in my scenes
The War – Bombed Street set
A lot of costumes, props, and backgrounds

I order the set built now for 74k. It is one of the biggest sets out there.

[Abe Sargent]

In Nov, 83k brings us the release of Tenderspirit. Let’s take a look

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[Abe Sargent]

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[chesapeake]

I remember this game as being a real disappointment, but I never played it after the expansion pack came out. How much did it improve gameplay, Abe?

[Abe Sargent]

I remember this game as being a real disappointment, but I never played it after the expansion pack came out. How much did it improve gameplay, Abe?

It doesn't for a while. Most of the things it adds kick in after 1960, and it adds a start feature that takes you to there rather than build up your studio. I don;t know how they'll play out yet.

I think the game, like all Peter Molyneux games really, bites off too much, because it gets too tedious down the road to my mind, but right now, playing it is fun.

[Abe Sargent]

Tenderspirit has released as the #1 film, but we’ll see if it keeps that rating its whole run.

Jan 1933 arrives and we now have higher speed cameras and 33 mm film

I hire a 6th researcher and increase the salaries of my stars significantly.

I give actor William Loomis an entourage.

[Abe Sargent]

May arrives, and with it, the release of Douglas Duckmeat at a cost of 47.5k.

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[the_meanstrosity]

Looking forward to following this Abe as I loved the game. Haven't had a chance to play it much, but keep meaning to.

[Abe Sargent]

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[Abe Sargent]

Looking forward to following this Abe as I loved the game. Haven't had a chance to play it much, but keep meaning to.

Thanks, and enjoy!

[Abe Sargent]

With 260k, The Hairnet is archived.

In July, I send action script Wrong Arm of the Law to casting. Pete Petrov will direct Meghan Bradley.

The next month, at 335k and the 11th ranked film, Megavolution is retired. Wrong Arm starts shooting

[Abe Sargent]

In Sept, 91k and 21 months finally sees troubled horror film The Gutter Dwellers released.

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[Abe Sargent]

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[Abe Sargent]

We have now released our 5th 2 star+ film and meet our achievements. I can now write the next level of scripts if I build a new script writing office.

Our next targets are a three star movie, star, studio and to release 15 films. We have the last two.

I give Kelly Ford a entourage.

We unlock another pack and can now build:

Cheap trailers
Large Restrooms
New ornaments

Before I start building a bunch of new stuff, let me show you my lot.

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[Abe Sargent]

I destroy the Basic Script Office to make room for this one. I won’t be needing the one star scripts it makes anymore.

William Loomis, Kelly Ford and Anna Grice are my three biggest stars, all in the top 5. I greenlight a scifi picture, entitled Chemical Jody which will team up all three for a mega star pic.

I hire my 10th film crew

Jan 1934 arrives. 314.5k y Two-Fingered Pete was great, but its time to retire it.

The next month we unlock a pack that gives us a shack, exterior set.

Feb sees Chemical Jody start shooting and I start my first script from the newest office.

[Abe Sargent]

43k in May sees us release Wrong Arm of the Law


My first film in a while to not be at least 2 stars.


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[Abe Sargent]

This is movie #20 I think


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[Abe Sargent]

In Sept I hire my next star:

21 year old Vicky Vance, actress

The next month I spend some quality time working on various appealing landscaping details – like resodding areas that browned with use, adding some benches, trees, and more. Just making a lot of places a bit more appealing on the eyes. I don’t want to lose the Best Studio Lot award this year – the extra research speed is awesome.

In Nov, I unlock an urban kit that gives me an Urban Office set, which I order built right away.

[Abe Sargent]

The 3035 Awards arrive:

Highest Charting Star sees us win again for Anna Grice. Yay!

We also win for Highest Charting Studio. For the next five years, we will pay our stars and staff only half, and they won’t notice!

We also won for Highest Climbing Studio, since we went from 3 to 1. For the next five years, my stars will suffer no negative effects to drinking and eating. We won’t see that award again, and I wasn;t sure we’d get it this time either, but we did!

We grab the trophy for Most Prestigious Studio Lot as well, as expected.

Lionear Productions wins the Highest Charting Movie, beating out our #2 film.

We won four of five – an impressive feat.

The next ceremony will hand out an award for Most Prolific Star.

Let’s see the ceremony.

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[Abe Sargent]

My studio has just reached four star status.

I hire a 4th scriptwriter.

I start rehearsing a two star action script – Stop that Elephant, with Meghan starring and Petrov directing.

In Mar we release 129k film Chemical Jody. It stars our three biggest names. Let’s take a look:

It releases as the #1 film right now.

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[SirFozzie]

almost three stars!

[Abe Sargent]

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[Abe Sargent]

almost three stars!

Yeah, I'm getting close on that one - very close. Once I start getting the next level of scripts out, I intend to film one and get a 3 star film that way

[Abe Sargent]

I hire a janitor.

Our three major stars are literally 1-2-3 in terms of ranking

In April, Stop that Elephant is ready for shooting. With a revenue of 387k it’s time to archive #9 film of all time Tenderspirit

Since my salaries are now half price, I jack up salaries to the maximum level to make everyone happy.

In June we unlock a pack with a restaurant for my people. I build it.

I give Jo Townshend an entourage.

In July I begin rehearsal for a 3 star script, horror, called Goodnight Barry. It will star:

Direction by Kelly Ford
Anna Grice
Tamsin Carr
Mark Smart

It will take a while (9 scenes) to shoot.

It starts shooting in August. 297k for Douglas Duckmeat, but no one is watching it anymore and it gets retired.

In Sept, I start rehearsal on a 3 star romance film called The Marriage. Cast:

Director – Jo Townshend
William Loomis
Vicky Vance
Anthony Orchin


As of now, all of our stars, film crew, extras are all in movies.

A month later, The Marriage starts filming

Dec sees 413k #4 overall film The Gutter Dwellers archived

[Abe Sargent]

Later that month – 51.5k gets us Stop that Elephant:



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[Abe Sargent]

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