Movie Studio

Movie Studio is a relaxed film studio tycoon seen from above. Every production is a short pipeline you steer with a few taps. Pick one of three genre cards (Western, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance or Horror), keep the title the generator gives you or shuffle a new one, cast two or three stars from a roster of fourteen cartoon actors, each with a mood, a fee and a skill for every genre, then choose a set: a dusty western street, a kitchen, a castle, a spaceship, a haunted house or a moonlit garden. Call action and the scenes roll.

Things go wrong on set, the way they do. A rainy day, a diva moment, a broken prop, a pigeon that wants to be in the picture: each hiccup comes with two or three answers, and every answer shows exactly what it costs in coins, hours or quality. Pick the music in the edit, then premiere the film and watch the box office roll in for five to seven days, with the audience's reactions popping up as little faces. Every number is one tap away: the quality is a sum of visible parts, and the books show where each coin came from and went.

Spend what you earn on sound stages, a bigger set catalogue, an effects workshop, a marketing van, star trailers, a catering truck and finally a cinema of your own. Sign your favourite stars to contracts, chase the season's favourite genres and win trophies at the awards night that closes every season. Twenty goals lead from your first short to a blockbuster and a trophy in every genre, with a little brain work in every casting choice, and Sandbox opens everything for endless filmmaking. Time runs in studio hours at 1×, 2× or 4×, there is a skip to the premiere, and a streaming deal always helps out if you cannot pay a crew. Progress saves in your browser.