Showrunner
Create your show
Name your show then pick a genre (options include drama, comedy, procedural, thriller or mystery) and a theme (for example sci-fi, fantasy, medical, office or historical). Score a lucrative contract with a television or streaming company as long as you can meet the goals they set for you!
Craft scripts
Lay out episode scripts by playing scene cards, defining the overall story structure. Each card will increase the score of the script in various categories (plot, characters, visuals, comedy, drama, action) with smart selections and powerful combinations earning special bonuses. Unlock new and more powerful cards over time. Gradually define themes for each season that pair well with your scripts and characters.
Make characters and select actors
Pick an archetype for each character then try to find an actor that fits the bill. Define the character’s appearance from extensive customisation options then develop them over time to be more nuanced and unique by picking perks that further characterise them and provide major boosts.
Hire and manage staff
Hire writers to complete scripts, directors and crew to handle filming and editors to bring together the final cut. Staff have varying stats and classes which tend towards specific strengths and weaknesses and they gain experience over time. Rotate and rest your team to manage their energy and keep everyone working at their best.
Design and manage your studio
Buy items and furniture to personalise and improve your studio, gaining staff boosts in the process. Build new rooms, upgrade existing ones and increase your studio’s reputation. Manage this while trying to balance your finances and keep your studio in the black!
Make episodes and gain fans
With the outline for a script ready the writing team will work their magic from there. Have your actors, directors and crew film the scenes then the editors wrap things up. Build a dedicated following for your show and grow interest with good reviews and popular characters.
Game Discussion
Steam User 9
---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☑ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☐ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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Steam User 2
Fun, but a few bizarre lacking features. It's about to be 2024 and we don't have customizable keybindings or windowed-fullscreen? And the calender in the bottom is weirdly unintuitive.
Steam User 2
for ten bucks, you're getting a short game with a strong promising future - if the developer wanted to. I am willing to bet this is not getting anymore updates, since the last was in august. There's no way to increase how many characters you can have in an episode. No way to upgrade your set from the first one you get. I knew there wouldn't be much, but I didn't expect so little!
I will still give it a positive review because I do not regret buying it and I hope the developer gives it some more love.
Steam User 2
Fun game with lots of potential, but it's still early access so keep that in mind before you purchase, we're on the ground floor but now is the time to jump in and help. The dev released a 2024 road map LAST WEEK! Lots of things in the works for this hidden gem of a simulator/task manager game. The dev is pretty responsive in the discussion threads, as well.
Steam User 2
Just really starting to scratch the surface, but overall I think this is a good idea of a game. Its unpolished at roughly 50% through if the version history is anything to go by.
Concept is good. And in this day and age of shows being cancelled within the first 3 to 5 seasons, it gives an rough idea of what goes into show on streaming services.
PROS:
*Idea of how shows are being "marketed" these days.
*Tycoon setup is simplistic and easy to play
*Easy to read and navigate UI
That being said, CONS so far:
*Game is ONLY in a window view, and you want to Alt-Enter to make it full screen.
*Tutorial needs improvement, its mostly playing by the seat of your pants. If you don't know how to play tycoon games, then you need to learn a few like Roller coaster Tycoon or Megaquarium. Once you know the basics of a tycoon game, this game seems to become easier.
*Still kinda buggy. You get about 4 or 5 episodes into a series, and then the game likes to crash or not let you finalize the contract.
*Staff energy drains way too fast and restores way too slow.
Steam User 0
A little bare bones in it's current state but the game is fun and the road map is promising.
Steam User 2
I like this game! If you're a fan of Game Dev Tycoon, then this is right up your alley -- hiring staff, creating good combinations (in line with your genre), skilling up your team for better results, and trying to get higher points on every episode.
I had an Office-like comedy going for 4 seasons, but when it came time for renewal, apparently I missed one of the goals and the show had to end. I would have liked to keep it going, especially when I was getting 17 million+ viewers per episode. Maybe an option for another company to pick it up?
Either way, for Early Access, I'd say its quite polished. There's of course some opportunity in all areas of the game to further improve, but at its current price and content, its an easy pickup!