Early Access Game

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further.

Build exactly the studio you want

In Hollywood Animal, you can decide to build a multi-billion-dollar monster that destroys everything in its path, with blockbusters made strictly according to formulas. But this is far from your only option. You might instead create a boutique studio, and conquer the festivals with avant-garde directors. You could build a trash factory, challenging good taste at every turn, filling the screens with blood and spit. This game doesnt tell you how to play or limit you in anything. Just have fun making movies while you try to keep the whole thing afloat.

We shouldnt forget the film industry is just one part of a much larger and dynamic world. Wars and social upheaval, censorship and corruption, strained relations with the authorities and criminal disputes. — Some will be buried in an avalanche of problems, while others seize new opportunities. Make your moves behind the scenes, form unexpected alliances, lie and betray. There are no magic formulas in Hollywood Animal. Only those who can adapt and negotiate survive.

Youre the boss, not the groundskeeper

Youre the head of a movie studio, and Hollywood Animal delivers challenges fitting your status. Your attention wont be dominated by wallpaper selection and planting bushes. Your time is worth much more than that. Instead youll be focused on which characters and themes really capture your audiences imagination. That is, while youre not focused on investing in technology that will revolutionize the industry. All while youre persuading a bright young star to sign a long-term contract — despite the fact the arrogant punk has sworn hell never work with you again.

Of course, Hollywood Animal has everything we love about the genre — building, resource management, upgrades and the rest. — But this is just an outer shell. What matters is the choices you make and the human stories that are written in the process. Whims, prejudices, addictions, secrets from the past… show business is always a tangle of conflicts, and you will be the one to unravel it all. Let someone who works for you take care of the bushes.

Any approach is good — we are, after all, only animals

Hollywood Animal includes you in every step of the filmmaking process, from making up plots to theater distribution, and each part of the game is crafted with artistry and dedication. But the opportunities youll have are much wider than what youd usually expect from a tycoon strategy game. Every business has a dark side. You can follow the law — or stay on the mayors good side. You can raise the screenwriters salary — or remind him about the prostitute he strangled, which you yourself had hushed up. You can delay a films release to avoid competition — or ask your friends in the mafia to clear the whole calendar.

Youll want to take great care, when picking the actor for the lead role in your Civil War epic. But in Hollywood Animal, its just as important how many ribs youll have to break before he accepts the part.