Hollywood Animal is a management sim about turning a bankrupt movie studio into a money printing machine, set in Hollywoodâs golden age. While a Frostpunk 2 or Manor Lords might have you grapple with the elements, here itâs all about balancing a fickle audience and Tinseltownâs seedy underbelly. Maybe making some worthwhile art, too? Sorry, did I say âworthwhile artâ? I meant to say âlots of money.â Letâs get clicking!
First up, I need to name my studio (I settle on Horace's Revenge) as well as my crack new team of business bastards. Thereâs my chief legal officer, Jebediah End. My CCO, Anne Egg, and CFO, Rummy McLastdrink. He doesnât have a sauce problem, because obviously I wouldnât put him in charge of money if he did. In the wreckage of the studio, we find an unedited film reel hidden in the waffles nâ cocaine cupboard. Itâs a noir thriller named âMessenger Of Deathâ. Whatever influential critic is currently directing this eraâs discourse has chosen to categorise each film as genre percentages (â60% detective/40% thrillerâ), and setting (âmodern American cityâ.) Letâs just hope those pigs in the stands recognise a solid gold picture when they see one!
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