There's no Script
Mr. Big Boss is in a pinch after his whole studio quit. To please the investors, he has to produce a mock trailer in record time. Now, with a ragtag team of a newbie assistant and a bunch of part-time extras, you, The Guy, will complete this modern art masterpiece.
Work your magic helping the poor assistant directing, producing or acting, as needed.
Find out what each actor's personality is, to try and squeeze the best performance out of their amateur behinds.
Talk to the crew to receive hints on what sets and props can elevate your scene.
Get berated by Mr. Big Boss through the phone, who has a clear idea of what he wants from the footage, but the raging old man won't say it outright.
And after four long days, brace yourself for the final show, where every weird choice you made will be on display, right there in the big screen for you and the world to witness. What will the critics say?
Made for the MiniJam: Cinema. A short narrative game of choices and dialogues, where every choice you made is final, and will be part of the outcome.
You can save and load at any point you can control your character's movement.
Let me know what you think! This is a very, and I mean very, experimental thing I wanted to try for a while with data recording, and it was a nightmare to complete. Let me know what you think. Don't hesitate on reporting any bugs or typos, this game required a LOT of testing, and I'm sure I'm not done!
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- A peek behind the curtainDec 19, 2023
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Absolutely fascinating and charming! This almost feels like the jam experience itself, trying to find the right pieces of your skillset and thoughts to go with each other. You've got some great, interesting ideas, I like your projects!
Haha, yes! That's exactly what I was going for, the feeling of improvisation and just trying for the sake of trying. How nice to hear you enjoy my silly projects, thank you for taking the time to comment!
had to make an itch.io account to say, this is one of the most charming things I've seen in browsing this site lately. Super cute, funny, and most of all creative for the medium its in/engine it's on, made me actually laugh out loud, and was just generally worth my time. Nice work!
I'm thrilled to hear you enjoyed it! I'm still struggling to find the time to revisit this project, there's so much I want to add to this. Thank you very much for your comment, you've made my day!
this was fun! the game manages to tell a short but complete and satisfying story, and the ending makes it feel like a real accomplishment, regardless of how bad the film was, the real Oscar was the friends we made along the way!
Was confused for a minute or two at the start, i didnt realise i had to talk to the assistant, i got distracted by the phone and all the other npcs, but once i figured that out, it played very well!
That's useful feedback; I had noticed it was overwhelming the player bit too much, when the game was supposed to be taken lightly, just choosing whatever to see what yields. Thanks for playing it! Maybe check in a few days if you've got the time, I do intend to release a revision now that the jam is over!
Interesting, was confuse at first but cool a lot for 3 days
Thanks for playing it! I agree, it needs a proper tutorial. I'm working on adding more content to cover some of its shortcomings.
This is great. I have no idea how did you manage to create this entire thing in such a short timespan, but I'd love to see this idea expanded, maybe even as a full-size game.
One thing I think that could improve the experience is something like gradually introducing new actors as the game goes, as right now it's often hard to decide which characters to pick due to the amount of them (maybe decreasing the amount of the characters and giving more information about each of them could also help)
Anyway, I'm impressed and I definitely had a lot of fun playing this!
Thank you for the feedback! It was quite a beast to complete in three days, a lot of quality of life features had to be cut, and actor hiring was one of them! I'm glad you enjoyed it, I wasn't very sure about this one to be honest.