Lights! Camera! ACTION! | The Executive - A Movie Industry Tycoon (Movie Studio Tycoon - Demo)

The Executive, or to give it it's full name, The Executive - A Movie Industry Tycoon, is a game where we try to build a movie studio in Hollywood to create some amazing blockbusters!
We begin back in the 1980's with a little studio and a gigantic pile of cash, which is nice. Soon enough we make our very first movie, a robot action thriller, and as the movie design process goes on we have to control various bits and bobs.
Firstly we have to choose a director and a lead actor from a list of names that look strangely familiar... Then we have some sliders to help us control how much effort we want to put into things like the script, costume design and editing.
Once we've chosen a distributor and sorted out any last minute things we release our movie!
And this is pretty much how the game continues. We release movies and each time we can glean some insights to help us with the next. We can also hire staff to help us predict future trends, we unlock new themes and technologies and we level people up, plus there's the possibility that we can upgrade our pokey office to a bigger better one...
NOTE: This is the demo version of the game.
The Executive can be found here: store.steampowered.com/app/23...
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The Executive is a sandbox business simulation game that lets you relive the history of the Hollywood movie industry from the 70s to the present. As the founder of the newest production company in town, you can create the movies you've always dreamed of. Hire a top-notch team, research new technologies, and grow your annual Box Office to become a Major Studio. It's a bit like The Movies!
PRODUCE MOVIES
Create your own movies by picking their themes, genres, and target ratings. Write your screenplay, cast your favorite stars, and decide how to spend your budget to make your movie shine. Every choice matters for your movie's critical success and box office performance.
OPTIMIZE YOUR DISTRIBUTION
Once your movie is ready, it's time to decide how to distribute it. You can do it yourself, find a partner, or sell the rights to the highest bidder. Each option has different risks and rewards, so choose wisely based on your finances and popularity. And don't forget to watch out for competition and pick the best release date.
GROW YOUR STUDIO
The more money and popularity you gain, the more you can invest towards building a top-notch team and attracting prestigious actors. Move to larger offices, hire talented employees, train them, and research new capabilities.
BECOME THE CRITICS' FAVORITE OR RULE THE BOX OFFICE
You can choose your own path in The Executive. Whether you want to create a movie arthouse, pursue critical acclaim and awards, or focus on producing blockbusters and expanding your company into a major studio, the choice is yours.
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Channel graphics designed by Penge in The Geek Cupboard.
Additional audio:
Music to Delight Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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[@scottwhite1503]

Shouldn't the dinosaur movie have been called Tea Rex?

[@AuntieKitty]

And it should be a musical 😂

[@DavidDrouant]

@@AuntieKitty Cabaret Dinos

[@AuntieKitty]

@@DavidDrouant Sounds like a blockbuster to me

[@Ashkihyena]

The way it’s set up reminds me of Game Dev Tycoon.

[@IndieGameFan316]

Pretty much. I don’t see it really doing anything to stick out in this demo.

[@danceswithsheep3058]

Avocadometer..referencing tomatometer the Rotten Tomatoes measurement.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Ooohhhhhh, I see!

[@willreaver1425]

@@TheGeekCupboard I think youtube is having a bit of a tiff as it wants to translate your comment to english....

[@DoctorSquirtle]

The game looks like it has the correct ages of the actors and directors. Sidney Poitier was 54 in 1981. Sir Laurence Olivier was 76 in 1983 and William Shatner was 52 in 1983 as well.

[@chrisfacey8992]

Pairing Sidley Rcott with a romance flick, especially about a teapot had me scratching my head. You can just see moody futuristic sets with young couple sitting around a (sorry Penge) coffee table drinking tea. Suddenly the man starts coughing and spluttering and throws himself on to the table, writhing around, tea everywhere. All of a sudden his stomach splits open and jar of coffee jumps out and runs away shrieking that it hates tea! Once it's gone the girl looks down to see a paper origami style teapot on the table. It's raining outside...

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Like teas in rain.

[@mikecrain2076]

Hacking...in 1985, makes complete sense

[@river_raine]

RoboJanitor has one target audience, and I think it might be Kryten from Red Dwarf 😂

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I'd love it if Kryten were watching!

[@chrisieschilledgaming]

Clicks through all the tutorial guide bits 'mmm how does that work exactly' Love it, this is why I watch these wonderful videos (and because your a fellow brit), thank you good Sir 🙂

[@MravacKid]

Hugely impressive that it's possible to make a decent movie right off the bat, that is indeed very unusual. But it bodes well for the game, I'll be keeping an eye on this one. :)

[@Petq011]

*Cough*... Movie Studio *Tysoon*... Also, "first?" apparently? 😅🤣

[@Blefiz]

Well, you see, after Mike Tyson retired he went to the film business, and as anything artistic, you really have to change your name. Not much too keen on big name changes, he just add one single o to his name.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

For a while I was very confused about this comment until I realised you were saying I'd made a typo! All fixed now. Oh, and because you were the first commenter... WINNER!

[@Petq011]

@@TheGeekCupboard Oh... Yey! 😅 I should have been more clear with pointing that out. My bad. 🤣

[@Spiklething]

Computer games films not really a thing in the 80’s? 1983 - Wargames. A successful film literally about a computer playing noughts and crosses. With itself.

[@juneglass5671]

How dare you forget the 1989 classic called The Wizard starring Fred Savage 😂

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Do you know, when I was editing the video I thought "What about Wargames?", so I did remember it, just a bit late!

[@joshuacr]

@@juneglass5671 Until now, I had! Curse you @juneglass5671 !

[@ludoya]

The movies was a fun game. We could see the stage and it was more like a sim's game.

[@Ambers128]

I bet the avacado metric is their version of rotten tomatoes?

[@Andrew-dn3kv]

The most British studio based in the US

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Got to take a little bit of home over to the USA with me!

[@IndieGameFan316]

Ah, so it’s more Game Dev Tycoon and less The Movies style. Ok

[@Ambers128]

I mean, tron was '82 and about video games and hacking.

[@Bethgael]

Yeah, those are definitely 1990s computers. ;) Flux capacitor awry indeed! I have yet to find a movie tycoon game that holds a candle to "The Movies", as flawed as that game was, even for its day. Maybe this one will grow into that. Toes crossed. :)

[@DoctorSquirtle]

The Movies certainly had its issues, but it was a lot of fun to play. I can't believe that was almost 20 years ago and yet nothing quite like it yet despite all the other tycoon style games since.

[@Bethgael]

@@DoctorSquirtle I still have the disks... somewhere.... hmmm....

[@SennaAugustus]

Gameplay is overrated in these games, it's not that involved anyway. I would rather games like these focus more on visual aspects, something like a fleshed-out Sims 4 Get Famous.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I never played The Movies but it always gets mentioned whenever a movie/Hollywood type game is played on the channel. Maybe I should try to seek it out and play it?

[@Bethgael]

@@TheGeekCupboard You should! It can be a beast to get running on new systems, I am told, but it's worth it. :D

[@Tilion462]

I'd ALMOST pay to see Silliam Whatner as Spack Jarrow.

[@slickjack2618]

Penge, This reminds me very much of Freeware/Shareware Movie Studio game from about 25 years ago, the name of which escapes me. I remember trying to re-create the sensation that was "Titanic" in that game (the name still escapes me) and found my efforts to be epic fails! Regarding the desktop computers. The IBM Personal Computer (forerunner of the current PC iteration) was released in 1981. It was expandable to a whopping 640K RAM and used floppy disks (5.25 inch) with 160K per side. Disk drives came at additional cost. So, in terms of the game, the office depicted in 1980 is not appropriate as the IBM machine with the large box supporting the CRT and the semi-detached keyboard was not available to anyone. The Apple II computer (which I used) was a very different configuration as the computer box and keyboard were all the same unit. The office depiction of 1983, when you hired the analyst, is accurate. The original IBM Personal Computer was immensely successful, largely because it was produced by IBM. There was term used at the time: "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM." As one might expect, upon launch available software for the IBM was very limited. This was especially true for home use, ie. computer gaming. So, while most IBM machines were purchased for personal use, it took time for the available software library to equal and exceed the software available to the Apple II. As the decade progressed, businesses began using personal computers more and more. The "Killer App" on the IBM was Lotus 1-2-3, a spreadsheet program with included graphing capability. When business really took to using personal computers, IBM cleaned up in the marketplace since "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM." I was hoping you would have selected a Musical for your Pirate Movie! After all, didn't "The Pirates of Penzance" get released around that time? The one with Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Lansbury? While the actual film was something of a flop, I hoped you could provide an alternate history to help re-establish the popularity of Gilbert & Sullivan! - sj

[@DavidDrouant]

I'm thinking of Planet Coaster when you said a tea mascot

[@willreaver1425]

Oh it was a mistake not hiring nuck corris the most action star who ever actioned

[@amithparakramo07]

There's another game called "Movies Tycoon " so much close to "the Movies" which is releasing this month, the demo is out on steam , could u please make a video on its gameplay

[@joshuacr]

39:30 You messed up the Pirate rating here Penge. It had to be *RRRRRRRRRRRR!* (I'll see myself out....)

[@iamcool544]

You spelled it Tysoon not Tycoon!

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Ah, so I did! All fixed.

[@ninjaakatsukitv7516]

The Game is 🤮🤮🤮