The Studio Lot
hub · between productions
Marquee — latest picture
"MOON SHERIFF II" · now showing · poster auto-generated
Studio ledger
CASH $12,400
REPUTATION ★★☆☆☆
FANS western 320 · sci-fi 95
REPUTATION ★★☆☆☆
FANS western 320 · sci-fi 95
✎Writers' Roomstart here
☺Casting Office6 on roster
⌂Backlot4 backdrops owned
▣Sound Stagecameras: wide, close
✂Edit Bay3 music tracks
★The Bijouvault: 2 trailers
buildings upgrade visually as career grows
Writers' Room
phase 1 · development
1 · Genre
3 · Beats
WESTERNSCI-FIROMANCENOIRHORROR 🔒
2 · Premise card (pick 1 of 3)
A sheriff inherits a haunted saloon
Two outlaws must plan a wedding
The gold rush, but it's sourdough
SETUP: stranger comes to town
TWIST: the saloon fights back
FINALE: showdown at noon
TWIST: the saloon fights back
FINALE: showdown at noon
Draft — every line editable ✎
LLM drafts from genre + premise + beats; player owns every word after that
SC 1 — DUSTY MAIN STREET (roles: SHERIFF, STRANGER)
"This town ain't got room for two of anything." ✎
SC 2 — SALOON INTERIOR (roles: SHERIFF)
"Did… did the piano just play itself?" ✎
SC 3 — MAIN STREET, NOON (all roles)
"Draw, you creaky son of a barn." ✎
"This town ain't got room for two of anything." ✎
SC 2 — SALOON INTERIOR (roles: SHERIFF)
"Did… did the piano just play itself?" ✎
SC 3 — MAIN STREET, NOON (all roles)
"Draw, you creaky son of a barn." ✎
SCRIPT BUDGET $600 of $2,000
Casting Office
phase 2 · casting
Roles (from script) — drag a headshot in
THE SHERIFF
lead · wants: drama + charm
→ cast: Bram Holloway
lead · wants: drama + charm
→ cast: Bram Holloway
?
THE STRANGER
lead · wants: action
→ empty
lead · wants: action
→ empty
?
THE SALOON (voice)
support · wants: weird
→ empty
support · wants: weird
→ empty
FIT PREVIEW: Bram's comedy 4/5 vs role's drama lean → campy drift. allowed! mismatch = comedy
The corkboard — roster (6) + walk-ins (2)
BRAM HOLLOWAY
DRA 2 COM 4 ACT 1 CHM 5
quirk: One-Take Wonder
RITA CALDERA
DRA 5 COM 1 ACT 3 CHM 3
quirk: Method
DEW OKAFOR
DRA 3 COM 3 ACT 5 CHM 2
quirk: Stunt Junkie
PINKY LAROUX
DRA 1 COM 5 ACT 2 CHM 4
quirk: Improviser
VESPER NIGHT
DRA 4 COM 2 ACT 2 CHM 5
quirk: Diva
GUS
DRA 2 COM 2 ACT 2 CHM 2
quirk: Literally a Dog
WALK-IN: ???
stats hidden until audition
$300 to audition
WALK-IN: ???
stats hidden until audition
$300 to audition
SALARIES $1,100 / production
Backlot Stage
phase 3 · set building
← one tab per script location
Backdrop (owned: 4)
Dusty Town — day
Dusty Town — night
Spaceship Bridge
Suburban Kitchen
Haunted Manor 🔒 unlock
Prop shelf (click to place)
barrel $50cactus $40piano $200horse $350coffin $120neon sign 🔒
The stage — 8×5 tile grid · props render verbatim in trailer
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🌵
🎹
🛢
actor marks (from blocking) overlay this grid during the shoot
PROPS $290 spent · empty set = "indie", allowed
Sound Stage
phase 4 · shooting — the heart
Scene list
SC 1 Main Street KEPT ★★★☆
SC 2 Saloon Int. SHOOTING…
SC 3 Noon Showdown —
⚡ Quirk event
"Bram refuses to come out of the prop coffin. He says it's 'process.'"
Take preview — your set, your cast, live
"Did… did the piano just play itself?"
3-second animated pixel preview plays on ACTION
Blocking
Sheriff alone at the bar
Backed against the door
Under the piano
Camera
Wide
Close-up
Dutch tilt 🔒 own camera B
Slow zoom 🔒
Direction note
Play it straight
Ham it up
Improvise
Last take
★★★★☆
campyweird
SHOOTING DAYS 3½ of 5 left · out of days = ship what you've got
Edit Bay
phase 5 · editing
Timeline — drag clips to reorder · trailer structure: hook → montage → title → tagline
SC 2 take · ★★★★ (cold open!)
SC 1 take · ★★★
SC 3 take · ★★★★★
TITLE STING
TAGLINE CARD
Pacing
Languid
Steady
Frantic
Transition
hard cutfadestar wipe
Music (chiptune · owned: 3)
"Tumbleweed Twostep" ▸
"Spooky Spurs" ▸
"Neon Sunset" ▸
"Orchestral Hit Pack" 🔒
Title card · player-typed
THE SALOON THAT WOULDN'T DIE
Tagline
Last call… forever.
Preview
tone check: frantic cut + hammy takes is reading as unhinged comedy — the game just notices, never judges
The Bijou Theater
phase 6 · premiere night
The screen
▸ play trailer (45s)
audience silhouettes react: laughs, gasps, one guy crying
Box office
$8,200
budget was $3,990 · fans(western) ×1.3
Fans gained
WESTERN +140
"WEIRD" +85 (tone tags earn niche fans)
"WEIRD" +85 (tone tags earn niche fans)
Capsule reviews — generated from YOUR choices
"A deranged, sincere little western. The piano deserves an award."
— The Pixel Gazette
"Bram Holloway spends half the film in a coffin and I respect it."
— Marquee Weekly
🎁 Unlock reel
NEW ACTOR
"Doc Tumble"
"Doc Tumble"
PROP PACK
graveyard set
graveyard set
MUSIC
"Ghost Waltz"
"Ghost Waltz"
unlocks weighted toward what you actually made