Feature Spotlight: Franchises

A little behind schedule, but as promised, I want to talk some more about franchises. Modern cinema is ruled by franchises, so a lot of work went into this aspect of the game.

Let's start with taking a closer look at the Library Menu.



Single Works - This menu displays all the rights you own to stand-alones single works. You can use these as source material for either a movie or a TV show. Or both. Once you own them, you can use them as often as you like.

Productions - Here you find all the movies and shows you already produced. You have the option to turn a production into a franchise.

 

Franchises - This menu shows you all the franchises you own. This includes franchises your bought (Like Star Wars or Harry Potter), but also franchises you created yourself.
You get an overview of the source material that's included in a franchise and the movies and shows you produced, that belong to this franchise.
There are several options to expand you franchise.

If your franchise includes source material, you can use it a starting point for a new movie or a show. Depending on the type of the source material, you have several options: Adaption, Sequel, Prequel, Spin-Off and Remake.



Adaption - Adaption will attract the biggest amount of fans of the source material, but will limit you script options the most. This option is only available if the source you're using is not a movie.

Sequels and Prequels - Will give you more freedom with the script, but will only attract a certain percentage of the fans of the original work.

Spin-Offs - Spin-Offs give you almost complete freedom with the script (with the exception of some basic parameters like the main genre), but will attract an even smaller percentage of the fan base.



Remakes - This option is only available if the source in question is a movie or TV show. This includes both, movies/shows you bought the rights to and your own productions. Remakes will attract slightly less franchise fans than Spin-Offs (as hardcore fans usually don't like reboots of their beloved original), but will have a mass appeal bonus, giving you the chance to add more fans to the franchise.

And of course you can use any type of movie as a starting point, for example making a Sequel to a Spin-Off.

That's it for now. I hope you like what you see. Criticism? Ideas? Feedback? Use the comments below!