FILMCREWZ ๐ฌ
A multiplayer co-op game
Various roles i.e CameraOperator
, Director
, Actors
, LightOperator
, Intern
& VFXOperator
The game is heavily focused around collaboration, Now let's talk :
the game mechanic
A group have been tasked
by a randomly elected member the producer
to complete production of selected choice.
every ~5 mins there are brief meetings | intermission of activity
to discuss :
- next moves
- role switching
- etc
the game broken into 3 main stages:
- stage1 : Pre Production
- stage2 : Production
- stage3 : Post Production
Pre PROD
Mainly the director and producer deciding what everyone else does
Rest of staff pick their roles/job
Production
Producer is spectating everyone only visible when in meeting mode
Players man their posts and carry out producer's will via proxy of the the director the team car
Post PROD
Mainly VFX, and Director showing the edited footage off and making final
The ROLEs
- Roles provide a grouping for the following systems
- Each role activity can provide points towards an end goal.
potential roles
- Camera
- Lights
- Acting
- Directing
- Make up
- VFX
The Camera Operator
- CTRL TYPE : FPS
- The one behind the Camera
- Calculate score based on:
- Tracking accuracy
- Depth of Field
- Field of View
- Pokemon Snap style
Lighting
- CTRL TYPE : RTS
- Control the set's lightboard.
- Calculate score based on:
- Filling an area with light
Acting
- CTRL TYPE : TPS
- Gets a selection of Emotes that they can use to 'act' on camera,
- Moving to new position within time limit (scene switching)
- Calculate score based on:
- Combinations with other actors
- Following directors requests
Directing
- CTRL TYPE : FPS
- Talks to organizes the script
- decides what entites to bring out
Producer
- CTRL TYPE : FPS
- Picks what the other roles does
- Has meetings (scene intermissions) with the Director allowing for small changes to a script
- can only be done a limited number of times.
like having a timeout in a b ball game.
Make up
- CTRL TYPE : FPS
- Does the Actor's make-up.
- Some type of matching or roulette based gameplay
VFX
- CTRL TYPE : FPS
- Edits the recorded scenes and places them in order
- Adds effects to go off on cue during filming