The Movies: Stunts and Effects is an expansion pack

Expansion pack

An expansion pack, expansion set, or supplement is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game or video game. These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, objects, and/or an extended storyline to a complete and already released game...

 for the PC business simulation game The Movies

The Movies

The Movies is a business simulation game created by Lionhead Studios for Microsoft Windows and subsequently ported to Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. It was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, and November 11, 2005 in Europe after reaching gold status on October 8, 2005...

. The expansion pack is developed by Lionhead Studios

Lionhead Studios

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. It was released on June 6, 2006 in North America

North America

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 and June 16, 2006 in the UK.

The Mac version of The Movies: Stunts and Effects was developed by Robosoft Technologies

Robosoft Technologies

Robosoft Technologies is an Indian information technology company which provides software product development services. Robosoft was founded in 1996 by Rohith Bhat, who established the company to develop software products for the Mac market...

 and published by Feral Interactive

Feral Interactive

Feral Interactive is a publishing company founded in 1999 that publishes games and other software that did not fit in with the release programs of the large established publishers. It publishes Macintosh games and has relationships with publishers such as Electronic Arts, Eidos Interactive,...

. It was released during Macworld 2008.

New features

The expansion pack adds stunts, stunt men, new props, effects, sets and costumes to the game. New features allow players to add stunt doubles to replace their actors to prevent injuries. Helicopters and other fast moving land and airborne objects are available. The new expansion pack introduces the 'Free-Cam' feature that allows players to move and position the camera as they like in any scenes. The player is able to buy sets like Wild West Bedroom. There were changes to The Movies Online with the release of the game. Some of the new sets include: Blue and Green Screens and Miniature Cities for giant creatures of your choosing. However, these new features are not unlocked until the player reaches the 1960s.

Extra features on the Mac version

The Movies: Stunts and Effects for Mac, developed by Robosoft has 3 Mac specific features

• Using iTunes Music library for the Sound Track

Support for iTunes is seamlessly integrated into The Movies for Mac. This means that when you're editing the soundtrack in Post-Production, you can use any of the files from your iTunes Music Library to create a professional sounding score.

• Using GarageBand and iMovieFX sample

The list of sound effects and samples you can use in The Movies Post-Production is hugely increased by the built-in support for GarageBand and iMovie

• Simple Sharing with Flip4Mac WMV Studio

To share the creations with other fans of The Movies around the world, one needs to upload movies to The Movies Online website in Windows Media format, not QuickTime. To allow Mac users to do this, Feral has bundled Telestream's Flip4Mac Studio for free with the game.

Sets

• SFX: Scrolling Background (a set that has a background with 3 scrolling background layers)
• SFX: Miniature City (a set for monster or aerial fight movies)
• SFX: Devastated Miniature City (a set which has a futuristic post-armageddon after a monster or alien has attacked)
• Wild West: Traveling Automobile (Wild West Carriage) (an expansion for the automobile moving backdrop set)
• SFX: Blue Screen (a rural set to have an actor fall to his/her death or to film a movie as if it took place in different locations)
• SFX: Green Screen (a perfect set to show a spaceship battle or something else)
• Sci-Fi: Bridge 4 (a wider, much bigger bridge that is more futuristic)
• Sci-Fi: Corridor 4 (the corridor to Bridge 4)
• Sci-Fi: Corridor 5 (another corridor to Bridge 4)
• Urban: Municipal Reception
• Suburban: Bathroom 2 (a second bathroom)
• Wild West: Saloon Bedroom (an expansion to the Saloon set)
• War: Barracks
• Tropical: Jungle (a perfect tropical adventure environment)
• Urban: Commercial City Street (a street that has an advertisement for the first game and the city hall)

External links

• Official expansion pack website
• Website for the Mac version of Stunts and Effects
• http://www.feralinteractive.com/game/stuntsandeffectsThe Movies: Stunts and Effects at Feral Interactive
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