Hollywood Animal

Hollywood Animal

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Synergy Guide for Scriptwriting
By James Jedi
This guide maps all known synergy clusters—Romance webs, Adventure chains, Detective logic loops, and more—so you can build scripts that outperform even weak writers.
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Core Concepts
  • Each script can include multiple components: Genre(s), Setting, Protagonist, Antagonist, Supporting Character(s), Theme(s)/Event(s), Finale.
  • You start with 5 topics per film but can expand up to 10.
  • Tags synergize when paired with certain other tags, increasing the film's appeal and Kinomark.
  • You can assign multiple genres to each film—including All Genres—to unlock wider synergy combinations.
Synergy Clusters
1. Romance Core Cluster
Best Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
  • Hopeless Romantic → Love Interest, Love Triangle, Protagonist Finds Love, Sweethearts Stay Together
  • Love Interest → Love Triangle, Sweethearts Stay Together, Winning the Beloved, Unrequited Love
  • Love Triangle → Rival, Winning the Beloved, Sweethearts Stay Together
  • Femme Fatale → Love Interest, Unrequited Love, Sweethearts Stay Together, Winning the Beloved
Bonus Chains:
  • Saving the Beloved + Couple Gets Married
  • Winning the Beloved + Protagonist Finds Love

2. Adventure Treasure Cluster
Best Genres: Adventure, Action, Fantasy(set)
  • Treasure Hunt → Daring Adventurer, Pirate, Tribal Chief, Protagonist Finds Treasure
  • Protagonist Finds Treasure → Treasure Hunt, Long Journey
  • Daring Adventurer → Long Journey, Protagonist Finds Treasure
  • Pirate → Treasure Hunt, Long Journey
Bonus Chains:
  • Tribal Chief + Treasure Hunt

3. Detective/Mystery Cluster
Best Genres: Detective, Thriller, Drama
  • Detective (Protag) → Murderer, Search for a Killer, Antagonist Gets Punished
  • Murderer → Search for a Killer
  • Serial Killer → Search for a Killer

4. Blue Collar Drama Cluster
Best Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Working Man → Farm Girl, Struggle for Better Life
  • Farm Girl → Struggle for Better Life
  • Struggle for Better Life → Protagonist Overcomes Self-Doubt

5. War & Historical Epic Cluster
Best Genres: Action, Historical, Drama
  • Soldier → Brother in Arms, War is Hell, Tank Combat
  • Brother in Arms → War is Hell, Ace Combat
  • War is Hell → Surviving in Wartime, Protagonist Dies Heroically

Bonus Chains:
  • Ace Combat + Tank Combat
  • Surviving in Wartime + Protagonist Dies Heroically

6. Comedy Cluster
Best Genres: Comedy, Romance
  • Clumsy Oaf → Love Interest, Love Triangle, Winning the Beloved
  • Working Man + Farm Girl → Struggle for Better Life
Genre Synergy Map
Which genres work best together, based on shared tags and synergy chains

Highly Connected Genres:
  • Adventure – Shares synergy with Action, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Historical
  • Drama – Shares synergy with Romance, Comedy, Historical, Detective, Thriller
  • Romance – Shares synergy with Drama, Comedy, Historical, Adventure, Thriller

Less Connected Genres:
  • Science Fiction – Bridges mainly to Horror and Adventure via Alien, Long Journey
  • Horror – Connects to Thriller, Detective, Science Fiction via Ancient Evil, Alien, Serial Killer

Cross-Genre Bridges (Shared Tags):
  • Femme Fatale – Found in Romance, Thriller, Drama, Detective
  • Love Interest – Found in Romance, Drama, Comedy, Historical, Adventure
  • Treasure Hunt – Found in Action, Adventure
  • Shootout – Found in Action, Detective, Historical
  • War is Hell – Found in Historical, Action, Drama, Thriller
  • Protagonist Dies Heroically – Shared across Action, Historical, Drama, Romance

Full Genre Synergy Table:
Genre
Shares Synergies With

Action
Adventure, Historical, Thriller, Romance (via Sidekick), Detective
Adventure
Action, Fantasy, Historical, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
Comedy
Romance, Drama, Adventure
Detective
Thriller, Drama, Horror, Action
Drama
Romance, Historical, Comedy, Thriller, Detective
Historical
Drama, Action, Romance, Adventure, Thriller
Horror
Thriller, Science Fiction, Detective
Science Fiction
Horror, Adventure
Thriller
Detective, Drama, Romance, Historical, Horror, Action
Romance
Drama, Comedy, Historical, Adventure, Thriller

Use this map when designing scripts to stack synergistic tags, maximize Kinomark, and build award-worthy narratives.
11 Comments
LioTheManlyBadAssHero 4 Oct @ 1:02pm 
essentially, i dont know between Detective and Thriller with either action or Drama?
LioTheManlyBadAssHero 4 Oct @ 1:01pm 
kk, got a question, what Genre could connect with Detective and Thriller as a 3rd genre to mix in?
James Jedi  [author] 1 Sep @ 5:24pm 
Yes
尺卂几ㄒ 25 Aug @ 12:03pm 
Can I use your guide to make my own, but only in Russian?
James Jedi  [author] 13 May @ 7:38pm 
1) It's just a topic and it boosts the script if it matches with other topics in your script. 2) Don't need an antagonist, just synergy bonuses between topics.
9163891 12 May @ 4:41am 
Question.

1) Rival doesnt actually have to be a love rival yes? It can be used in different perspective yes? Im unsure if the game is smart enough to figure it out.

2) Is there any impact if there is no antagonist for my movie?
James Jedi  [author] 12 May @ 1:44am 
1) I have not specifically tested percentage ratios. 2) Kvadron, the next major update will make spamming the same concept over and over unviable. :)
BadGouda 11 May @ 3:10pm 
have you tested the percentage ratios by chance?

for example:
would a drama 40% /comedy 40% / romance 20% be equal to drama 20% / comedy 40% / romance 40% ?
Kvadron 7 May @ 2:28am 
hmm, yes, very interesting
*spams 1-tag 1-genre Modern American Town Hopeless Romantic Romance*
MilkChuggs 4 May @ 8:54pm 
Fantasy is not a genre in the game at the moment. They may add it later, but you can essentially make fantasy movies via the use of fantastical settings, like Arthurian Legend and Fantasy Kingdom, and their associated synergies (Knight protag; Evil Witch, Evil Monster, Evil Warlock, Vampire, and Ancient Evil in the antagonists, the Wizard supporting character, and themes like Jousting Tournament and War with Sorcerers.)