PanacheThe silent film of your game
Panache is set in 1900, the year cinema was just getting started. So when a game ends, you can watch it again as a silent film, with golden title cards, and share it.
Panache is set in 1900. Cinema is five years old. I’d already put silent film title cards between the campaign missions. On 23 October, the game itself became a film.
At the end, the report offers “Watch the highlights”:
- the game is replayed, with a camera that goes looking for each big moment;
- golden title cards announce them, like “4:12 — The great battle, in the centre”;
- then the ending, and the words “The End”.
A “Film to share” button records the whole thing as a video, with sound, so you can send it to someone.
To make that possible, every game is recorded: the starting setup and every order, the player’s as well as the AI’s. Replayed, it gives exactly the same result, down to the last point. The last five stay in the Archives.
During the game too, the big moments go into slow motion, with a shake and a banner. You can turn that off in the Settings.