Independent media studio
Royal Coast Media is the studio behind The Olive Branch Review, the LegacyMGMT life simulator, and the Royal Coast Media YouTube channel. The formats have almost nothing in common, but each one comes from the same small team and the same care for the details.
Our story
Royal Coast Media began with The Olive Branch Review, a publishing platform built as a hub for readers and a community for writers. Growing it taught us something we have carried into everything since: people will still make time for work when they can feel the care behind it.
From there we kept expanding into formats that rarely share a shelf. A writers’ community, an iOS life-and-dynasty simulator, and a video channel look nothing alike, yet each is made by the same hands and held to the same standard. We would rather release fewer things and make each of them worth returning to.
What we make
Publishing platform
01A hub for readers and a community for writers. Writers publish original fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews, enter themed writing competitions, and find an audience for independent creative and critical work.
Visit the site→iOS game
02A realism-first life and dynasty simulator for iOS. Live one life of school, career, love, money, and real estate, then pass the dynasty to an heir and try to build a fortune and family that outlast three generations.
View on the App Store→TV & film reviews
03Our YouTube channel reviews television and film, digging into what a show or movie is trying to do and whether it earns it. Considered takes for people who like to think about what they watch.
Watch on YouTube→The throughline
Different as they are, our projects share a purpose: making room for stories and the people who tell them.
The Olive Branch Review gives writers a place to publish and readers a place to find them. LegacyMGMT hands you a whole life and lets you author how it plays out. The YouTube channel reviews the television and film worth talking about. The formats differ, but the same instinct runs through all of them.
There is more to the studio than a homepage can hold. Read about how we work, why we build across such different formats, and where we are headed next.
About Royal Coast Media