The Act Arcade

The Act tells the story of Edgar, a 32-year old, well-meaning guy, who has had a bit of a rough time in life so far. He works hard at his job as a window washer and recently recruited his brother to help him.
A dreamer at heart, though, he’s constantly thinking up ways to improve his life situation. Unfortunately, these plans have a tendancy to go awry…in comical ways. Despite his seeming bad luck, however, he’s a very kind and unfailingly optimistic guy at heart.

Wally is Edgar’s well-meaning, but very clumsy, younger brother. While he shares Edgar’s good-heartedness, he has a bit of a lazy side.
In fact, he’s been known to doze off on the job - which was the problem at with his last two employers. His only degree is from the school of life but he’s a loveable guy, and wants the best for his brother.

Edgar sees Sylvia, a Junior nurse at the hospital where Edgar and Wally work, through a window and quickly falls in love.
Specialized in pre-operative care, she’s very shy, and has never quite figured out how to balance her attractiveness and her intelligence.
In her heart, though, she knows that she’s a powerful woman, and really likes to help people. She knows that she’s good at her job, but tends to get nervous around authority figures.

Edgar is forced to get back to work when his boss comes out to check up on him. His lazy brother, Wally, climbs through a window into a patient's room and falls asleep in his bed, and is mistakenly taken to an operating room for a brain transplant. In an effort to save his brother, Edgar sneaks into the hospital disguised as a doctor, runs into Sylvia and tries to impress her while taking care of a number of patients.

He eventually runs into his boss, who accidentally chokes on his cigar in surprise, forcing Edgar to save his life by using the Heimlich maneuver.
Edgar is forced to reveal his true identity as a simple window washer to Sylvia and is dragged away by a security guard. Seeing his brother about to be operated upon, Edgar breaks into the operating room and quickly takes Wally back to the patient's room, where the correct patient is now waiting for his operation.
Edgar and Wally then return to work, but Edgar comes back into the room when he sees Sylvia crying. When he successfully consoles her with a flower, she gives the flower back to him in a sign of acceptance.

The objective of The Act is to guide Edgar through a series of interactive scenes, each of which has a specific goal.

The scenes vary in length, style and goal, but the player controls Edgar in each scene by way of a single control knob.
In some scenes, the knob controls Edgar's level of boldness as he attempts to flirt with Sylvia or tries to fit in with a crowd, while other scenes control him more directly as he attempts to perform the Heimlich maneuver on his boss or run down a series of narrow hallways while dodging obstacles.

In order to succeed, the player must observe the situation and carefully manipulate the knob in order to successfully pull off an act.

For example, if Edgar acts too boldly or too shy at the wrong times during the flirting scene, Sylvia will walk off.
If the player fails the scene's objective, the scene ends, then quickly rewinds back to the beginning to be played again. The player is given three attempts per credit. The game ends when the player either runs out of attempts or successfully completes the last scene.


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