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Demo Patch: 5.1 Audio Fix + Microphone Settings Improvements
Hey all, We've released a patch for the demo that addresses a failstate with the movie renderer where if you had a 5.1 audio output in Windows, the video rendering would get stuck on "Preparing to Render" forever. A big…
Announcement2 changesFixUI/audio - Acting Out
An Update on our Release Plans
Hey everyone, We’re here with a quick update about our release plans. Initially we wanted to do our Early Access release in July 2026, however we have decided to cook a bit longer so we can expand our feature set, amoun…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Acting Out
Patch: Low Disk Space Warning
Hey all, We have just pushed an update that includes a pop-up warning if you are too low on disk space to record. This issue was sometimes causing videos to not render, resulting in Preparing forever or a black screen i…
Patch notes6 changesPerformanceGameplay - Acting Out
Duskfall: New Movie Scene for a Limited Time!
Hi everyone! We have an exciting new scene that will be available for a limited time in the demo. If you are a fan of vampires and teen romance drama, or if you just want to prove how well you can deliver extremely emot…
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Demo Patch: Exporting Stability and Customise Saved Videos Drive
Hi everyone, We've received a few reports of rare instances where the movie fails to render and you're left with a blank screen in the theatre. We've fixed a few ways for this to happen, but it was still popping up occa…
Announcement3 changesFixPerformance - Acting Out
New Movie Scene: Backrooms Last Message
Hi everyone! Hope you're all ready to experience what it's like to be stuck in the backrooms...! We have just added a new single-player scene to the demo where you will record your final message after falling into this…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Acting Out
Experimental Feature: Edit Scripts
Hey all, Thank you again so much for playing the demo and supporting our game. We've seen many requests for players being able to make their own scenes, or customise the experience. We have longer term ambitions to give…
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Mid-Scene Character Switching Feature and More Languages Supported!
Exciting news! We have been collecting feedback from our wonderful community, and we have just implemented a new feature for a popular request! Now you will have the ability to switch characters while recording your mov…
Announcement8 changesGameplayUI/audio - Acting Out
New Star Player Characters and More Languages Supported!
Hi everyone! Huge welcome and thanks to all our new players from all over the world. Our latest update makes all of the players literal stars before we choose characters for each scene. This new fun mascot replaces the…
Announcement5 changesGameplayUI/audio - Acting Out
Additional Spanish and Chinese Script Languages Added to Demo!
Hi everyone! Big thanks to the new players that have been playing the demo. We are excited to add more languages to the scripts so we can include more and more people from all over the world! We have added more experime…
Announcement5 changesUI/audioGameplay - Acting Out
Experimental JP + RU Language Support Added to Demo
Hello again! Exciting developments in progress. First of all, a huge thank you to players from Japan and Russia who have picked up the demo and wishlisted. We love you, you're the first groups to support us on a large s…
Announcement3 changesUI/audio - Acting Out
In Development: Emote Icons
Hey everyone! Due to popular demand, we're gonna do icons for emotes! These are just examples, not final icons, but just testing to make sure it's possible. Earlier in development, I had thought it would be too complex…
Announcement - Acting Out
BONUS SCENE: EVERYONE GET IN THE CAR
Hey everybody, Thank you to everybody who has played our demo so far and given feedback! For no particular reason, we've added a BONUS scene to the demo! It's single player, but feel free to play with your friends for e…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Acting Out
FIXED: Video Saving Error
Hey all, FIXED! We have pushed a patch to the game that now saves videos to "C:/ProgramData/ActingOutGame", which bypasses issues with non-ASCII or Cyrillic character usernames breaking the video exporter. If you were h…
Patch notes8 changesFixCompatibility - Acting Out
DEMO OUT NOW!
Hey everyone, We are thrilled to announce our first playable demo is OUT NOW! You and your friends will be able to play a sampling of 6 different movie scenes and the tutorial. Each scene is designed with a set number o…
Announcement - Acting Out
Acting Out Demo Coming May 7th!
Hey everyone, Thanks for following and supporting our game so far! We're excited to announce our first playable demo is coming out on May 7th! You and your friends will be able to play a sampling of 6 different movie sc…
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