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FOLLYWOOD. The cheapest studio in town is shooting today. The boss's script ends badly for the hero. Everyone plays it as written. You're the Director. Change the film, not the set.

GameplayReading the screen, the loop, stars and hints. SettingsEvery row of the Settings page.

From launch into the first take

  1. The title shows three buttons: the poster of the next scene, Play: scene (Continue: scene once you have printed one), The Reels for every reel and scene, and Settings.
  2. The poster opens that scene; the first time, it is the first scene of the first reel. Before its first take the Director gives the briefing through his megaphone; it can be skipped, and turned off in Settings.
  3. The clapper-boy calls the scene and the take, the clapper falls, and the set waits for your edits. Press Action! to watch the take as written.

How to play

Goal: get Maelis to her mark, the X. You are the Director of a cheap film studio. Everyone on the set follows a script, beat by beat, and as written she walks into trouble. You never steer anyone: you edit the film strip, and every edit changes every script at once.

  1. Pick beats on the film strip: drag across them, or pick the first beat, then the last.
  2. Press a tool.

  3. Press ACTION! and watch the take. If it fails, your edits stay on the strip: change one and try again.

  4. CUT: nobody plays those beats.

  5. REPEAT: everyone plays them twice.
  6. REVERSE: everyone plays them last to first.
  7. FLIP: left becomes right, up becomes down, open becomes shut.
  8. HOLD: everyone on a script waits one beat for each beat you pick.
  9. MOVE: lift those beats out and set them down in another gap: press MOVE, then pick a gold line.

Some things are on a timer (a blast, a falling front, a swinging lamp): they keep their beat whatever you edit.

Stars. Printed for any win. The Edits star for winning in that many edits or fewer, and the Early star for reaching the X by a set beat, both on the first lap. A win on a later lap is a long take: printed, without those two stars.

Stuck? Open More and press Hint: it points you at the next edit, and you make it yourself. Each hint costs some box office. Undo, Reset, the speed button, Reels and Settings are under More too.

Controls

To Touch or mouse Keyboard (PC)
choose beats drag across them on the film strip, or pick the first beat, then the last
edit press CUT, REPEAT, REVERSE, FLIP or HOLD; for MOVE, press MOVE, then pick a gold line X or Delete = CUT
read anyone's script pick the performer on the set
play the take ACTION! (Stop while it plays) Space or Enter
change speed More > the speed button: 1x, 2x, 4x, Instant S
take back an edit More > Undo; More > Reset clears them all Z or Backspace; R
get unstuck More > Hint points at the next edit; it never makes the edit for you H
hear the briefing again More > Brief again B
go on Next scene, after "Print it!"
reels map More > Reels M
settings More > Settings O
close a panel Close Esc

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