The Act was originally developed for the coin-op arcade market and was test-marketed in a series of locations in the New England region. The game ends when the player either runs out of attempts or successfully completes the last scene. The player is given three attempts per credit. If the player fails the scene's objective, the scene ends, then quickly rewinds back to the beginning to be played again. For example, if Edgar acts too boldly or too shy at the wrong times during the flirting scene, Sylvia will walk off. In order to succeed, the player must observe the situation and carefully manipulate the knob in order to successfully pull off an act. 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. The scenes vary in length, style and goal, but the player controls Edgar in each scene by way of a single control knob (or by swiping the touch screen in the iOS versions). The objective of The Act is to guide Edgar through a series of interactive scenes, each of which has a specific goal. When he successfully consoles her with a flower, she gives the flower back to him in a sign of acceptance. Edgar and Wally then return to work, but Edgar comes back into the room when he sees Sylvia crying. 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 is forced to reveal his true identity as a simple window washer to Sylvia and is dragged away by a security guard. 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. 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. 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. He sees Sylvia, a nurse, through a window and quickly falls in love, but is forced to get back to work when his boss comes out to check up on him. The Act tells the story of Edgar, who works as a window washer at a large hospital.
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