This is a hotfix patch for update 0.88 it doesnt add any new content however does fix the video player and hosting issues. Im sorry for the length of time it has taken for this update but im sure you can appreciate this hasnt been an easy task. As youtube continues to change what they allow and how they serve content issues will come up such as this which require time to fix and it is out of my control. With that being said heres todays hotfix <3

• Video player now works as expected as it always did before the youtube issues
• The video player can now play videos by timestamp :) ( As an example for this if the youtube link has &t=52 at the end of the url it will play the video from 52 seconds in so you can edit this as you want).
• Hosting rooms and other errors relating to getting your level or currency should be resolved. We had to move servers for our backend so this was the reason for the issues but all player info has been backed up.

And thank you everyone for continuing to enjoy movie night i could never expect such love <3 Side Note: If the videos do not load at all for you regardless what video you play its highly likely youtube is blocking you from playing the video. Youtube usually does this is if it thinks your IP is from a server such as a vpn or if it thinks your IP is risky. Again this is something out of my control but something you should be aware of.

[ 2025-04-04 18:11:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

The next update for movie night is here and we have a lot to go through so we hope you look forward to what were continuing to work on as a community. Firstly the elephant in the room the video player:

• The video player has now been recoded completely and been fixed with this update (apologies for the wait)
• The sync time between clients has been reduced further

Achievements

• Fixed developer achievement
• Added new achievements to the game
• Added some easter egg achievements
• French translation added
• Hidden song added

Cinema Map

• The shop now has a new UI
• Drinks and popcorn can be stolen from players
• Hidden room added
• Re-baked the lighting
• Added some vending machines which will be used in a later update
• Added Disco lights room effect
• Fixed the lighting on the NPC and confetti

General

• Photosensitive warning on game start added
• Added third person using F1
• New artwork for achievements
• New steam trailer
• Lighting tweaks

Known Bugs

Thanks to our new play testers we have already identified a number of bugs ahead of time and will fix this for the next hotfix releasing ASAP.

• Shop not opening for others
• Character isn't shown when third person enabled
• Disco Lights and confetti not shown for others when anabled
• Only room host can go in the hidden room
• Get stuck on stage stairs
• Drinks and popcorn freeze mid air and don't sync to others
• Cant steal popcorn or drink
• Gems don't show correctly in the shop
• Cant exit the dev room
• Mouse doesn't correctly lock when opening the Shop UI
• Meal deal achievement broken
• Basement Dweller achievement broken

A special thanks to our play testers

[url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/_Ily_/]https://steamcommunity.com/id/_Ily_/ https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199438152920/

Want to become a play tester? Join the discord!

https://discord.com/invite/YvsbEUPVCa

[ 2024-12-22 02:33:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is an urgent update providing a fix for the video player while also giving you the first half of the 0.9 update. This was cut in 2 updates to provide a faster release and allow bug fixing to be possible for the final 0.9 update. Keep in mind this update is not "complete" and was originally intended as a 0.9 release so we appreciate any feedback.
To start things off the cinema has now opened its shop allowing players to purchase popcorn for gems. Some players have been seen throwing the popcorn and making a terrible mess just don't tell the janitor that.
Room effects now also make an appearance in Movie Night allowing the room host to toggle on or off. (im not cleaning that up) And finally a few other notable mentions:

• Discord integration now added allowing the game to be detected with rich presence
• Gem currency is now earned by game time and saved in our backend
• Video player is now fixed allowing for video to once again play
• Video player should now also accept 480p videos again
• Networking backend improved allowing for faster game room load times, video play and player latency.

I plan to release the 2nd half of the 0.9 update within the next 2 weeks if everything goes to plan. I appreciate everyones patience while waiting for updates as i balance project work <3

[ 2024-08-17 06:29:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is a quick hotfix for the developer achievement unlock. The method has now been changed to a developer console command. I will get around to helping those that need the unlock thanks :)

[ 2023-11-07 02:48:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

It has been some time since our last major update and we dont want to disappoint. This update is a big one and a lot of time has been spent completely recoding a lot of the scripting for the video player.

Video Player

• Queue system now added which supports up to 10 videos. Anyone in the room can add to the queue.
• Bin system added - The host of the room can bin any video in the queue regardless who requested it. Players can only bin a video if they are the one that requested it.
• Vote system added - Every player can cast 1 unique vote per video in queue the video with the highest votes plays next and the queue will reorganise itself based on vote number.
• Video quality can now be changed client side. You can choose if you wish to watch from HD all the way to 4K and it wont effect other players.
• Audio and video delay has been fixed for higher video qualities.
• Only the host can now jump ahead in the video time as this was causing issues when the client tried to jump ahead and video where becoming out of sync.
• Video sync is now near instant as soon as the host jumps ahead in the video time other players will receive the update time. If players are out of sync by more than 5 seconds it will resync.
• Skip button added for the room host which allows only the host to skip the current playing video regardless of votes.
• Queue system will show the title of the video in the queue so players know what their voting on.
• The video player will no longer restart the video or freeze if you jump ahead in the video time.

Level system

• We have started work on giving the level system purpose and the house map will now have a Level 25 level requirement (This only applies if your the one hosting).
• XP rates have been slightly tweaked to become more fair for time played.

Multiplayer

• Anti-Cheat system added that will detect specific parameters relating to unfair play
• Avatar proportion sizes when an outfit is worn has now been corrected
• When a user disconnects the player body will no longer be left behind
• New server regions added to the lobby
• Developer achievement "Is it really you?" has now been fixed. Previously this would unlock if you joined a room the developer was previously in and not currently in.

Known issues

• You will notice a gem currency under your player level this is a currency testing and will not save until the next update when we release content for this.
• Avatar outfits dont always load

Important Notes

Were getting close to a 1.0 release and we would like to now discuss the future for Movie Night and the studio. Our plan is once 1.0 releases no further support will be provided for the title however game services will continue to stay online. We believe this is a fair approach after 2 years of development with zero funding. From 2024 the studio will move game engine to Unreal Engine 5 and will begin work on the next title release this will likely be a paid title and we have learnt a lot from developing our free to play "Movie Night" title and what you guys expect in relation to quality in games. This change is due to recent unity news regarding licensing and it will take us time to learn the new engine but were excited to get working on something great.

[ 2023-11-05 01:20:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is a quick hotfix to address some important issues.

Video Player

• Video player has been fixed and will now correctly play videos
• Video sync time has been improved significantly and clients will sync up to each other a lot quicker
• Video player will skip frames if on a very slow connection in order to keep up to avoid endless buffer
• UI has been slightly changed to make it more cleaner

I will be working on trying to increase video quality with the next updates my goal is to get back up to 4k capability. Thanks

[ 2023-07-08 07:50:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Today we release Update 0.7 for Movie Night as we progress with development the backend and functions of the game become more robust. We have a lot to share take a look:

Video Player

• All players in the room can now request a video regardless if they are the room master or not
• Recoded how the player fetches the url string so it will wait until all players in the scene are ready to play

Level System

• New player level system added that will track the players xp level and progress. This will be saved in our backend so your progress wont be lost
• XP is earned based on playtime and the xp requirement for the next level will slowly increase as you level up
• No rewards are given at the moment however this level system will give us a really good base to add level requirements for content in the future if we choose to do so
• Level up sound effects and visual effects added on level up

Player Character

• Camera zoom script has now been re-added and completely re-coded it will now smoothly zoom with your scroll wheel and wont interrupt the character controller
• Stairs bug has been fixed the player will no longer freak out when going down stairs
• Names above the player in game have been reworked and will now just show a simple text above their head RPG style

Lobby

• Player names have been re-coded it will now take your steam account name instead of asking for a name to be input
• Fixed some overlapping issues with text
• Added new map images and fixed how the map selection is made
• New map suburban home re-added

Cinema Map

• The NPC behind the counter now has correct lighting

Backend

• Added a ban check throughout the game that will periodically check if the player is banned against our backend
• Added developer console in game with various commands which will only be activated on the developers end
• The game will now check your player information against our backend if it cant make a connection or if your steam is offline it will tell the player
• If the backend goes down or if anything happens i will be immediately notified now

Steam Achievements

• Added 5 steam achievements and all triggers have been tested

Main Menu

• New main menu music track added to the list
• Updated the news to 0.7
• Changed the UI around a bit
• Added animated NPC's in the scene to represent the game

Suburban Home

• The map is now complete featuring a full neighbourhood and redesigned home
• Lighting reworked and visual effects added to scene
• All doors fully networked between players
• Chairs added to the scene

Steam Store

• Updated the steam store images to better represent the game

Notes

- I will be online in the game as much as I can however its safe to say the rarest achievement in the game will likely be the "Is it really you?" as this will depend on if a developer visits your cinema. - In the future i want to completely rework the video player if I can and im also looking into subtitle generation for the videos. - As always let me know what you think and if you notice any issues i might have missed let me know :) And of course keep updated on our trello. - LimeLab Studios

[ 2023-04-20 23:42:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.6 - New character creation system, fixes and more

First of all I hope everyone has had a great holiday period. Its been some time but were kicking the year off with a big update we hope you will enjoy.

Character creation

• Players can now access the avatar creator in game using the new menu
• Avatars are downloaded in realtime from the editor once a change is made
• Body shape and characteristics are applied to the player on change

Lobby

• Added online play terms detailing what behaviour wont be accepted
• Updated UI buttons so they match accordingly
• Updated font for network status so its more clear
• Added useful info to the pre-scene in host a game to explain more on hosting
• Removed character selector as no longer needed with the new avatar system
• Fixed some sizing issues with images and fonts

Multiplayer

• We have now increased max players per room to 16 from 12 this will allow for bigger groups of players to play together. We plan on increasing this further in the future but we are keeping a close eye on any performance issues that might come up.
• Steam authentication has been added. This checks for steam bans and other important information before allowing online play.

Main Menu

• Further increased performance in scene by reducing the number of draw calls required
• Updated the info for latest update

Please note we have had to disable the suburban home map temporarily until next update while we work on the map changes with the new systems. The map is coming along nicely and features a full neighbourhood design.

[ 2023-01-17 22:08:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Just a quick hotfix to resolve some mjaor issues - Audio in cinema map now works again - UI on video player can now be interacted with on Suburban Home map The next update will likely be a major content release so expect some delay.

[ 2022-09-11 15:30:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

0.43 Hotfix

We have fixed a range of issues from the recent update including bug reports.

Video+Audio sync issue

The video player has been rolled back to a previous version before the audio sync issue started this will fix the problem for now. We plan to completely recode the video player in the future however at the moment higher quality video causes issues with syncing to players.

Lobby

• Due to a recent bug report Quickplay has been removed. This feature was causing issues allowing players access to password protected rooms. We dont believe this feature was commonly used as most people used the server browser.
• A few font changes

Suburban Home

• Doors no longer auto open and close
• Doors can now be open and closed by pressing E
• Light switches, cabinets, drawers and other items can now be interacted with
• The sofa in the living room is now sittable (More chairs soon)
• The lighting has been slightly corrected

Graphics

• Graphics have been improved making use of features like bloom, Anti-Aliasing, Screen reflection, Ambient Occlusion, Tonemapping and more.

If you find any other bugs or issues just let me know in the forums thanks.

[ 2022-08-23 00:49:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.4 is here - New map, bug fixes and more

New Map - Suburban Home:

• Please note this is very much a work in progress and the final map will include a full neighbourhood and scenery.

3D Audio:

• Audio is now played in its 3D environment and will change based of distance.
• Players who now join the game will not hear the video instantly at full volume and instead will only hear the video once entering the videos environment.
• Sound effects now added to some objects such as a crackling fireplace and a creeky door etc.

Optimisation:

• Occlusion culling has now been added this will hide and not render objects which the camera cant see and will be updated in realtime as the player moves through the scene. This will save system resources instead of keeping a full scene in memory.

Bugs/Fixes:

• The intro video on game start can now be skipped instantly by pressing ESC.
• The intro video now has its volume reduced to acceptable levels.
• Players who leave a game will no longer leave behind their player model in the scene this has now been cleaned.
• Players usernames will now float above their head at the correct height

Main Menu:

• Added a new trello button to track the games progress
• Added an update window to notify of the latest update

Lobby:

• Added new map Suburban Home to selectable map list
• Added map image previews

Known issues:

These issues are known and we will try our best to get them fixed ASAP

• Doors do not sync correctly over network and the 2nd player wont see the first players door open.
• Doors will sometimes open too early pushing the player into the world.
• Seats are not yet functional in the new map

What to expect in the future?

We have some pretty exciting news we have recently partnered up with Ready Player Me to provide a whole new cross-game avatar creation system usable in the metaverse as your digital identity.
We plan to use this system to allow players to create their own custom player avatar which they can use in game instead of preset avatars. This is something we plan to add in the future along with player animations, dances and emotes. Hopefully this gives you an idea of what we hope to achieve :)

[ 2022-08-20 06:36:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

The next major update for Movie Night is here and im excited to share it with you! Lighting:

• Movie Night now has a completely new light mapper engine (in fact its the same engine they used in Call of Duty: Mobile) this will provide more physically correct baked lighting while supporting modern technologies such as RTX.
  

Interactive Enviroment:

• A new seating system has now been added
• Chairs will remember the players last known position
• Players can hot swap between chairs without needing to get up and walk to that chair
  

In game web browser:

• Players can now click a provider in the room panel and browse youtube in game using the steam web browser without needing to alt tab for a link

Video Player:

• The screen now supports Full HD resolution for all videos (4K is possible in the future but more testing is required)
• A screen in the lobby has been added replicating what is being shown in the cinema
  

Various Edits:

• NPC added to lobby desk
• Unused props removed from scene
• Started work on the new map: Suburban Home

[ 2022-06-27 04:02:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

I have been working on the back-end of the game getting it ready for the next major update. This build includes fixes and back end additions to prepare the game for this next update! Steam: The game will no longer run without steam and will close if steam is not running.

• Steamworks.NET has now been added allowing for communication between Movie Night and steam servers this will allow for future additions like player avatars, names, achievements and more.
• Steam DRM has been added to ensure the game is only played on steam and not copied and distributed elsewhere.

Optimisation: I will continue to optimise the game as much as I can as time goes on but these changes should help a good bit.

• Lighting has been changed to a hard shadow requiring less processing
• Render quality has been tweaked to reduce processing while still keeping the overall quality the same
• Made use of Draw call batching requiring less draw calls when rendering meshes
• The game will default to the lowest possible render quality to allow for lower end machines to tweak it on first launch.

Main Menu:

• Redesigned the environment of the main menu and added an animation sequence. (WIP)

In-Game:

• The mouse will no longer randomly lock to the centre of the screen when clicked.
• The mouse will now correctly interact with the player and not lock
• Improved the overall UI scripting and how the mouse interacts with the environment

For the next update I'm planning on getting seats working and a few other major improvements. Stay Tuned!

[ 2022-06-14 23:35:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Small urgent hotfix:

• Your mouse will no longer lock to the centre of the screen when trying to request a video.

- Take care <3

[ 2022-04-21 03:12:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have been hard at work taking on your feedback and working on the first major update for Movie Night (sorry for the wait). Bug Fixes:

• Player movement is now correctly networked and wont result in inaccurate movements
• Movement up and down stairs has been greatly improved
• Movement between chairs has been improved
• Lighting has been fixed in all scenes
• A lot of collision issues have been fixed
• You can now access behind the counter inside the cinema

Main Menu:

• A typo has been fixed in the main menu (oops)
• Single Player option removed instead the new lobby system will automatically put you in offline mode if the max players allowed in your game is set to 1.

Multiplayer:

• New Matchmaking system has been added you can now create public/private rooms with or without a password
• Data Centre selection is now possible! If your friend is in another server region simply connect to that region with a button
• Character selection added you can now pick from a range of models
• Server Browser added you can now search for all available lobbies within that region
• A player can now create a username once connected to the lobby. Usernames are shown in game and in lobby
• Chat system added allowing for communication in game (WIP)
• New player controller with humanoid player models and animations
• New ESC Menu allowing for client side volume control, resolution settings, preset graphic settings, fullscreen mode and a respawn option if your stuck

We have a lot of ideas planned for Movie Night and with your support and feedback we will continue to develop and improve on the project. Thank You :)

[ 2022-04-18 23:50:11 CET ] [ Original post ]