• Introduction
• Quick start for audience
• Quick start for players
• UpStage
• About the project
• Team
• Get Involved
• Technical information
• About this manual
• Audience
• The role of the Audience
• Join a live cyberformance
• Chat
• Player
• Becoming a player
• Manage your Profile
• Backstage
• Create your own Stage
• Manage your Stage
• Customise your Stage
• Manage your Stage: Media
• Manage your Stage: Chat and Replays
• Manage your Stage : Scenes
• Enter your Stage
• How does the audience see your stage?
• Invite audience
• Media management
• Media in UpStage
• The Studio
• Creating Graphics for UpStage
• Creating Audio for UpStage
• Upload Media
• Modify Media
• Assign Media to your Stage
• Delete Media
• Player : Live Stage
• Enter a live Stage
• Quick overview of tools
• Who is here?
• Chat with the Audience
• Player Chat
• Player: Live Stage Tools
• Audio tool
• Backdrop tool
• Avatar tool
• Avatar Speech and Voices
• Avatar Animation
• Props tool
• Stream tool
• Live Drawing tool
• Object Drawing tool
• Text tool
• Depth tool
• Curtain
• Scenes
• Stage Settings
• Clickable links on stage
• Streaming
• Introduction to streaming
• Sending a stream
• Assign a stream to a stage
• Recording and Statistics
• Statistics
• Chat logs
• Replays
• Screen Recordings
• Admin
• UpStage administration
• Customise your Foyer
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Troubleshooting

The Chat Window

The audience and players can chat with each other during UpStage performances when the chat window is visible. Players can choose to hide or expose the chat window during a performance, and to position it on either the left or the right-hand side of the screen.

You can minimize the chat locally (just for your view) using the line icon at the top right corner of the chat box.

You can increase or decrease the size of the font using the + and - buttons just above the chat input field.

You can minimize the chat window using the line icon at the top of the window.

Chatting

When the chat window is available, you can write in the field at the bottom of the chat window and press enter (on your keyboard) to send your message. It is visible to all audience and players present on the stage. 

Text input by audience members appears as gray text, while player text is black and slightly larger font size.

You can include emoticons in your message by clicking on the green emoticon icon located to the right of the text input field. A pop-up window will open, showing the avaliable emoticons. Click on one to select it, then hit enter to send your message.

Emoji reactions

Above the chat text input field are four emoticons and a plus symbol. Click on one of these and it will pop up along the bottom of the stage. The four options are for applause, laughter, waving and love.

If you want to express a different reaction, use the plus symbol to access more emoji options.

Adjust the font size

The size of the font can be adjusted with the + and - buttons at the right above the text input field. Press on the + to increase the font size, and on the - to decrease it. Remember, this only changes the font size for you, not for anyone else.

You can also change the font size from the chat window settings. The settings are accessed from the cog icon at the top right of the chat window. Click on the cog and a pop-up window opens: 

Change your nickname on the chat window

The settings are accessed from the cog icon at the top right of the chat window. Click on the cog and a pop-up window opens. In the first tab you can change your Nickname.

1. Choose another nickname or simply put an empty space by pressing the space bar once.
2. Confirm by clicking on Save.

Shouting and Thinking

"Shouting" and "thinking" are ways to add expression to the chat.

• "Shouting" makes your text appear in red upper case letters in the chat window. This is done by typing ! at the beginning of your text.
• "Thinking" makes your text appear in pale blue letters in the chat window. This is done by typing : at the beginning of your text.