Balan Wonderworld
Developers | |
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Balan Company | |
Arzest | |
Publishers | |
Square Enix | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 26, 2021 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Platform |
Sports | Football (Soccer), Baseball |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Fantasy |
Balan Wonderworld is a 3D platformer developed by Balan Company and Arzest and published by Square Enix. The game is notable for its extensive powerup system.
The game was released on Steam on March 26, 2021. A pre-release demo was made available on January 27, 2021.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Publisher website | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.
Demo
A demo is available on Steam. It contains World 1, as well as one level each from Worlds 4 and 6,[1] and does not contain the Day 1 patch.
- Progress in the demo does not carry over to the full version, except for unlocking one exclusive costume.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\BALAN WONDERWORLD\Steam\<user-id>\SaveGames\Option.sav %LOCALAPPDATA%\Happiness\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1341050/pfx/[Note 1] |
- The first configuration file is encrypted (Hexadecimal). The second file only allows changing a few of its values, such as screen resolution (For instance, the value for HDR has no effect on the game).
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\BALAN WONDERWORLD\Steam\<user-id>\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1341050/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Aspect ratios taller than 16:9 are letterboxed. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Loading screens and some attention moments fit the screen, while the rest of the game is pillarboxed to 16:9. | ||
4K Ultra HD | [2] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the generic Unreal Engine 4 FOV guide to increase. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Referred to as Virtual Full Screen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | Choice to lock to 60 FPS or 30 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Some keys can't be bound to the mouse | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Separate sensitivity options for X-axis and Y-axis. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Separate option for X-axis inversion. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Present with the Vertical Movement option. X-axis inversion is present with the Horizontal Movement option. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Xbox prompts are always active if a controller is detected during launch.[3] | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects and Voices | |
Surround sound | Supports 7.1.[4] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Greek | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Indonesian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Spoken lines in the intro do not match up with the official Japanese subtitles. | |||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Thai | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 2 | Co-op The game relies on Remote Play Together, rather than having a dedicated online system. |
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Asynchronous multiplayer |
Issues fixed
"Play with a friend" controller prompt does not recognize the controller
The game treats both the keyboard/mouse and the first connected controller as Player 1 |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | Vorbis, XAudio2 |
Command line arguments
- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter | Description |
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-windowed | Forces windowed mode. |
-fullscreen | Forces fullscreen mode. |
-d3d12 | Forces DirectX 12 renderer. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.1 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4430 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R9 270X DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 DirectX 11 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1341050) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Balan Wonderworld demo available now! - last accessed on 2021-03-26
- ↑ Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2021-02-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-01-29
- ↑ Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2021-02-04