Balan Wonderworld is a 3D platformer developed by Arzest and Balan Company 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
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- 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
- The first configuration file is encrypted. 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
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OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Custom anisotropic samples[4]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
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Engine.ini .
- Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
- Anisotropic filtering quality can be adjusted by changing the value between 0 and 16.
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Change anti-aliasing to FXAA
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- Follow the instructions to enable the developer console in the game.
- Press ~ (requires US-Standard keyboard layout, as the game does not accept any alternate buttons for this).
- Enter
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing 1
- FXAA quality can be adjusted by changing the value of
r.PostProcessAAQuality between 1 (low) and 6 (high).
- Requires to be run after each game launch.
- Adjusting any in-game graphics settings reverts the AA method and the fix needs to be redone.
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Custom frame rate cap
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- Follow the instructions to enable the developer console in the game.
- Press ~ (requires US-Standard keyboard layout, as the game does not accept any alternate buttons for this).[5]
- Set the value of
t.MaxFPS to the desired frame rate cap, e.g. t.MaxFPS 144
- Requires to be run after each game launch.
- Adjusting any in-game graphics settings reverts the frame rate cap and the fix needs to be redone.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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Music, Sound Effects, and Voices. |
Surround sound |
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Supports 7.1.[7] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
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Arabic |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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Danish |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Greek |
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Hungarian |
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Indonesian |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Spoken lines in the intro do not match up with the official Japanese subtitles. |
Korean |
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Norwegian |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Latin American Spanish |
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Swedish |
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Thai |
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Turkish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
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[citation needed]
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- Connect a second dummy controller if intending to have player 1 on a keyboard, and player 2 on a controller.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
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Physics |
PhysX |
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Audio |
Vorbis, XAudio2 |
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- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter |
Description |
-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:
References