Aperture Desk Job
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| Developers | |
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| Valve Corporation | |
| Engines | |
| Source 2 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 1, 2022 |
| Linux | March 1, 2022 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control, Gestures, Voice control |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Portal |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Subseries of Half-Life | |
| Portal | 2007 |
| Portal 2 | 2011 |
| Portal 2 Sixense Perceptual Pack | 2013 |
| Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative (unofficial mod) | 2014 |
| Portal Stories (series) | |
| The Lab | 2016 |
| Bridge Constructor Portal | 2017 |
| Moondust | 2018 |
| Aperture Hand Lab | 2019 |
| Aperture Desk Job | 2022 |
Aperture Desk Job is an interactive tech demo for the Steam Deck set in the Portal universe.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Aperture Desk Job required a controller in order to play, keyboard and mouse are not supported.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\game\steampal\cfg\video.txt[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\game\steampal\cfg\machine_convars.vcfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\game\steampal\save[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Letterboxed or Vert- if narrower or wider than 16:10, respectively. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Vert-, increase FOV to compensate.[1] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Vert-, increase FOV to compensate.[2] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA 4x. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Field of view (FOV)
- High FOV values may show improperly drawn areas.
| Change FOV using console[3] |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse, touch | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Keyboard is used only once to type the name. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Only for Menu Navigation and one specific action(signing document). | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Touchscreen optimised | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | While it's designed for Steam Deck in mind, it would still work with any controller types. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Controller remapping can be done through Steam Input's Controller Configuration page. | |
| Controller sensitivity | You can only change the Camera Sensitivity for Mouse-like Camera actions (such as [Gyro Aim Turret] and [Right Trackball]) on Steam Input's Controller Configuration page.[4] | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
| Steam Input | ||
|---|---|---|
| Steam Input API support | ||
| Official controller preset(s) | DualShock 4, Xbox One Controller, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller and Steam Controller | |
| Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master only | |
| Surround sound | 7.1 Surround[5] | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Bulgarian | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Greek | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Romanian | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish | ||||
| Swedish | ||||
| Thai | ||||
| Turkish | ||||
| Ukrainian | ||||
| Vietnamese |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 | |
| Vulkan | Accessible in Windows by using the command line argument -vulkan |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Steam Audio | |
| Interface | Qt | |
| Input | SDL |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-7500 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 12 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB of VRAM | |
| Other | Steam Deck | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | SteamOS | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-7500 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 12 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB of VRAM | |
| Other | Steam Deck | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-04
- Tested using custom 2560x800 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-04
- Tested using custom 2560x1080 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Al2009man on 2022-03-17
- Increased the Camera Sensitivity in Chapter 5-onwards and rebinds [Aim Turret] to [Right Trackball] camera, which also doubles as a Camera for the Turret section
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-05
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.