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Balan Wonderworld
Balan Wonderworld cover
Developers
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
Art styles Cartoon
Balan Wonderworld on Wikipedia

Balan Wonderworld is a 3D platformer made by Balan Company and Arzest and published by Square Enix.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Demo

A demo is available on Steam. It contains 3 of the full version's 12 worlds, and does not contain the Day 1 patch.

Achievements in the demo do not carry over to the full version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Happiness\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1341050/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\BALAN WONDERWORLD\Steam\<user-id>\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1341050/pfx/[Note 1]
The configuration file is encrypted (Hexadecimal).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Loading screens and in-game attention moments uses full width; the rest of the game is letterboxed to 16:9. Causes Balan's shadow sprite shapes to not match up with his 3D sprite in his minigame.[1]
4K Ultra HD
[2]
Field of view (FOV)
Can be increased via this generic Unreal Engine 4 guide
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 between 60fps lock and 30fps lock.
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

Key Bindings
Key Bindings
Camera settings
Camera settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
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
XInput-compatible controllers
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.
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
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
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
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
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op
The game relies on Remote Play Together, rather than having a dedicated online system.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4430
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon R9 270X
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2021-02-04
  2. Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2021-02-04
  3. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-01-29
  4. Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2021-02-04