Difference between revisions of "Blackwell Epiphany"

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General information

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Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Via Humble Widget. Demo also available.
GOG.com
Steam		Can be played without Steam.^[1]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Blackwell Epiphany\acsetup.cfg
macOS (OS X)
Linux	<path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Blackwell Epiphany\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Blackwell Epiphany/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/ags/Blackwell Epiphany/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

$Graphics options accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.$

Graphics options accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.

In-game menu and settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x400 (16:10) static aspect, stretched, or pixel-perfect. Scaling algorithm is either nearest-neighbor or bilinear.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Resolution can be set, but will have black borders (Stretch, preserving aspect ratio setting), or be stretched (Fill whole screen setting).
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate is locked at 40fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Enabled by default. Disable by creating the file `allegro.cfg` in the main game folder and entering the following text: [mouse] mouse_accel_factor=0
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Audio, Voice. You can disable the music by removing or simply renaming the file `audio.vox` in the installation folder. This doesn't affect sound effects or speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Voice only, text only or both.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
DirectDraw	5	Labeled Software renderer in the external setup utility.
OpenGL

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	350 MB
Video card (GPU)	640x400, 32-bit colour DirectX 5.2 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.11
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	640x360
Other		Dual-button mouse or Apple mouse with Secondary Button / Secondary Click enabled.

A 64-bit operating system is required.

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Developers

	Wadjet Eye Games
Engines
	Adventure Game Studio^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	April 24, 2014
macOS (OS X)	April 24, 2014
Linux	June 16, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	84
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Flip screen, Side view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Contemporary, North America, Supernatural
Series	Blackwell