Difference between revisions of "Broken Age"

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Broken Age is a singleplayer adventure game.

General information

Official forums

Official wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
itch.io
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam
Official website (unavailable)		Purchase via Humble Widget.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BrokenAge\saves\game.settings
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/BrokenAge/Saves/game.settings
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/BrokenAge/saves/game.settings
Steam	<path-to-game>/saves/game.settings

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BrokenAge\saves\*.sav
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/BrokenAge/Saves/*.sav
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/BrokenAge/saves/*.sav
Steam	<path-to-game>/saves/*.sav

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

*.sav store the save game data for the respective save slot.

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only 4:3 and 16:9. Resolutions in other aspect ratios are not available.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 64 FPS.

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is on in the main menu, but not in game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, voice and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download (Act I).
Brazilian Portuguese				Translation.
Russian				Official in-game localization. Trailer
Russian				Fan translation Act I by «ZoG Forum Team»
Slovak				Use unofficial Slovak language file (Windows). Also contains localized textures.
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game crashes upon launching

Disable Steam overlay^{[citation needed]}
In your Steam library right click Broken Age. Click on Properties. In the General tab, uncheck Enable Steam Community In-Game.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			^[1]
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	SDL2	Linux only.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	1.7 GHz Dual core	Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 260GTX ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel HD 3000 DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo	Intel Core i
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9600GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 Intel HD 3000	Nvidia GeForce 285 AMD Radeon HD 4670

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	1.7 GHz Dual core	Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 260GTX ATI Radeon HD 2000 Intel HD 4000	Nvidia GeForce 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850

References

↑ DoubleFine updates remasters - Gives them away for free! | The International House of Mojo

[1] DoubleFine updates remasters - Gives them away for free! | The International House of Mojo

[1]

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Developers

	Double Fine Productions
Engines
	Moai
Release dates
Windows	January 28, 2014
macOS (OS X)	January 28, 2014
Linux	January 28, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy, Sci-fi, Comedy