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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/37250/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| Retail |  | unknown |  |  | Windows, OS X }}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail |  | unknown |  |  | Windows, OS X }}
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{{Availability/row| Publisher | https://www.macgamestore.com/product/1161/Dream-Chronicles-The-Chosen-Child/ | unknown |  |  | OS X }}
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
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===Save game data location===
 
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|steam cursor detection notes =
 
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==Audio settings==
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{{L10n/switch
 
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|language  = English
 
|language  = English
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===API===
 
===API===
 
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
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|minCPU  = G4 800 MHz or faster
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|OSfamily = OS X
 
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{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Latest revision as of 09:24, 26 October 2022

Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child
Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child cover
Developers
KatGames
Publishers
PlayFirst
Release dates
Windows April 16, 2009
macOS (OS X) April 16, 2009
Taxonomy
Genres Hidden object
Series Dream Chronicles
Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child on Wikipedia
Dream Chronicles
Dream Chronicles 2007
Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze 2008
Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child 2009
Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air 2010
Dream Chronicles: The Book of Water 2011

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Publisher website
DRM details are not known
macOS (OS X)
Steam (unavailable)
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\PlayFirst\dream-chronicles-chosen-child\prefs.dat
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37250/pfx/[Note 1]
Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\PlayFirst\dream-chronicles-chosen-child\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 70 MB
Video card (GPU) 1024x768 minimum screen resolution
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.4
Processor (CPU) G4 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 70 MB
Video card (GPU) 1024x768 minimum screen resolution


Notes

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

References