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Human Resource Machine
Human Resource Machine	2015
7 Billion Humans	2018

Human Resource Machine is a singleplayer top-down view puzzle game in the Human Resource Machine series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Epic Games Store		Game can be launched directly from the executable^[2]
GOG.com
Humble Store
itch.io
Mac App Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Human Resource Machine\settings.txt
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Human Resource Machine/settings.txt
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Tomorrow Corporation/Human Resource Machine/settings.txt

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

See here for possible options.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Human Resource Machine\profiles.bin
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Human Resource Machine/profiles.bin
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Tomorrow Corporation/Human Resource Machine/profiles.bin

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher		Incorrectly states cloud saves on store page
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings. Showing menu accessed with Esc with fullscreen toggle and quit. Back button is always visible and music toggle is visible during gameplay.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Available in the pause menu (press `Esc`). On Windows can also be toggled with `F` or `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen is borderless windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be controlled on the configuration file with the `vsync` parameter.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Everything is controlled with pointer device and primary button. Can't toggle windowed.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only music can be disabled while in game. Individual levels can be changed in the configuration file. Range is between 0 and 1.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Shown in settings as en.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch				Shown in settings as nl.
French				Shown in settings as fr.
German				Shown in settings as de.
Hungarian
Italian				Shown in settings as it.
Norwegian
Polish				Shown in settings as pl.
Brazilian Portuguese				Shown in settings as pt.
Russian				Shown in settings as ru.
Spanish				Shown in settings as sp.
Swedish				Shown in settings as se.
Turkish

To change the language of the Steam version, you have to use the Steam properties for the application. For the DRM-free version, you have to modify the configuration file.

Other information

Configuration file structure and options

	Setting
fullscreen	Enables fullscreen. Can be set to 1 (enabled) or 0 (disabled).
language	Sets the game language. Uses the system language when set to system. Use language codes from the localizations table.
volume_music	Sets the volume of game music. Ranges from 0 to 1.0 (full volume).
volume_sfx	Sets the volume of game sound effects. Ranges from 0 to 1.0 (full volume).
vsync	Enables vertical synchronization. Can be set to 1 (enabled) or 0 (disabled).

See here for the location of the settings.txt file on each system.

The default structure of the configuration file:

fullscreen = 1
language = system
volume_music = 1.0
volume_sfx = 1.0
vsync = 1

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.1 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.1 compatible

References

↑ Tomorrow Corporation : Human Resource Machine for Linux Now Available - last accessed on 2016-03-30
↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-12-26
Ran the executable offline with no issues. given who makes the game, this is not surprisung.

[1] Tomorrow Corporation : Human Resource Machine for Linux Now Available - last accessed on 2016-03-30

[2] Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-12-26
Ran the executable offline with no issues. given who makes the game, this is not surprisung.

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|human-resource-machine|74}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
@@ Line 54: / Line 54: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| official | https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine#getitnow | DRM-free |  | Steam | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
-{{Availability/row| Epic Games Store | human-resource-machine | unknown | | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Epic Games Store | human-resource-machine | DRM-Free | Game can be launched directly from the executable<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Dribbleondo|date=2023-12-26|comment=Ran the executable offline with no issues. given who makes the game, this is not surprisung.}}</ref> | | Windows, OS X }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | human_resource_machine | DRM-free |  |  | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | human-resource-machine | DRM-free |  | Steam | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
@@ Line 66: / Line 66: @@
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|appdata}}\Human Resource Machine\settings.txt}}
-{{Game data/config|OS X|~\Library\Application Support\Human Resource Machine\settings.txt}}
+{{Game data/config|OS X|{{p|osxhome}}/Library/Application Support/Human Resource Machine/settings.txt}}
-{{Game data/config|Linux|{{P|xdgdatahome}}\Tomorrow Corporation\Human Resource Machine\settings.txt}}
+{{Game data/config|Linux|{{P|xdgdatahome}}/Tomorrow Corporation/Human Resource Machine/settings.txt}}
 }}
 {{XDG|true}}
@@ Line 74: / Line 74: @@
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|appdata}}\Human Resource Machine\profile.bin}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|appdata}}\Human Resource Machine\profiles.bin}}
-{{Game data/saves|OS X|~\Library\Application Support\Human Resource Machine\profile.bin}}
+{{Game data/saves|OS X|{{p|osxhome}}/Library/Application Support/Human Resource Machine/profiles.bin}}
-{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{P|xdgdatahome}}\Tomorrow Corporation\Human Resource Machine\profile.bin}}
+{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{P|xdgdatahome}}/Tomorrow Corporation/Human Resource Machine/profiles.bin}}
 }}
@@ Line 82: / Line 82: @@
 {{Save game cloud syncing
 |epic games launcher       = false
-|epic games launcher notes =
+|epic games launcher notes = Incorrectly states cloud saves on store page
 |discord                   =
 |discord notes             =
@@ Line 123: / Line 123: @@
 |antialiasing               = n/a
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = hackable
-|vsync notes                = On Windows, change {{Code|vsync}} to ''1'' in the [[#Configuration file location|configuration file]].
+|vsync notes                = Can be controlled on the [[#Configuration file location|configuration file]] with the {{Code|vsync}} parameter.
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
@@ Line 190: / Line 193: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 200: / Line 205: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     = Shown in settings as ''en''.
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Simplified Chinese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Traditional Chinese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
@@ Line 294: / Line 313: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Turkish
- |interface = true
- |audio     = false
- |subtitles = true
- |notes     =
-}}
-{{L10n/switch
- |language  = Traditional Chinese
- |interface = true
- |audio     = false
- |subtitles = true
- |notes     =
-}}
-{{L10n/switch
- |language  = Simplified Chinese
   |interface = true
   |audio     = false
@@ Line 323: / Line 328: @@
 {{Standard table/row| volume_music | Sets the volume of game music. Ranges from ''0'' to ''1.0'' (full volume). }}
 {{Standard table/row| volume_sfx | Sets the volume of game sound effects. Ranges from ''0'' to ''1.0'' (full volume). }}
-{{Standard table/row| Vsync | Enables [[Glossary:Vertical sync (Vsync)|vertical synchronization]]. Can be set to ''1'' (enabled) or ''0'' (disabled). }}
+{{Standard table/row| vsync | Enables [[Glossary:Vertical sync (Vsync)|vertical synchronization]]. Can be set to ''1'' (enabled) or ''0'' (disabled). }}
 }}
 {{ii}} See [[#Game data|here]] for the location of the {{File|settings.txt}} file on each system.
-{{ii}} An example structure of the configuration file:
+{{ii}} The default structure of the configuration file:
   fullscreen = 1
   language = system
   volume_music = 1.0
   volume_sfx = 1.0
-  Vsync = 1
+  vsync = 1
 ==Other information==
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 9
+|direct3d versions      = 9.0c
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 356: / Line 361: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|mac os x powerpc app   =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
-|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
+|macos intel 32-bit app = false
 |macos intel 64-bit app = true
-|macos arm app          =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable= true
 |linux 64-bit executable= true
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Tomorrow Corporation
Linux	Edward Rudd
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 2015
macOS (OS X)	October 15, 2015
Linux	March 29, 2016^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Puzzle
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Human Resource Machine