Hyper Light Drifter

Hyper Light Drifter

Developers
	Heart Machine
	Aaron Melcher
Engines
	GameMaker Studio
Release dates
Windows	March 31, 2016
macOS (OS X)	March 31, 2016
Linux	March 31, 2016

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

Community wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Purchase via Humble Widget. DRM-free or Steam key, but not both.
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched from the executable.
GOG.com
Humble Store		DRM-free or Steam key, but not both.
Origin		Included with EA Play.
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Original Soundtrack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\HyperLightDrifter\GamePrefs.dat
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.HeartMachine.HyperLightDrifter
Linux	~/.config/HyperLightDrifter

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

Save game data location

Save data starts with an 80 characters long machine-specific header, followed by Base64-encoded content that defines various gameplay parameters.

Due to the machine-specific header, saves requires specific steps to facilitate transfers to other machines.

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\HyperLightDrifter\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.HeartMachine.HyperLightDrifter
Linux	~/.config/HyperLightDrifter

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher		Disabled due to technical limitations.
GOG Galaxy
Origin		While cloud sync is enabled for the game and the save data is synced to the cloud, the save will not be detected on other machines unless manually updated to account for the machine-specific header of the other machine.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general settings.

Input settings

In-game keyboard and mouse settings.

In-game Xbox controller controls.

In-game DualShock 4 controls.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish

Network

In-game co-op settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Save game transfer

Use Trappar's web-based Save Transfer Tool.
Might not function properly in Firefox.

Transfer save game to a new machine

Go to the save game data location on the old machine and backup the desired file. On the new machine, create a new save. Open the new save in a text editor and search for the first occurrence of eyAi. Copy all text preceding eyAi. Open the old save in a text editor and search for the first occurrence of eyAi. Paste the text from the new save into the old save, overwriting the current preceding text. Copy over the altered old save into the new machine's save game data location. Notes The first 80 characters of the save file is a machine-specific header that must be updated to reflect the new machine.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

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

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04, SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM