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KickBeat

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KickBeat
KickBeat cover
Developers
Zen Studios
Release dates
Windows January 20, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
KickBeat on Wikipedia

Key points

Includes a 'Play Your Own Music' gamemode.[1]
Only MP3 files are supported.[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/255370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\255370\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/255370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphical settings. "Button helper" is gameplay effecting setting which also effects score.
Graphical settings. "Button helper" is gameplay effecting setting which also effects score.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Game runs in Vert- so top and bottom of screen are cut off on widescreen resolutions, however on 16:9 and 16:10 everything is visible
Multi-monitor
Any resolution is stretched across all monitors, even specific 16x9 ones
Ultra-widescreen
Because the game is Vert- the top and bottom parts of menus and game play are out of the viewport, this includes opponents in-game.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Fixed camera angles.
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
No support
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Offers 2, 4, 8x settings
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Always active.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is jumping little under refresh rate's value.[citation needed]

Input

Key rebinding.
Key rebinding.
Controller controls.
Controller controls.

Audio

Controller controls.
Controller controls.
Includes audio calibration.

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Can't access Steam overlay

Unable to take screenshots or do anything on the overlay. Game doesn't feature borderless fullscreen which makes Alt+Tab bad alternative.
Popups still show up which means overlay does load up, it's just inaccessible.
Current workaround is to use Steam Big Picture and controllers home button. This however doesn't work for players using keyboard or controller without home button.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon HD 2600 Pro
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/255370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (255370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. KickBeat – Beat Your Own Music - Zen Studios - last accessed on August 8, 2018
  2. KickBeat Never Ends! How to Make Your Own KickBeat Tracks - last accessed on August 9, 2018