Moondust

Moondust: Knuckles Tech Demos

Developers
	Zach Tsiakalis-Brown
	Valve Corporation
Publishers
	Valve Corporation
Engines
	Unity 2018.2
Release dates
Windows	June 21, 2018
Taxonomy
Series	Portal

Warnings

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).

Key points

Tech demo to show off the functionality of the Valve Index Controllers, previously called the Knuckles controllers during development.

Contains mini-games in the Portal universe, including:

• BuggyBuddy
• Celestial Sprint
• Lift Off
• Rock Crushing
• Space Station Construction
• Throwing Range

An earlier tech demo named Demo Scene was also created for the prototype Knuckles EV1.3 controllers, which can be found here

General information

Source Code

Moondust: Creating Content for Knuckles EV2

Advanced Knuckles Interaction System

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Unlisted on steam, requires direct link to steam page or the game's steam download link.

All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/887260/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Up to 180° per eye
Windowed		True for Spectator Mode
Borderless fullscreen windowed		True for mirrored view
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

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

Tracked motion controllers		Valve Index Controllers only.
Button/gesture prompts

Additional information
Haptic feedback

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

VR support

This game requires a virtual reality headset.

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR		Valve Index controllers only.
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		Use Controller Bindings to map Valve Index controller inputs.
Windows Mixed Reality		Use Controller Bindings to map Valve Index controller inputs.
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers		Valve Index Controllers only. See Input for details.
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse		Spectator Mode only.

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	4.0, 5.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Steam Audio

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	410 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB of VRAM