Observation
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| Developers | |
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| No Code | |
| Publishers | |
| Devolver Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 2017 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 21, 2019 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 79 |
| OpenCritic | 76 |
| IGDB | 82 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
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General information
- Official developer support page and FAQ - for all games from No Code
- Official Discord server - includes a dedicated Observation channel
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
DRM-free when launched from the executable.[1] | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\No Code Studio\Observation |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/906100/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\No Code Studio\Observation\SaveGames\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/906100/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Intentionally letterboxed at every aspect ratio. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Hor+, and Vert- by letterboxing; mouse pointer confined to 16:9, forcing to use other input devices to navigate the main menu.[2] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+, and Vert- through letterboxing; mouse pointer confined to 16:9.[2][3] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | [4] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Borderless fullscreen by default. To make it exclusive, see Exclusive fullscreen. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Part of every graphics preset from Simple and up, with no separate option.[5] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA, TAA. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Limited to 60 FPS unless Vsync is enabled.[6] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Exclusive fullscreen
Use the -window-mode exclusive command line argument[7]
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Input
Controls settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Custom key bindings are not reflected in the prompts. Some keys are not remappable.[Note 2] | |
| Mouse acceleration | Sphere look appears to be affected by negative mouse acceleration.[8] | |
| Mouse sensitivity | Look Sensitivity is for the spheres. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Applies to mouse control of the spheres, and to keyboard camera movement. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | [9] | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | [9] | |
| Haptic feedback | Vibration toggle.[9] | |
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Gameplay settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | Most of the environmental sounds are not captioned. | |
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese |
Issues unresolved
Controls hints cut off at wider resolutions
- Temporarily setting the game resolution to one with less width will allow to see the hints.[10]
Issues fixed
Controls settings arrow isn't functional
- Instead of clicking with the mouse, press the arrow button on the keyboard or the controller to access the Camera Control bindings.[11]
Pressing X at prompt doesn't work
- The game will display a button prompt with an X on it. ← Backspace is the actual button to press.[12]
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | FMOD |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3240 3.4 GHz AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz |
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 640 AMD Radeon HD 7750 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon RX 570 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 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>/906100/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (906100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ For example, ← Backspace is not listed among the Controls but used to back out of objects inspection; some of the functionality of Space ␣ is remappable but even when fully remapped, the game will require its use to close the SamOS interface.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Closed the launcher, removed its folders and launched the game without issues.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Screenshots taken at 5760x1080, 3840x1080 (both custom), 2560x1080 and 1920x1080, then compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-23
- Played through the game at 2560x1080 without notable issues.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Used a custom desktop resolution of 3840x2160, got to select it in the menu, and it lowered the FPS.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Found this out by extracting the game files.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- 75 FPS on a 75Hz monitor with RivaTuner and Shadowplay FPS counters.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Tested by checking whether NVIDIA ShadowPlay would display FPS.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-24
- In my testing, quickly moving the mouse results in little change on the screen, while moving it slower results in much more distance traveled.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-23
- Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-23
- At 2560x1080, the SamOS hints are partially cut off but visible. At 5760x1080 there are no signs of them.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- It works, and it seems to be the only way to access the extra keybindings.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- This appeared when inspecting a document. A No Code developer said this on Discord: "It's an X inside the backwards arrow - that's what backspace looks like on most keyboards"