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{{stub}}
 
 
{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = Pennycoverartlibrary 600x900 2x.jpg
 
|cover        = Pennycoverartlibrary 600x900 2x.jpg
 
|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
{{Infobox game/row/developer|DEVELOPER}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Evening Star}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|PUBLISHER}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Private Division}}
|engines      =  
+
|engines      =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Star Engine|name=Star Engine}}
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|Q1 2024}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|February 21, 2024}}
 
|reception    =  
 
|reception    =  
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|link|rating}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|pennys-big-breakaway|rating}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|link|rating}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|link|rating}}
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|link|rating}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|pennys-big-breakaway|rating}}
 
|taxonomy    =
 
|taxonomy    =
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure, Platform }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Cartoon }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
+
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 
|steam appid  = 1955230
 
|steam appid  = 1955230
 
|steam appid side =  
 
|steam appid side =  
 
|gogcom id    =  
 
|gogcom id    =  
 
|gogcom id side =  
 
|gogcom id side =  
|official site=  
+
|official site= http://pennysbigbreakaway.com/
|hltb        =  
+
|hltb        = 130450
|igdb        = <!-- Only needs to be set if there is no IGDB reception row -->
+
|igdb        = pennys-big-breakaway
 
|lutris      =  
 
|lutris      =  
|mobygames    =  
+
|mobygames    = 218112
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
|wikipedia    =  
+
|wikipedia    = Penny's Big Breakaway
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 
|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Steam | 1955230 | Steam | | Windows}}
+
{{Availability/row| Steam | 1955230 | Steam | | Windows }}
 +
}}
  
 
==Monetization==
 
==Monetization==
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|steam}}\userdata\{{p|uid}}\1955230\remote\Settings.cfg}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|steam}}\userdata\{{p|uid}}\1955230\remote\SaveData.db}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|origin                    =  
 
|origin                    =  
 
|origin notes              =  
 
|origin notes              =  
|steam cloud              =  
+
|steam cloud              = true
 
|steam cloud notes        =  
 
|steam cloud notes        =  
 
|ubisoft connect          =  
 
|ubisoft connect          =  
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==Video==
 
==Video==
 +
{{Image|Penny's Big Breakaway Video.png|Video options}}
 
{{Video
 
{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
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|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
|multimonitor              = unknown
+
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+
|ultrawidescreen            = limited
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
+
|ultrawidescreen notes      = {{term|FMV}}s and menus are {{term|pillarboxed}} to 16:9.
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
|fov                        = unknown
+
|fov                        = false
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|windowed                  = true
 
|windowed                  = true
 
|windowed notes            =  
 
|windowed notes            =  
|borderless windowed        = unknown
+
|borderless windowed        = true
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
|anisotropic                = unknown
+
|anisotropic                = always on
|anisotropic notes          =  
+
|anisotropic notes          = {{file|Settings.cfg}} suggests that anisotropic filtering is set to 4x.{{dubious|date=2024-02-22|reason=This requires further investigation.}}
|antialiasing              = true
+
|antialiasing              = limited
|antialiasing notes        =  
+
|antialiasing notes        = On/off toggle. Unknown method.
|upscaling                  = unknown
+
|upscaling                  = false
 
|upscaling tech            =  
 
|upscaling tech            =  
 
|upscaling notes            =  
 
|upscaling notes            =  
|vsync                      = unknown
+
|vsync                      = true
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
|120 fps                    = unknown
+
|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
|hdr                        = unknown
+
|hdr                        = false
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|hdr notes                  =  
|ray tracing                = unknown
+
|ray tracing                = false
 
|ray tracing notes          =  
 
|ray tracing notes          =  
|color blind                = unknown
+
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Input==
 
==Input==
 +
{{Image|Penny's Big Breakaway Game.png|Game options}}
 
{{Input
 
{{Input
|key remap                = unknown
+
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
|acceleration option      = unknown
+
|acceleration option      = n/a
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
+
|mouse sensitivity        = n/a
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
|mouse menu                = unknown
+
|mouse menu                = false
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
+
|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
|touchscreen              = unknown
+
|touchscreen              = false
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
|controller support        = unknown
+
|controller support        = true
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
|full controller          = unknown
+
|full controller          = true
 
|full controller notes    =  
 
|full controller notes    =  
|controller remap          = unknown
+
|controller remap          = false
|controller remap notes    =  
+
|controller remap notes    = Two control styles ("Pro" and "Simple") are available.
|controller sensitivity    = unknown
+
|controller sensitivity    = false
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
+
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
|xinput controllers        = unknown
+
|xinput controllers        = true
 
|xinput controllers notes  =  
 
|xinput controllers notes  =  
|xbox prompts              = unknown
+
|xbox prompts              = true
 
|xbox prompts notes        =  
 
|xbox prompts notes        =  
|impulse triggers          = unknown
+
|impulse triggers          = false
 
|impulse triggers notes    =  
 
|impulse triggers notes    =  
|dualshock 4              = unknown
+
|dualshock 4              = true
 
|dualshock 4 notes        =  
 
|dualshock 4 notes        =  
|dualshock prompts        = unknown
+
|dualshock prompts        = true
 
|dualshock prompts notes  =  
 
|dualshock prompts notes  =  
 
|light bar support        = unknown
 
|light bar support        = unknown
 
|light bar support notes  =  
 
|light bar support notes  =  
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
+
|dualshock 4 modes        =  
 
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =  
 
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =  
 
|tracked motion controllers= unknown
 
|tracked motion controllers= unknown
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|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts notes=  
 
|other button prompts notes=  
|controller hotplug        = unknown
+
|controller hotplug        = true
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
|haptic feedback          = unknown
+
|haptic feedback          = true
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
|simultaneous input        = unknown
+
|digital movement supported = false
 +
|digital movement supported notes=
 +
|simultaneous input        = false
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
|steam input api          = unknown
+
|steam input api          = false
 
|steam input api notes    =  
 
|steam input api notes    =  
|steam hook input          = unknown
+
|steam hook input          = true
 
|steam hook input notes    =  
 
|steam hook input notes    =  
|steam input presets      = unknown
+
|steam input presets      = false
 
|steam input presets notes =  
 
|steam input presets notes =  
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
+
|steam controller prompts  = false
 
|steam controller prompts notes =  
 
|steam controller prompts notes =  
|steam cursor detection    = unknown
+
|steam cursor detection    = false
 
|steam cursor detection notes =  
 
|steam cursor detection notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
 +
<gallery>
 +
Penny's Big Breakaway Controller Pro.png|Controller preset ("Pro")
 +
Penny's Big Breakaway Controller Simple.png|Controller preset ("Simple")
 +
Penny's Big Breakaway Keyboard.png|Keyboard rebinding settings
 +
</gallery>
  
 
==Audio==
 
==Audio==
 +
{{Image|Penny's Big Breakaway Sound.png|Sound options}}
 +
{{Image|Penny's Big Breakaway Language.png|Language options}}
 
{{Audio
 
{{Audio
|separate volume          = unknown
+
|separate volume          = true
|separate volume notes    =  
+
|separate volume notes    = Separate sliders for Music, SFX, and Speech volume.
|surround sound            = unknown
+
|surround sound            = false
 
|surround sound notes      =  
 
|surround sound notes      =  
|subtitles                = unknown
+
|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
|closed captions          = unknown
+
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
|mute on focus lost        = unknown
+
|mute on focus lost        = always on
 
|mute on focus lost notes  =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes  =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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{{L10n|content=
 
{{L10n|content=
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
|language  = English
+
|language  = English
  |interface = true
+
|interface = true
  |audio    = unknown
+
|audio    = true
  |subtitles = unknown
+
|subtitles = true
  |notes    =  
+
|notes    =
  |fan      =  
+
|fan      =
  |ref      =  
+
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = Simplified Chinese
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = Traditional Chinese
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = French
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = German
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =  
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = Italian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =  
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Japanese
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Korean
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Brazilian Portuguese
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = Russian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Spanish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =  
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
|direct3d versions      = 11
+
|direct3d versions      = 12
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
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|physics          =  
 
|physics          =  
 
|physics notes    =  
 
|physics notes    =  
|audio            =  
+
|audio            = Ogg Vorbis, Waveform Audio, MIDI
|audio notes      =  
+
|audio notes      = <ref>{{Refcheck|user=Fds29|date=2024-03-12|comment=Extracted {{code|Data###.rsdk}} and observed {{code|.wav}}, {{code|.ogg}} and {{code|.mid}} files are present.}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://twitter.com/HunterBridges/status/1727043446127689797|title=Hunter Bridges on X|date=2024-03-12|snippet=When penguins cling on to you, it will trigger a MIDI timbale fill and transition to a 'pinch mode' track. These are generally faster and more frantic arrangements of the world themes.}}</ref>
 
|interface        =  
 
|interface        =  
 
|interface notes  =  
 
|interface notes  =  
 
|input            =  
 
|input            =  
 
|input notes      =  
 
|input notes      =  
|cutscenes        =  
+
|cutscenes        = Duck IVF, VP9
|cutscenes notes  =  
+
|cutscenes notes  = <ref>{{Refcheck|user=Fds29|date=2024-03-12|comment=Extracted {{code|Data###.rsdk}} and examined the video files with {{code|ffprobe}}. libvpx is mentioned in the open source notices.}}</ref>
 
|multiplayer      =  
 
|multiplayer      =  
 
|multiplayer notes=  
 
|multiplayer notes=  
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
|minOS    =  
+
|minOS    = Windows 10
|minCPU  =  
+
|minCPU  = Intel Core i5-3470
|minCPU2  =  
+
|minCPU2  = AMD Ryzen 3 1200
|minRAM  =  
+
|minRAM  = 4 GB
 
|minHD    =  
 
|minHD    =  
|minGPU  =  
+
|minGPU  = Nvidia GTX 750 Ti
|minGPU2  =  
+
|minGPU2  = ATI Radeon HD 7850
 
|minVRAM  =  
 
|minVRAM  =  
 
|minDX    =  
 
|minDX    =  
  
|recOS    =  
+
|recOS    = Windows 11
|recCPU  =  
+
|recCPU  = Intel Core i7-4770K
|recCPU2  =  
+
|recCPU2  = Ryzen 5 1400
|recRAM  =  
+
|recRAM  = 8 GB
 
|recHD    =  
 
|recHD    =  
|recGPU  =  
+
|recGPU  = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
|recGPU2  =  
+
|recGPU2  = AMD Radeon R9 270X
 +
|recGPU3  = Intel Arc A380
 
|recVRAM  =  
 
|recVRAM  =  
|notes    =  
+
|notes    = {{ii}} A 64-bit operating system is required. {{ii}} Although not officially listed in the requirements, the installation size is approximately 2.75 GB.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamdb.info/depot/1955231/|title=Depot 1955231 for Penny’s Big Breakaway · SteamDB|date=2024-03-12}}</ref>
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Revision as of 00:51, 12 April 2024

Penny's Big Breakaway
Penny's Big Breakaway cover
Developers
Evening Star
Publishers
Private Division
Engines
Star Engine
Release dates
Windows February 21, 2024
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Platform
Art styles Cartoon
Penny's Big Breakaway on HowLongToBeat
Penny's Big Breakaway on IGDB
Penny's Big Breakaway on MobyGames
Penny's Big Breakaway on Wikipedia

Penny's Big Breakaway is a singleplayer adventure and platform game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None


Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1955230\remote\Settings.cfg
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1955230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1955230\remote\SaveData.db
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1955230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video options
Video options

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
FMVs and menus are pillarboxed to 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Settings.cfg suggests that anisotropic filtering is set to 4x.[dubious – discuss]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
On/off toggle. Unknown method.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Game options
Game options

Audio

Sound options
Sound options
Language options
Language options

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Separate sliders for Music, SFX, and Speech volume.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Ogg Vorbis, Waveform Audio, MIDI [1][2]
Cutscenes Duck IVF, VP9 [3]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-3470
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GTX 750 Ti
ATI Radeon HD 7850
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Although not officially listed in the requirements, the installation size is approximately 2.75 GB.[4]


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2024-03-12
    Extracted Data###.rsdk and observed .wav, .ogg and .mid files are present.
  2. Hunter Bridges on X - last accessed on 2024-03-12
    "When penguins cling on to you, it will trigger a MIDI timbale fill and transition to a 'pinch mode' track. These are generally faster and more frantic arrangements of the world themes."
  3. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2024-03-12
    Extracted Data###.rsdk and examined the video files with ffprobe. libvpx is mentioned in the open source notices.
  4. Depot 1955231 for Penny’s Big Breakaway · SteamDB - last accessed on 2024-03-12