Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business

Bertram Fiddle
Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1	2016
Bertram Fiddle: Episode 2	2017

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.

Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business is a singleplayer side view, flip screen and scrolling adventure game in the Bertram Fiddle series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rumpus Animation\The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/354680/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rumpus Animation\The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/354680/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Three save slots available.

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Launcher video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:9 resolutions only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Character animations have low framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

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

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Launcher remap settings are ignored. The game only uses mouse buttons and `Esc`.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

In-game audio settings.

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

In-game language selection.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL		OS X only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Steam version is 32-bit only. Microsoft Store version is 64-bit only.
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

↑ Unity engine build: 4.6.5f1^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/354680/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (354680) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Rumpus Animation
Publishers
	Deck13 Interactive
Engines
	Unity 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	April 2, 2015
macOS (OS X)	April 2, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Side view, Flip screen, Scrolling
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Europe, Victorian, Comedy
Series	Bertram Fiddle