The Blackwell Deception
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| Developers | |
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| Wadjet Eye Games | |
| Engines | |
| Adventure Game Studio[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 12, 2011 |
| macOS (OS X) | January 24, 2013 |
| Linux | June 16, 2015 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | Flip screen, Side view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Contemporary, North America, Supernatural |
| Series | Blackwell |
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| Blackwell | |
|---|---|
| The Blackwell Legacy | 2006 |
| Blackwell Unbound | 2007 |
| The Blackwell Convergence | 2009 |
| The Blackwell Deception | 2011 |
| The Blackwell Epiphany | 2014 |
The Blackwell Deception is a singleplayer flip screen and side view adventure game in the Blackwell series.
General information
- Developer Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer website | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes the first four games. | |
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| Steam | |
Can be played without Steam.[1] | |
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| Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |  |
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- A demo is available from the developer website.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Blackwell Deception\acsetup.cfg |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Blackwell Deception\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Blackwell Deception/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/ags/Blackwell Deception/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics options for Blackwell Deception accessed through
<path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 640x480 (4:3) static aspect, stretched, or pixel-perfect. Scaling algorithm is either nearest-neighbor or bilinear. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Resolution can be set, but will be pillarboxed (Stretch, preserving aspect ratio setting) or stretched (Fill whole screen setting). | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Set with winsetup.exe or use -windowed parameter. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is locked to 40 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Enabled by default. See Mouse acceleration. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Mouse acceleration
| Disable mouse acceleration in allegro.cfg.[citation needed] |
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[mouse] mouse_accel_factor=0 |
Audio
In-game options, mostly for audio.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Audio and voice. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Voice only, text only or both. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Russian | Fan translation by «Prometheus Project» | |||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Intel GMA compatibility
| Set DirectDraw 5[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 | |
| DirectDraw | 5 | Labeled Software renderer in the external setup utility. |
| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ME | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 350 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 640x400, 32-bit colour DirectX 5.0 compatible |
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| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.11 | |
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu, Debian, Arch | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL | |
Notes
- ↑ Adventure Game Studio engine build: 3.5.1.13[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-02