Dear Camy

Dear Camy

Developers
	Gaimplay
Release dates
Windows	May 21, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Series	Camy

Camy
Dear Camy	2000
Camy 2: The Machine	2000
The Camy Collection	2002

Dear Camy is an singleplayer platform game developed and published by Gaimplay. It's the first title in a series of Camy games.

Dear Camy was first released in the year 2000 around May 21st (exact date unknown) on Windows. The game was available for download (version 1.1) from the gaimplay.com site and TUCOWS Games. It was also bundled with many computer magazines on the included CDs. Later in 2002 the company released The Camy Collection which included the updated version (v1.2) of the game. The v1.2 update offered some exclusive features such as being easier to finish (more lives and less balls) and improvements in the graphics (new sprites).

Dear Camy is not under active development. The last version (Dear Camy v1.2) was bundled with The Camy Collection.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website (unavailable)		The game is no longer available digitally from the official website

The freeware 1.1 version of the game, which misses some features from the 1.2 paid version, can be obtained from the Internet Archive

Version differences

Source: ReadMe.htm files included in the game folder after installation.

Official

The original release was included with PC magazines and saw a freeware release on Gaimplay website.

Dear Camy Remix

Dear Camy Remix was a remake of Dear Camy. All the graphics and levels had been redone to give this version of the game a cool new style. The gameplay and story was essentially the same as original. It was available only in The Camy Collection.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Freeware	The game was distributed as freeware

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Options.dat

Save game data location

This game does not save progress.

Video

Dear camy first level

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		800x600 only. Game can be forced to widescreen resolution using DXWrapper but it will remain in 4:3 aspect ratio.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set EnableWindowMode to 1 in dxwrapper.ini. See Use DxWrapper.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Set EnableWindowMode and DdrawUseNativeResolution to 1 in dxwrapper.ini. See Use DxWrapper.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Set AnisotropicFiltering to 1 in dxwrapper.ini. See Use DxWrapper.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Set AntiAliasing to 1 in dxwrapper.ini. See Use DxWrapper.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Set EnableVSync to 1 in dxwrapper.ini. See Use DxWrapper.
60 FPS		Set EnableVSync to 1 in dxwrapper.ini. This should enable 60 fps on 60 Hz screen. See Use DxWrapper.
120+ FPS		Set EnableVSync to 1 in dxwrapper.ini. This should enable 120 fps on 120 Hz screen. See Use DxWrapper.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Main menu showing controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The keys are displayed on the title screen.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Workaround is to use joystick to keyboard mapper. See Controller to Keyboard Input.

Audio

Options menu

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		No dialogue
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

"VBIE - Initialize - Class not registered" Error in polish

"VBGE - Initialize - Object doesn't support this action" Error

Error: VBIE - Initialize - Class not registered

Add missing DirectX dlls to Windows
Download dx7vb.dll Copy dx7vb.dll to <path-to-game>\ Open cmd.exe as administrator. Run regsvr32.exe <path-to-game>\dx7vb.dll

Error: VBGE - Initialize - Object doesn't support this action

Enable Windows Compatibility Mode
Enable the following compatibility settings for <path-to-game>\DearCamy.exe: Compatibility mode Windows 98 / Windows ME Run the game once, then close it. Disable the previously applied compatibility settings for <path-to-game>\DearCamy.exe. Notes If the error still shows up after you followed these steps you may need to leave Windows 98 compatibility mode turned on permanently.

Game runs extremely slow

Use DxWrapper
Download DxWrapper. Copy dxwrapper.ini, dxwrapper.dll, dxwrapper.asi and Stub\dciman32.dll from the archive to <path-to-game>\. Open the <path-to-game>\dxwrapper.ini in the text editor. Under [Compatibility] set Dd7to9 and DisableGameUX to 1 Under [Dd7to9] set DdrawUseNativeResolution and DdrawMaintainAspectRatio to 1 Under [d3d9] set EnableVSync and EnableWindowMode to 1

Issues unresolved

Blaster balls appearing on the bomb

Blaster balls appearing on the right side of the screen

Blaster balls visual glitches

When running game using DxWrapper there are some minor visual glitches such as:

• Blaster balls blinking on bombs
• Blaster balls appearing on the right side of the screen when there are no bombs left

Glitches does not impact gameplay in any way.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible