Flicker of Hope
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| Developers | |
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| Studio Whip | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 3, 2020 |
| macOS (OS X) | August 3, 2020 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Survival horror |
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Flicker of Hope is a singleplayer cinematic camera survival horror game.
Initially released under the name Wick. Renamed to the Flicker of Hope on December 12, 2020[2] due to a name conflict with a product of another company.[3]
General information
Availability
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Freeware | Completely free. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\FlickerOfHope\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1314460/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
- The game has checkpoints but does not save progress on disk. It's short and can be completed in 30-40 minutes.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | In-game resolution selection is limited but game always starts in borderless fullscreen windowed mode using desktop resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Vert- by default. To change FOV scaling to Hor+ see Unreal Engine 4/Field of view (FOV). The final cutscene is pillarboxed 16:9.[4] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Vert- by default. The game can be played without problem.[5] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Fullscreen is always borderless. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 8x regardless of the in-game settings.[6] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA regardless of the in-game setting.[6] | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 62 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard controls
Controller layout
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
|---|
| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Controller has a higher priority. |
Audio
Sound settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master, Ambient Sound, Music, Sound Effects | |
| Surround sound | 5.1 Surround[7] | |
| Subtitles | No speech. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 12 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7-9750H | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 DirectX 12 compatible |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.15 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7 2.6 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon Pro 560X | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.23.1.0[1]
- ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1314460) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-09-09
- ↑ Flicker of Hope History · Change #10247553 · SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-09-09
- ↑ Steam :: Flicker of Hope :: Studio Whip Announcement - last accessed on 2023-09-09
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-09-09
- Tested at 3840x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-09-09
- Tested at 3440x1440 custom resolution.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-09-09
- Verified using developer console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-09-09
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.