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Lisa: The Painful

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This page is for the original game. For the Definitive Edition, see Lisa: Definitive Edition.

Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful cover
Developers
Dingaling Productions
Publishers
Serenity Forge
Engines
mkxp[1][2]
Legacy version RPG Maker VX Ace[1][3]
Release dates
Windows December 15, 2014
macOS (OS X) December 15, 2014
Linux December 15, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control, Menu-based
Genres RPG, Platform
Vehicles Bicycle
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Post-apocalyptic
Series Lisa
Lisa: The Painful on HowLongToBeat
Lisa: The Painful on IGDB
Lisa: The Painful on MobyGames
Lisa: The Painful on Wikipedia
Lisa
Lisa: The First 2012
Lisa: The Painful 2014
Lisa: Definitive Edition 2023

Lisa: The Painful is a singleplayer side view and scrolling RPG and platform game in the Lisa series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Bundled with Lisa: Definitive Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Official website (unavailable)
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC DLC adds an additional story that serves as a sequel to the game.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions The game features no microtransactions.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Lisa: The Joyful Includes Lisa: The Joyful - Definitive Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Saves are incompatible with Lisa: Definitive Edition.[4]

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
544 x 416 (17:13) native resolution, with the option of static aspect, integer scaling, or stretching.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Fan translation, download and Joyful DLC.
Japanese
Fan translation, download and Joyful DLC.
Russian
Fan translation by «Prometheus Project». Alternate link.
Spanish
Fan translation, download and Joyful DLC.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2400
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2400


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2018-10-29
  2. LISA · AppID: 335670 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  3. Anyone know what engine was used to make this game? :: LISA General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  4. Serenity Forge - LISA: Definitive Edition FAQ - last accessed on 2023-07-19
    "Original game saves and Definitive Edition saves are not transferable between versions."