Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart
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| Developers | |
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| Artifex Mundi | |
| Engines | |
| Spark Casual Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 19, 2012 |
| macOS (OS X) | February 5, 2014 |
| Linux | February 5, 2014 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure, Hidden object, Puzzle |
| Themes | Piracy, Zombies |
| Series | Nightmares from the Deep |
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| Nightmares from the Deep | |
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| The Cursed Heart | 2012 |
| The Siren's Call | 2013 |
| Davy Jones | 2014 |
| A Hidden Object Adventure | 2016 |
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart is a singleplayer first-person adventure, hidden object and puzzle game in the Nightmares from the Deep series.
In January 2022 the whole Nightmares from the Deep series was removed from sales due to licensing agreements.[1]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com (unavailable) | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
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| Microsoft Store (unavailable) | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %APPDATA%\Artifex Mundi\NightmaresFromTheDeep_TheCursedHeart\CE\profile\<user-id>\*.prf |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $HOME/.Artifex Mundi/NightmaresFromTheDeep_TheCursedHeart/CE/profile/<user-id>/*.prf |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\259740\remote\profile\*.prf |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Artifex Mundi\NightmaresFromTheDeep_TheCursedHeart\CE\profile\<user-id>\*.cub |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $HOME/.Artifex Mundi/NightmaresFromTheDeep_TheCursedHeart/CE/profile/<user-id>/*.cub |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\259740\remote\profile\*.cub |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 1280x768 (15:9) stretched to the monitor's resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Stretched from 1280x768. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Non-resizeable 1280x768 window. FMVs are of lower quality. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Background effects update at the monitor refresh rate. FMVs and many animations are 30 fps. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | |
| OpenGL | OS X and Linux only. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | 256 MB of VRAM |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM |
References
- ↑ Twitter - Artifex Mundi - last accessed on 2022-05-27
- "We're removing the NFTD series from sales due to licensing agreements."