Not for Broadcast
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| Developers | |
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| NotGames | |
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| tinyBuild | |
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| Unity[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 25, 2022 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Genres | Simulation |
| Art styles | FMV, Realistic, Live action |
| Themes | Comedy, Europe |
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Not for Broadcast is self-described propaganda sim, in which the player is put in charge of National Nightly News. The game combines the full 3D environment of the TV station's control room, with FMV segments recorded from different cameras, which the player has to switch in between in order to maximise viewership. Occasionally player is also given a choice on how to portray certain news fragment, what to advertise in between news segments and even whatever to break a law in order to help people that may suffer under the highly radical government.
The game was released as Early Access title for Windows on January 30, 2020 and was met with overwhelmingly positive responses from Steam users.[2] The game was then updated with various quality of life improvements based on player feedback, as well as a performance fix for (then already deprecated) Windows 7.[3] Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, the recording and development of Episode 2 were delayed, with a separate new episode called "Lockdown" being recorded in home isolation and implemented into the game as a free update on June 25, 2020.[4] Episode 2 was ultimately recorded and released to the public on January 28, 2021, which was then followed by the instruction of dubbing to Russian and Chinese[5] and a few major patches released in consecutive months.[6][7][8] The game exited early access on January 25, 2022.
General information
Availability
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- A free prologue is available from Steam.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Live & Spooky | |
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| Bits of Your Life | |
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| The Timeloop | Coming soon. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NotGames\NotForBroadcast |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1147550/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\NotGames\NotForBroadcast |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1147550/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | Added on July 14, 2020. |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use RoseTheFlower's solution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggled by pressing Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Fullscreen is borderless windowed. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Game utilises DXGI Flip Model (with flags allowing for tearing in windowed mode) and thus Vsync works as intended, despite window being borderless. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | Located under Accessibility settings. Has presets for Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia. Can also have manually configured. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
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| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
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| Controller support |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | No option to enable it. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.7 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 11 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 DirectX 11 compatible |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2019.2.0[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1147550/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1147550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2020-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-07-14
- 1162 reviews in first week, 97% positive)
- ↑ Week 2 Patch - Windows 7 Fix! - last accessed on 2020-07-14
- ↑ Not For Broadcast: Lockdown - Play now! - last accessed on 2020-07-14
- ↑ Dubbing Update - Out Now! - last accessed on 2022-01-19
- ↑ The 'Play Your Way' Update is OUT NOW - last accessed on 2022-01-19
- ↑ A Tasty Patch - last accessed on 2022-01-19
- ↑ The 'Challenge Accepted!' Update is OUT NOW! - last accessed on 2022-01-19