Owlboy
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| Developers | |
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| D-Pad Studio | |
| macOS (OS X) | Ethan Lee |
| Linux | Ethan Lee |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | IndieBox |
| Engines | |
| FNA | |
| Windows (formerly) | XNA[1] |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 1, 2016[2] |
| macOS (OS X) | January 26, 2017[3] |
| Linux | January 26, 2017[3] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 88 |
| OpenCritic | 88 |
| IGDB | 89 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Side view, Scrolling |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Platform, Adventure |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Fantasy |
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Owlboy is a singleplayer side view and scrolling platform and adventure game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Owlboy\Config\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Owlboy/Config/ |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Owlboy/ |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Owlboy\Saves\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Owlboy/Saves/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Owlboy/Saves/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Fullscreen uses desktop resolution. Rendering resolution is 640x360. Uses bilinear filtering to stretch to any non-integer scaled resolution, like 2736x1824. 16:10 aspect ratio is fine when using the Letterboxing option. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Stretched from 16:9.[4] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | 1280x720 only. Toggle with F11. Cursor can be locked inside window. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 61 FPS.[5] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
General settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Single key per action. In-game button prompts do not conform with custom control settings, instead only ever showing the default controls. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Unplug any controllers. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wired |
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| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, music and sound. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | |
| OpenGL | 3.0 | 2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable. |
| Shader Model support | 3.0 (HLSL), 1.20 (GLSL) |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
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| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 | Latest |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.0 compatible 2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | glibc 2.15+ | |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.0 compatible 2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable | |
References
- ↑ 3 questions :: Owlboy General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Owlboy Trailer - Release NOV 1st 2016 - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Owlboy - last accessed on 2017-01-26
- ↑ Fullscreen on Ultrawide displays :: Owlboy Bugs & Feedback - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ unlocked framerate? :: Owlboy General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023