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Screencheat

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Screencheat
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Developers
Samurai Punk
Publishers
Surprise Attack
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 21, 2014
macOS (OS X) October 21, 2014
Linux October 21, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 71
OpenCritic 73
IGDB 71
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Genres Shooter
Themes Comedy
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Key points

Game is multiplayer only and does not feature any single player modes[2]

General information

Developer Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
Humble Deluxe Edition also available.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Save data will be found in the game folder if run outside of Steam.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Deluxe Edition The soundtrack and five exclusive Rag dolls.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Samurai Punk\SCREENCHEAT\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\profiles\profiles.dat[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\301970\remote\profiles\profiles.dat
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Maximum listed resolution is 1920x1200;[3] see Widescreen resolution for higher settings.
Multi-monitor
See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
50-110°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Every VBlank and Every second VBlank.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Widescreen resolution

Maximum resolution without these steps is 1920x1200.[3]
Set resolution in registry[3]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Adjust the Screenmanager Resolution values to your resolution.

Input

Input settings, profile specific so every player can choose their own setting.
Input settings, profile specific so every player can choose their own setting.
Controller preset changing for DualShock 4 (top) and Xbox 360 controller (bottom).
Controller preset changing for DualShock 4 (top) and Xbox 360 controller (bottom).
Keyboard rebinding. Profile specific.
Keyboard rebinding. Profile specific.
Plugging in unrecognized controller in lets player bind buttons into 360 buttons.
Plugging in unrecognized controller in lets player bind buttons into 360 buttons.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, effects, music and announcer.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Announcer speech isn't subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Only one keyboard and mouse, other players require controller.
LAN play
Online play
8 Due to game's nature, online multiplayer is splitscreen as well. Supports up to eight local players.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Ability to join random lobby, no search criteria
Peer-to-peer
Screencheat uses Photon Realtime to handle connections.
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Any GPU from 2010-2014
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Any GPU from 2010-2014
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Any GPU from 2010-2014


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.3.4f1[1]
  2. 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. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
  2. "Training Mode"? :: Screencheat General Discussion - last accessed on May 2023
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Screencheat | WSGF
  4. Imgur - last accessed on March 13, 2016