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Spectacular Sparky

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Spectacular Sparky
Spectacular Sparky cover
Developers
FreakZone Games
Publishers
Nicalis
Engines
Unity 2020[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 20, 2021
macOS (OS X) October 20, 2021
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling, Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Platform, Shooter
Art styles Cartoon, Pixel art
Themes Comedy, Sci-fi, Space
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Spectacular Sparky is a singleplayer scrolling and side view action, platform and shooter game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase Spectacular Sparky requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions This game has no microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nicalis, Inc.\Spectacular Sparky
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1300100/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Nicalis, Inc_\Spectacular Sparky\Player.log
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1300100/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Game sets itself to the monitor's native resolution.
Multi-monitor
[2]
Ultra-widescreen
Aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio, with stylized pillarboxing during gameplay.[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Resolution is limited to 1280x720, with no option to change.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Capped at 90 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.


Input

Control settings
Control settings

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Percentages for Sound Effects, Music, and Dialogue.
Can be set in intervals of 10, from 0 ("Mute") - 100.
Surround sound
Stereo only.[4]
Subtitles
Text boxes and speech bubbles, accompanied with voice acting, are utilized.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
German
Japanese
Korean
Spanish

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 440 MB
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 440 MB


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2020.3.19f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-07-12
    As indicated in the player.log file.
  2. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-07-11
    Tested on a multi-monitor setup.
  3. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-07-11
    Tested by playing the game at 2560x1080 resolution.
  4. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-07-11
    Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.