The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
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| Developers | |
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| Spooky Doorway | |
| Publishers | |
| Akupara Games | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 2019[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 15, 2021 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 15, 2021 |
| Linux | April 15, 2021 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 84 |
| OpenCritic | 81 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Flip screen, Side view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Comedy, Contemporary, Supernatural |
| Series | The Darkside Detective |
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| The Darkside Detective | |
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| The Darkside Detective | 2017 |
| The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark | 2021 |
General information
- Developer Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| itch.io | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Xbox Play Anywhere. | |
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| Steam | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
- A demo is available from Steam.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Spooky Doorway\The Darkside Detective 2 %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Spooky Doorway\The Darkside Detective 2\DarksideOptions |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Spooky Doorway/The Darkside Detective 2/prefs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Spooky Doorway/The Darkside Detective 2/DarksideOptions |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Spooky Doorway\The Darkside Detective 2\*.save |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Spooky Doorway/The Darkside Detective 2/*.save |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | Synchronization in Linux works only if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set or is set to the default $HOME/.config. |
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| Xbox Cloud |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Anamorphic 16:9. Fullscreen uses desktop resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Pillarboxed 16:9. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Switch with Alt+↵ Enter. The window is freely resizeable. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Borderless by default. To enable exclusive, see Unity/Exclusive fullscreen mode. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
XInput controller settings
| 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 | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | Separate sensitivities for Left and Right sticks. | |
| 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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| Generic/other controllers |
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| 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 | Sound Effects, Music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 | |
| OpenGL | Confirmed for Linux version. Windows version does not support it. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 3000 DirectX 10 compatible | Dedicated |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | 10.10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Dedicated | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | Dedicated |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-04-15