Technobabylon
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| Developers | |
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| Technocrat Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Wadjet Eye Games | |
| Engines | |
| Adventure Game Studio[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 21, 2015 |
| macOS (OS X) | February 1, 2022[2] |
| Linux | February 1, 2022[2] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 82 |
| OpenCritic | 82 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | Flip screen, Side view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Cyberpunk |
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Technobabylon is a singleplayer flip screen and side view adventure game.
General information
- Publisher Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Publisher website | |
Via Humble Widget. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes soundtrack, behind the scenes video, production art gallery, a PDF of the backstory, and poster art.
Demo
- A demo is available from the publisher website.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Technobabylon\acsetup.cfg |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Technobabylon\agssave.* |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Technobabylon/ |
| Linux | $HOME/.local/share/ags/Technobabylon/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Launcher settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Pixel-perfect 640x400 (16:10). Scaling algorithm is either nearest-neighbor or bilinear. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Fullscreen locked to primary monitor | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Maximum resolution is 5120x3200, but 3840x2160 cannot be set without pillarboxing. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 2D game | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Setting affects output resolution. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 40 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Suffers from aggressive mouse acceleration in full screen. See Mouse acceleration. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Mouse as primary control method | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Point-and-click gameplay. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Mouse acceleration
| Disable mouse acceleration in fullscreen mode[3] |
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[mouse] mouse_accel_factor=0 |
Audio
In-game settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music & SFX | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Game freezes when focus is lost. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | Fan translation by «Ghylard» | |||
| Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
| Russian | Fan translation by «Prometheus Project» | |||
| Spanish | Fan translation |
Issues fixed
Description boxes close too fast
- Description boxes that appear when observing objects flash on screen for a split second before disappearing.
- This is a common Adventure Game Studio bug that can easily be triggered by opening the Steam overlay with ⇧ Shift+Tab ↹.
| Press Tab ↹[4] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | Despite its name, the SDL 2D Software renderer option outputs to Direct3D 9.[5] |
| OpenGL |
| 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) | ME | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 700 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5.2 compatible | |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
| Other | 640x400 resolution with 32-bit color | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.11 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Other | 640x360 resolution | |
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu, Debian | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.7 GHz Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL compatible | |
| Sound (audio device) | Alsa/PulseAudio/DSP compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ Adventure Game Studio engine build: 3.6.0.50[1]
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2023-07-29
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Steam News - Technobabylon - LINUX AND MACOS ports! - last accessed on 2022-02-01
- ↑ Massive mouse acceleration :: Technobabylon General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Is anyone else having this problem? :: Technobabylon General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2023-07-28
- Tested with Bandicam, Special K.