The Dream Machine
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Developers | |
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Cockroach | |
Publishers | |
The Sleeping Machine | |
Engines | |
Flash | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 14, 2010 |
macOS (OS X) | December 14, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
OpenCritic | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Relaxed |
Perspectives | Cinematic camera, Flip screen |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
Art styles | Digitized |
Themes | Contemporary, Fantasy |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
GOG.com | Includes all 6 chapters. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
itch.io | Includes all 6 chapters. | |||
Steam | Chapters 1-2, rest of the chapters as DLC. Can be played without Steam running.[1] |
- The version from the developer's site is no longer sold. Those who have bought the games can still access them, but no Steam keys are issued.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
---|---|
DLC | Chapters 3-6 in Steam. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Chapter 3 | ||
Chapter 4 | ||
Chapter 5 | ||
Chapter 6 |
Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\saveGames\settings.txt[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94300/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\saveGames\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94300/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 3:2 aspect ratio only. Fullscreen uses desktop's resolution and adds black bars. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Non-resizeable unmoveable borderless 900x600 window. Toggle with F. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Applied in high quality preset. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 24 FPS.[2] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Color blind mode |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | OS cursor used. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound and Music, on or off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All speech is text. | |
Closed captions | Enable Hearing Aid in settings. | |
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7, 9 | |
OpenGL | OS X only. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8, 10.6.3 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Mac 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/94300/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (94300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-11-29
- ↑ Post 30fps locked games here :: The Framerate Police - last accessed on 17 May 2023