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|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
−
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Unity|name=Unity 4|ref=<ref name="engineversion">{{Refcheck|user=Vetle|date=2017-05-25}}</ref>|build=4.3.1f1}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Unity|name=Unity 4|Former|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Vetle|date=2017-05-25}}</ref>|build=4.3.1f1}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Unity|name=Unity 5|ref=<ref name="engineversion">{{Refcheck|user=Mastan|date=2020-12-07}}</ref>|build=5.6.3f1}}
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 2013|ref=<ref name="releasedate">{{Refsnip|url=http://www.matthewbrowngames.com/press/sheet.php?p=hexcellsplus|title=Matthew Brown Presskit - Hexcells Plus|date=2016-08-25|snippet='''Release date:''' December, 2013}}</ref>}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 2013|ref=<ref name="releasedate">{{Refsnip|url=http://www.matthewbrowngames.com/press/sheet.php?p=hexcellsplus|title=Matthew Brown Presskit - Hexcells Plus|date=2016-08-25|snippet='''Release date:''' December, 2013}}</ref>}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|December 2013|ref=<ref name="releasedate"/>}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|December 2013|ref=<ref name="releasedate"/>}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|December 2013|ref=<ref name="releasedate"/>}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|December 2013|ref=<ref name="releasedate"/>}}
 +
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Relaxed }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Flip screen, Top-down view }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Puzzle }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Abstract }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Hexcells }}
 
|steam appid  = 271900
 
|steam appid  = 271900
−
|gogcom page  =  
+
|hltb        = 17043
 +
|igdb        = hexcells-plus
 +
|gogcom id    =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
−
|wikipedia    =  
+
|mobygames    = hexcells-plus
 +
|wikipedia    = Hexcells
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 +
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
−
{{series|Hexcells}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
−
{{mm}} [http://www.matthewbrowngames.com/hexcellsplus.html Official site]
+
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/271900/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
−
{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/271900/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
−
{{Availability/row| Developer | http://www.matthewbrowngames.com/hexcellsplus.html | DRM-free | | | Windows, OS X, Linux}}
+
{{Availability/row| Humble | hexcells-complete-pack | DRM-free | Packaged with [[Hexcells]] and [[Hexcells Infinite]]. | Steam | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 271900 | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux}}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 271900 | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
−
===Configuration file(s) and save game data location===
+
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
−
{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|hkcu}}\SOFTWARE\Matthew Brown\Hexcells Plus\}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\saves\options.txt|{{P|hkcu}}\SOFTWARE\Matthew Brown\Hexcells Plus}}
−
{{Game data/row|OS X|}}
+
{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
−
{{Game data/row|Linux|}}
+
{{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|game}}/saves/options.txt|{{P|xdgconfighome}}/unity3d/Matthew Brown/Hexcells Plus/prefs}}
 +
}}
 +
{{XDG|false}}
 +
 
 +
===Save game data location===
 +
{{Game data|
 +
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\saves\*.save}}
 +
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 +
{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{p|game}}/saves/*.save}}
 
}}
 
}}
−
{{XDG|unknown}}
 
−
{{ii}} To remove data in-game, press and hold {{key|shift}} and {{key|1}}, {{key|2}} or {{key|3}} in main menu to erase corresponding save data.
 
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
−
|origin               =  
+
|discord                  =
−
|origin notes         =  
+
|discord notes            =
−
|steam cloud           = false
+
|epic games launcher      =
−
|steam cloud notes    =  
+
|epic games launcher notes =
−
|uplay                =  
+
|gog galaxy                =
−
|uplay notes           =  
+
|gog galaxy notes          =
 +
|origin                   =  
 +
|origin notes             =  
 +
|steam cloud               = true
 +
|steam cloud notes        =
 +
|ubisoft connect          =
 +
|ubisoft connect notes    =  
 +
|xbox cloud                =  
 +
|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
==Video settings==
+
==Video==
 
{{Image|Hexcells Plus - Unity launcher.png|Unity launcher.}}
 
{{Image|Hexcells Plus - Unity launcher.png|Unity launcher.}}
−
{{Image|Hexcells Plus - General.png|Games main menu, showing only available option in game - audio mute in bottom left corner.}}
+
{{Image|Hexcells Plus - General.png|In-game general settings.}}
−
{{Video settings
+
{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
−
|multimonitor              = unknown
+
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
−
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+
|ultrawidescreen            = false
−
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
+
|ultrawidescreen notes      = {{term|Pillarboxed}} 16:9, side bars are filled with background color.
−
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+
|4k ultra hd                = true
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
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|windowed                  = true
 
|windowed                  = true
 
|windowed notes            =  
 
|windowed notes            =  
−
|borderless windowed        = hackable
+
|borderless windowed        = true
−
|borderless windowed notes  = Enable windowed mode and use the {{code|-popupwindow}} [[Glossary:Command line arguments|parameter]].
+
|borderless windowed notes  = Fullscreen is always borderless.
 
|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
−
|antialiasing              = false
+
|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
−
|vsync                      = false
+
|upscaling                  = unknown
−
|vsync notes                = Always enabled.
+
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 +
|vsync                      = always on
 +
|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
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}}
 
}}
  
−
==Input settings==
+
==Input==
−
{{Input settings
+
{{Input
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          = In unity launcher.
 
|key remap notes          = In unity launcher.
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|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 +
|touchscreen              = false
 +
|touchscreen notes        = A touch-friendly edition is available on other platforms - the right mouse button is required to use the PC release.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Gremolio|date=2022-09-14|comment=}}</ref>
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
−
|touchscreen               = unknown
+
|xinput controllers        = unknown
−
|touchscreen notes        =  
+
|xinput controllers notes  =
−
|button prompts           = unknown
+
|xbox prompts              = unknown
−
|button prompts notes     =  
+
|xbox prompts notes        =
 +
|impulse triggers          = unknown
 +
|impulse triggers notes    =
 +
|dualshock 4               = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 notes        =
 +
|dualshock prompts        = unknown
 +
|dualshock prompts notes  =
 +
|light bar support        = unknown
 +
|light bar support notes  =
 +
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
 +
|tracked motion controllers= unknown
 +
|tracked motion controllers notes =
 +
|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
 +
|tracked motion prompts notes =
 +
|other controllers         = unknown
 +
|other controllers notes  =  
 +
|other button prompts     = unknown
 +
|other button prompts notes=  
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|haptic feedback          = unknown
 
|haptic feedback          = unknown
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
−
|light bar support        = unknown
+
|simultaneous input        = unknown
−
|light bar support notes   =  
+
|simultaneous input notes  =
 +
|steam input api          = unknown
 +
|steam input api notes    =
 +
|steam hook input          = unknown
 +
|steam hook input notes    =
 +
|steam input presets      = unknown
 +
|steam input presets notes =
 +
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
 +
|steam controller prompts notes =
 +
|steam cursor detection    = unknown
 +
|steam cursor detection notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
==Audio settings==
+
==Audio==
−
{{Audio settings
+
{{Audio
−
|separate volume          = false
+
|separate volume          = true
−
|separate volume notes    = Mute only.
+
|separate volume notes    = Music, Sound
−
|surround sound          = unknown
+
|surround sound          = n/a
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|subtitles                = n/a
 
|subtitles                = n/a
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|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
−
|mute on focus lost      = true
+
|mute on focus lost      = always on
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
−
|eax support notes        =  
+
|eax support notes         =
 +
|royalty free audio       = unknown
 +
|royalty free audio notes  =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
−
  |interface = yes
+
  |interface = true
−
  |audio    = no
+
  |audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Simplified Chinese
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = French
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = German
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Japanese
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Korean
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Brazilian Portuguese
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Russian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Spanish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = n/a
 
  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
−
|direct3d versions      = 7, 9
+
|direct3d versions      = 9, 11
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw notes      =  
 
|directdraw notes      =  
−
|opengl versions        = unknown
+
|wing                  =
−
|opengl notes          =  
+
|wing notes            =
 +
|opengl versions        = true
 +
|opengl notes          = OS X and Linux only.
 
|glide versions        =  
 
|glide versions        =  
 
|glide notes            =  
 
|glide notes            =  
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|mantle support        =  
 
|mantle support        =  
 
|mantle support notes  =  
 
|mantle support notes  =  
 +
|metal support          =
 +
|metal support notes    =
 
|vulkan versions        =  
 
|vulkan versions        =  
 
|vulkan notes          =  
 
|vulkan notes          =  
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
−
|64-bit executable     = false
+
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
−
|64-bit executable notes=  
+
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
 +
|windows exe notes      =
 +
|mac os x powerpc app  =
 +
|macos intel 32-bit app = true
 +
|macos intel 64-bit app = true
 +
|macos app notes        =
 +
|macos arm app          =
 +
|linux powerpc app      =
 +
|linux 32-bit executable= true
 +
|linux 64-bit executable= true
 +
|linux arm app          = unknown
 +
|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|minVRAM  =  
 
|minVRAM  =  
 
|minSM    = 2.0
 
|minSM    = 2.0
 +
|notes    = {{ii}} Total size after installation at December 25, 2020 was 108 MB.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Mastan|date=2020-12-25}}</ref>
 
}}
 
}}
−
{{ii}} Total size after installation at August 25, 2016 was 66 MB.
 
−
<ref name="marioysikax">{{Refcheck|user=Marioysikax|date=2016-08-25}}</ref>
 
  
 
{{System requirements
 
{{System requirements

Latest revision as of 13:58, 11 January 2023

Hexcells Plus
Hexcells Plus cover
Developers
Matthew Brown
Engines
Former Unity 4[Note 1]
Unity 5[Note 2]
Release dates
Windows December 2013[3]
macOS (OS X) December 2013[3]
Linux December 2013[3]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Flip screen, Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Puzzle
Art styles Abstract
Series Hexcells
Hexcells Plus on HowLongToBeat
Hexcells Plus on IGDB
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Icon overlay.png
Icon overlay.png
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Hexcells Plus on MobyGames
Hexcells Plus on Wikipedia
Hexcells
Hexcells 2013
Hexcells Plus 2013
Hexcells Infinite 2014

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
DRM-free
 Packaged with Hexcells and Hexcells Infinite.
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves\options.txt[Note 3]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Matthew Brown\Hexcells Plus
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/saves/options.txt
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Matthew Brown/Hexcells Plus/prefs
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves\*.save[Note 3]
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/saves/*.save

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Unity launcher.
Unity launcher.
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Pillarboxed 16:9, side bars are filled with background color.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen is always borderless.
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

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
In unity launcher.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
A touch-friendly edition is available on other platforms - the right mouse button is required to use the PC release.[4]
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11
OpenGL
OS X and Linux only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Shader model 2.0 support
Total size after installation at December 25, 2020 was 108 MB.[5]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Shader model 2.0 support
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 10.04
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Shader model 2.0 support


Notes

  1. ↑ Unity engine build: 4.3.1f1[1]
  2. ↑ Unity engine build: 5.6.3f1[2]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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).

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-05-25
  2. ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-12-07
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matthew Brown Presskit - Hexcells Plus - last accessed on 2016-08-25
    "Release date: December, 2013"
  4. ↑ Verified by User:Gremolio on 2022-09-14
  5. ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-12-25