Timespinner

Timespinner

Developers
	Lunar Ray Games
Publishers
	Chucklefish Games
Engines
	FNA
Release dates
Windows	September 25, 2018
macOS (OS X)	September 25, 2018
Linux	September 25, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	80
IGDB	80

General information

The Official Timespinner Wiki

Publisher forums

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SavedGames\Timespinner\Timespinner\AllPlayers\Config.sav
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Timespinner/Timespinner/AllPlayers/Config.sav
Linux

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Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SavedGames\Timespinner\Timespinner\AllPlayers\TSSave.sav
Microsoft Store	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\Chucklefish.Timespinner_ywkyrypjzhpx8\SystemAppData\wgs\000901F1D18A9CED_000000000000000000000000647449F5\910BFBDB2003453BB0562B831A897F8E
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Timespinner/Timespinner/AllPlayers/TSSave.sav
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Although the game supports widescreen resolutions, the actual game screen runs at base resolution of 400x240 and is then upscaled to higher resolutions with pillarboxes.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		2D game.
Windowed		Toggled from the Options menu under Video Settings as Toggle Fullscreen.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen acts like borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Resolution upscales with Nearest neighbor scaling.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Player and familiar control mappings are independent from each other.

In-game prompts should be manually changed via Keyboard Preference setting from the Options menu to reflect on your input device.

Controller and key remapping for gameplay.

Controller and key remapping for menus.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is not used at all.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Button Style can be changed to your appropriate controller from the Options Menu.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Button Style can be changed to your appropriate controller from the Options Menu.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired

Generic/other controllers		DirectInput controllers are also supported.
Button prompts		Xbox 360, Xbox One, DualShock 4, and Nintendo Switch prompts are available.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		XInput controllers only.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master Volume, Background Music, Voice Overs, and Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All dialogue is text-based outside of a few voices during gameplay.
Closed captions		Combat chatter is not captioned.
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op Player 1 must find their familiar first in order for Player 2 to control it.
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL	3.0	Mac OS and Linux versions only.
Shader Model support	1.1

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Input	SDL2

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Dual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Lion 10.7.5
Processor (CPU)	Dual-core processor
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 3.0+ compatible

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	glibc 2.15, 32/64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Dual-core processor
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	415 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 3.0+ compatible