Braid

Braid

Developers   Number None OS X Hothead Games OS X Ryan C. Gordon Linux Ryan C. Gordon Maintainer Aaron Melcher

Release dates Windows April 10, 2009 OS X May 20, 2009 Linux December 14, 2010

General information

Official Website

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Official website
Amazon.com		Disc, Windows version only.
GamersGate		Windows only. OS X version sold separately.
Humble Store
Steam

Currently only the Steam release contains the latest updates.

Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Braid\
OS X	~/Library/Preferences/Braid/
Linux	~/.Braid/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/26800/

This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			The game always is letterboxed to 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Alt-Enter switches to windowed mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Works using AutoHotkey. See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Available on Linux only (see Command-line parameters).
High frame rate		Frame rate capped at 60 FPS.

Game always runs in 1280x720. The resolution can be however changed using command-line parameters.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller Y-axis inversion

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
Turkish				A Turkish fan patch is available here.

Issues fixed

Running at 1080p plays in slow motion

Run at 30fps instead of 60fps using one of these options Enable 30fps using the launcher when starting the game Command-line: -30fps

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0	OS X and Linux only.
64-bit executable		OS X and Linux only.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Interface	FreeType 2

Command-line parameters

Parameter	Description
-windowed	Runs the game in a window.
-vsync -no_vsync	Tries to force or disable vsync.
-width X -height Y	Specify size of window.
-no_music	Disables music.
-half	Reduces rendering to half.
-60fps / -30fps -20fps / -15fps	Runs at X fps.
-language X	Chooses game language, where X is one of the following: english, german, french, italian, spanish, portuguese, japanese, korean, tchinese.
-no_launcher	Disables launcher.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	768 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	185 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATi Radeon 9500 nVidia GeForce FX 5900 Intel GMA 950

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	185 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATi Radeon 9500 nVidia GeForce FX 5900 Intel GMA 950

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.6
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	185 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATi Radeon 9500 nVidia GeForce FX 5900 Intel GMA 950