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Human Resource Machine

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Human Resource Machine
Human Resource Machine cover
Developers
Tomorrow Corporation
Linux Edward Rudd
Release dates
Windows October 15, 2015
macOS (OS X) October 15, 2015
Linux March 29, 2016[1]
Reception
Metacritic 78
OpenCritic 71
IGDB 74
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Puzzle
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Sci-fi
Series Human Resource Machine
Human Resource Machine on HowLongToBeat
Human Resource Machine on IGDB
Human Resource Machine guide on StrategyWiki
Human Resource Machine on MobyGames
Human Resource Machine on Wikipedia
Human Resource Machine
Human Resource Machine 2015
7 Billion Humans 2018

Human Resource Machine is a singleplayer top-down view puzzle game in the Human Resource Machine series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Game can be launched directly from the executable[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Human Resource Machine\settings.txt
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Human Resource Machine/settings.txt
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Tomorrow Corporation/Human Resource Machine/settings.txt
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
See here for possible options.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Human Resource Machine\profiles.bin
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Human Resource Machine/profiles.bin
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Tomorrow Corporation/Human Resource Machine/profiles.bin

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Incorrectly states cloud saves on store page
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings. Showing menu accessed with Esc with fullscreen toggle and quit. Back button is always visible and music toggle is visible during gameplay.
General settings. Showing menu accessed with Esc with fullscreen toggle and quit. Back button is always visible and music toggle is visible during gameplay.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Available in the pause menu (press Esc). On Windows can also be toggled with F or Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen is borderless windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Can be controlled on the configuration file with the vsync parameter.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Everything is controlled with pointer device and primary button. Can't toggle windowed.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Only music can be disabled while in game. Individual levels can be changed in the configuration file. Range is between 0 and 1.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Shown in settings as en.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Shown in settings as nl.
French
Shown in settings as fr.
German
Shown in settings as de.
Hungarian
Italian
Shown in settings as it.
Norwegian
Polish
Shown in settings as pl.
Brazilian Portuguese
Shown in settings as pt.
Russian
Shown in settings as ru.
Spanish
Shown in settings as sp.
Swedish
Shown in settings as se.
Turkish
To change the language of the Steam version, you have to use the Steam properties for the application. For the DRM-free version, you have to modify the configuration file.

Other information

Configuration file structure and options

Setting
fullscreen Enables fullscreen. Can be set to 1 (enabled) or 0 (disabled).
language Sets the game language. Uses the system language when set to system. Use language codes from the localizations table.
volume_music Sets the volume of game music. Ranges from 0 to 1.0 (full volume).
volume_sfx Sets the volume of game sound effects. Ranges from 0 to 1.0 (full volume).
vsync Enables vertical synchronization. Can be set to 1 (enabled) or 0 (disabled).
See here for the location of the settings.txt file on each system.
The default structure of the configuration file:
fullscreen = 1
language = system
volume_music = 1.0
volume_sfx = 1.0
vsync = 1

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 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) 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.1 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.1 compatible


References

  1. Tomorrow Corporation : Human Resource Machine for Linux Now Available - last accessed on 2016-03-30
  2. Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-12-26
    Ran the executable offline with no issues. given who makes the game, this is not surprisung.