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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP cover
Developers
Capybara Games
Superbrothers
Jim Guthrie
Publishers
Capybara Games
Release dates
Windows April 16, 2012
macOS (OS X) May 31, 2012
Linux May 31, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 83
OpenCritic 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Perspectives Side view
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP on HowLongToBeat
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP on IGDB
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP on MobyGames
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP on Wikipedia

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[1]
Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
Includes Soundtrack
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Includes Soundtrack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\capy\SwordAndSworcery\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/capy/SwordAndSworcery/
Linux $HOME/.capy/SwordAndSworcery/
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\204060\local\
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\capy\SwordAndSworcery\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/capy/SwordAndSworcery/
Linux $HOME/.capy/SwordAndSworcery/
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\204060\remote\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Open the config.txt file. Enable Vsync by editing the line ENABLE_VSYNC.

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
[3]
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Alternate Input Options

  • Instead of using the mousewheel to zoom in and out, you can use the + and = keys on your keyboard.
  • Instead of clicking on the shield and sword icons to use them, you can use the Z and X, or . and /, keys on your keyboard.
  • You can pan the camera around using the arrow keys.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Auto configures up to 7.1 output[4]
Subtitles
Most speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Fan translation, download
Japanese
Russian
Fan translation, download
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

Wrong resolution/Can't change resolution

Edit config.txt
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.txt.
  3. Search for:
SCREEN_HEIGHT = 1086
SCREEN_WIDTH = 1932
  1. Replace SCREEN_HEIGHT values with the new resolution height.
  2. Replace SCREEN_WIDTH values with the new resolution width.
  3. Save and close.

Crash on launch

Disable mipmaps[5]
Create the file if it does not exist.
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.txt.
  3. Disable mipmaps by changing/writing the following to the file: ENABLE_MIPMAPPING = false
Change the resolution in the config file[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.txt.
  3. Change SCREEN_HEIGHT and SCREEN_WIDTH to a resolution available on the monitor.
Reset the config file[6]
If the alternative solutions fail then a complete configuration reset might help.
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Delete config.txt.

Issues unresolved

Alt+Tab causes Twitter login fail

Using Alt+Tab appears to cause loaded tweets to fail.[7]

Non-US keyboard

Appears to be treating all international keyboards as US keyboards.[7]

Black Backgrounds & Other Missing Graphics/Videos

May or may not be related to ATI Cards but the game does not display background graphics or intro video.[8] The log lists various information, for example:

Couldn't find scenes/common/messagebox/positions.pnt
  • Verifying Steam download results in it attempting to fix but does nothing.
  • Completely reinstalling after deleting local content does not fix.
  • Latest video drivers does not fix.

Some users have had success fixing this by disabling the Catalyst A.I. in the AMD Control Center.[9]

Black Screen Freeze

The game will sometimes freeze in the transition between areas and at the end of a section. ALT-tabbing out and back works between areas, but when stuck after the second level it can be stuck permanently.

Soundtrack

The Steam version comes with the game's soundtrack in MP3 format (FLAC and others available here). It can be accessed by going to <path-to-game>\soundtrack.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 10.10
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM


References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-07-30
  2. New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Touch-friendly games - last accessed on 15 September 2022
  4. PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
  5. Game crashes on start-up - Page 2 - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Aemony on 2018-02-04
  7. 7.0 7.1 Twitter Login Bug & UK Keyboard bug + #honest bug - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
  8. ATi Problem? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
  9. ATi Problem? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)