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When the Past Was Around

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When the Past Was Around
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Developers
Mojiken Studio
Publishers
Toge Productions
Engines
Unity 2019[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows September 22, 2020
macOS (OS X) September 22, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 77
OpenCritic 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles Anime
Themes Romance
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When the Past Was Around is a singleplayer adventure and puzzle game.

General information

Publisher Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Community Discussions (Prologue)

Availability

A demo is available from itch.io and Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mojiken Studio\When Past Was Around\
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mojiken Studio\When Past Was Around\data.save
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1164050/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mojiken Studio\When Past Was Around\data.save
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1164050/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

General settings
General settings

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound
Stereo.[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish
Vietnamese

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Input InControl

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2019.4.1f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2023-02-12
  2. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2023-02-12
    Tested with Special K.