Spark the Electric Jester

Spark the Electric Jester is a singleplayer scrolling and side view action and platform game in the Spark the Electric Jester series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.^[1]

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	Game does not contain any microtransactions.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save.bin^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/601810/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

General settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		No option for exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Keyboard settings

Xbox pad settings

Generic pad settings

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Always shows custom prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DirectInput is disabled when a DS4 is plugged in, due to a bug for which no fix is known where having one connected makes the game run at 5 FPS.

Generic/other controllers		To prevent the bug mentioned above, the game tries to detect if a DS4 is plugged in, but the heuristics used will sometimes disable DirectInput support in other cases as well. In such cases, removing or disabling any unused DirectInput devices might fix this.
Button prompts		Always shows custom prompts.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

The game can freeze before reaching the title screen.

Disable Steam Overlay
Disabling the Steam Overlay in the game’s properties on Steam, or starting the game directly without using Steam, might fix the issue.

Don't skip the intro immediately^[2]
If you skip the intro too quickly, the game might get stuck on a black screen. Wait a few seconds until the intro with the planet starts, and only then press "Start" to skip the intro.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
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Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/601810/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (601810) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.