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The Shapeshifting Detective

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The Shapeshifting Detective
The Shapeshifting Detective cover
Developers
D'Avekki Studios
Wales Interactive
Publishers
Wales Interactive
Engines
Unity 2018[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows November 6, 2018
macOS (OS X) November 6, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 66
OpenCritic 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives First-person
Controls Menu-based
Genres Adventure
Art styles FMV, Live action
Themes Detective/mystery, Supernatural
Series The Shapeshifting Detective
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The Shapeshifting Detective on IGDB
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The Shapeshifting Detective is a singleplayer first-person adventure game in the The Shapeshifting Detective series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

All macOS versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wales Interactive\The Shapeshifting Detective\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\898650\remote\OptionsData
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/898650/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\898650\remote\SaveData
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/898650/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9 static aspect.[2]
Multi-monitor
16:9 static aspect.[3]
Ultra-widescreen
16:9 static aspect.[4]
4K Ultra HD
FMVs are 1920x1080.[5]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Used instead of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
FMVs are 25 FPS.[5]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
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
Master volume only.
Surround sound
Stereo.[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Hungarian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input InControl

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4590
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon HD 5750
OpenGL 3.3 compatible
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon HD 5750
OpenGL 3.3 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2018.4.9f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/898650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (898650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-04
  2. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-06
    Tested at 2560x1600 resolution.
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-06
    Tested at 2560x480 custom resolution.
  4. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-06
    Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-06
    Inspected <path-to-game>\Videos\.
  6. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-06
    Tested with Special K.