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The Dream Machine

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The Dream Machine
The Dream Machine cover
Developers
Cockroach
Publishers
The Sleeping Machine
Engines
Flash
Release dates
Windows December 14, 2010
macOS (OS X) December 14, 2010
Reception
Metacritic 75
OpenCritic 77
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Cinematic camera, Flip screen
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles Digitized
Themes Contemporary, Fantasy
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General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes all 6 chapters.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
itch.io
DRM-free
Includes all 6 chapters.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Chapters 1-2, rest of the chapters as DLC. Can be played without Steam running.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
The version from the developer's site is no longer sold. Those who have bought the games can still access them, but no Steam keys are issued.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Chapters 3-6 in Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Chapter 3
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Chapter 4
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Chapter 5
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Chapter 6
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saveGames\settings.txt[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94300/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saveGames\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94300/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
3:2 aspect ratio only. Fullscreen uses desktop's resolution and adds black bars.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Non-resizeable unmoveable borderless 900x600 window. Toggle with F.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Applied in high quality preset.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 24 FPS.[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
OS cursor used.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound and Music, on or off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text.
Closed captions
Enable Hearing Aid in settings.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 9
OpenGL
OS X only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) Intel Mac 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).
  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>/94300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (94300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-11-29
  2. Post 30fps locked games here :: The Framerate Police - last accessed on 17 May 2023