Alwa's Legacy

Alwa's Legacy

Developers
	Elden Pixels
Engines
	Unity 2019
Release dates
Windows	June 17, 2020
macOS (OS X)	June 17, 2020
Linux	June 17, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Genres	Metroidvania
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Alwa

Alwa
Alwa's Awakening	2017
Alwa's Legacy	2020

Alwa's Legacy is a singleplayer side view metroidvania game in the Alwa series.

General information

Developer Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
itch.io
Steam		Game can be launched directly from executable without Steam on Windows.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\EldenPixels\Alwa's Legacy\Settings.dat
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy/Settings.dat

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\EldenPixels\Alwa's Legacy\SaveSlot*.dat
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy/SaveSlot*.dat

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		See Issues fixed for native Linux version.

Video

Display options.

Gameplay options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use p1xel8ted's ultra-wide fix here or here.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen is borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

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

Input

Keybindings.

Controller bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects, Dialogue, Ambience.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All dialogue is text-based. Dialogue option refers to non-verbal sounds used to indicate the advancement of text-based dialogue.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language selection.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Steam Cloud not working (Linux)

For the game's native Linux version, Steam Cloud is configured incorrectly. It looks for save files at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy/*.dat but they are located at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy/*.dat.

Link folder used by game to folder used by Steam Cloud

Note that the following steps will remove any saves already created locally by the Linux version of the game. Remove or rename $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy (if it exists). Ensure that $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels exists (so that a link can be placed there). Create a symbolic link from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy: ln -sv ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Legacy" ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/unity3d/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Legacy"

Link folder used by Steam Cloud to folder used by game

Note that the following steps will remove any saves already downloaded from Steam Cloud, and may replace previously uploaded saves with those created locally by the Linux version of the game. Optional: Back up $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy manually, in case Steam Cloud decides to replace these saves with whatever is in the cloud instead of uploading them. Remove or rename $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy (if it exists). Ensure that $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels exists (so that a link can be placed there). Ensure that $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy exists (so that the link created below is not broken). Create a symbolic link from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Legacy: ln -sv ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/unity3d/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Legacy" ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Legacy"

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	ReWired

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	2.1 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics DirectX 9.0 compatible
Controller		Gamepad

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	869 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics
Controller		Gamepad

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	903 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics
Controller		Gamepad

A 64-bit operating system is required.