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General information

Tutorial: How to add a custom text database to the game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Purchase via Humble Widget.
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config\^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BlocksThatMatterUserDatas\config\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.BlocksThatMatterUserDatas/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Blocks That Matter Save\^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BlocksThatMatterUserDatas\Blocks That Matter Save\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.BlocksThatMatterUserDatas/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud		Syncs save games.

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Vert- in behavior. See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Limited resolution settings; see Windowed to set it manually.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed to set the resolution, then use a borderless method.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Disable it by setting the `vsync` value to 0 in DisplayOptions.xml.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	May require disabling Vsync in DisplayOptions.xml.

Windowed

Edit DisplayOptions.xml^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `DisplayOptions.xml`. Set the `fullscreen` value to 0. Set the values of `windowedWidth` and `windowedHeight` to the desired resolution.

Input

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

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Single volume slider only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
Czech				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
French
German				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
Italian				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
Japanese				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page – delete by authors.
Korean				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
Portuguese				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
Russian				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page and ZoG-installer.
Spanish				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page.
Turkish				Fan translation, Steam Workshop page

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.2

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4	Intel Core 2
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	256 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Leopard	Snow Leopard
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics	AMD Radeon HD

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB	400 MB
Sound (audio device)	Integrated chipset OpenAL compatible

Notes

↑ ^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).

References

[gamedir-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).

[Note 1]

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|August 20, 2011}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|September 7, 2011}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|blocks-that-matter|72}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic||}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB||}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Scrolling, Side view }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Platform, Puzzle }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Cartoon }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 |steam appid  = 111800
+|steam appid side =
 |gogcom id    = 1207665193
+|gogcom id side =
+|official site= https://www.swingswingsubmarine.com/games/blocks-that-matter/
+|hltb         = 1176
+|igdb         = blocks-that-matter
 |strategywiki =
+|mobygames    = blocks-that-matter
 |wikipedia    = Blocks That Matter
 |winehq       = 14537
@@ Line 24: / Line 47: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| developer | http://www.swingswingsubmarine.com/games/blocks-that-matter/#buyit | DRM-free | Purchase via Humble Widget. | Steam | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
+{{Availability/row| developer | https://www.swingswingsubmarine.com/games/blocks-that-matter/#buyit | DRM-free | Purchase via Humble Widget. | Steam | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | blocks_that_matter | DRM-free | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | blocks-that-matter | DRM-free | | Steam | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
@@ Line 35: / Line 58: @@
 {{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\config\|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\BlocksThatMatterUserDatas\config\}}
 {{Game data/config|OS X|}}
-{{Game data/config|Linux|~/.BlocksThatMatterUserDatas/}}
+{{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|linuxhome}}/.BlocksThatMatterUserDatas/}}
 }}
 {{XDG|false}}
@@ Line 43: / Line 66: @@
 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Blocks That Matter Save\|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\BlocksThatMatterUserDatas\Blocks That Matter Save\}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
-{{Game data/saves|Linux|~/.BlocksThatMatterUserDatas/}}
+{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{p|linuxhome}}/.BlocksThatMatterUserDatas/}}
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             = false
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = true
+|steam cloud               = true
-|steam cloud notes      = Syncs save games.
+|steam cloud notes         = Syncs save games.
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Blocks That Matter - General settings.png|General settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/blocks-matter/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = gold
@@ Line 90: / Line 113: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = hackable
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
+|vsync                      = always on
 |vsync notes                = Disable it by setting the <code>vsync</code> value to 0 in [[#Configuration file(s) location|DisplayOptions.xml]].
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              = May require disabling vsync in [[#Configuration file(s) location|DisplayOptions.xml]].
+|120 fps notes              = May require disabling Vsync in [[#Configuration file(s) location|DisplayOptions.xml]].
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 110: / Line 136: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 174: / Line 200: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = false
 |separate volume notes    = Single volume slider only.
@@ Line 187: / Line 213: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 193: / Line 221: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = English
- |interface = true
- |audio     = false
- |subtitles = false
-}}
-{{L10n/switch
- |language  = French
   |interface = true
   |audio     = false
@@ Line 218: / Line 240: @@
   |notes     = Fan translation, [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=828286974 Steam Workshop page].
   |fan       = true
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = French
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = false
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
@@ Line 314: / Line 342: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = false
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|64-bit executable notes=
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
+|windows exe notes      =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
+|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
+|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
+|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
+|linux executable notes =
+}}
+===Middleware===
+{{Middleware
+|physics          =
+|physics notes    =
+|audio            = OpenAL
+|audio notes      =
+|interface        =
+|interface notes  =
+|input            =
+|input notes      =
+|cutscenes        =
+|cutscenes notes  =
+|multiplayer      =
+|multiplayer notes=
+|anticheat        =
+|anticheat notes  =
 }}

Developers

	Swing Swing Submarine
Release dates
Windows	August 20, 2011
macOS (OS X)	August 20, 2011
Linux	September 7, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Puzzle
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy