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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 11, 2016}}
 
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|steam appid  = 396870
 
|steam appid  = 396870
 
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'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
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{{Availability/row| Humble | catyph-the-kunci-experiment| DRM-free | | Steam | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 396870 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 396870 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
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{{Game data/config|Windows|<code>Original Edition</code><br/>{{P|game}}\config.ini|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph\config.ini|<code>Light Edition</code><br/>{{P|game}}\addon\Light Edition\config.ini|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\config.ini}}
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\config.ini|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph\config.ini|{{P|game}}\addon\Light Edition\config.ini|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\config.ini}}
 
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{{ii}} The Original Edition uses {{code|{{P|game}}\config.ini}} and {{code|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph\config.ini}}.
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{{ii}} The Light Edition uses {{code|{{P|game}}\addon\Light Edition\config.ini}} and {{code|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\config.ini}}.
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|<code>Original Edition</code>|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph\Savegames\|<code>Light Edition</code>|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\Savegames\}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph\Savegames\|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\Savegames\}}
 
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}}
 
{{ii}} Game saves are not compatible between Original and Light Edition.
 
{{ii}} Game saves are not compatible between Original and Light Edition.
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{{ii}} The Original Edition uses {{code|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph\Savegames\}}.
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{{ii}} The Light Edition uses {{code|{{P|localappdata}}\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\Savegames\}}.
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
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|origin               =  
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
 
{{Image|Catyph The Kunci Experiment launcher edition settings.png|Launcher edition settings.}}
 
{{Image|Catyph The Kunci Experiment launcher edition settings.png|Launcher edition settings.}}
 
{{Image|Catyph The Kunci Experiment settings.png|In-game general settings.}}
 
{{Image|Catyph The Kunci Experiment settings.png|In-game general settings.}}
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{{Video
 
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|wsgf link                  =  
 
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|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
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}}
 
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==Input settings==
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==Input==
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{{Input settings
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|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          = Mouse-only game.
 
|key remap notes          = Mouse-only game.
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = hackable
 
|separate volume          = hackable
 
|separate volume notes    = Music, Sound, Speech, Movie, Global. See [[#Separate volume controls|Separate volume controls]].
 
|separate volume notes    = Music, Sound, Speech, Movie, Global. See [[#Separate volume controls|Separate volume controls]].
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|surround sound notes    = 2.0 Stereo
 
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles notes          = Always on.
 
|subtitles notes          = Always on.
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = English
 
|language  = English
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 26 May 2023

Catyph: The Kunci Experiment
Catyph: The Kunci Experiment cover
Developers
Simon Says: Play!
Engines
Visionaire[1]
Release dates
Windows May 11, 2016
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series The Black Cube
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Catyph: The Kunci Experiment on MobyGames
The Black Cube
ASA: A Space Adventure - Remastered Edition 2015
Catyph: The Kunci Experiment 2016
Kitrinos: Inside the Cube 2018

Key points

Contains both Original Edition and Light Edition. List of differences can be found here.
Some of the puzzles rely on colors and sound.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\config.ini[Note 1]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph\config.ini
<path-to-game>\addon\Light Edition\config.ini[Note 1]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\config.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/396870/pfx/[Note 2]
The Original Edition uses <path-to-game>\config.ini and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph\config.ini.
The Light Edition uses <path-to-game>\addon\Light Edition\config.ini and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\config.ini.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph\Savegames\
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\Savegames\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/396870/pfx/[Note 2]
Game saves are not compatible between Original and Light Edition.
The Original Edition uses %LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph\Savegames\.
The Light Edition uses %LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph Light Edition\Savegames\.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher edition settings.
Launcher edition settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Letterboxed 2.40:1.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Letterboxed 2.40:1.
4K Ultra HD
Game uses desktop resolution. 1920x800 scaled up and letterboxed.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter, for permanent setting see Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Play in Windowed mode
  1. Go to <path-to-game> for Original Edition or <path-to-game>\addon\Light Edition\ for Light Edition.
  2. Open the config.ini file with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Change the value of FULLSCREEN to false.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse-only game.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Mouse does not move camera up/down.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, Speech, Movie, Global. See Separate volume controls.
Surround sound
2.0 Stereo
Subtitles
Always on.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Separate volume controls

Does not work for the Light Edition.
Tweaking volume controls[2]
  1. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Simon Says Play\Catyph\.
  2. Open the config.ini file with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Change the values of MusicVolume, SoundVolume, SpeechVolume, MovieVolume, GlobalVolume in the range 0-100.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11 Light Edition only.
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 3 GB 5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Non-Dedicated (shared) video card
512 MB Shared of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible 		1 GB of VRAM


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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ wiki.visionaire-tracker.net - last accessed on 26 May 2023
  2. ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2018-12-03