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Revision as of 20:53, 2 June 2017

The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Book of Unwritten Tales cover
Developers
King Art
Publishers
Nordic Games
Engines
Ogre
Release dates
Windows April 2, 2009
macOS (OS X) November 3, 2011
Linux November 8, 2012
The Book of Unwritten Tales on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2009
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles 2012
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 2015

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A Demo for Windows is available on Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Book of Unwritten Tales Digital Extras
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration files location

Save game data location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Instructions

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Pentium IV 2 GHz
Athlon 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6, 10.7
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz Intel Mac Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel GMA950
64 MB of VRAM

References