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Alwa's Awakening

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Not to be confused with Aaru's Awakening.

Alwa's Awakening
Alwa's Awakening cover
Developers
Elden Pixels
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows February 2, 2017[2]
macOS (OS X) February 2, 2017[2]
Linux February 2, 2017[2]
Reception
Metacritic 71
OpenCritic 72
IGDB 75
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Metroidvania, Platform
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Fantasy
Series Alwa
Alwa's Awakening on HowLongToBeat
Alwa's Awakening on IGDB
Alwa's Awakening on MobyGames
Alwa
Alwa's Awakening 2017
Alwa's Legacy 2020

Alwa's Awakening is a singleplayer side view metroidvania and platform 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
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Game can be launched directly from executable without Steam on Windows[3] and Linux.[4]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Game data

In-game Assist Mode settings.
In-game Assist Mode settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\EldenPixels\Alwa's Awakening\settings.dat
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EldenPixels\Alwa's Awakening\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/settings.dat
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\EldenPixels\Alwa's Awakening\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/playerInfo[1, 2 or 3].dat

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Misconfigured for Linux version. See Steam Cloud not working (Linux version).

Video

In-game resolution settings.
In-game resolution settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
800x480, 1200x720, 1600x960 (5:3) in-game only. Pillarboxed when playing at 16:9. Resizing the window manually (e.g. with SRWE) breaks the HUD.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game keyboard controls.
In-game keyboard controls.
In-game gamepad controls (Xbox controller).
In-game gamepad controls (Xbox controller).

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, Music
Surround sound
Stereo[5]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Steam Cloud not working (Linux version)

For the Linux version, Steam Cloud is configured incorrectly. It looks for save files at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/*.dat[6] but they are located at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/*.dat.
Link incorrect directory to correct directory

Create a symbolic link such that $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/*.dat leads to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/*.dat. For example, one can make a symbolic link from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/EldenPixels after first moving steam_autocloud.vdf (as well as any files that may have been sync'd from machines where this was already fixed):

mkdir -pv ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/unity3d/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Awakening"
mv -bv ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Awakening"/* ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/unity3d/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Awakening"/ &&
rmdir -v ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/EldenPixels/"Alwa's Awakening" &&
rmdir -v ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/EldenPixels &&
ln -sv ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/unity3d/EldenPixels ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam runs the 32-bit executable by default.[7][Note 2]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input Rewired

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 2.1 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 280 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Controller
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) 280 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics
Controller
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 280 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics
Controller


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.3.7f1[1]
  2. Steam can be made to run the 64-bit executable by putting
    bash -c 'exec "${@/AlwasAwakening.x86/AlwasAwakening.x86_64}"' -- %command%
    in the launch options (assuming bash is installed). Both executables can also run without Steam.

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-11-07
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Elden Pixels on X - last accessed on 2023-12-15
    "Alwa's Awakening is out now on Steam (PC/Mac/Linux)!"
  3. Verified by User:Lateemu on 2022-06-25
  4. Verified by User:Lateemu on 2024-02-21
  5. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-11-07
    Tested with Special K.
  6. Alwa's Awakening Cloud Saves · SteamDB - last accessed on 2024-02-19
  7. Alwa's Awakening Config · SteamDB - last accessed on 2024-02-19