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Fran Bow

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Fran Bow
Fran Bow cover
Developers
Killmonday Games
Engines
Unity 2021[Note 1]
Former GameMaker
Release dates
Windows August 27, 2015
macOS (OS X) August 27, 2015
Linux August 27, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 70
OpenCritic 61
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Flip screen, Side view
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Fantasy, Horror
Fran Bow on HowLongToBeat
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Fran Bow on Wikipedia

Fran Bow is a singleplayer flip screen and side view adventure game.

Fran Bow was initially released on August 27, 2015 using the GameMaker engine. On April 28, 2023, the game received a major update, which changed the game's engine to Unity, and brought controller support, manual save slots, remastered music and sound, additional animations, French and Brazilian Portuguese localizations, and 64-bit versions for all platforms.[2]

The original GameMaker version is still available as a second launch option. Save files are incompatible between these versions.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play Pro.
Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running. Unity version runs as is, GameMaker version requires creating <path-to-game>\Fran Bow GameMaker\steam_appid.txt with game's Steam App ID number 362680.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A demo is available from Steam: steam://install/393500.

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 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Killmonday Games AB\Fran Bow[Note 2]
%APPDATA%\Fran_Bow\savedata.ini[Note 3]
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Killmonday Games AB/Fran Bow/prefs[Note 2]
$HOME/.config/Fran_Bow/savedata.ini[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Killmonday Games AB\Fran Bow\[Note 2]
%APPDATA%\Fran_Bow\savedata.ini[Note 3]
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Killmonday Games AB/Fran Bow/FranBow_*.*[Note 2]
$HOME/.config/Fran_Bow/savedata.ini[Note 3]
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Unity version general options
Unity version general options
GameMaker version general options
GameMaker version general options

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Originally designed for 854x480.[3]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Unity version supports resolutions up to 2560x1600.
GameMaker version highest available resolution is 1920x1080.[4]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Unity version only.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Unity version: Off, V-Blank, Second V-Blank. GameMaker version: Off, V-Blank.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Unity version is uncapped. Characters move every frame but hand-drawn animations update at a lower frame rate.
GameMaker version is capped at 30 FPS.[5]
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Unity version: Master, Music, Sound Effects.
GameMaker version: Music volume can be adjusted, Sound Effects can only be toggled.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Unity version: always mutes. GameMaker version: does not mute.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Unity version only since April 2023 update.[2]
German
Brazilian Portuguese
Unity version only since April 2023 update.[2]
Russian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Achievements not unlocking

Achievements do not unlock in the game on Linux. This Steam Community thread includes some workarounds.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11 Unity version: D3D11. GameMaker version: D3D9
OpenGL
OS X and Linux only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bitARM Notes
Windows
Unity version is Intel 64-bit only, GameMaker version is Intel 32-bit only.
macOS (OS X)
Unity version has both Intel 64-bit and ARM 64-bit architectures, GameMaker version is Intel 32-bit only.
Linux
Unity version is Intel 64-bit only, GameMaker version is Intel 32-bit only.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 1.7 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon 4870 HD
512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX Compatible Sound Card.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 4850
Nvidia GeForce GT 120
512 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) 1.7 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon 4870 HD
512 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2021.3.16f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Unity version
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 GameMaker version

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-08-27
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fran Bow - Fran Bow Update - Steam News - last accessed on 2023-04-28
  3. Fran Bow Community Discussion, Changelog, page 1, post 3 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 21, 2016
    "You can now choose between different resolutions (Note: The game was drawn originally at 854x480)"
  4. 1440p Resolution? :: Fran Bow General Discussion - last accessed on May 21, 2016
    "As you probably already know, the only controls for resolution are present in the Options menu off the Fran Bow Main menu, and you can only select up to a resolution of 1920 x 1080 in either full screen or windowed mode. There are no other tweaks available to change the resolution of the game."
  5. Changelog? :: Fran Bow General Discussion, post #3 - last accessed on May 21, 2016