De Blob
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This page is for the commercial release. For the original student project, see The Blob.
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| Developers | |
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| Blue Tongue Entertainment | |
| Windows | BlitWorks |
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| THQ Nordic | |
| Engines | |
| TOSHI | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 27, 2017 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Series | de Blob |
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| de Blob | |
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| The Blob | 2006 |
| de Blob | 2017 |
| de Blob 2 | 2017 |
De Blob is a game in the de Blob series, and a port of the Wii game originally released in 2008.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete intro videos[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\setup.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/532320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %APPDATA%\deblob\ |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\532320\remote\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/532320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
De Blob Launcher.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Gameplay is in pillarboxed 16:9 with occasional letterboxing in cutscenes. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Runs at desktop screen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, enabled by default. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | Gameplay unusually-reliant on color distinction. | ||
Input
De Blob Control Options.
- Camera movement with the mouse is based on distance from center of the screen, as if emulating a Wiimote.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | via launcher | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | via launcher | |
| Controller sensitivity | Labelled as "Camera Speed." Affects controls with Keyboard and Mouse as well. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Nintendo controllers |
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| Tracked motion controllers | Wii Remote | |
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| Button/gesture prompts |
| Other controller(s) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button Prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
De Blob Audio Options.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, SFX | |
| Surround sound | Up to 7.1 surround | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Mistakenly labeled on Steam as Portuguese. | |||
| Swedish | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | |||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | Havok Physics | |
| Audio | FMOD |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Dual Core 2.50 GHz | Dual Core 3 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 10 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 310 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 650 2 GB of VRAM |
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Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/532320/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (532320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.