Screencheat

Screencheat

Developers
	Samurai Punk
Publishers
	Surprise Attack
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	October 21, 2014
macOS (OS X)	October 21, 2014
Linux	October 21, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	71
OpenCritic	73
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Themes	Comedy

Screencheat is a multiplayer first-person shooter game.

The game is multiplayer only and does not feature any single player modes

General information

Developer Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		DLC not available
Humble Store		Humble Deluxe Edition also available.
itch.io
Steam		Save data will be found in the game folder if run outside of Steam.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Deluxe Edition Upgrade is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Deluxe Edition	The soundtrack and five exclusive Rag dolls.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	No microtransactions are present in the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Samurai Punk\SCREENCHEAT
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Samurai Punk\SCREENCHEAT\ <path-to-game>\profiles\profiles.dat
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\301970\remote\profiles\profiles.dat

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Maximum listed resolution is 1920x1200; see Widescreen resolution for higher settings.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		50-110°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Every VBlank and Every second VBlank.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		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.

Widescreen resolution

Maximum resolution without these steps is 1920x1200.

Set resolution in registry
Go to the configuration files location. Adjust the Screenmanager Resolution values to your resolution.

Input

Input settings, profile specific so every player can choose their own setting.

Controller preset changing for DualShock 4 (top) and Xbox 360 controller (bottom).

Keyboard rebinding. Profile specific.

Plugging in unrecognized controller in lets player bind buttons into 360 buttons.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Several presets and custom. In-game player profile specific setting.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput are supported
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Only regular and left handed presets. Unknown controllers can be initially mapped, but are mapped to 360 button layout.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		DirectInput controllers are supported.
Additional button prompts

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, effects, music and announcer.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Announcer speech isn't subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		8	Only one keyboard and mouse, other players require controller.
LAN play
Online play		8	Due to game's nature, online multiplayer is splitscreen as well. Supports up to eight local players.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Ability to join random lobby, no search criteria
Peer-to-peer		Screencheat uses Photon Realtime to handle connections.
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL

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

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Any GPU from 2010-2014 DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Any GPU from 2010-2014

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Any GPU from 2010-2014