Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer

Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer

Developers
	City Interactive
Engines
	Virtools
Release dates
Windows	February 17, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	56
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Europe, North America
Series	Art of Murder

Art of Murder
Art of Murder - FBI Confidential	2008
Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer	2009
Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny	2009
Art of Murder - The Secret Files	2009
Art of Murder - Deadly Secrets	2011

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\<Localized Art of Murder - The Hunt for the Puppeteer>\game.setup
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/832540/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\<Localized Art of Murder - The Hunt for the Puppeteer>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/832540/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Aspect ratio is always 4:3. Save the aspect ratio setting on: pillarboxed 1280x720 resolution, off: 1024x768 resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Some level of antialiasing is always applied.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keyboard is not used during gameplay.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, FX, Dialogues, Master
Surround sound		5.0 Side, FMVs are 2.0.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) AMD Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870) DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) AMD Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870)