Blackhole

Blackhole

Developers
	FiolaSoft Studio
Publishers
2015-2018	1C Company
2018-2022	1C Entertainment
2022-present	Fulqrum Publishing
Engines
	GameMaker
Release dates
Windows	February 27, 2015
macOS (OS X)	February 27, 2015
Linux	February 27, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Themes	Sci-fi, Space

Blackhole is a singleplayer side view platform game.

General information

Unoffical troubleshooting FAQ

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam		Complete Edition also available.
ZOOM Platform		Complete Edition.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Complete Edition Upgrade
Testing Laboratory
Challenge Vault	Free DLC.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BLACKHOLE\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/BLACKHOLE/save.ini

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	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BLACKHOLE\root\save.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/BLACKHOLE

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 50 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard rebinding.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Two keys per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		One button per action.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		360 and One variations.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts		DualShock 3 and DualShock 4 variations.
Light bar support
Connection modes	V1, Wireless adapter, Wired V2 and Bluetooth untested.

Generic/other controllers		Nvidia Shield. Controller API toggleable.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

General settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, voice and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11

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

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel Graphics 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1 GB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6	10.10
Processor (CPU)	Intel	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4 support	1 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)		Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4 support	1 GB of VRAM