Selaco

This product is unreleased but remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

Selaco is a singleplayer action-FPS developed and published by Altered Orbit Studios.

The game released in early access on May 31, 2024 with the first of three planned chapters.

General information

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

Demo version

Official archived download^[1]

Not representative of the current state of the game and only archived for preservation's sake.^[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\selaco-ea-<user>.ini^{[Note 1]}
Linux

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	<path-to-game>\Save\.zds^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\Saved Games\Selaco-EA\.zds
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+.^[3] Also supports centered GUI via HUD Insets video option.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		80°-130°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Trilinear filtering only.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate can be set to Unlimited or capped to 60, 75, 90, 120, 144, or 200 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		^[4]
Color blind mode		Stated in-game to be "coming soon to the Early Access build".

Accessibility options.
Gameplay options.
Graphics options.
Interface options.
Video options.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		X and Y sensitivity can be adjusted together or separately.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X and Y inversion supported.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		X and Y axis for each analog stick as well as analog trigger axis can be changed individually.
Controller Y-axis inversion		X, Y, and trigger axis can be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration		^[5]

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense Game relies on Steam Input Hook input (legacy mode) for official support.^[6]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Game store and Steam client incorrectly state the game uses Steam Input API.^[6]
Hook input (legacy mode)		^[6]
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection		Steam Cursor Detection falsely assumes the mouse cursor is on-screen at all times.^[7]

Control bindings.
Controller options (including advanced options).
Gamepad options.
Mouse options.

Audio

Audio options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Story only or story and enemy.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Toggleable; called Sound in Background.
EAX support
Royalty free audio		Streamer Mode in Graphics Options refers to graphics modifications designed to make the game's visuals suitable for streaming (i.e. disabling film grain).

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL
Vulkan

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL Soft	^[8]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100	Intel Core i5-3570K
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3.3 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

An SSD is highly recommended.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Linux 64-bit \| Ubuntu 18.04 \| Mint 19 \| Debian 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100	Intel Core i5-3570K
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 57xx series Nvidia GeForce 400 series OpenGL 4.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 630 1 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

An SSD is highly recommended.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Steam Community Event - We need to talk about the Selaco Demo - last accessed on 2024-05-30
"For starters, all three versions of the demo will soon be uploaded to Archive.org. This includes the initial Nextfest version, the patched version, and 'The Big Update' we launched six months after the demo's initial release. Additionally, anyone is welcome to distribute copies of the demo across the web. There is no DRM for the demo."
↑ Steam Community Event - We need to talk about the Selaco Demo - last accessed on 2024-05-30
"While we really love the demo and still find it enjoyable to play through today, it hasn't aged all that well. It is simply not a good representation of the game anymore. Many of the critiques we frequently received are problems we addressed years ago, and many of the suggestions to improve things have been implemented. I still hope to make a blog post in the near future to explain a bunch of these improvements! To put it bluntly, the upcoming release version blows the demo out of the water. Everything has been refined, portions of the demo map have been reworked, performance is better than ever, and our AI is now capable of much more. Everything feels a lot better. Nothing is left untouched. Having the demo out there doesn't make us feel as comfortable anymore because we know how much things have improved."
↑ Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-06-01
Tested using custom 2560x1080 and 3840x1080 resolutions on my 4K HDR TV.
↑ Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-06-01
Forced on by opening the game's config file, setting vk_hdr to true, and running the game using the Vulkan renderer. Colors are washed-out with no way to correct HDR output (see https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=75802 for a generic example).
↑ Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-05-31
Tested using my Xbox Series Core controller.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-05-31
Internally, game exposes XInput and DirectInput, and game is unable to use any controllers if Steam Input is enabled for the game, a controller is plugged in and recognized by Steam, and both XInput and DirectInput are disabled.
↑ Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-05-31
Tested by allowing simultaneous controller and keyboard and mouse support in-game, setting up a custom Steam controller profile relying on cursor detection, and deploying it in-game.
↑ Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-06-02
Details of openal32.dll found in game's directory clearly state it is OpenAL Soft.

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Steam Community Event - We need to talk about the Selaco Demo - last accessed on 2024-05-30
"For starters, all three versions of the demo will soon be uploaded to Archive.org. This includes the initial Nextfest version, the patched version, and 'The Big Update' we launched six months after the demo's initial release. Additionally, anyone is welcome to distribute copies of the demo across the web. There is no DRM for the demo."

[2] Steam Community Event - We need to talk about the Selaco Demo - last accessed on 2024-05-30
"While we really love the demo and still find it enjoyable to play through today, it hasn't aged all that well. It is simply not a good representation of the game anymore. Many of the critiques we frequently received are problems we addressed years ago, and many of the suggestions to improve things have been implemented. I still hope to make a blog post in the near future to explain a bunch of these improvements! To put it bluntly, the upcoming release version blows the demo out of the water. Everything has been refined, portions of the demo map have been reworked, performance is better than ever, and our AI is now capable of much more. Everything feels a lot better. Nothing is left untouched. Having the demo out there doesn't make us feel as comfortable anymore because we know how much things have improved."

[4] Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-06-01
Tested using custom 2560x1080 and 3840x1080 resolutions on my 4K HDR TV.

[5] Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-06-01
Forced on by opening the game's config file, setting vk_hdr to true, and running the game using the Vulkan renderer. Colors are washed-out with no way to correct HDR output (see https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=75802 for a generic example).

[6] Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-05-31
Tested using my Xbox Series Core controller.

[Expack3_SteamInputLegacy-7] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-05-31
Internally, game exposes XInput and DirectInput, and game is unable to use any controllers if Steam Input is enabled for the game, a controller is plugged in and recognized by Steam, and both XInput and DirectInput are disabled.

[8] Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-05-31
Tested by allowing simultaneous controller and keyboard and mouse support in-game, setting up a custom Steam controller profile relying on cursor detection, and deploying it in-game.

[9] Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-06-02
Details of openal32.dll found in game's directory clearly state it is OpenAL Soft.

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Developers

	Altered Orbit Studios
Engines
	GZDoom
Release dates
Windows	Early access
Linux	Early access
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS
Themes	Sci-fi