How to Download The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition)

1. Click on the The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) download button below.
2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts
4. Let it download the Full Version.
5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.

1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.

2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.

3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.

4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Windows 7, 8 or 10 (64-bit versions only)
  
• Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
  
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
  
• DirectX: Version 10
  
• Storage: 600 MB available space

Recommended:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Linux Requirements

Minimum:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Recommended:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Mac Requirements

Minimum:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Recommended:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

This software is not a game. A cross between a walking sim and a tarot card reading, TSOTG asks you to find 12 evocative dioramas and answer a single question : What do you see? Answer instinctively and receive one of five different endings and a final reading meant to stimulate self-reflection.

WARNING : This software contains imagery that could evoke sensitive subject matter in some users. Such subject matter include Grief, Death, Self-Harm and Suicide Ideation.

The game

The Shape On The Ground is not a game, in the conventional sense. It is a short horror-themed first-person walking simulator experience which can be completed in 20 minutes.




Consider it as a tarot reading : both a divination and self-reflection tool. A moment in time for yourself, a magick circle, to freely explore your inner world. Walk around a desolate town in search of the 12 dioramas where you will be asked a question.

Answer truthfully, with the answer that best corresponds with how you are feeling. There is no right or wrong answer. Then you will be shown an ending and given a personalized reading based on your answers.

Features

• Five different endings : based on the answers the player has provided
  
• Horror-Themed atmosphere : explore a miniature cardboard town inspired by the works of the Brothers Quay
  
• Low risk gameplay : no enemies putting the player in danger, just a tense and heavy atmosphere
  
• A personal space of introspection : This software is meant to be revisited from time to time, to help identify the changes within the player

What's new in the Steam Edition

Similar to a director's cut, this version of The Shape On The Ground contains new material never seen in earlier versions.

• Two entirely new dioramas, adding more symbolism and mystery to the environment
  
• Two new small areas to explore, where the new dioramas are located : the park and the sewer system
  
• Quality Of Life improvements such as clearer tutorials and removal of some confusing meta-narrative elements

“[...]a thoroughly bizarre experience with some very striking imagery and a very unsettling atmosphere throughout. [...] Strap in for this cleverly crafted spooky psychological evaluation.”
Free Game Planet

“[...] a very creepy, interesting experience where you wander around a strange, dying town. [...] Shape on the Ground will mean something different to everyone”
Rock Paper Shotgun

“[...] it is ominous and enchanting, with moments of genuine dread. (...) If you’re the right patient, maybe it’ll conjure real ghosts.”
Sufficiently Human