How to Download Backbone: Prologue

1. Click on the Backbone: Prologue 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:

• OS: Windows 7
  
• Processor: Multi-core 1.8GHz or faster
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 760 or equivalent
  
• Storage: 1 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Something that can do beep and boop

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 7
  
• Processor: Multi-core 2.5GHz or faster
  
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 950 or equivalent
  
• Sound Card: Something that can do much more beeps and boops

Linux Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: We successfully ran it on Ubuntu 19.10
  
• Processor: Multi-core 1.8GHz or faster
  
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 760 or equivalent
  
• Storage: 1 GB available space
  
• Additional Notes: We'll be really impressed if you manage to run it on your fridge

Recommended:

• Storage: 1 GB available space

Mac Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: 10.8 Mountain Lion
  
• Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000
  
• Storage: 1 GB available space

Recommended:

• OS: 10.15 Catalina
  
• Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7
  
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Radeon Pro 560
  
• Storage: 1 GB available space

Backbone: Prologue is the demo of an upcoming noir-inspired detective adventure. As raccoon private eye Howard Lotor, sniff out clues, collect evidence, interrogate witnesses, and explore beautiful pixel art version of dystopian Vancouver, BC.

Backbone: Prologue is the demo of an upcoming noir-inspired detective adventure. Step into the shoes of Howard Lotor - anthropomorphic raccoon and private eye - and explore the beautifully rendered 2.5D pixel art environments of dystopian Vancouver.

Howard Lotor is smart, self-assured and set in his ways. Caught in the tedium of day-to-day life, he’s resigned to the abuses of the authoritative regime in power and compliant with the systemic inequality that permeates society. Most of the cases he works on are unremarkable domestic disputes. Odette Green’s case probably won’t be any different.

Backbone's gameplay is a new take on point-and-click adventure, featuring stealth, exploration and extensive branching dialogues inspired by classic CRPGs. As Howard, you must traverse the different districts of a now walled-off Vancouver, sniff out clues, collect evidence, interrogate witnesses, and choose which leads to follow.

Inspired by film noir, Backbone will submerge you into its dark dystopian atmosphere. Every animation in the game is handcrafted frame by frame, and environments are modeled after real streets of Vancouver, BC. The breathtaking combination of high resolution pixel art and 3D effects like dynamic lighting, pouring rain, volumetric fog and neon lights bring the sprawling city to life. Original doom jazz soundtrack will keep you on the edge with the enveloping veil of bebop and cinematic soundscapes, where every sound tells a story.

“The art is beautiful, a mixture of detailed, chunky pixel-art and subdued, hazy lighting. What steals the show for me is the writing.”
Rock Paper Shotgun

“Backbone has some, well, backbone in its early state in how it tackles classism through its well-written script and intriguing world.”
GameRevolution

“It does, so far, seem like a pretty interesting story.”
Kotaku