80 Days (2015)

80 Days is an interactive fiction game released by Inkle on iOS platforms on July 31, 2014 and Android on December 16, 2014. It was released on Microsoft Windows and OS X on September 29, 2015. It employs branching narrative storytelling, allowing the player to make choices that impact the plot. The plot is loosely based on Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days. The year is 1872 and Monsieur Phileas Fogg has placed a wager at the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in eighty days or less. The game follows the course of this adventure, as narrated by Phileas Fogg's manservant Passepartout, whose actions and decisions are controlled by the player.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Support Summary

Widescreen
Ultra/Super‑Wide
Multi-Monitor
4K Ultra HD
Support
Method
HUD
Cutscenes
FMVs

Game Information

Game Status:Released
Release Date:
Tested Version:1.17.6s
Play Styles:Single-Player
Setting:Steampunk
Developer:inkle Studios

Screenshots Comparison

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
Solutions & Issues
Widescreen Solution & Issues:

No issues noted.

Ultra/Super-Wide Specific Solution & Issues:

Entire game is drawn at precisely 21:9 (2520x1080/3360x1440/etc), which was likely chosen for mobile device compatibility as the game initially launched on iOS, followed by Android platforms, then PC and lastly Ninendo Switch, which is exactly 21:9.

PC resolutions referred commonly referred to as "21:9" (2560x1080/3440x1440/etc) will experience thin black pillarboxing. All 32:9 resolutions will experience substantial pillarboxing.

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues:

Entire game is pillarboxed to 21:9, rendering outside monitors in a 3x1-L configuration entirely unused.

4K UHD Specific Solution & Issues:

No issues noted.

4:3 Screenshot
1920x1440
16:10 Screenshot
1920x1200
16:9 Screenshot
2560x1440
21:9 Screenshot
3440x1440
32:9 Screenshot
5120x1440
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
5760x1080
4:3 Menu
1920x1440. Game does not have any menus other than the options menu so the map view is the closest thing to a menu present.
16:10 Menu
1920x1200
16:9 Menu
2560x1440
21:9 Menu
3440x1440
32:9 Menu
Eyefinity / Surround Menu
5760x1080
4K Gameplay Screenshot
4K Menu Screenshot
16:10 Resolutions:1920x1200
16:9 Resolutions:2560x1440
Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Resolutions:
Eyefinity / Surround Resolutions:5760x1080
4K UHD Resolutions:3840x2160
Multi-Monitor Types:Nvidia Surround
Multi-Monitor Layouts:3x1-L