Ape Out system requirements

Ape Out Game Details:

Ape Out is a beat 'em up game developed by Gabe Cuzzillo and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on February 28, 2019.

Ape Out Minimum System Requirements:

OS: Windows 7 or later
Processor: Intel Core™ Duo or faster
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 400 MB available space
Additional Notes: Controller Recommended

Ape Out Recommended Requirements:

OS: Win 7 64
Processor: Intel Core i3-3240 3.4GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 40
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6770 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB
System Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 10 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card

Gameplay:

Ape Out is a single player beat 'em up video game played from a top-down perspective. The player controls a gorilla running through a maze while evading enemies in the form of gun wielding humans. The human enemies are easily killed with a single attack and can also be grabbed and used a shield, however as they are armed with guns they can quickly kill the player as well. The principal aim of the game is to escape each level and killing enemies is not technically required in order to proceed.

The maze design is randomized and is slightly different each time you play, making it impossible to memorize the layout of a level.

One of the game's main themes is jazz music and each of the game's four chapters are represented as jazz albums with each level representing one track. The gameplay features a loud and chaotic, all-percussion jazz soundtrack composed by Matt Boch (associate arts professor at NYU Game Center)[6] which reacts dynamically to the gameplay, for example by increasing in intensity as you face more enemies, crashing cymbals each time an enemy is killed and adjusting the volume according to your speed and number of kills.

In order to provide a reactive and procedurally generated soundtrack for each playthrough, the game draws from a bank of 1000s of recorded individual drum sounds, some recorded by Boch with others sourced externally, and combines them according to player movement. The system will also match the location of what is happening on screen to the drum or cymbal which matches that approximate location on a real drum kit. Each chapter of the game also features a different style of jazz percussion, with Boch describing the first chapter as the most quintessentially jazz, whereas other chapters feature more unusual instruments for jazz music.

The game also features a minimalist art style which has been compared to that of Saul Bass.

Ape Out Official Trailer