Mac build is now available on Steam

[Yarden]

Update : Mac build is up!

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Hey!
So we have an early version of the Mac build up for testing on the Beta branch.
If you already own the game on Steam, connecting to the beta branch and trying to download it on a Mac should get you the Mac version.

This is for the sake of testing and bug finding, so when you detect any significant bugs that do not exist in the PC version of the game please report below.

To access the beta branch:

1. In steam, right click on GRIME in your library and select Properties.
2. Go to Betas and type in the following password: 443144314431
3. You should have access to the beta now. Select "beta" in the list shown in the window
4. To return to the base version after testing, simply go back to the beta drop down menu and select "none".

Keep in mind we expect you will need fairly powerful Macs to run the GRIME at the moment.

P.S - We update the credits with new beta Patch every major update.

[Endless Horizon]

Hello,

I am offering to test the game, if I were going to be provided with a key.
Being passionate with Metroidvanias and challenging titles, I am patient enough to thoroughly explore every single part and area of the game.
In the past I have tested other titles and cooperated with the developers as I was providing bug reports.
I'd like also to mention that I have one of the strongest iMacs, so there isn't going to be an issue about the specs.

[Slay2me]

Activated the beta version, but only the windows version is available for download

[Yarden]

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Activated the beta version, but only the windows version is available for download

Just to make sure I understand. You put the game in beta (it says [beta] next to GRIME on steam) and when you download it on a Mac it downloads an unplayable windows version?

Originally posted by Endless Horizon:

Hello,

I am offering to test the game, if I were going to be provided with a key.
Being passionate with Metroidvanias and challenging titles, I am patient enough to thoroughly explore every single part and area of the game.
In the past I have tested other titles and cooperated with the developers as I was providing bug reports.
I'd like also to mention that I have one of the strongest iMacs, so there isn't going to be an issue about the specs.

Thanks, I'll check on this and will get back to you if it still applies.

[Slay2me]

Originally posted by Yarden:

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Activated the beta version, but only the windows version is available for download

Just to make sure I understand. You put the game in beta (it says [beta] next to GRIME on steam) and when you download it on a Mac it downloads an unplayable windows version?

Yes, I have converted the game to beta, but the Download button is not available. Writes "Available on Windows"

https://i.ibb.co/fHtxZ6m/2021-10-23-00-21-43.png

[Yarden]

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Originally posted by Yarden:

Just to make sure I understand. You put the game in beta (it says [beta] next to GRIME on steam) and when you download it on a Mac it downloads an unplayable windows version?

Yes, I have converted the game to beta, but the Download button is not available. Writes "Available on Windows"

https://i.ibb.co/fHtxZ6m/2021-10-23-00-21-43.png

Thanks for letting me know, it should be working now. Can you try again?

[Slay2me]

Originally posted by Yarden:

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Yes, I have converted the game to beta, but the Download button is not available. Writes "Available on Windows"

https://i.ibb.co/fHtxZ6m/2021-10-23-00-21-43.png

Thanks for letting me know, it should be working now. Can you try again?

Unfortunately, nothing has changed. Not available on Mac(

https://i.ibb.co/B3RG8Mw/2021-10-26-19-52-34.png

[Yarden]

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Originally posted by Yarden:

Thanks for letting me know, it should be working now. Can you try again?

Unfortunately, nothing has changed. Not available on Mac(

https://i.ibb.co/B3RG8Mw/2021-10-26-19-52-34.png

Damn it. /:
We will go over it again and aim to resolve it by the end of next week. Sorry about that and thank you for still coming through.

[Slay2me]

Originally posted by Yarden:

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Unfortunately, nothing has changed. Not available on Mac(

https://i.ibb.co/B3RG8Mw/2021-10-26-19-52-34.png

Damn it. /:
We will go over it again and aim to resolve it by the end of next week. Sorry about that and thank you for still coming through.

Hi. I managed to load the game on mac, but the game crashes after the second splash screen. I run it on macbook air m1. Tried to launch natively and through Rosetta.

I noticed that there is no steam_api in the game files, unlike other games. I don't know if this could be related.

[Slay2me]

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Originally posted by Yarden:

Damn it. /:
We will go over it again and aim to resolve it by the end of next week. Sorry about that and thank you for still coming through.

Hi. I managed to load the game on mac, but the game crashes after the second splash screen. I run it on macbook air m1. Tried to launch natively and through Rosetta.

I noticed that there is no steam_api in the game files, unlike other games. I don't know if this could be related.

I copied steam_api from another game, and the game was able to start)) But it was launched only through Rosetta, and not natively on ARM.

[Yarden]

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Hi. I managed to load the game on mac, but the game crashes after the second splash screen. I run it on macbook air m1. Tried to launch natively and through Rosetta.

I noticed that there is no steam_api in the game files, unlike other games. I don't know if this could be related.

I copied steam_api from another game, and the game was able to start)) But it was launched only through Rosetta, and not natively on ARM.

Hey! I appreciate you for willing to keep trying to work this out, but the issue is clearly on our end, We are currently examining the issue, both why you couldn't download it proper and why it isn't currently working even with your workaround.

I'll quote reply to you again when we got an update on the Mac test. Thank you again for sticking around. For what it's worth we'll add all testers to the Community MVP part of the credits. :)

[Slay2me]

Originally posted by Yarden:

Originally posted by Slay2me:

I copied steam_api from another game, and the game was able to start)) But it was launched only through Rosetta, and not natively on ARM.

Hey! I appreciate you for willing to keep trying to work this out, but the issue is clearly on our end, We are currently examining the issue, both why you couldn't download it proper and why it isn't currently working even with your workaround.

I'll quote reply to you again when we got an update on the Mac test. Thank you again for sticking around. For what it's worth we'll add all testers to the Community MVP part of the credits. :)

I was able to download the native mac version succeeded. And run it too, but only the x86_64 version of the game, through the Rosseta translator. Although macOS shows that the game is universal, that is, it supports the ARM architecture. I guess it can be because steam_api.bundle, which I copied from another game (not supporting ARM architecture) is written for x86_64.

I noticed a couple of bugs in the game, but nothing critical. I will continue testing today. Thank you))

[Yarden]

Originally posted by Slay2me:

Originally posted by Yarden:

Hey! I appreciate you for willing to keep trying to work this out, but the issue is clearly on our end, We are currently examining the issue, both why you couldn't download it proper and why it isn't currently working even with your workaround.

I'll quote reply to you again when we got an update on the Mac test. Thank you again for sticking around. For what it's worth we'll add all testers to the Community MVP part of the credits. :)

I was able to download the native mac version succeeded. And run it too, but only the x86_64 version of the game, through the Rosseta translator. Although macOS shows that the game is universal, that is, it supports the ARM architecture. I guess it can be because steam_api.bundle, which I copied from another game (not supporting ARM architecture) is written for x86_64.

I noticed a couple of bugs in the game, but nothing critical. I will continue testing today. Thank you))

Ohhh boy, ok so, a long, LONG time later. We had some bugs we fixed with the game and not pushed it out into the Beta branch again. I don't know how much you've played before and if this is still relevant, but either way, thank you thus far. :)

[Strider]

How playable is the game on Mac right now? Anyone playing?

[Yarden]

Originally posted by Strider:

How playable is the game on Mac right now? Anyone playing?

We have only internally tested the first level, which seems to work fine, before handing it off for testing. Other than that it seems like our players don't happen to just have a Mac lying around for testing, unfortunately. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[silvanshade]

Originally posted by Strider:

How playable is the game on Mac right now? Anyone playing?

I just bought this to play on the 16-inch M1 Max MacBook Pro.

It runs, and at least the parts of the first area I played seemed to work okay. The performance even on the M1 Max though is not great.

At the full default resolution of 4112x2658, there is like a second or two of lag from controller input to anything happening on the screen.

If you bump the resolution down to 2056x1329, it's playable but the frame rate still is not great and definitely not even a consistent 60fps. I wouldn't recommend getting it yet if you have an M1 system.

Activity Monitor shows that it is still running as an Intel binary through Rosetta so that's at least part of the issue.

Originally posted by Yarden:

We have only internally tested the first level, which seems to work fine, before handing it off for testing. Other than that it seems like our players don't happen to just have a Mac lying around for testing, unfortunately. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is there any confirmation on whether this is supposed to be compiled to be able to run natively on M1 yet?