Mac Version

[AussieGecko]

I want to ask about a Mac version, I have played this on windows and the developer hasn't seemingly replied to this since 2021. Also please don't suggest parallels, its clearly not what this topic is about.

[akarnokd]

The devs have just clarified that the game is PC only on Steam.

-> https://steamcommunity.com/app/1284190/discussions/0/5805689546864510028/

[Drakalian the Dragon King]

Originally posted by akarnokd:

The devs have just clarified that the game is PC only on Steam.

-> https://steamcommunity.com/app/1284190/discussions/0/5805689546864510028/

Where? He asked if there is an update to their plans on a Mac version, but they only have the initial comment in 2021. And I don't see any other comments from the devs about any updated plans for a Mac release, which I would also like to have if ever possible. (I know it is hard to do and not an easy task, but I would still like to know if their plans for it has changed too.)

[Wiawyr]

Originally posted by Drakalian the Dragon King:

Originally posted by akarnokd:

The devs have just clarified that the game is PC only on Steam.

-> https://steamcommunity.com/app/1284190/discussions/0/5805689546864510028/

Where? He asked if there is an update to their plans on a Mac version, but they only have the initial comment in 2021. And I don't see any other comments from the devs about any updated plans for a Mac release, which I would also like to have if ever possible. (I know it is hard to do and not an easy task, but I would still like to know if their plans for it has changed too.)

Loot at the bottom of the linked thread's OP. It shows a date for "Last edited" which is much more recent than the initial posting date of 2021; this is how many developers update their responses to common information requests. Right above that is this:

What platforms does the game support ?
The game is currently only available on PC on Steam. No other platforms are planned at this time.

Gotta look for those details my man.

[metalim]

ping for devs. When Mac version? Or does it at least run in Whisky/GPTK, before I buy it?

[Wiawyr]

Originally posted by metalim:

ping for devs. When Mac version?

What platforms does the game support ?
The game is currently only available on PC on Steam. No other platforms are planned at this time.

[The Militant Penguin Front]

Mac is for millennial muzic bros and hippe artist types... it's never been for gaming and never will be. Buy a PC.

[bobawesome]

It works on Whisky. Install allfonts in winetricks if you want to see the options.

[Robirda]

Originally posted by The Militant Penguin Front:

Mac is for millennial muzic bros and hippe artist types... it's never been for gaming and never will be. Buy a PC.

Macs do things PCs can't do, PC's do things Macs can't do. If people keep saying things like "they're only for this that and the next thing", never the twain shall meet. In a perfect world, either should be able to run whatever you'd like. I'm not holding my breath on that one though, I'm pretty much blue enough as I am, not interested in being a Smurf due to not breathing... =8-P

[Hugin]

I cannot speak for the Devs of this game. (Who have previously said they have no Mac version planned)

But I've talked to a few devs at other places and heard a few devs like Thor at pirate Software talk about it and the basic answer is that a Mac version is almost never worth the dev time. If the Mac user wants it bad enough they'll use Parallels or get a console or whatever. This game, like all games, has a list of stuff that could be fixed or improved or added to, and essentially all of those things would be a more useful effort than making a Mac version. Macs are just not going to be primary, or secondary, or even tertiary development priority for most games.

[SmokedHalibut]

Apple couldn't even work out what the Vision Pro was for - mate, it's for a killer app you should have designed yourself before releasing it, it's for watching films which would be great if, I dunno, you owned a subscription film and TV service, and it's for playing games. Perhaps they should have supported games?

The fact is, people keep blaming devs for not doing Mac games. Well Apple brutally rejected gaming under Jobs and sneered us at all, as if were were Apple sheep and deserved it. Tim Cook is famously pro bullying and anti USB-C and user control. These are not at all benign people - and not in a 'corporations are not your friend' way but 'some corporations are wannabe cyberpunk megacorps and actively trying to harm the world' kind of way.

If Mac users want games to work on their machine, they must hassle Tim Cook and his staff until they feel the pressure. Stop buying new Macs, you don't need it for office.

Even video editors on YouTube - tech tubers who love Mac like Marquess Brownlee - have tested the newer Macs and said they've no real need to pay that much for the enhanced video processing that the M3/4 offer. That's a bit weird to me. But what use have normal mortals got for all that power? Yeah... it's gaming or AI, video or photo editing. And gaming is the obviously huge market that Apple refuse to tap because they're terrible people.

Could Apple provide funding for companies to port enough games? Easily. They're sitting on an ungodly amount of cash flow - they're truly a weird company.

But Mac fans should blame them for the Magic Mouse and other inequities. Instead they submit like Epic Games Store fans, and take what they're given meekly and worse, act like there's anything good about Macs. Then they moan at small dev teams for not being able to justify a Mac version which would make a massive loss.