Repentance on Mac

[reflection]

Hi everybody,

I am playing mostly on Mac cause it's more convenient to play on my MacBook. I just preordered the Repentance DLC. Is it really just for windows? The icon in the steam shop said it would only be available for Windows. Just wondering if that's really the case. I guess the game was developed cross platform anyway.

Do I have to wait longer?

Hope someone can help.

Thanks!

[Nazemec]

As far as we know, Mac/Linux support isn't even planned.

[Irot Noot]

Every previous version of Isaac is Mac compatible, would be quite interesting why if they stopped supporting Mac now.

[reflection]

that would actually be really sad :( I mean it's the same game. I would also assume they use an engine that supports all the platforms out of the box.

[BolZ]

If you search on Twitter Edmund staed why but now i don't remember the problem behind

[reflection]

ok I also found tweets where he said stuff like that :( seems unlikely that it gets released on MAC :/ very unfortunate. I do have a windows desktop computer in the other room. But it kind of sucks to have to go to another room, when you can also sit on the couch. Maybe I'll try bootcamp, but I had no luck with it for Monster Train. Kind of disappointing.

[MoonBeech]

Yea, if you check the steam news/announcements for Repentance (the ones where they showcase new content) Edmund unequivocally states that Repentance won't be released for mac, but also doesn't seem to go into as much detail as to why as he apparently did on twitter. It's in the Q&A in the "Genesis II" soundtrack post.

[gettodachopanow]

Why on earth would someone drop support for a platform only for the LAST DLC?!
Comes across as betraying your loyal customers who bought each of your content throughout the years.

[The Renderer]

Originally posted by gettodachopanow:

Why on earth would someone drop support for a platform only for the LAST DLC?!

Short version: Because Apple sucks.

[gettodachopanow]

Long version?

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by gettodachopanow:

Long version?

"Apple treats devs badly, porting games on mac brings a lot of troubles for little to no gain, devs don't want to deal with all that nonsense anymore."
At least that's the gist of it, from what I remember.

[gettodachopanow]

This isn't the "long version", just a bunch of generalization.
Anyone has a source?

[Klockem]

Originally posted by gettodachopanow:

This isn't the "long version", just a bunch of generalization.
Anyone has a source?

Here is your source.

This is the link Edmun posted on a QaA about why he isn't supporting MAC anymore.

https://www.gridsagegames.com/blog/2019/09/sorry-mac-users-apple-doesnt-care-about-us-devs/

[gettodachopanow]

Thank you!
Well, I'm still not convinced this justifies dropping support for the freakin last DLC, but seems rather a protest. I'd be curious how much money did that 4% Mac users generate for the dev throughout the years. Supposedly BoI sold 700.000 copies (not mentioning merchandise and the board game) - so yeah, still feels like a betrayal of trust.

https://www.gamesradar.com/binding-isaac-sells-700000/

[The Renderer]

Originally posted by gettodachopanow:

Well, I'm still not convinced this justifies dropping support for the freakin last DLC

We are only telling you the reason Ed gave, whether it's justified or not is a different matter and none of us knows.

[gettodachopanow]

I wasn't debating with anyone here either, if the short version wasn't meant to be argument, even though for information it wasn't adequate - thank you nevertheless.