On: Shapez.io: open-source base building game inspired...

[paulgb]

For a game that's open source and written in JavaScript, it's a shame that the packaged, downloadable version is only available through Steam on Windows. I'd pay the $5 for a DRM-free Mac version.

[MrGilbert → paulgb]

You can get a DRM-free version from itch.io [1]. There is also a statement regarding MacOS, which reads:

> Mac users: I currently don't do builds for your OS since it got much harder with the recent policy changes from apple. Feel free to make a PR!

[1]: https://tobspr.itch.io/shapezio

[opencl → paulgb]

It's also available for Linux. If the developer doesn't already own a Mac and have a paid Apple developer account they are probably not going to make back their money buying those things in order to make a Mac build.

[paulgb → opencl]

That's a very fair point! I didn't realize there was a Linux option.

In that case, I'd also pay to be able to unlock all of the features on the web version.

[SXX → opencl]

Developer can certainly make build using Travis CI if someone decide to test it and contribute build configuration. It's open source after all.

[mdaniel → SXX]

The latest (as of this comment) change to package.json was a PR to turn on macOS builds: https://github.com/tobspr/shapez.io/pull/687 but unknown if the reservation was more political than technical

[HenryBemis → opencl]

There are a few sites that show step by step how you can run Mac on a VMWare on a PC. Yes it disregards some T&Cs but the dev will avoid the $1000 apple-tax.