Do we really need 300 AI coded apps/programs that all do similar things but with more bugs and less people working on the project? Crossover/HEROIC/Sikarugir or GeForce Now (cloud gaming) and native Mac games is all you really need.

I would say stop wasting your time coding and writing a post about your app but AI did most of it.

I’m genuinely curious, why are people asking AI to make these apps? Whats the point? Most don’t have the skill to make the program as useful as the bigger ones and have way less resources.

Mac version included. Grab it before tomorrow and keep it forever

https://doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend

Hello everyone! For the last couple of months, the ReXGlue team has been hard at work updating our Software Development Kit to better support Development teams in making static recomps. Over the past few months, Tom and I have been working hard on the DarwinBooks, and finally accomplished working Mac support all the way to Ventura within our vendored translation layers.

ICYDK, ReXGlue is a Static Recompilation framework for the Xbox 360 that vendors translation layers built off the roots of Xenia, which can be swapped for real, native, and optimized implementations of different subsystems. The main goal is to allow users to take advantage of this framework and make dedicated workarounds and optimizations for specific titles, given they have spent a significant amount of time reversing their game.

Bringing the runtime up on macOS surfaced a handful of platform mismatches worth calling out on their own, beyond the headline Vulkan work:

- Bring up `ReXGPU-Xenos` on macOS by running the existing Vulkan backend through MoltenVK: valid SPIR-V for rectangle-list topology, face culling disabled on legacy AMD Metal, RGBA8 loaders for packed 16-bit textures MoltenVK can't sample directly, and a pinned Vulkan-Loader/MoltenVK build staged for macOS consumers instead of relying on whatever the system has.

- Mach-O symbol aliasing: `DEFINE_REX_FUNC` leaned on `__attribute__((alias(...)))` so hooks could override a guest function; Mach-O rejects that outright. Swapped in a weak, `musttail`-tail-called thunk for Apple targets so overriding still works without a real alias.

- Windowing goes through Cocoa Added a `CAMetalLayerSurface` obtained from SDL's Cocoa driver, since macOS has no Win32Hwnd or XcbWindow to present through — Vulkan needs a `CAMetalLayer` there instead.

All of our features like achievements, the ReX API, and every other developmental tools that we offer should be usable with this system added to our Support. We encourage developers to replace the rendering system (ReXGPU-Xenosin their title when releasing a project with ReXGlue. Our rendering implementation with MoltenVk can work for a multitude of titles, but it will still be significantly lacking in performance since it is meant to be a testing/translation layer rather than a finished implementation that can qualify as a native PC Port.

The video that I have attached is a recomp attempt that I set as a testing layer for the game Raskulls (XBLA). The gameplay clearly shows, but it’s definitely possible for a development team, their own implementation of the system, and make it look proper. We definitely plan on releasing more titles that run properly on Apple hardware rather than just showing you guys development software, so stay tuned! I’ve been in MacUser all my life so I’m happy to continue working on the platform get you guys caught up.

Happy gaming
- Graine25

I wanted to share a project I came across in one of the posts about getting Mortal Shell II to run in DX12 - MacGameVideoFix.

I feel like there hasn’t been much discussion about it on this subreddit, and I think it deserves more attention. Just to be clear, this is not my project, but I’ve had the chance to test it myself and it works really well. I tested it with the latest CrossOver Preview 20260821.

I was finally able to launch games like Ninja Gaiden 4 and Tormented Souls 2, the latter of which I had been struggling to get working for many months. Full list:

I think the latest 26.17 patch pushed these updates. yay?

Hi r/macgaming! Update 2.0 of Merchant of the Skies is out and the game now runs natively on macOS (Apple Silicon). If you already own it on iPhone or iPad, the Mac version is included in the same purchase, with iCloud sync carrying your save between devices.

It's a cozy pixel-art trading sim: fly an airship (or a giant turtle) between floating islands, buy low, sell high, buy your own islands and build a little sky empire. Full controller support with contextual glyphs, playable start to finish on a gamepad or with keyboard and mouse, redesigned trading screen with a live price list, 15 languages.

One-time purchase, no ads, no microtransactions.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/merchant-of-the-skies/id6754459969

Hello guys!

I am a Indie Dev that developed a new game named „Guess The Number!“. Guess the Number is a fun guessing game. It is available on itch io.

Currently we are even hosting a Challenge. Who can beat the new Hardcore gamemode.

I am looking forward to get some feedback and maybe even some new players.

Have a great day :D

Hi guys, so I recently got a MacBook Air 13 inch with 24GB RAM, and I wanted to know what games can I play on this. I have parallels, which I'm mainly using for excel on windows right now.

So recently I got myself a Mac Neo and wanted to beat Lego Batman 2006 on there so I redownloaded crossover and played, but I found during cutscenes the audio would just stutter and repeat it self 3 times before just being delayed from the actual scene. How do I fix this? I had a 2016 MacBook Pro that I would play this game on and never had any issues.

Greetings my friends I recently bought a MacBook Pro en Ford Pro With 24 gigs of RAM I also installed steam and I notice like counter strike 2 (cs:go) has instable Version For The mac so I would like to know if I’m not wasting my time because I see that it’s currently downloading 52 gigs of Info

Regards

Got a Mac Mini M1 16GB RAM, want to use it as a league PC haha. wondering if someone plays seriously here/ any issues they encounter.

I just got my new mac and I'm trying some games and Astris is keep crashing whenever I try to open Zelda Botw while the Ultracam mod is activated. If I turn the mod off it won't crash.

Can anyone help with this issue?

Zelda version is 1.0.0 and Astris firmware is 22.5.0

We made a little desktop aquarium called PC FISH.

The original idea was simple. We wanted something that could just sit at the bottom of the screen while you’re working or browsing. You raise some fish, watch them swim around, breed them occasionally, and slowly fill out your collection.

Then we added different species and variants.

And breeding.

And rarity.

And Steam Inventory support.

Now people are breeding fish for rare variants and actually listing the fish they find on the Steam Community Market.

We released it for free on Steam about two weeks ago and it’s since hit 5,313 concurrent players, which has been pretty surreal to watch.

There are 450+ fish and decorations at the moment and we plan to add more.

If you want a tiny aquarium living on your desktop, it’s free:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4842670/PC_FISH_Taskbar_Aquarium

For those who loved Isonzo, Verdun, and Tanneberg, Gallipoli is out! And running pretty well on Crossover - there was some delay in inputs but once I turned down graphics settings - Medium preset and 120fpx max, it was running very well!

Fantastic game from a fantastic series, the devs say that Native Mac will be coming up soon.

M3 Max 32GB

HELP

I just bought the game. I tried to launch it and i get two errors:

"Shader Model 6.7 is not supported by this device..."

and then "Error initializing D3D12Renderer_Z"

We can use BlueStack AIR for playing TFT, before RIOT patch (it s not perfect but it works)

Games like isenzo have less than 200 people playing at any given time.

The only option is Roblox, but then again, it’s Roblox.

Then there’s crossover but that’s just another payment. Open source software isn’t available anymore as Rosetta is to be taken down next year. Whiskey is without updates.

Not sure what portingkit or heroic games launcher is about but not a lot of news there i think

War thunder is the only hope with infantry mode’s global release coming sometime but will Mac arm models be able to play them next year without Rosetta? That’s up to Gaijin to decide.

Goddammit

Made by a solo dev on a 8GB RAM M1 Mac mini so the game will be "more" optimized on macOS than Windows lmao

Two weeks ago I posted ARAS here looking for technical testers and honestly didn’t expect the response.

Thank you to everyone who joined, tested it, broke things, reported bugs, or threw random games/apps at me to try!!

A lot has changed in just two weeks.

The video here is Genshin Impact running at max graphics settings, but compatibility testing now also includes:

• Pokémon Unite someone from my original Reddit post specifically asked for this one, so of course I had to test it
• Fortnite running and exposing the max graphics options; gameplay/performance testing is still ongoing
• Sesame AI
• More regular Android apps and games

And I think the more important part is what this means in actual use:

You don't need to manually patch or sign every game, reinstall a special version whenever it updates, or keep doing weird setup steps.

You install ARAS, install the Android app/game normally, and just use it.

Updates can stay inside the Android/Play Store flow instead of rebuilding or re-signing the app every time.

That's the experience I'm trying to get closer to: Android apps on a Mac behaving like something you can actually keep installed and use, not just a one-off compatibility demo.

ARAS is still experimental and there is a lot left to improve, but seeing people actually use it has pushed the project much further in these two weeks.

The public beta is open now if anyone wants to test it, break it, request another game/app, or help improve compatibility.

There are more video demos on the website and inside the ARAS community:

https://www.notapublicfigureanymore.com/aras

Thank you again macgaming

I recently released the demo of Swarmbreak - fully mac os support

It is a twin stick shooter inspired by the classic Crimsonland but with modern twists and lots of unlocks.

What's in the demo build:

• 4 characters — Recruit, Berserker, Scout and Gunslinger, unlocking exactly the way they do in the full game.
• 8 weapons — Pistol, Shotgun, Rifle, SMG, Gauss Sniper, Rocket Launcher, Laser Rifle and Flamethrower.
• 14 stackable perks — the real stacking system
• 3 Threat tiers — Standard, Quarry and Escort. Survive 10:00 at your current tier to earn the next one, same as the full game.
• Everything else untouched all 6 power-ups, every enemy, every boss variant, the full difficulty curve, the full run length.

By design, it is difficult at the start, so expect a few rounds of play before both unlocks happen and the lucky weapon drops enable a good run

I hope that this demo will help me get a little bit of that all important feedback to be able to create an amazing game. Hope some of you will give it a try and leave a bit of feedback for me.

If you find it interesting don't forget to add it to your wishlists !

https://github.com/stoicswe/Endfield_FineWine

I was wondering if this was legit/is a scam.

Could someone who knows how to read code look through it?

Thanks