afaik no games exist that are compatible w/ catalina (slight exaggeration there but yeah if you plan to use yr macbook for gaming do not upgrade)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
yeah, i still haven't upgraded to 10.15 largely because of games. shame it means i'm missing out on Apple Arcade, but shrug
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
rip me
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
you're ok if the the Mac binary is 64-bit - some developers have been on the top of it, but most aren't
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
it's hard enough for developers to get around to porting to mac (even ones who promised to do it like 11 bit w/ frostpunk) let alone catalina
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
Catalina also breaks a very important library if you're a developer. #mojave4life
― Shade Kool-Aid (Leee), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
The move away from Intel chips also doesn't look good for future support. https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/9/21284960/apple-arm-based-macs-wwdc-2020-report-intel-laptops-desktops-power-efficiencyWe're probably gonna start seeing Universal Binaries again...
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
lol i just got a new mini and it’s catalina :( :( :(
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
tried to install that client but seems a problem with their link.
― Ste, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
i read this thing recently that argued that technological pace of advancement has made playability of old video games impossible and forced gamers into a preservationist role that reified conservative political tendencies. i don't know about that last part but i do think it's lamentable that apple is trying to make decades of games unplayable.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
if you scroll to the bottom of this page the big red download button seems to work:
https://itch.io/app
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
ah n/m - running the installer craps out
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
wait - it didn't crap out the second time!
stay tuned for more exciting posts like this one
:)
I'll try it again tomorrow
― Ste, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
Townscaper is out this month. Hoping it's worth getting, looks beautiful but could ultimately be a short lived experience.
― Ste, Thursday, 11 June 2020 08:02 (three years ago) link
well managed to install that client but it won't let me log in. and the most annoying thing about that system is it puts you through the looooooongest I'M NOT A ROBOT verification checks until it finally tells you that you've entered the wrong password. Which I haven't. so it can f off.
― Ste, Thursday, 11 June 2020 10:53 (three years ago) link
I finally got in. It's a bit flakey (I think it's in experimental stages) but yeah makes installing the games a lot easier. At first I couldn't find my games though, you have to go into your account/My Library/My purchases to see them. For some reason the Library tab doesn't show the games you've purchased - only the ones you've installed or already downloaded.
― Ste, Thursday, 11 June 2020 12:32 (three years ago) link
(unfortunately you still have to download one at a time)
― Ste, Thursday, 11 June 2020 12:33 (three years ago) link
I think they did that so as to not be overwhelming. I got a couple of errors but I did get Minit to install.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 June 2020 12:37 (three years ago) link
lads this is why consoles
― ||||||||, Thursday, 11 June 2020 12:54 (three years ago) link
if you're buying apple products you can probably go the extra half mile and buy a dedicated box for games rather than try to squarepeg roundhole
― ciderpress, Thursday, 11 June 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
i've never played alien isolation but lately i'm catching up on the alien movies i haven't seen (and reading thru the omnibuses) and i'm thinking like i should play it so my question is: a) should i play it? and b) is it good on the switch? bc it's my preference to play it there.
― Mordy, Friday, 12 June 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
it was fun for a bit but I never finished it (no idea about Switch quality)
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 12 June 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
allegedly the switch version looks better than the PS4 version for that game, the porting studio made a bunch of improvements
― ciderpress, Friday, 12 June 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
if you like games that are tense and scary to the point of irritation then yes you should play it.
― neith moon (ledge), Friday, 12 June 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
Hey check out Micro Mages from the bundle if anyone is still making their way through that. Insane that it's up to 1,637 games...
― Evan, Friday, 12 June 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
ooh Micro Mages? scratch that off my wishlist as well then
― Ste, Friday, 12 June 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/ZWQ0591PAxMAs an aside, really neat background on the making of Micro Mages. It’s playable on an NES!
― circa1916, Friday, 12 June 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
finally got the bundle, stoked to dig into it over the next 20 years
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 12 June 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
the reasons behind how it came into creation will likely still be sadly relevant then
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 12 June 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor, I see has been added. I've been playing that on Steam. Very weird but interesting and pretty cool. and the music is great.
― Ste, Friday, 12 June 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Mini Ghost, another decent one
― Ste, Friday, 12 June 2020 18:53 (three years ago) link
haha you have to try Bonbon
― Ste, Friday, 12 June 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
(sorry, I know these are not really helpful 'reviews') I'm just quick browsing at the minute, I'll have a proper dig and hopefully some more insight
― Ste, Friday, 12 June 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
obviously the first thing I installed was Frog Fractions 2 Glittermitten Grove
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 12 June 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
minit - file corrupted move to bin
― ||||||||, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 12:57 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Why are you literally the only other person on the entire internet having the same error as me with that game? I can't find anything about anyone else ever having experienced this.
― Evan, Saturday, 13 June 2020 02:13 (three years ago) link
google used to be better at finding things (is my conspiracy theory)
― our god is a wee lil god (Karl Malone), Saturday, 13 June 2020 02:14 (three years ago) link
Yeah but I'm a pretty good internet surfer and I've come to the conclusion that this problem is nonexistent for everyone on the planet besides me and ||||||||
― Evan, Saturday, 13 June 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
living in user barcode's game world
― mh, Saturday, 13 June 2020 03:47 (three years ago) link
Resident Evil 2 remake. Really good, but goddamn is it stressful. That eternally stalking hulking dude who can’t be killed, just hear his footsteps coming and going...
― circa1916, Saturday, 13 June 2020 04:56 (three years ago) link
i have defeated hyper light drifter. damn, what a game! if we ever do one of those decade polls, this will surely be on my 2010-19 list
― our god is a wee lil god (Karl Malone), Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
i like how the end credits reveal that the true "hyper light drifters" are the people who funded the game
― our god is a wee lil god (Karl Malone), Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
you have to read between the lines as you warp through their names to see that though
― our god is a wee lil god (Karl Malone), Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
In between mowing lots of grass in farming sim 19 I've now been sucked into the world of GTA IV, the vibe in this game is incredible once you let it get hold of you.
I decided to drive around correctly obeying the traffic signals. Following cars around pretending to be a private investigator.
It's almost as if I'm utterly fed up with spending my time in the real world.
― Ste, Sunday, 14 June 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
I figured out how to fix this
― Evan, Sunday, 14 June 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
Minit now works and Nuclear Throne works on my pre-Catalina machine (no luck on Catalina- it can only be fixed by the Developers making an update).
― Evan, Sunday, 14 June 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
By the way, this helps immensely:
https://randombundlegame.com/browse
― Evan, Monday, 15 June 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
That's great - you can sort by both date added and Steam rating, as well filtering out the tools/non-games.
― Nhex, Monday, 15 June 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
Hidden Folks is pretty good, if you like casual ‘where’s Walx’ type games
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Monday, 15 June 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
yup, tho it needs a hint system
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 15 June 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link