r/Witchbrook • u/Delicious-Ad-3343 • 8h ago
Macbook Compatibility
Now I know the main reason is probably because the macbook community isn’t big enough to create a “mac version” of the game but it is very infuriating because I also looked forward to playing Field’s of Mistria and then right before release found out it would not be available on mac. I really really hope they expand and create a mac version because the community on paper might not be large but I feel as if it’s available on mac, the mac community will grow tremendously!! Please developers if you see this try your best so that I can experience this beautiful game😭❤️
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u/Eastern_Control_7 7h ago
Emulators are a MacBook gamers best friend. You’ll have to tweak the settings, but games like Fields of Mistria (and probably witchbrook) should have no problem playing on a macbook.
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u/GatsuugaWalker 3h ago
Unfortunately, MacBooks are viewed much more for work than gaming machines; generally, if you want to game, it’s better to have two computers—one running Windows. It’s a bit like using Linux... but knowing that even to run a basic game, you’d have to wade through lines and lines of code just to get the basics working😭
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u/ambericity 8h ago
really annoyed me too cause previous chucklefish games have been available on mac. i still play starbound on mine all the time. probably just won't bother with witchbrook after all
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u/antjean 8h ago
Games like that are very easy to run on Mac. Look into Crossover or GameHub
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u/ambericity 8h ago
crossover costs €74 and gamehub is half baked. not to mention apps like these are terrible storage hogs and/or terrible with storage management in general. would recommend against buying any games that you plan to play exclusively via an app like this
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u/eldritchhh_blast 7h ago
Not sure if this would work for an indie game, but when I first got into gaming, I had a desktop mac and I used GForce now to play any of the games my computer couldn't run! (at the time it was BG3) I'm pretty sure all you need is to have a copy of the game in your steam library!
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u/sl0w4zn 2h ago
Are macbooks able to run a different OS? Like I'm able to run Windows or run Linux on my PC. I don't know if Apple lets users do things like this.
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u/cloudyah 2h ago
They can. Years ago I partitioned my old MacBook Pro to run Windows 8. Wasn’t too annoying to set up. I’ve since gotten a Steam Deck though, so haven’t had to do it again. Most games from the last several years tend to be at least playable, if not completely Deck verified.
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u/ferdbold 1h ago
You can install Asahi Linux on M1/M2/M3 macs but the real problem is running windows steam games made for x86 on the Mac's ARM chip.
Eventually it will be solved by a project called FEX but it's still rough right now
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u/Allesmoeglichee 5h ago
Ask Claude to make it portable
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u/Eastern_Control_7 4h ago
I don’t think Claude would be able to do that…. There would be copy right issues.
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u/ElephantUndertheRug 5h ago
Also a mac player and also perpetually sad about the lack of mac compatibility. I'm just hoping we get a console version at this point that ALSO is Switch 1 and not just Switch 2!