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If you are having troubles with the mac version not opening and can't be fucked to join the discord, here is the fix in the faq.
Don't use commands unless you know what you are doing (i.e. don't trust strangers). Posting here cause I dislike the concept of having to join discords for fixes. If you are confused the 2nd command's file path is for the text file nwjs.

Q: My Mac Version isn't working, is there a fix?

Open Terminal and type:

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine INSERTFILEPATHHERE

You simply copy paste the part before INSERTFILEPATHHERE and then drag the .app file onto the line in Terminal after the command to easily enter the filepath to the .app file. This command will ask for your password. 

STEP TWO:

Right click the .app file and click "Show Package Contents", then navigate through from the Contents folder to the MacOS folder, where you will find a text file nwjs

Inside terminal again, type:

chmod +x INSERTFILEPATHHERE

and finally enter chmod - R 755 INSERTFILEHERE (this file being the game itself once the previous steps are done)

this still isnt working for me can you give more detailed steps please

Ok if you tried something with the terminal just unzip the file for a fresh copy first in case something is wrong with the one you messed with.

Steps:
1. Open terminal

2. Type:

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine

3. Drag the game in the folder you just unzipped into the terminal. This should fill out a file path like "/Users/yourname/downloads/city_of_secrets/Game.app" onto the end of the above command.

4. Enter the command.

5. Now right click the game app and click "Show Package Contents".

6. Go to the Contents folder, then the MacOS folder. You should see a file called nwjs.

7. Use terminal and type: 

chmod +x

8. Drag the nwjs file into terminal which should fill out a path like "/Users/yourname/downloads/city_of_secrets/Game.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs" onto the end of the above command.

9. Enter the command.

10. Use terminal and type:

chmod -R 755

11. Once again, drag the game in the folder you just unzipped into the terminal. This should fill out a file path like "/Users/yourname/downloads/city_of_secrets/Game.app" onto the end of the above command.


Your three commands should look something like this:

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Users/yourname/downloads/city_of_secrets/Game.app

chmod +x /Users/yourname/downloads/city_of_secrets/Game.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs

chmod -R 755 /Users/yourname/downloads/city_of_secrets/Game.app


This was exactly what I did and it worked. If it doesn't work for you and you are sure you followed the steps correctly... Just bite the bullet and go to the discord lol. But they would probably redirect you to the faq where I copied and pasted this from anyways. Hope this helps!