Hmm, exactly how is it broken? I'd be happy to look into it for you.
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The game app does nothing upon being started. Which is really no wonder, because the shell script inside does not execute and aborts with an error (it is unable to find the renpy disribution folder it is looking for). In other games, I was able to move stuff around inside the app package and it would run, but I couldn't get this one to do anything Which is a shame, really.
Hmm, so there are only two things I can think of.
1) Did you download the file and extract the folder from the rar? That's the only thing you need to do. I don't know if you're doing something more complicated or unnecessary, but you don't need to do anything else. Double click the downloaded file, drag the folder inside to anywhere on your Mac, and then from there, within the extracted folder, you'd find the StrandedInSpace.app to open. Nothing else is needed.
2) Only other thing I can think of is from Ren'py's requirements:
macOS
- Version: 10.10+
- CPU: 2.0 Ghz 64-bit Intel-compatible (Apple silicon supported through Rosetta 2)
I always just download a recent version of the Ren'Py SDK, drop the AVN into its folder, double-click the Ren'Py app, and run it from there. Pretty sure this one is based on Ren'Py 7, so for maximum compatibility, use Ren'Py 7.x (current is 7.7.1, I think). That also saves you the hassle of dealing with Apple's Quarantine behavior.