The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival

carve a lil pumpkin and share it with the world · By adamgryu

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Mac OSX Catalina: Extra Installation Instructions Sticky

A topic by adamgryu created Oct 25, 2020 Views: 1,914 Replies: 13

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adamgryuDeveloper3 years ago (9 edits) (+3)

For this to run, you'll need to do one of the actions below:

Use the Unarchiver app to unzip the ZIP file.
OR download the game from within the Itch.io app.
OR execute the following on the command line:

cd [to the directory where Pumpkins.app is located]
cd Pumpkins.app/Contents/MacOS
chmod +x Pumpkins

After this, you need to hold control + right-click on the application, and select Open.

red5iam3 years ago

Neither of these steps is currently working for me (Running Catalina, 10.15.5)

soooch3 years ago

You also have to hold down control when you right click.

red5iam3 years ago

I still get a pop up window that it can't be opened. :/ And when trying to use the command line it just says no such directory exists. I'll just wait and hope when it's out of Beta it works better for me. :)

6saxq2u23 years ago (1 edit)

you have to tell terminal the full path. Adam only gave part of a path inside the game file, like cd /Users/%your_username%/Downloads/PumpkinMac.app/Contents/MacOS

dill0wn3 years ago

Additionally, even after those steps, the next time I right click and 'opened' it only presented me with "move to trash" or "cancel". But the _next_ time I tried it, I could also select "open". Now I"m in.

yildo3 years ago

Any ETA for a permanent fix? The workaround works for me, but I don't want to recommend the game to coworkers if they all have to fire up the Terminal to make it work.

adamgryuDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

I'll try and get a fix for this soon. I need access to an actual Mac to fix it, which I don't have. Sadly Apple has made it difficult to release games outside of their ecosystem.

fihu3 years ago

MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 here and game is working fine.
Used the itch.io app to install and launch.

noahwf3 years ago

I was able to make it work, but the command that worked for me was "cd Pumpkin.app/Contents/MacOS" (not "cd PumpkinMac.app/Contents/MacOS").

noahwf3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I tried doing it through the Itch app, but got this error

Giometric2 years ago (1 edit)

One thing you can do is, if you know someone who does have a Mac, have them do the chmod +x to the binary, zip it back up (right click > Compress Pumpkins.app will work) and send it back to you to upload to itch.io. The zip file created this way will preserve the executable permission. Users will still need to right click > Open the app to get past the "we can't check it for viruses" thing, but they at least won't need to use the Terminal on it themselves.

Edit: Not sure if this is expected, but Pumpkins.app also has no icon. Not an issue for running the app or anything, just wanted to point it out in case it should have one.

suchipi1 year ago(+3)

Is there no macOS version this year? :(

shfitz1 year ago(+1)

It looks like there is no new macOS client after the last update, do you plan to have a new one soon (hoping the 'Linux and Windows' is temporary 🤞)?

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The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival

​Mac OSX Catalina: Extra Installation Instructions Sticky

Mac OSX Catalina: Extra Installation Instructions Sticky