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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: 6,225 Replies: 20
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adamgryuDeveloper5 years ago (9 edits) (+3)(-1)

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.

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red5iam5 years ago(+1)

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

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soooch5 years ago

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

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red5iam5 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. :)

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6saxq2u25 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

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dill0wn5 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.

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yildo5 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.

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adamgryuDeveloper5 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.

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fihu5 years ago

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

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noahwf5 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").

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noahwf5 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

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

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Giometric4 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.

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suchipi3 years ago(+3)

Is there no macOS version this year? :(

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shfitz3 years 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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Drew Messinger-Michaels1 year ago (2 edits) (+1)

No Terminal stuff required in Sequoia, FYI!

You just have to:

  1. Change your Security setting "Show Applications From" to "App Store & Known Developers".
  2. Try launching the Ghost Town application you downloaded. (You'll get that deeply insulting pop-up about how Apple is protecting you from, um, software).
  3. Go back to your Security settings (in System Preferences), and scroll to the bottom. You'll see an option to run the ghostly app the OS just blocked.

It should run, and you should just be able to double-click the application in the future.

Is it dumb and hostile? You betcha! But not too time-consuming.

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lluvky40 days ago

Hey all! im having a hard time tyring to downlaod this on mac... is there anyone who can help ?

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p__rex40 days ago (1 edit)

the Mac build for this year will be out soon, they said it just takes a lil extra work than the others so don't worry!!

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Anshop39 days ago

Hey! I downloaded the Mac version but when i try to open, it says that my mac cannot prove their isn't any harmful content?? Like to my computer. I can try the MacOS instructions but I'm new to online games so im not sure what they mean ^^

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Shworp38 days ago

hi! i just downloaded on mac and had the same issue. the work around is two finger click on the game, then hit open at the top.   A window will pop up with the open button. After you’ve done this once you never need to again :)

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MajorDeckard38 days ago (1 edit)

I did the right click open but it's still giving me the same pop-up with "Done" and "Move to Trash".

Edit: Ok I needed to open Privacy & Security and from there click "Open Anyway".

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lluvky30 days ago

so I downloaded the Mac version but when I open it , it only pulls up the files .. what should I do to properly open and run the game ?

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