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A retro-inspired 2D Action-RPG set in the distant future 路 By Radical Fish Games

Unable to run Mac version

A topic by tuigi1 created Mar 19, 2022 Views: 521 Replies: 7
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I downloaded the Mac version but every time I try to run it, a pop up window appears saying the application can't be opened. I am on a 2020 M1 MacBook Air with macOS Monterey. 

I'm running into the same problem 馃槶

Me too :(

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This fixed it for me: https://itch.io/t/1979838/wont-launch-on-osx

Thanks!

Using the unarchiver worked for me, thanks!

Developer

We're still not sure why this happens. We're looking into it.

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It might be due to being packaged as a zip rather than a dmg, zip files don鈥檛 support Unix permissions without using an extension which not all archivers support.

Generally the optimal archive formats for the various platforms in 2022, compatibility wise, is:

  • Non-Mac Unix (Linux, BSD) => tar, tar.gz, tar.zst
  • macOS => dmg, pkg
  • Windows => zip, cab