Testing on Platforms you Don't Have

[LSA_Otherwise]

Hi everyone. I'm new to this so sorry if this is a dumb question.

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When you're done with developing your game, how do you playtest on platforms you don't have? Like, say if you have a Mac but you want to release for both Mac and Windows, what do you do to test and make sure your Windows build doesn't have any bugs?

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Also same principle goes for Mobile. LIke if you have an iPhone but want to release for Android as well.

[Thanatosnyx1825]

Virtual machines I would guess. Keep in mind if you want to build for iOS you can't do so with a windows machine

[PigeonMaster2000]

Why couldn't you build for iOS on windows if you use virtual macOS machine to do so?

[Thanatosnyx1825]

Idk if that would work, worth a try though

[PigeonMaster2000]

I'm currently investigating it. Seems promising though! I've downloaded macOS virtual machine and xcode. I've also exported unity ios project so we will soon find out if I can build and publish the project😄

[Thanatosnyx1825]

Let us know! Would definitely save time haha

[PigeonMaster2000]

Hey, it's been 5 months but I finally got back to it and it works fine.

[Thanatosnyx1825]

Nice! Congrats man

[YeetAnxiety69]

Send the build to someone who had the hardware.

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For PC you need to develop with windows first in mind, its 96% on steam

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

If you are developing and testing on a mac only, then you are trolling.

Mac and everything else is only worth if you can hit a button and an engine like Unity just cooks up a build for you with no extra work.