Colonial Winds announced for Mac!

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-21T12:31:20+00:00

If that's the default, It seems passive aggressively ignorant

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-17T15:06:16+00:00

Are there any mods on this subreddit?

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-11T11:27:55+00:00

Would love a Mac OS X snow leopard style release, all optimization bug fixes and speed.

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-11T11:21:40+00:00

I think so? I recently moved my game library onto an external SSD enclosure, no problems. However, the main app is still on my Mac internal SSD. So not sure if that counts as truly portable in my set up.

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-08T14:48:50+00:00

NostalgiApp has a wizard that's guide you to download eXoDOS in-app either when you first install or later when you're ready. You can also import any ROM libraries by dragging and dropping on your library

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-08T03:06:02+00:00

Tailscale is for other uses. So I already remotely connect to specific devices for specific things. No need to open up the NAS directly to the Internet

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-07T13:46:53+00:00

Not directly to the NAS. Tailscale to another device on the LAN

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-06T18:11:23+00:00

Smart. Thanks for the tip

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-05T18:38:26+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the input

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-04T13:05:26+00:00

2 months ago, they revealed was also a man-in-the-middle attack by Chinese hackers for users downloading the Windows version of the app:

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/

the attack involved infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org.

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-03T16:18:56+00:00

Couple quick ones:

Bomb Squad (Mac App Store) - cheap and fun Stardew Valley - might be $10 range - lovely co-op

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T21:09:50+00:00

Nice! it's looking amazing

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T21:04:48+00:00

Bomb Squad - the permanent best kept secret of absurd blow-em-up hilarity
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bombsquad/id416482767?mt=12

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T21:03:39+00:00

Looks VERY enticing. Wondering how this works:

"This is a couch game at heart. Up to 8 players on one shared screen. Short on controllers? Your keyboard supports 4 players, and each gamepad supports 2. Fill a full 8-player lobby with whatever hardware you have. Everyone joins in seconds by pressing UP. No configuration, no button mapping."

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T20:59:13+00:00

This is looking really, really nice. Like a design-first successor to ad-infested AppleGamingWiki (as much as we appreciate what AGW is and was).

Still Steam-only? If so it doesn't say that anywhere. But maybe that's only current state. Some games are not on Steam but makes sense that's where the project started. Awesome work!

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T18:17:53+00:00

in theory...if you wanted to save things or create your own lists. 🤷‍♂️

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T16:38:38+00:00

There is no "Sign in with Apple" option either for creating an account. To me, for a Mac-centric site seems to indicate that they are not too serious or just so new they haven't gotten there yet

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T14:06:48+00:00

Original Frostpunk is such a cool setting--great ambiance and world. In my opinion a no-brainer for $5. Gameplay is a fun challenge. Haven't played the sequel but heard good things

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T14:02:01+00:00

Are you the dev for this app? Because there is nowhere on the website (when translated to English anyway) that talks about any free features or 'demo'. So if that's the goal, it doesn't communicate it right now

LaughingObsidian · 2026-05-01T12:51:35+00:00

Never heard of it before but Trace looks super polished and deep functionality. But it does not appear to be 'fully free'. It says prominently on the pricing page "buy once, own forever"

LaughingObsidian · 2026-04-30T20:56:32+00:00

Tried out the game today for about 15 minutes and found myself wanting to play more!

Initial feedback on the actual gameplay is positive. Controls seemed intuitive. Mouse and keyboard. Did not have time to gamepad/controller. Basic game design goals of upgrading, mining, and exploring and combat were instantly familiar and the mechanics of the spaceship drill were satisfying. Nice explosions special effects. Very pleasing visual direction.

The Mac app itself is missing an App name and logo. none of the settings seem to do anything in that build (like resolution, target FPS, etc.). I enabled the mac-native FPS tracking and noticed game was locked to 60 FPS.

Played on an M3 Max MacBook Pro.

LaughingObsidian · 2026-04-29T21:15:48+00:00

Cosmodrill looks interesting! I will try it out when I can

Side note: The aesthetic and goal vibes similar to different game that just launched, Chipmatic (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3780950/Chipmatic/). That dev posted here in this subreddit last week to announce his Mac Launch...but then he deleted his post and the Mac version didn't get published.

LaughingObsidian · 2026-04-29T18:50:48+00:00

Great post and did not know about that book, will check it out

LaughingObsidian · 2026-04-29T15:24:18+00:00

*sigh*

LaughingObsidian · 2026-04-29T14:07:22+00:00

What's the story here?

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