MacOS support for Early Access

[formal tide]

Im still using my MacBook most of the time and was also able to play the other playtest before this one and I'm concerned about being able to play on Mac again. Would there also be a launcher or other ways to play the game without using steam?

[errant dust]

We will keep supporting macOS.
Early Access will most likely be available exclusively on Steam, but we are exploring options to bring BitCraft to other platforms later.

[lucid falcon]

For clarification, does EA have Mac compatibility? Steam does support Mac too

[indigo cedar]

Does that mean when we buy the game on Steam we will not be able to play?

[twin magnet]

When he says platforms, I believe he means other game platforms like epic etc. you can play on Mac

[errant dust]

Correct, "other platforms" means other than Steam.
Regarding the Mac situation; since Pre-Alpha we always supported Win and macOS builds for BitCraft and will keep doing so. A Mac user will be able to play BitCraft by using the macOS client from Steam.

[indigo cedar]

Im curious about the system requirements and performance. But M4 Pro should be more than enough 😊

[formal tide]

I did play the previous alphas on a base macbook air m1 8gb ram and it ran “okay”. Decent even. Played it in highest graphics by accident and still got a dcent experience. 30+ fps at least

[indigo cedar]

That’s great

I will see what I get out

[formal tide]

things should be better, albeit its not the time for optimizing the game, yet... things just should run better

[bold hound]

been playing tests on an m1 and then m3 max, performance was good on both. Increasing the frame rate would bug it out though

[bold hound]

whenever I buy a game on steam, NMS for example, I'm able to play it on both PC and Mac. Should work the same way

[shadow copper]

It’s now showing macOS on Steam. 😁