Can't run the game on mac anyone else have the same
Two things might have gone wrong:
- the app is quarantined by Gatekeeper because it's from an unknown developer;
- the executable inside the app might have lost its execute permission during unzipping
To check quarantine, start Terminal and type "xattr " without the quotes at the prompt and drag the
BrokenDreamers app into the Terminal window. Terminal will fill out the path for you. Mind there is a space between the command and said path. Hit enter. If you see
com.apple.quarantine in the results, the app is quarantined.
To remove the quarantine, type "xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine " and drag the app again into the window. Again, mind the space after quarantine. Hit enter. Quarantine should now be removed.
To check the second case, you need to look into the contents of the app: right click on
BrokenDreamers app, pick Show package contents. Navigate to /Contents/MacOS/. Inside that folder you'll see a file BrokenDreamers. That file should be a Unix executable. If it's anything else, it has lost its execute permission.
To fix this, start Terminal and type "chmod a+x " without the quotes at the prompt and drag the file inside the Terminal window. Terminal will fill out the path for you. Again mind there is a space between the command and the path. Hit enter. The file should now be executable.
Edit: this game is one of the few where there is another
BrokenDreamers file that should be executable as well, in /Contents/MacOS/lib/darwin-x86_64
Just do the
chmod command for this file as well if needed.
As a general precaution, make a duplicate of the app first before changing its attributes or permissions.
