Desura on Mac? Thread - Desura

Hey there, have been on Desura almost 2 years now, in that time I've used the client on both Windows and Linux during it's beta.

I noticed today that on the Desura site there's an option to search through Mac games available on Desura, is there currently any beta version of Desura for the Mac?

If so, is it possible to apply to gain access to the Mac beta version?

Cheers!

you might want to follow this: Github.com

There is no Mac version of the client yet. No Mac developers have stepped forward to help with the client on Mac. Work has been done to see that it compiles with the same compiler Mac uses but it was compiled on a Linux. The UI would need some work to make a Mac version. The UI I believe is the biggest task to getting a Mac client up and running. The engine under the hood shouldn't need too much if any changes because it could use some or all of the same stuff the Linux version uses. All the toolkits/libraries used are cross-platform compatible for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Right now Mac users can download Mac games from the website. Everything is done in theory on the backend/server to support a Mac client. It would take testing with a Mac client to make sure everything is correct and there are no problems.

Edited by: Protektor

Someone ported it to Mac and started a thread on general forums: Indiedb.com

Screenshot: Imagebanana.com

Edited by: feillyne

Actually what he did was get the Windows client working on Mac using WINE. It is not a native client and so it only installs Windows games.

Edited by: Protektor

That's no good... it seems only a native client is needed.

Edited by: feillyne

I could need help with this by experienced Mac OS X developers. I've created a branch with a compileable here: Github.com

Currently the client is crashing after a login, but I don't have much time to work on it though.

I have a few friends who use Macs and it would be nice if there was a lcient for them that worked properly.