freeverse posts

Most of the Mac Monday downloads are, besides being great games, downloads for both Mac and PC. While there's nothing wrong with this, the ideal is the Mac-only title. Who better to bring it to us, then, than Freeverse, creator of many fantastic games for the Mac, including the previously-covered Neon Tango. Wingnuts 2: Raina's Revenge is a top-down arcade shooter in the style of the classic Time Pilot. However, it's much, much more intense and complex, even at its easiest level. How, exactly? Read on, O Learned Audience!

For decades, Mac owners have had to sigh dispiritedly when assessing their gaming options compared to what has been available for the PC. Development studios like Bungie and Blizzard aside, most gaming houses have always decided to create their games for the larger market share, which have always been PC-based. While there have been successful ports of PC games from studios like Aspyr, these have always arrived much later than the launch of the original versions.

Later, a slew of Mac-dedicated studios appeared on the scene (see last week's MacMonday, which focused on Freeverse) and have proven that not only is it possible to create great games for the Mac, but to be successful at the task. This has helped energize the Mac gaming community and is undoubtedly a good thing, but a recent arrival to the Mac lineup of products has added a new element that ought to be considered. In this post we'll talk about how the iPhone could affect developing games for the Mac.