On: Valve says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS not happening, there aren't enough players

[sleepybrett]

a hundred dollars. A year, thats 0.27 cents a day. The boomers tell me that's just 5 avacado toasts a year.

[Jensson → sleepybrett]

Its quite a lot to pay just to make a gamejam game available though, and that is where indie developers starts out. If you can't publish your toys without paying 100 dollars then it is a huge issue for onboarding new developers who just want to test what it is like.

[prewett → Jensson]

The $100/yr is to publish to the App Store, which I don't think is the place for a gamejam game. You can download Xcode for free and distribute the resulting binaries for free.

[Timon3 → prewett]

You are technically correct, except that you have to jump through hoops to run an unsigned application (https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/open-a-mac-app-from...), which for the normal user is tantamount to not being able to run the game.

[kg → prewett]

Not anymore thanks to signature requirements. You need to be a registered developer and notarize your binaries.

[sleepybrett → kg]

Not actually required. Strongly suggested, but not required.