Mac has been a platform ignored by gamers for a long time. However, Apple has taken an important step to change this situation. With the new game porting tool it introduced at WWDC, it will make porting PC games to Mac easier.
The game porting tool provides developers with an emulation environment where they can run existing Windows games on Mac. So developers can quickly evaluate how their games will run on macOS without writing code. Apple also offers developers a new Metal shader converter that makes it easy to convert the graphics code and shaders of Windows games to run on Apple Macs.
Advantages of game porting tool
The game porting tool and shader converter from Apple significantly reduces the overall development time required to port Windows games to Mac. According to Apple, thanks to these tools, a porting process that took months can be reduced to just a few days.
A beta version of the game porting tool is available for download from the Apple Developer website. Developers interested in porting can learn more by watching videos in Apple’s “Bring your game to the Mac” series. Apple has also prepared a page on its website that provides information about various gaming technologies and tools for developers.
It seems like Apple is putting more effort into providing high quality gaming experience on Mac. For example, macOS Sonoma has a new Game Mode. This mod temporarily prioritizes CPU and GPU performance for gaming. Do you think we will see the days when we turn to Mac devices to play games?
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