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ATITD Mac Beta Released

Posted by michael on from the keeping-up-with-the-joneses dept.

darkwing_bmf writes "A Tale in the Desert 2 has just released a beta version of their Macintosh OS X client. The game itself was covered in a previous Slashdot story. Supported clients already exist for Windows and Linux."

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  1. Sounds like a fun game. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    1. Mine Uranium.
    2. Build centrifuge from reed and papyrus, enrich uranium.
    3. Make explosives out of hippo droppings.
    4. Make sphere out of enriched uranium, wrap hippo poop explosives around sphere.
    5. Detonate hippo poop explosives shell.
  2. Cross-platform is good. by keiferb · · Score: 5, Funny

    That way it'll eventually turn into a sociology geek/grad student's wet dream. I can see the thesis now... "Influence of Operating System Preference on PKilling Style"

  3. Good variety in Cross Platform MMORPGs now by Colazar · · Score: 5, Informative
    The ones I know are Shadowbane (which I haven't quite given up on yet), Lineage (couldn't quite bring myself to play), and the upcoming World of Warcraft (I'm sure I'll get sucked into that one somehow). Now with A Tale in the Desert that really takes care of most major MMORPG game-styles, doesn't it?

    Are there any other Cross-Platform ones out there? I don't count Mac Everquest, BTW, cause Macs and PCs can't play on the same servers.

    --
    He decided to just watch the government, and kind of scale it down to size, and run his life that way. --Laurie Anderson
    1. Re:Good variety in Cross Platform MMORPGs now by Maserati · · Score: 3, Informative

      Actually yes, there are. World of Warcraft has Mac and PC clients as of at least the stress-test beta. I've played the same character from both platforms, so it seems to be true multi-platform - the combined installer was also a good clue.

      It's also officially awesome.

      --
      Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1992-1951
    2. Re:Good variety in Cross Platform MMORPGs now by MonaXier · · Score: 4, Informative

      The Puzzle Pirates are cross-platform (since it's built on Java, presumably there's Linux support, but I've never tried it). Fun little game, with excellent concept.

    3. Re:Good variety in Cross Platform MMORPGs now by bocee · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I don't think I understand why this comment was moderated +5.... All the poster is doing is agreeing with the parent. And there's not even any good information in the new comment; he talks about the stress test which happened just last week, when (as another commenter noted) macs have been supported since at least the alpha.

      And if you just read this comment in isolation, the "Actually yes, there are" statement would lead you to believe that the commenter was *disagreeing* with the parent, not just saying the same thing over again.

      --john

  4. Re:And the download is where? by Smurf · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're not stupid, just too lazy to read through the page.

    The MacOS X installer is linked after the Linux installer, in the line that says:

    Full Install for Macintosh OSX (Current Status: BETA): mirror

  5. Re:And the download is where? by Smurf · · Score: 3, Informative

    OK, I apologize for calling you lazy. I guess you are simply looking at another page.

    The link is in this page: http://www.atitd.com/download.html.

    I'm also using Safari, so that probably isn't the problem.

  6. Re:And the download is where? by Pluribus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry, guys, I wanted it to be more closed beta of the client, so I linked it only off the downloads page until I worked out some more kinks. No big deal, just wanted the best impression possible BEFORE it hitting slashdot. Alas, you guys beat me too it ... BTW, The faster downloads is via http://game.atitd.com/download.html

    Read the README for known issues with the mac client. It is still very much under development.

  7. 12j by grue23 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I beta tested ATITD version one. It's an intriguing game and worth checking out - there is no combat and no killing. It's all about players collaborating to work on projects together. I didn't play the main game because I don't generally have the 2+ hours a day needed to focus on most MMORPG's, but the beta was fun.