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Make a Mac Game with Summer Engine

Build your game with AI assistance, then export for macOS. Summer Engine supports both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

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Step 1: Build Your Game

1

Download Summer Engine

Visit summerengine.com and download for Mac
2

Create a project

New Project → Create your game with AI. Describe what you want in natural language
3

Iterate with AI

Refine through conversation. “Add a settings menu”, “Optimize for Retina displays”

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Step 2: Enable Texture Compression

Before exporting, enable ETC2/ASTC (required for Apple Silicon):
  1. Project → Project Settings
  2. Rendering → Textures → VRAM Compression
  3. Enable “Import ETC2 ASTC”
  4. Wait for reimport (1-5 minutes)

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Step 3: Export for macOS

1

Create export preset

Project → Export → Add → macOS (Runnable)
2

Set bundle identifier

Replace com.example.game with your unique ID (e.g. com.yourstudio.yourgame)
3

Export

Click Export. You get a .app bundle ready for distribution
Releasing on both Mac and Windows? Enable both ETC2 ASTC and S3TC BPTC texture formats at once to avoid reimporting twice.

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Next Steps

macOS Export Guide

Full guide: code signing, notarization, Steam

Publish to Steam

Release on Steam (Mac + Windows)

Publish to itch.io

Quick indie publishing
Need help or have questions? Reach out to our founders at founders@summerengine.com or join our community on Discord for fast responses.