How to play StageMechanic on Mac

PlatformsPlatform, Computer

Game summary

About / Downloads We are creating a game engine that allows one to play, create, and share 3D-tile/block based games. StageMechanic is currently in Early Access and is available for PC and web through GameJolt and itch.io. StageMechanic for Android is available in the Google Play Store Sales of the Full version go to help fund development and delivery of free, instructor-led 3D modeling and programming classes at the Hanock County Public Library located in one of the poorest, least educated states in the USA Target audences Education and Makers Movement We include a built-in level editor that acts as the star of the show. This project is being developed as a teaching aid for beginning game development students - ages 5 and up including adults. A primary goal of the project is to fill a gap between game creation tools like Bloxels and more advanced tools like Game Maker Studio. With StageMechanic you are not just playing a game someone else made - you have the opportunity to create your own game and to learn from and build on games that others create. For the casual aspiring creator, we offer a range of pre-made blocks and characters with different mechanics and creator-defined properties. Intermediate level creators can use the built-in Lua interpreter and code editor to modify all of the built in blocks, items, and characters and even create their own original mechanics. In the future users will also be able to easily import their own 3D models create in tools like MagicaVoxel and Tinkercad as well as create their own music, sound effects, etc. Advanced users have full acess to the project's C# source code, allowing for infinite custamizability. As a professionally engineered and developed non-trivial project, StageMechanic offers a unique chance for students to move beyond tutorials and get hands on experience in a complex real-world game. AI Researchers Future versions of StageMechanic will include both the Encog neural netwo
First released: Jun 2018

Play StageMechanic on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play StageMechanic on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

StageMechanic installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install StageMechanic like you would on any PC.
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