How to play The Ingenious Machine: New and Improved Edition on Mac
Game summary
The Ingenious Machine is a single-player physics-based puzzle game. The player is presented with a series of light bulbs that they must switch on, by creating elaborate machines out of a pre-defined array of gadgets. The gadgets include gears, conveyor belts, magnets, weights, explosives, and lasers. Points are awarded for creativity, but deducted for each failed attempt at building a working machine. This is an extended edition of the original Ingenious Machine, which was previously released for Android and iOS. The "New and Improved Edition" features the following updates: - Twice as many levels. Fifty in total. - Improved music. - Improved graphics. - New gadget types; including springs, flame-throwers, balloons, and a cloning machine! It's all about user-generated content and creative problem-solving. And also dynamite.
Play The Ingenious Machine: New and Improved Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play The Ingenious Machine: New and Improved Edition 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).
The Ingenious Machine: New and Improved Edition 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 The Ingenious Machine: New and Improved Edition like you would on any PC.
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