Hello Captains!
For those that are subscribed to our newsletter (If you haven't already, you should be! You get your name in the game and everything!), you'll be aware that Mac & Linux versions of the game are in progress.
We'd like to open testing to anyone that has a copy of the game and a PC running Linux or a Mac, so if you'd like to gain access, you'll need to set up a special beta branch. You can do that by following these steps:
- Go to your Steam Library
- Right-click on Abandon Ship and select "Properties"
- Go to the tab marked "Betas"
- There is a field that allows you to enter a code. Enter the one for your chosen platform shown below.
- Depending on your platform of choice, choose either the osxtesting or linuxtesting branches from the drop-down list.
- Wait for the game to finish updating, you should see the branch name listed after the game name.
If you wish to test the Mac version, the code you need is "ot82Gpa62h9Vq2d" (without quotes).
If you wish to test the Linux version, the code you need is "lt27Utrx5k618vS" (without quotes).
Being such a small indie team, we have very limited resources available for compatibility testing, so we'd really appreciate any feedback when you test it. We'd of course like to know of any issues, but we'd also like to know if it runs okay - this is so that we can get a clearer picture of what OS versions we can support.
If you find any issues, I've created two pinned threads here for platform specific issues:
Mac - https://steamcommunity.com/app/551860/discussions/2/1640919103672444879/
Linux - https://steamcommunity.com/app/551860/discussions/2/1640919103672446045/
If you test it and all is good, it'd be really helpful if you could post in the comments below telling us as such, and your spec/OS version.
If you'd rather do any of that in private, then you can email me at [email protected] :)
If all goes to plan, we'll officially release both versions in a few weeks time.
Thanks in advance for the help!
The Abandon Ship Crew
PS - although the content is the same, the version numbers are different from the recent Windows Major Update, but this is just a logistical thing for these first builds. When we next update the Beta Branch all platforms should be on the same version number.