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Hey all,
I'm in the midst of porting some casual games from Win32 to OS X and am
trying hard to make our games appear as Mac-like as possible. I really want
to avoid the impression that our Mac versions are second-class citizens. To
that end, I have a few questions about what is standard behavior for a Mac
game. I've tried to look at a sampling of games that are in the market
already, but it's hard to tell what is standard and what is not and I can't
seem to find any official Apple guidance out there. So without further ado:
1) On Win32 we use Alt+Enter as a toggle between full screen and
windowed mode. Is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut on Mac? I've had
suggested Command+F (since QuickTime uses that to go full screen) or
Command+M (since apparently this is WoW's choice - thought it seems odd to
me since I thought that Command+M was minimize).
2) On Win32 if the user clicks the window's maximize button, we take
them to full screen mode. Would this be acceptable behavior for the zoom
button. I should point out that our casual games only do a single fixed
resolution right now, so they can't be resizes in windowed mode. I'm
assuming if they could resize, then the more common zoom button behavior of
"best size" would be appropriate.
3) Is it common for Mac games to have a Preferences dialog? On Win32
our options are configured inside the game window from an options menu
(things like sound/music volume, custom cursors, full screen/windowed mode,
etc).
4) Should a game have a Window menu or just an application menu?
5) In the same vein, are there any menus or menu items I should make
sure to have?
6) And as long as you've got this far - what else am I forgetting? What
do I need to do as a game developer to deliver a game a mac user would be
happy with?
Thanks for any help you can give,
Matthew
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hey all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m in the midst of porting some casual games from
Win32 to OS X and am trying hard to make our games appear as Mac-like as
possible. I really want to avoid the impression that our Mac versions are
second-class citizens. To that end, I have a few questions about what is
standard behavior for a Mac game. I’ve tried to look at a sampling
of games that are in the market already, but it’s hard to tell what is
standard and what is not and I can’t seem to find any official Apple
guidance out there. So without further ado:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>On Win32 we use Alt+Enter as a toggle between full
screen and windowed mode. Is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut on Mac
?
I’ve had suggested Command+F (since QuickTime uses that to go full
screen) or Command+M (since apparently this is WoW’s choice –
thought it seems odd to me since I thought that Command+M was minimize).<o:p><
/o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><!
[if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>On Win32 if the user clicks the window’s maximize
button, we take them to full screen mode. Would this be acceptable
behavior for the zoom button. I should point out that our casual games
only do a single fixed resolution right now, so they can’t be resizes in
windowed
mode. I’m assuming if they could resize, then the more common zoom
button behavior of “best size” would be appropriate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><!
[if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Is it common for Mac games to have a Preferences
dialog? On Win32 our options are configured inside the game window from
an options menu (things like sound/music volume, custom cursors, full
screen/windowed mode, etc).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><!
[if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Should a game have a Window menu or just an application
menu? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><!
[if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>In the same vein, are there any menus or menu items I
should make sure to have?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><!
[if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>6)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>And as long as you’ve got this far – what
else
am I forgetting? What do I need to do as a game developer to deliver a game a
mac user would be happy with?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for any help you can give,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Matthew<o:p></o:p></p>
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