Want to post this to hopefully help out some of my dev peers.

After hours of trying to export a Mac version of my game, I finally figured out a small issue with mac OS systems. Apparently, some Macs have a security measure where the downloads folder is "quarantined", and running .app files from there will result in the following error:

I was going nuts trying to diagnose the issue, none of the online community solutions worked for me. That is until I found someone just saying "copy and paste it into a different folder and it should work". After putting all the information I gathered together, I realized that it doesn't need to be copied and pasted; it doesn't need to be fixed in Terminal; it doesn't need to have spaces removed from the name; It only needs to be outside of the location that some Macs impose as a security quarantine, ie the downloads folder.

The solution probably can be fixed on the developer side with some security override method within the code, but I'm just a self-taught indie dev. Besides, the solution seems to be a non-issue client-side if they knew what was happening. So informing the players is all that's needed; Just move the .app file out of the downloads folder.

That said, Robot Altar--available for Windows since the beginning--is now available also for Mac. And as a primary Mac user, myself, I'm glad I can finally make my little game playable for the pretentious like me.

Play and Rate my game, whether you're Mac or Windows: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/robot-altar