Developer: Altered Orbit Studios
Release Date: May 31, 2024
Source Code Release Date: May 31, 2024

It's impressive that the DOOM runs om everything. It's more impressive that the GZDoom project has turned the DOOM engine into an extremely versatile piece of software. There's a smattering of standalone games out there running on some variant of DOOM or GZDoom and one of the most amazing recent entries is Selaco.

Back when this game came out I and a few others tried building it for the Mac and there were graphical issues due to modifications made to the OpenGL renderer. More recently, CrowEater figured out the trick to building and packaging it for the Mac with MoltenVK to use the Vulkan renderer by default and the result is being able to play this frenetic boomer shooter on the Mac.

Note that this is an Early Access game both in the sense that the game itself is Early Access on Steam and also that this port is a work in progress and may have some issues, like how the opening splash screen is pink. But look past these and you'll find an excellent game to blast your way through.

NOTE: If you had a previous build of this app installed you need to upgrade to the data files from version 0.92a of the game (the latest as of this writing) as the relationship between Selaco's code and its data content is very strict, however upgrading may break your saved games so you may want to finish whatever run you're on before upgrading.