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Cataclysm: Bright Nights for macOS
Scavenge supplies, find vehicles and survive a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world in Cataclysm: Bright Nights, a free, open-source sci-fi roguelike for Mac.
- Operating system
- macOS; minimum version not confirmed from the cited publisher sources
- Architecture
- ARM (Apple Silicon)
- Download package
- DMG disk image — graphical tiles edition
Selected asset: cbn-osx-tiles-arm-v0.13.0.dmg. Separate Intel x64, curses/text-interface and no-soundpack packages appear in the publisher release. This entry does not claim installation or runtime testing.
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What is Cataclysm: Bright Nights?
Cataclysm: Bright Nights puts survival in a persistent, procedurally generated world at the center of its sci-fi roguelike. Search the remains of civilization for food and equipment, find a usable vehicle, and decide whether to fight or escape zombies, giant insects, robots and other threats. The project is a fork of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
This entry links to the publisher's v0.13.0 graphical tiles DMG for Apple Silicon Macs. The release also provides separate Intel x64 and text-interface packages; the linked ARM package is not the Intel build. A minimum macOS version for this specific release has not been established from the cited publisher material.
The project provides in-game documentation through the ? key and configurable key bindings. Its README cautions that the tutorial in the Special menu may not function after code changes, so do not rely on that tutorial as a complete introduction. The development team also states that third-party launchers are unsupported.
What it offers
- Explore a persistent, procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world with sci-fi elements.
- Scavenge food, equipment and vehicles while confronting zombies, giant insects and robots.
- Play the graphical tiles edition through the publisher's macOS DMG package.
- Consult in-game documentation with the ? key and customize key bindings.
- Discover additional third-party mods through the project's linked mod registry.
Good to know
- The publisher warns that the Special-menu tutorial may not function because of code changes.
- Third-party launchers are not supported by the development team.
- The linked DMG is the ARM build for Apple Silicon; Intel Macs need the separate x64 package. Minimum macOS compatibility for this release is not confirmed here.
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