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Data is Famous! Also, Mac port in the works
Posted by Data in Cortex Command - May 28th, 2008

Here’s another interview of me by the indie scene scoopmaker Tim W. at IndieGames.com. This one is more about the development than the game itself, which complements the previous interview well.

The big news Tim breaks is that we now have a very experienced guy actually working on the Mac OSX port of Cortex Command! After many years in the ‘big’ games industry, Chris Kruger recently left his position at Rockstar Games to pursue freelance programming on his own. We are very fortunate to have him working with us on our project, and all you Mac users out there will soon be battling it out on your native platform!

Chris is one of those guys who actually enjoy porting games, so there’s a good chance other target platforms will be within our reach as well. Stay tuned…

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81 Responses to “Data is Famous! Also, Mac port in the works”

  1. darklink - # May 28th, 2008 at 9:07 am

    Sweet! Mac Port!
    GO DATA!

  2. Pawnda - # May 28th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    Nice man!

    Just what i’ve been waiting for :-)

  3. Chamyky - # May 28th, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Great! Just great. CC’s future is more and more exciting…

  4. Omni - # May 28th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    Wow. You got a guy from Rockstar Games PORTING your game?

    Nice. I’m loving seeing CC get more credit, and it’s only going to get even more. Can’t wait.

  5. Ghost Bear - # May 28th, 2008 at 11:19 am

    The future of gaming is Cortex Command.

  6. War lord - # May 28th, 2008 at 11:20 am

    hittin’ it big, ain’t ya data realms?

    :D

  7. Ghost Bear - # May 28th, 2008 at 11:33 am

    I’m afraid alot what portion of fame may influence progress and(or) quality not in a best side… Glad it just my afraids…

  8. TFSR - # May 28th, 2008 at 11:37 am

    Mercy-Jesus on a Christ-stick.
    Dude, sweet.
    IF YOU MAKE A CLONE CRAWL ONTO ANOTHER IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING SCANDALOUS BEFORE THEY BOTH EXPLODE FROM FUNKY COLLISIONS.
    There we go, perhaps the controversy will add some extra fame.

  9. Coilgunner - # May 28th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    Sweet!!! I CANT WAIT FOR THE FINAL GAME!

  10. MrGreed - # May 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Is he gonna do something else than porting it?

  11. brinlarden - # May 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    “other tasks to get done, or just lazily surfing the web. The classic problems of working from home, basically.”

    the downfall of us all :P

  12. FireBlizzard/DragonHero - # May 28th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Though I dont care for the MAC, I have to say congrats =3 Hope to see it on consoles aswell =3

  13. trolleeeey - # May 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    Hey data, any developments on the AI pathfinding?

  14. Tomaster - # May 28th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Awesome, Hiro will be happy.

  15. Kokits - # May 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    It’s great to see other ports in the works, let’s continue to expand the CC universe!

    -Coded One

  16. Aspect - # May 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    other ports besides mac? not that I play anything but on PC, but a port to xbox or more likely ps3 (with it’s higher processing power) would be really big for the game’s community

  17. Octyl - # May 28th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Yes! I live at two different houses, one of which has a piece of crap pc (Can hardly run solitaire) and a mac. Now i can play it at both houses!

  18. Tobeh - # May 28th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    Good to see things are always moving forward on CC

  19. Electroclan - # May 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    DataRealms is really growing. :)

  20. MayheM - # May 28th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    With the piss poor selection of games that Mac users have nowadays, this should give them something to look forward to at last. Data, you deserve all the fame you get. You’ve put seven years of hard work into something that has brought happiness to so many people, including me. I hope that you get all the exposure you deserve, and I believe that one day people will look back on CC with the same respect given to Wolfenstein 3D or Dune 2: as one of the most groundbreaking and influential games of all time.

  21. roy-g-biv - # May 28th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Rockstar member porting CC to mac?!?!
    That’s just crazy!

    Also, is he an official member of DRL now, or is he just a volenteer?

  22. lmsyhmic - # May 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    Generic Positive Comment.

    No flame, but seriously… “Wheres the beef?”

  23. PlasmaNova - # May 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    AT least mac users will get to play something fun for once!!

    (But I still wish I could play the games for mac on that lugaru website) :(

  24. Grif - # May 28th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    He’s a FORMER Rockstar employee. Who is probably porting the game just to port it; not as a part of the DRL team.

  25. zalo - # May 28th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Thats awesome. This will quell all the angry Mac users.

  26. zalo - # May 28th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    Wait a second….

    When will Cortex Command be completed?
    Dunno.
    Estimates?
    About mid-2006
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    What?!

  27. Tomaster - # May 28th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    He said that around mid-2006 he went with CC as his full time job.

  28. zalo - # May 28th, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    No, he didn’t. he’s talking about LUA in that interview
    and he mentioned the former Rockstar mac porter in the interview as well.

    Anyway, look at the link for the interview,
    it is dated May 2008. (…/blog/2008/05/…)

  29. Lord Tim - # May 28th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    “[In] About mid-2006, I decided to give independence a shot and quit my last job”

  30. Jasonpeinko - # May 28th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    Linux port????

  31. Wayne - # May 29th, 2008 at 2:22 am

    What are the major differences between coding for windows/linux and coding for mac?

    would be nice if you would mail me :)

    wayneoween@gulli.com

  32. christopher - # May 29th, 2008 at 5:41 am

    Other ports? Like the Wii?

  33. TSR - # May 29th, 2008 at 7:24 am

    Seriously Data, this project has jumped massively recently, and looks even more promising than I originally expected.

    Great work :D

  34. Octyl - # May 29th, 2008 at 8:00 am

    Damn… When will we get that update about clutter being fixed? I’m happy Data’s getting more notice, but all these interviews are getting in the way of our Thursday updates!

  35. Foaboegik - # May 29th, 2008 at 8:13 am

    Grats! Data!

  36. Pawnda - # May 29th, 2008 at 9:52 am

    Hmm… Now we just need a PSP port :p

  37. Cries - # May 29th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Great! Although I’m not a Mac - User… ROCKSTAR ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    HAIL ROCKSTAR!

  38. Sheezy - # May 29th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    No!
    Macs dont deserve CC!

  39. wouter - # May 29th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    it would be great on psp
    almost everybody with a psp is now running on the hacked firmware 3.90 m33-3 or 3.93 m33 so why not

  40. Aspect - # May 29th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    @26
    “Estimates?
    About mid-2006″

    when I saw that I laughed, thought it was a joke, then I finished the sentence and realized it was just an introductory clause. Finish reading sentences before you jump to conclusions zalo.
    Too bad there isn’t much new info in this update… :P

  41. -E-S- - # May 29th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    a *sniffle*…….mac?……..port?……….. im dreaming. thats the only explainaton :D

  42. Seleia - # May 29th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    This is a great victory for all 6 Mac users who don’t use it for schoolwork.

  43. jasonpeinko - # May 29th, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    Wii and PSP would be stupid, i doubt psp could handle it, and the wii just sucks, plus homebrew is just getting started and i doubt data would pay for an sdk just to port.

  44. brinlarden - # May 30th, 2008 at 4:53 am

    port to linux! so i can play on eeepc or the pandora im getting :)

  45. enzo - # May 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    gread of game¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

  46. Teppik - # May 30th, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Now all we need is a PSP port.

  47. Hiro - # May 30th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Yay
    yayayay
    YAYYY
    thank you Data.
    Rockstar games, wow.

  48. Jack73hRipper - # May 30th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    mac port? who cares

    build 21?

    PLEASE

  49. Jack The Llama Commando - # May 31st, 2008 at 7:19 am

    DRL with all its publicity, is loosing its small tight knit community feel.
    Daw.

  50. Roy-g-biv - # May 31st, 2008 at 9:13 am

    @47 : Hiro cares.

    @48 : DRLFF was small enough in 2007, there’s wayy more people now, and because of these last two interviews, I think we will have much much much more members.

  51. Fooby - # May 31st, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Nice! I think my friend will like this news.

  52. Tomaster - # May 31st, 2008 at 10:36 am

    @46
    I told you Hiro would be happy.

  53. tomaster - # May 31st, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    nah i lied i didnt know

  54. Hiro - # May 31st, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Lol you bet
    No more evil pirate crack/cocaine torrent download thief badman windows emus for me.

  55. Tomaster - # May 31st, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    Thank god!!! I didn’t know you were a pirate…

  56. crazy - # June 2nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    OFF-TOPIC ALERT: The servers back up yay.
    ON-TOPIC: good work

  57. roy-g-biv - # June 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    YAY….
    Servers up!
    Why not make a new devlog post on that?

  58. -E-S- - # June 2nd, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    #47 can die…..

    anyways, now mac users can enjoy cortex command : D.
    there arent enough good games for the Mac. i hope it will run smoothly, i have a 1.8 Ghz processor.

  59. Octyl - # June 2nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    Yay, servers up. But, jesus. Explosion took out THREE WALLS. Wow.

  60. whitty - # June 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    @56:
    “i hope it will run smoothly, i have a 1.8 Ghz processor.”
    not good enough… you’re gonna have lag

  61. The Adviser - # June 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    looks like the server is on again.

  62. Tomaster - # June 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    O RLY???

  63. Foa - # June 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    YA RLY!!! :3

  64. zacness - # June 2nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    Quite really.

  65. Foa - # June 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 am

    Indubitably!

  66. -E-S- - # June 4th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    Then its settled!

  67. Will - # June 8th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    Hot damn psp cortex would be awesome

  68. Martin K - # June 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    Yaaaaay! Clapclapclapclapclap. Bravo. Excellent news. I throw roses at your feet!

  69. Wiley - # June 13th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    Great news, looking forward to playing CC after reading so much about it.

  70. sircooper45 - # June 14th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    yesssssss!!! my friend has cortex command for pc and whenever i go over there we have so much fun playing it.

  71. Onyx - # June 15th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    AWESOME!! Just what i’ve been waiting for!
    Any idea when it’ll be done? :3

  72. koopatroopa - # June 21st, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    Im buying a copy as soon as the mac port comes along

    very excited

  73. devolute - # June 24th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    If you ported to Linux I’m pretty sure you’d get a lot of very positive attention.

    Also; I’d like to play this on Linux ;)

  74. Data Realms - Dev Log » Blog Archive » Mac Port Progress - # June 27th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    [...] Chris is doing a great job with the porting, and has made lots of progress. The code now builds and runs on Mac OSX, but there’s still some issues to iron out. [...]

  75. Jam - # July 6th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    really looking forward to the mac port

  76. FDASD - # July 13th, 2008 at 5:12 am

    really looking forward to BUILD 21 GOD DAMNIT!

  77. tumbleweedius - # July 13th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    Linux port. ‘Nuf said.

  78. imaginari - # August 24th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    I’ve very excited to hear you are doing a Mac port! Is there is a list I can get to find out when it is ready? I just stumbled across your website from a cool looking banner ad.

    Thanks,

    dana.

  79. atomicthumbs - # August 27th, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    @44: They’re already porting it to the Pandora.

  80. pdavda - # September 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    THIS IS SOOO COOL!!

    i have played it and i have a mac and i can’t wait for the release

  81. Data Realms - Dev Log » Blog Archive » Cortex Command for Mac OSX is here! - # December 9th, 2008 at 4:11 am

    [...] big thank you and kudos goes to Chris Kruger who did a fantastic job getting this complex piece of software running on this great platform! [...]

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