Mac public beta / Native edition
CodexGun
Pilot. Fight. Rescue.
Take your ship into orbital arenas, battle bosses and bring the survivors home. A native Rust arcade shooter, ready to play offline on your Mac.
For M1 or later Macs. This download does not run on Intel Macs, iPhone, iPad or Windows.
Made by Andrew BlumsonBuilt in Rust · Made to play
Made for your Mac.
A native Rust game for Apple Silicon. Download it, install it and make yourself at home.
Take it offline.
No browser tab needed. Once installed, the game is playable without an internet connection.
Help shape what’s next.
This is a public beta. Play a few levels and share what works — and what needs another look.
A few steps to takeoff
Install. Launch.
Make it yours.
Open the downloaded DMG.
A disk containing CodexGun will open.
Drag CodexGun into Applications.
Wait for the copy to finish, then eject the installation disk.
Open the game from Applications.
Press Enter to start. The menu shows the controls.
Requires an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later) with macOS 13 or later. Compatibility has been tested on Andrew’s Mac; other supported Macs have not yet been verified.
A beta is better together
Play a little.
Tell me a lot.
Play a few levels and tell me how it feels. If you find a problem, reply to the X post that shared this download.
Include your Mac model, macOS version, the level and what happened. A screenshot or short recording helps.
This is a public beta. Bugs and differences from the browser edition may still be present.
Find Andrew on XThe game is signed by Adevious Ltd and notarised by Apple. Notarisation checks software security; it is not a gameplay review.
Release details & file verification
CodexGun / 0.1.1 · Beta 2
Beta 2 extends Pressure hazards across all five sectors, adds clearer timing and rescue guidance, and keeps developer tools out of the public build.
58.0 MB · 58,041,110 bytes · DMG installer
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The public download has been checked against this checksum.