During the recent WWDC 2024 event, Apple announced the launch of Game Porting Toolkit 2, a tool for developers to port games to macOS before bringing macOS versions to iPhone and iPad, expanding beyond just the Mac platform.
Introduced alongside macOS Sequoia last June, Apple has enhanced Game Porting Toolkit 2 to work even better with Windows games, offering improved graphics clarity, Ray Tracing support, and AVX2 instruction sets. Additionally, Apple mentioned the capability to port games from macOS to iPhone and iPad.
Moreover, the Software Development Kit (SDK) of Gaming Porting Toolkit 2 aids developers in converting various effects from the original game version to macOS. For example, if a game has controller vibration effects, it will be converted to utilize the vibration system of the iPhone with the same API.
Apple has now opened beta testing for developers before the official release in the upcoming fall season.
TLDR: Apple unveils Game Porting Toolkit 2 at WWDC 2024, allowing developers to port games to macOS and eventually to iPhone and iPad, with beta testing available before the fall release.
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