When it comes to game development, you often picture a towering, all-powerful desktop PC as the gold standard tool for realizing your creative visions. However, the MacBook of Apple's Mac laptop line is a solid piece of game development kit in its own right, especially if you’re a beginner (like me) looking to experiment.
It’s a good time to start, in any case, as Apple certainly seems keen to shed the reputation that the Mac platform isn’t gaming-friendly. Apple has recently doubled down on its pro-gaming push with macOS Sonoma and the introduction of a performance mode and game porting tool, which will be made available to devs and hobbyists alike.
