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Mac OSX [SOLVED] Why do GameMaker Mac Apps require being Codesigned?

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Sam (Deleted User)

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GameMaker requires for you to jump through a ton of completely unnecessary hoops before you can distribute a single Mac app, and I am just wondering why that is. I know of a free and open source Game Maker clone, (won't share the name of it but a lot of you already know about it anyway), and I have compiled Mac Apps with simply nothing more than an install of xCode, homebrew, and several small dependencies. The process was quick and simple, and only needed to be done once, now I can create apps with a simple click of an export button and I'm already done. Why can't GameMaker be this simple? I'm dying to know. I'm having a hard time following all the steps on how to make Mac Apps with GameMaker that can be distributed, and to be honest it is stupid I should even have to do all of that.

With this other game engine, I can upload the app I made anywhere, download it from that site, and right click - open. If I try to do that with a GameMaker app that hasn't been Codesigned - it will pretend the app is damaged and can't be opened, even if I try to open it after a right click. Works fine with the other engine, why not GameMaker? Can I request they change GameMaker so that outside app store distribution isn't half the pain they made it for some incredibly odd excuse?

Thanks!
Samuel

Edit: found a workaround for this issue:
 
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