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@gxlactuss gxlactuss released this 17 Oct 17:34
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v1.0.0
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First release of Populus, a macOS game where you draw a shape on a real map to enclose a target number of people.

Install

  1. Download Populus-1.0.0.dmg, open it, and drag Populus onto the Applications shortcut.

  2. The app is not notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks it the first time. Open it once, then go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway". Or run:

    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Populus.app

Needs macOS 26 or later. Runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

What's in it

  • Rounds for anywhere on Earth, a continent, a country, or one of 77 cities
  • Freehand, circle, ellipse, rectangle and polygon tools, with undo
  • Day satellite and night city lights maps
  • A population heatmap and the biggest cities inside your shape after each guess
  • A history of past rounds

Found a problem? Use Help > Report an Issue in the app.

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