why do some games only work on windows?
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For the purposes of this question, Windows is just a way of letting Software and Hardware talk to one another. The software knows how to talk to Windows, and it lets Windows tell the hardware what to do. If you know most of the people that want to play your game are on Windows, it’s easier to make your game like this.
Games that work on multiple platforms have an extra layer. They talk to a middleman, and the middleman knows how to talk to whatever system the software is trying to run on. If you want to make it work on a new system, you only need to retrain the middleman, not the whole game. Unity is a popular example of a middleman here. It’s often a bit slower, but that can be worth it if you’re trying to reach a bigger audience.
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