How to play Winx Adventure on Macbook?

[CrystalRose]

Hi I already posted this in Help but no one answered and I would really like to play Winx Adventure
I followed the tutorial and installed the game, but once the loading screen pops up it crashes and quits the game. I don't know what to do now.

[juleic1123]

I unfortunately can't help with that as I don't own a mac, so we have to wait for Marybellio. Please though, describe everything as detailed as possible to see if we can reproduce and get the same bug

[marybellio]

I'm sorry for my late answer, can you describe me what you do to open the game? Do you use the terminal and the correct codes? I need more details to understand

[CrystalRose]

I unfortunately can't help with that as I don't own a mac, so we have to wait for Marybellio. Please though, describe everything as detailed as possible to see if we can reproduce and get the same bug

I made a video of it I think that works better than me explaining Can I send it through mail? and to what emailaddress?

[CrystalRose]

I'm sorry for my late answer, can you describe me what you do to open the game? Do you use the terminal and the correct codes? I need more details to understand

I am so bad at explaining things Anyway I installed using this: https://onlinewinxclub.com/centro-web/p ... =en&id=785

And when I open it now (with putting ./WinxAdventureGameMac in the terminal) it opens the game, you get the intro and music, and after the intro it goes to the loading pages and then the games closes. And everytime I try it open it again the same thing happens. I tried to download it again but same thing still happens.

I have no idea what the things in my terminal exactly mean I have my Macbook for a while now but I don't like Apple, and I had to buy it for a past study, so I never really got used to a Macbook. Normally I only use my mac for watching movies, being on the internet and writing things. All the games that I play are on my Steam Deck, I never downloaded a game from the internet like Winx Adventure, I didn't even know what the terminal was and that it existed eventhough I already have my macbook for 7 years So that shows how less I know from Apple/Mac.



This is what my terminal says, no idea if it's helpful
(Since the terminal shows my personal name and surname, and I prefer to not have that on the internet I removed that part and just wrote (name) instead. )

The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.
MacBook-Pro-van-(name):~ (name)$ ./WinxAdventureGameMac
-bash: ./WinxAdventureGameMac: No such file or directory
MacBook-Pro-van-(name):~ (name)$ ./WinxAdventureGameMac
-bash: ./WinxAdventureGameMac: No such file or directory
MacBook-Pro-van-(name):~ (name)$ cd ~/Downloads/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/MacOS/
MacBook-Pro-van-(name):MacOS (name)$ chmod +x WinxAdventureGameMac
MacBook-Pro-van-(name):MacOS (name)$
MacBook-Pro-van-(name):MacOS (name)$ ./WinxAdventureGameMac

Mono path[0] = '/Users/(name)/Downloads/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/Resources/Data/Managed'
Mono config path = '/Users/(name)/Downloads/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/Data/Managed/etc'
Player data archive not found at `/Users/(name)/Downloads/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/Resources/Data/data.unity3d`, using local filesystemMacBook-Pro-van-(name):MacOS (name)$
MacBook-Pro-van-(name):MacOS (name)$ ./WinxAdventureGameMac
Mono path[0] = '/Users/(name)/Downloads/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/Resources/Data/Managed'
Mono config path = '/Users/(name)/Downloads/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/Data/Managed/etc'
Player data archive not found at `/Users/(name)/Downloads/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/Resources/Data/data.unity3d`, using local filesystemMacBook-Pro-van-(name):MacOS (name)$

Maybe it's only something small I have no idea i feel so st**id not understanding mac




(Also the first time that I installed it and opened it only showed a white screen and nothing happend. And the tutorial on the site said:The very first launch may get stuck on the loading screen. If that happens, close the game window, return to Terminal, and run the same command again: ./WinxAdventureGameMac.
So that's what I did. I closed it an opened it again. Could it be that I closed the game to early the first time and messed something up?)

[marybellio]

Hey!
Thanks for sharing all the details — you actually explained everything super clearly, don’t worry!
From what you described (especially the “Player data archive not found” message), it seems like the game can’t find or access one of its main files — specifically data.unity3d. That’s usually what makes it close right after the loading screen.

Here are a few things you can try that often fix this issue on macOS:

Reinstall the game properly

- Delete the current WinxAdventureGameMac.app from your Downloads folder.
- Download it again from the official site.
- Important: don’t open the game directly inside the ZIP!
- First, double-click the ZIP to extract it properly (or right-click → “Open With → Archive Utility”).
- Then move the extracted WinxAdventureGameMac.app to your Desktop or Applications folder before running it.

Give permission to run

Open Terminal and type these commands (press Enter after each line):

Code: Select all

cd ~/Desktop/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/MacOS/

chmod +x WinxAdventureGameMac

./WinxAdventureGameMac


If you moved the app to Applications instead of Desktop, replace ~/Desktop with /Applications.

Allow the app in Security Settings
If macOS says the app can’t be opened because it’s from an unidentified developer:

- Go to System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General
- At the bottom, click “Open Anyway” next to the message about WinxAdventureGameMac.

Check if the missing file exists

You can check whether the file the game complains about actually exists:

Right-click on WinxAdventureGameMac.app → Show Package Contents

Navigate to: Contents/Resources/Data/

See if there’s a file called data.unity3d inside that folder.

If it’s missing or shows 0 KB, the download didn’t complete correctly, and you’ll need to redownload the game.

Please let me know if everything work like this, if not we can check others things but for now try this. And to be sure, have you also watched the tutorial that we made and posted here? After the Windows one you can find the Mac tutorial so you can check if you are missing something https://onlinewinxclub.com/centro-web/pages/Games/WinxAdvGuidePage.php?lang=it
I'll wait for your response

[CrystalRose]

Hey!
Thanks for sharing all the details — you actually explained everything super clearly, don’t worry!
From what you described (especially the “Player data archive not found” message), it seems like the game can’t find or access one of its main files — specifically data.unity3d. That’s usually what makes it close right after the loading screen.

Here are a few things you can try that often fix this issue on macOS:

Reinstall the game properly

- Delete the current WinxAdventureGameMac.app from your Downloads folder.
- Download it again from the official site.
- Important: don’t open the game directly inside the ZIP!
- First, double-click the ZIP to extract it properly (or right-click → “Open With → Archive Utility”).
- Then move the extracted WinxAdventureGameMac.app to your Desktop or Applications folder before running it.

Give permission to run

Open Terminal and type these commands (press Enter after each line):

Code: Select all

cd ~/Desktop/WinxAdventureGameMac.app/Contents/MacOS/

chmod +x WinxAdventureGameMac

./WinxAdventureGameMac


If you moved the app to Applications instead of Desktop, replace ~/Desktop with /Applications.

Allow the app in Security Settings
If macOS says the app can’t be opened because it’s from an unidentified developer:

- Go to System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General
- At the bottom, click “Open Anyway” next to the message about WinxAdventureGameMac.

Check if the missing file exists

You can check whether the file the game complains about actually exists:

Right-click on WinxAdventureGameMac.app → Show Package Contents

Navigate to: Contents/Resources/Data/

See if there’s a file called data.unity3d inside that folder.

If it’s missing or shows 0 KB, the download didn’t complete correctly, and you’ll need to redownload the game.

Please let me know if everything work like this, if not we can check others things but for now try this. And to be sure, have you also watched the tutorial that we made and posted here? After the Windows one you can find the Mac tutorial so you can check if you are missing something https://onlinewinxclub.com/centro-web/pages/Games/WinxAdvGuidePage.php?lang=it
I'll wait for your response

Thank you so much for trying to help me, I really appreciate that😊
I will try this tonight and will let you know how it goes

[marybellio]

Perfect let me know

[CrystalRose]

You already know that it worked cause we talked in Winx Adventure, but I still wanted to thank you. This helped me so much. You are amazing!

[marybellio]

❤️❤️