The latest Windblown build brings proper online co-op for up to three players. You can also pick your language right in the settings menu, and a Fix file is bundled if the game gives you trouble at launch.
You control a small, swift character who zips from one floating island to the next, chaining quick sword strikes and dash attacks against glowing enemies. Movement is everything — you bounce, sprint, and swap between two weapons mid-combo to keep the pace frantic.
Your loadout changes constantly because you carry two arms at once and switch them with a tap. One moment you're throwing a boomerang blade, the next you're charging a heavy crossbow bolt — the rhythm depends on what you grab from fallen foes and chests.
The new co-op mode drops you into the same shifting islands with up to two allies. You revive each other, share shield buffs, and chain dashes through enemy clusters — it feels a little like a three-person speedrun when you sync up well.
Good to know: Motion Twin, the studio behind Dead Cells, is still actively developing this one — more biomes and weapon types are on the way.
Windblown picks up your AirPods audio route without fuss — music stays crisp while system alerts duck out of the way. It respects Stage Manager and stays responsive when you swipe between spaces, so a quick reply in Messages doesn't break the flow.
Handoff isn't a thing here, but the ARM build sits light on the battery. On a MacBook Air you get a solid hour of co-op before hunting for a charger.
A freelance illustrator wraps client revisions at 2 p.m., flicks open Windblown, and invites a friend who's also on a Mac. They pick complementary weapons — one grabs a fast sword, the other a slowing crossbow — and clear two biomes in eighteen minutes. A single windblown mac download earlier that week gave her a quick co-op option that doesn't need a gaming rig or a subscription. She closes the lid satisfied, not fried, and gets back to the drawing tablet.
Yes, version 0.8.0.12 adds online co-op for up to 3 players, tested on an Apple Silicon Mac mini M4 running macOS Sequoia.
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Quiet in here so far. If you have used this build, tell me what the install actually did.