I ported a Windows game to Mac using Claude
August 21, 2026
Brasfoot, a lightweight Java-based Brazilian football manager game, only ever ran on Windows. It looks for Java through Windows-specific paths, which tools like GPTK and Crossover couldn't fake. So I paired with Claude to build a small abstraction layer that launches it properly on Mac.
We worked through error logs together, iterating on the launcher until the game booted. Took about an hour, and it was a good reminder that AI pair programming is useful well beyond typical web app work.