Sixit Troubleshooting & FAQs

How to run Sixit on Windows

Extract sixit-win

extract

  1. Navigate to the downloaded sixit-win file (probably in your Downloads folder)
  2. Right click on sixit-win and select "Extract all..."
  3. This should create a new folder in the directory called sixit-win

Run the exe

runanyway

  1. Within the new sixit-win folder, double click the red Sixit application file
  2. If you get a "Windows protected your PC" prompt*, click "more info" and then click "Run anyway"
  3. You're ready to play Sixit! Enjoy!

NOTE: Sorry I wish we could remove that prompt, but we can't do it without paying Microsoft a bunch of money to validate our app 😢 

How to run Sixit on MacOS

Install sixit-mac

install

  1. Download sixit-mac.dmg file
  2. Double click on the file (most likely in the downloads folder)
  3. Drag sixit to the applications folder

Find sixit in applications

open

  1. Open launch pad
  2. Select Sixit

Run Game

run

  1. If this is your first time playing the game, you'll get a untrusted warning message
  2. Select "Open in finder"
  3. Right click on Sixit, then click "Open"
  4. Click "Open" again in the next prompt

How to run Sixit on Ubuntu

Extract sixit-linux

ubuntu-extract

  1. Navigate to sixit-linux.tar.gz file (probably in Downloads folder)
  2. Double click on the file sixit-linux.tar.gz (this should open it up in Archive Utility)
  3. Click "Extract" to extract the file 
  4. Then click "Extract" again to confirm the extract location (by default it's the same location as the original file

Run the game

ubuntu-run

  1. Click into the Sixit folder we just extracted
  2. Double click on Sixit (w/ the gear icon) to run the game
  3. Have Fun!