The irony is: Unepic, Guacamellee, Hammerwatch, Cave Story +, Megabyte Punch, and several other 2D platformers DO support gamepads on Mac. So a gamepad intensive game, like Valdis Story, not supporting gamepad is unacceptable.

Possibly it'll be fixed with the release that includes the Linux port (which is what I'm waiting on).

I haven't tried a large number of platformers, but so far none have had any more issues on Linux than Win. Not sure why Mac would be more trouble unless it was something on Apple's part (i.e. costly tools for proprietary API, less support in the OS, etc). Maybe I've just been lucky in my attempts with Linux gamepad games?

Anyone know where I can find my save file so I can do this? I tried looking in the Valdis Story folder but couldn't find it.

Hammerwatch, Anodyne, Megabyte Punch, Another World (20th AE), Ittle Dew, Teslagrad work perfectly well.
Valdis Story, Unepic, RCR DX, VVVVVV don't recognize my controller.
Don't own Guacamellee and Cave Story.

Sometimes gamepad support is awesome, sometimes it's uneven, (Unepic works for some, but not for me). All in all Mac and Linux gaming have a long way to go. Hopefully our messages don't go unnoticed and developers will see that there is value in supporting these platforms in future.

I assume it's the vvvo.dat file at "%localappdata%\Valdis_Story_AC\" on Windows, no idea where it would be on Linux/Mac, though I assume that those OSes have something similar to Windows' App Data folder.

99% of games released these days don't store their saves in the game's install folder any more. It's a bad practice for a variety of reasons. Most will use a location in your User folder somewhere, typically your Documents folder (kind devs will use "Documents\My Games" or "Documents\Saved Games\" so they don't clutter your Documents folder, but sadly most don't) or your App Data folder (typically %appdata% instead of %localappdata%, so this one's a bit weird in that sense).

i bought the game yesterday, i have version 1.0.0.23.
the game launch fine the 1st time.
then once i quit it, i can not restart it never again.

i have crashlog if anyone's interested

v1.0.0.24 with bugfixes has been released, changelog follows:

Product Update v1.0.0.24
9 de mayo - EF Admin
This is a small patch to fix some of the issues introduced in .23. There will be ongoing updates in the coming weeks to hunt down all the bugs. We will announce when the next estimated time for an update will be. This update contains the following...

Hotfix- for Gilda's servant crash.
Hotfix- for lower skyway and angel key room bugs.

v1.0.0.24
Fixed

sign of no return (you can pass it safely... I hope)
plan B finisher
mausoleum trap as Vladyn
sewer trap as Gilda
Crash with save in the 16th slot
Crusader amulet mana steal protection
Gilda unable to climb with 'UP' key (still in progress post if still an issue)
various crashes involving player minions
Vladyn shot skills that trigger on hit.
glitch with void version of Vladyn's Focus Finisher.
Silence now properly affects Gernot


Changed

various adjustments to address slowdown/crashes on room transitions (ongoing)
increased damage on switchblade
reduced attack speed of Chakram
[Hard Shells] to increase shot crit damage by 1.5% per Agi.


Note* Reaper Relic is currently mislabeled. It does not have -40% magic.

There are other various small issues that were fixed/changed with help from your feedback on the forums. While we don't get to answer all post we do try to read all of them, so thank you all for the feedback.

Yes, GOG and Steam are both at version 1.0.0.25.

Nice, thanks!