But anyways, the problem doesn't actually prevent people from playing it since there are two ways to bypass it
1) Turn off Windows Defender
2) Just ignore the error. Windows give you the option to proceed anyways, so it's fine.
My personal idea is that (if it's fine with you) I create a new topic under the community page of this Jam. I could use it to help anyone with issues they have with playing my game, because I spent a decent amount of time creating my own original music and coding it, so I want to make sure that everyone can enjoy my game without much hassle!
Hey there, Meiri! So this question doesn't really regard the gamplay of my submission for the Road Trip Jam, but rather the software itself.
So on my submission page (The link is here: The Sleepless Drive by br8blue), a user complained that Windows Defender actually flags my game as malware.
I actually looked into this error for a bit and found a lot of information regarding this problem. According to many sources, creating executable files using PyInstaller (a program I used to compile my Python files into a .exe file) makes Windows Defender think that the software is malicious (which in my case it clearly isn't).
As of now I am still trying to get it whitelisted by Microsoft, but that may take a while.
I just wanted to let you know because I felt that it was something important for you to acknowledge, and I hope you understand. (I don't want my game taken down! 😅)
I looked into this issue a bit on Stack Overflow and came across a bit of info. Apparently, "creating .exe files using PyInstaller can trigger heuristic checks by antivirus software". I used PyInstaller for creating my program because I was using Python to make this game!
This means that the entire time, Windows was flagging my software as malware, even though I promise that I wasn't 😅
I hope that clears things up for you and you can play the game without further hassle 😁
Hey! This is the game's developer. If anyone has any questions or issues regarding "The Sleepless Drive", don't refrain from contacting me: praneelsrini2012@gmail.com
Also by the way, I am not entirely sure if the game works on macOS, but I am relatively sure that it should.
WARNING For some reason, Windows says that the game files contain malware. I promise you that it does NOT have any sort of harmful code in it, and I just wanted to make a fun game that people could enjoy. Sorry for the inconvenience, just ignore this error and run the application regardless.
