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Thank you for taking your time to help me. I was hoping to use itch.io so that people who don't have Java can play my game very easily. I don't want to ask them to download Java so they can run .jar files. I also tried making it an .exe file but I kept getting messages saying that "this program may have a virus" and I do not want anyone to experience that just for trying to play my game. That is why I think that a Java applet is the best thing for me.

So do you know how to take a regular Java program using graphics, and turn that into a Java applet so that it can be uploaded to itch.io? I understand that applets are deprecated because most browsers don't support them anymore, but is there still a way to make them from a Java IDE such as Eclipse?

Oh ok, then is it possible to convert the java project to an HTML file. I tried converting it to a zip file and submitting it on itch to be playable on the browser but it said it needs an index.html file. Do you know how to create this file?

Thanks for the help. So if I make it as a downloadable file, will people be able to run it without having downloaded Java before? I want to make it so that other people would not have to install/download anything else on the computer, they would just have to open the app and be able to run it.

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone knows how to create a java applet class. I am using eclipse to make my java project, but when I export it as a runnable jar file and upload it to itch.io, then when I see to check my game it just shows up as a blank screen. On the other hand, when I save my java project as a zip file, when I upload it it says "failed to find index.html". I don't know how to create this file from eclipse.

Does anyone know if it is best to upload the java project as a java applet or html, and how to create either of these?