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My apologies for the issue.  When the rating period ends, I will troubleshoot to see if I can fix the deployment issue.  The JRE is already prepackaged with the game, but isn't being called correctly for some folks.

Okay, I'm fairly certain that the JRE being packaged with the game is just not correctly being associated with the .exe and .jar files.  I will have to investigate the various settings both in the game engine's sdk and in the Launch4j program to find a process that works for future deployments!

I appreciate you taking the time to respond :)

Thanks very much for the feedback, especially on the .jar tip!

There's definitely more I wanted to do with this little game on providing feedback and cues.  My focus was on just getting something that functioned, with working buttons, and having a framework that I could extend.  I don't know if I'll ever update this game, but I'm glad for the advice as I try to make others :)

Thanks for such an in-depth comment!  Now that I have a bit of time to look into it, I definitely need to prioritize the deployment issues :)

I also appreciate the advice on resource allocation.  This game turned out to be just a little more challenging than I wanted it to be.  You generated three resources passively (Health, Hydrogen, and Helium), and one or two different kinds of resources based on the object you were "siphoning" from.  Enemies caused damage to one or two resources just for existing, and also required even more resources to "attack" them.

Balancing in a small starting pool would have helped, for sure.  And just making the numbers a bit more lenient.  The UI itself could have been easier to just understand, as well, even while keeping the theme of it being a bit of a "rule discovery" game.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the kind comment!  I'd like to do a little bit more with this game once the review period completes, so I will take a look and see if I can optimize some of the background math.

Thanks for letting me know!  I definitely need to address this issue that seems to crop up with deployment.  Can I ask if you tried running the DontCollide.jar file directly?

Thanks for the kind comment!

For a bit of troubleshooting, please ensure you have at least Java 17 installed.  Although it is embedded, if you already have an older version of Java in your classpath, it probably will cause a conflict.

I recommend installing JDK/JRE version 17.0.10+7 or higher from Openlogic's downloads.

For a bit of troubleshooting, please ensure you have at least Java 17 installed.  Although it is embedded, if you already have an older version of Java in your classpath, it probably will cause a conflict.

I recommend installing JDK/JRE version 17.0.10+7 from Openlogic's downloads.