We were in Java too, so I could run the jar no problem. Have you looked into jpackage? You can build an executable on any OS you're on. We couldn't get our Mac one figured out but that's how we have a windows and linux executable.

I think the levels were a little big and looking for the stairs in a blank block was unintuitive - figured everything else out but didn't realize there were more until I checked the instructions on the main page. Like the weapon versatility, the name made me think I had to break blocks for new weapons though and I couldn't figure out why I could only find #1, 3, and 4.

Making in Java is ambitious compared to a nice editor like Unity - did you use LibGDX or nothing at all? Congrats on getting something close to a proper game in during the timeframe, really!!

This is really good but getting it to run was pain in the ass.
I'm sure more people would've played it if it was easier to access. Pretty sad considering how interesting of a piece this is.

Keep it up! :)

Fun twin stick! The spawning with random weapons is nice and the dual objective of get ores + defeat enemies. One thing that was a bit off was the controls. It was a bit awkward to switch weapons since I had to reach my hand all the way to the 6 button if I wanted to rapidly switch to that kind of weapon. Shooting with space also felt a bit clunky. Something that may work way better is mapping your fire action to LMB as the player already has their hand resting there and mapping space or RMB to swap to the next kind of weapon instead of having only separate ones for each weapon

Hey Calavara, looks like a very interesting concept and I was looking forward to trying it! Unfortunately I don't think I'm able to open it? I tried through the itch app and downloading it directly. It mentions a Java and I see a jar file in the zip, is there something I need in order to play?