first release 0.0.1a just so I could add the binary files to Releases on git

build.gradle.kts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "dev.dvorakmortonxd"
-version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+version = "0.0.1a"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ dependencies {
 
 tasks.test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
+}
+
+tasks.jar {
+    manifest {
+        attributes["Main-Class"] = "dev.dvorakmortonxd.Game"
+    }
 }

src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/Game.java

@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
     public int rocketBottomY;
     public int actionTimer = 0;
 
+    // defines the initial player variables
+    public int playerX = 525;
+    public int playerY = 375;
+
     // Starts update.java which is basically a class that contains all the stuff that happens every tick
     @Override
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { // update step

src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/loadAssets.java

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 public class loadAssets {
     public static void load(Game m) {
         // loads up the fonts
         try {
-            m.caveat = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("assets/CaveatBrush-Regular.ttf"));
+            InputStream in = Game.class.getResourceAsStream("/assets/CaveatBrush-Regular.ttf");
+            m.caveat = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, in);
             m.titleCaveat = m.caveat.deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 100f);
         } catch (FontFormatException | IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -17,31 +19,31 @@ public class loadAssets {
         }
         // loads up the image assets
         try {
-            m.planetZX311 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/planetZX311.png"));
-            m.planetZX311H = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/planetZX311Highlighted.png"));
-            m.button = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/button.png"));
-            m.buttonH = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/buttonHighlighted.png"));
-            m.rocket = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/rocket.png"));
-            m.rocketExhaust = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/rocketExhaust.png"));
-            m.rocketTop = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/rocketTop.png"));
-            m.rocketBottom = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/rocketBottom.png"));
-            m.parachute = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/parachute.png"));
-            m.landingPlatform = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/landingPlatform.png"));
-            m.rocketLanding0 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/rocketLanding0.png"));
-            m.rocketLanding1 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/rocketLanding1.png"));
-            m.sun = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/sun.png"));
-            m.playerForward0 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteForward.png"));
-            m.playerForward1 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteForwardWalk0.png"));
-            m.playerForward2 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteForwardWalk1.png"));
-            m.playerBackward0 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteBackward.png"));
-            m.playerBackward1 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteBackwardWalk0.png"));
-            m.playerBackward2 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteBackwardWalk1.png"));
-            m.playerLeft0 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteLeft.png"));
-            m.playerLeft1 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteLeftWalk0.png"));
-            m.playerLeft2 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteLeftWalk1.png"));
-            m.playerRight0 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteRight.png"));
-            m.playerRight1 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteRightWalk0.png"));
-            m.playerRight2 = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/player/playerSpriteRightWalk1.png"));
+            m.planetZX311 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/planetZX311.png"));
+            m.planetZX311H = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/planetZX311Highlighted.png"));
+            m.button = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/button.png"));
+            m.buttonH = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/buttonHighlighted.png"));
+            m.rocket = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/rocket.png"));
+            m.rocketExhaust = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/rocketExhaust.png"));
+            m.rocketTop = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/rocketTop.png"));
+            m.rocketBottom = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/rocketBottom.png"));
+            m.parachute = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/parachute.png"));
+            m.landingPlatform = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/landingPlatform.png"));
+            m.rocketLanding0 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/rocketLanding0.png"));
+            m.rocketLanding1 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/rocketLanding1.png"));
+            m.sun = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/sun.png"));
+            m.playerForward0 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteForward.png"));
+            m.playerForward1 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteForwardWalk0.png"));
+            m.playerForward2 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteForwardWalk1.png"));
+            m.playerBackward0 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteBackward.png"));
+            m.playerBackward1 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteBackwardWalk0.png"));
+            m.playerBackward2 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteBackwardWalk1.png"));
+            m.playerLeft0 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteLeft.png"));
+            m.playerLeft1 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteLeftWalk0.png"));
+            m.playerLeft2 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteLeftWalk1.png"));
+            m.playerRight0 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteRight.png"));
+            m.playerRight1 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteRightWalk0.png"));
+            m.playerRight2 = ImageIO.read(Game.class.getResource("/assets/player/playerSpriteRightWalk1.png"));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }