the main menu is finally starting to get its shape

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

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+package dev.dvorakmortonxd;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.awt.Font;
+import java.awt.FontFormatException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
+    private final int MENU_STAR_COUNT = 75;
+    private final int[] starX = new int[MENU_STAR_COUNT];
+    private final int[] starY = new int[MENU_STAR_COUNT];
+    private final Timer timer = new Timer(16, this); // 60 FPS
+    private Font caveat;
+
+    public Game() {
+        // sets the window size
+        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
+        // sets the star count for the main menu
+        Random rand = new Random();
+        for (int i = 0; i < MENU_STAR_COUNT; i++) {
+            starX[i] = rand.nextInt(800);
+            starY[i] = rand.nextInt(600);
+        }
+        // loads up the font
+        try {
+            caveat = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("assets/CaveatBrush-Regular.ttf"));
+        } catch (FontFormatException | IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            caveat = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 12);
+        }
+        setBackground(Color.BLACK);
+        setFocusable(true);
+        addKeyListener(this);
+        timer.start();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { // update step
+        repaint(); // triggers render
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) { // render step
+        super.paintComponent(g); // this clears the previous frame
+
+        g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
+        for (int i = 0; i < MENU_STAR_COUNT; i++) { // drawing the stars
+            g.fillOval(starX[i], starY[i], 2, 2);
+        }
+
+        g.setColor(Color.GRAY);
+        g.setFont(caveat.deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 72f));
+        g.drawString("Very Cool Space Sim", 38, 80);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) { // input
+        switch (e.getKeyCode()) {
+            case KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE -> System.exit(0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) { // what happens when you let go of a key
+    }
+
+    @Override public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {}
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        JFrame frame = new JFrame("My cool space sim");
+        frame.setResizable(false); // makes it so gamers cant just resize the window and leave black parts of the window
+        frame.add(new Game());
+        frame.pack();
+        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); // makes the X button on the titlebar functional
+        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); // centers the window on the screen
+        frame.setVisible(true); // makes the window visible
+    }
+}

src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/Main.java

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-package dev.dvorakmortonxd;
-
-//TIP To <b>Run</b> code, press <shortcut actionId="Run"/> or
-// click the <icon src="AllIcons.Actions.Execute"/> icon in the gutter.
-public class Main {
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        //TIP Press <shortcut actionId="ShowIntentionActions"/> with your caret at the highlighted text
-        // to see how IntelliJ IDEA suggests fixing it.
-        System.out.printf("Hello and welcome!");
-
-        for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
-            //TIP Press <shortcut actionId="Debug"/> to start debugging your code. We have set one <icon src="AllIcons.Debugger.Db_set_breakpoint"/> breakpoint
-            // for you, but you can always add more by pressing <shortcut actionId="ToggleLineBreakpoint"/>.
-            System.out.println("i = " + i);
-        }
-    }
-}