[martinmakesgame]

Hi and thanks for the question.

I can think of several reasons why it is possible to trust software that may need to be run with full privileges.

The game is hosted on itch.io and they do have some backend checking for malware that is hosted on their website. There are many games that are released on itch.io by unknown developers.

If you download the game and look at the package contents you can see both the jars and the jre that are used to run the game. The mp3spi.jar also has the source code supplied because it is a requirement of the Lesser GLP 2.1.

Also another way to gauge trust is to look at the previous software I have made before also released on itch.io. For Peace Of Mind there is a detailed set of developer logs and the process I have used is similar for Impossible Solitaire.

I also have a YouTube account where you can see the devlogs and gameplay trailers.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB2MvX-C5XAms8JRVmY6JCw

Thanks for the question. I hope that by looking at my previous games and devlogs that you feel able to give Impossible Solitaire a go. Thanks.

Lastly, the HN forum is of a high standard and it would be strange if projects on ShowHN were not able to be trusted.