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But you can distribute e.g. a zip file with both the run time and data in it, can't you? How is that any different from how any other game is distributed?


How to do that exactly to make the user click and run the application without a second thought?


Do people even have to know? I’d anyway these days distribute via itch or steam


You can use steam to install runtimes with install scripts [0]

[0] https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/installscripts


Fair point.




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