diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4ea906..6d0d72f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /ui/
+/submission/
 /Particle Park Code/.nb-gradle/
 Particle Park Code/.nb-gradle-properties
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/build.gradle b/Particle Park Code/build.gradle
index 415a464..fca436f 100644
--- a/Particle Park Code/build.gradle	
+++ b/Particle Park Code/build.gradle	
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ allprojects {
 
     version = '1.0'
     ext {
-        appName = "my-gdx-game"
+        appName = "particle-park"
         gdxVersion = '1.9.10-SNAPSHOT'
         roboVMVersion = '2.3.3'
         box2DLightsVersion = '1.4'
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-16.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-16.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cf59c8..0000000
Binary files a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-16.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-32.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-32.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 55ca296..0000000
Binary files a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-32.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-48.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-48.png
deleted file mode 100644
index a12c4e0..0000000
Binary files a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon-48.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_16x16.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_16x16.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e12cb2
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_16x16.png differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_256x256.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_256x256.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f0588b
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_256x256.png differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_32x32.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_32x32.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51201bd
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_32x32.png differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_48x48.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_48x48.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8bf298
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_48x48.png differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_512x512.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_512x512.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..057e0d4
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/icons/icon_512x512.png differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/core/assets/splash.png b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/splash.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..146c197
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/core/assets/splash.png differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/desktop/build.gradle b/Particle Park Code/desktop/build.gradle
index e5cf415..ceee80d 100644
--- a/Particle Park Code/desktop/build.gradle	
+++ b/Particle Park Code/desktop/build.gradle	
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ task debug(dependsOn: classes, type: JavaExec) {
 }
 
 task dist(type: Jar) {
+    archiveName = "particle_park.jar";
     from files(sourceSets.main.output.classesDir)
     from files(sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir)
     from {configurations.compile.collect {zipTree(it)}}
@@ -31,12 +32,114 @@ task dist(type: Jar) {
     exclude("/particles/")
  
     manifest {
-        attributes 'Main-Class': project.mainClassName
+        attributes ('Main-Class': project.mainClassName, 'SplashScreen-Image' : 'splash.png')
     }
 }
 
 dist.dependsOn classes
 
+// creates application bundle (executable + runtime)
+task javaPackager(type: Exec, dependsOn: dist) {
+    workingDir project.projectDir
+    def commands = [
+        'javapackager',
+        '-deploy',
+        '-nosign',
+        '-outdir', "${buildDir}/distribution",
+        '-srcdir', "${buildDir}/libs",
+        '-native', 'image',
+        '-name', project.appName,
+        '-appclass', project.mainClassName
+    ]
+    
+    def osName = System.getProperty('os.name').toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
+    if (osName.contains('windows')) {
+        commands << "-Bicon=${project.projectDir}/logo.ico"
+        commands << "-BjvmOptions=-splash:splash.png"
+    } else if (osName.contains('linux')) {
+        commands << "-Bicon=${project.projectDir}/logo.png"
+        commands << "-BjvmOptions=-splash:splash.png"
+    } else if (osName.contains('mac')) {
+        commands << "-Bicon=${project.projectDir}/logo.icns"
+        commands << "-BjvmOptions=-XstartOnFirstThread"
+    }
+    
+    commandLine = commands
+    
+    doLast() {
+        copy {
+            from file("${project.projectDir}/splash.png");
+            into file("${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}/app");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// removes bloated runtime created by javapackager
+task cleanPackagerRuntime(dependsOn: javaPackager) {
+    doLast() {
+        File runtimeFile = new File("${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}/runtime")
+        runtimeFile.deleteDir()
+        delete {
+            delete fileTree("${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}").matching {
+                include "api*.dll"
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("deleting bloated runtime in " + runtimeFile)
+    }
+}
+
+// creates a replacement runtime via jlink command (much smaller than jpackager)
+task createFinalAppBundle(type: Exec, dependsOn: [cleanPackagerRuntime]) {
+    def jdk = System.getProperty("java.home")
+
+    workingDir project.projectDir
+    commandLine = [
+        'jlink',
+        '-p', "${jdk}/jmods",
+        '--add-modules', 'java.base,java.desktop,jdk.unsupported',
+        '--strip-debug',
+        '--no-header-files',
+        '--no-man-pages',
+        '--strip-native-commands',
+        "--vm=server",
+        "--compress=2",
+        '--output', "${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}/runtime"
+    ]
+
+    doLast{
+        System.out.println("Application '${project.appName}' packaged.")
+        System.out.println(" -> location: ${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}/")
+    }
+}
+
+task updateAndCreateZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: [dist]) {
+    doFirst {
+        copy {
+            from "${buildDir}/libs"
+            into "${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}/app"
+        }
+        
+        copy {
+            from '../README.md'
+            into "${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}"
+        }
+
+        copy {
+            from '../CHANGES.md'
+            into "${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}"
+        }
+
+        copy {
+            from '../core/assets/splash.png'
+            into "${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}/app"
+        }
+    }
+    
+    archiveName "particle_park_${org.gradle.internal.os.OperatingSystem.current().getFamilyName()}.zip"
+    from "${buildDir}/distribution/${project.appName}"
+    destinationDir = file("${buildDir}/distribution/")
+}
+
 eclipse {
     project {
         name = appName + "-desktop"
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.icns b/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.icns
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e72c5f
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.icns differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.ico b/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f555435
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.ico differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.png b/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f0588b
Binary files /dev/null and b/Particle Park Code/desktop/logo.png differ
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/desktop/src/com/ray3k/particlepark/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java b/Particle Park Code/desktop/src/com/ray3k/particlepark/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
index e8e8786..829eedb 100644
--- a/Particle Park Code/desktop/src/com/ray3k/particlepark/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java	
+++ b/Particle Park Code/desktop/src/com/ray3k/particlepark/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java	
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class DesktopLauncher implements DesktopWorker{
     public static void main(String[] arg) {
         Lwjgl3ApplicationConfiguration config = new Lwjgl3ApplicationConfiguration();
         config.setWindowedMode(800, 800);
-        config.setWindowIcon("icons/icon-16.png", "icons/icon-32.png", "icons/icon-48.png");
+        config.setWindowIcon("icons/icon_16x16.png", "icons/icon_32x32.png", "icons/icon_48x48.png");
         Core core = new Core();
         core.desktopWorker = new DesktopLauncher();
         new Lwjgl3Application(core, config);
diff --git a/Particle Park Code/settings.gradle b/Particle Park Code/settings.gradle
index 74fc652..6a6e4f9 100644
--- a/Particle Park Code/settings.gradle	
+++ b/Particle Park Code/settings.gradle	
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-include 'desktop', 'core'
\ No newline at end of file
+include 'desktop', 'core'
+rootProject.name = 'ParticlePark'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/graphics/work/Particle Park.spine b/graphics/work/Particle Park.spine
index e9d3e8e..975c510 100644
Binary files a/graphics/work/Particle Park.spine and b/graphics/work/Particle Park.spine differ