Hi, author of packr here. Totally agree with your points, it's one of the reasons i'm drawn to JVM land. However, for end-user apps like games people want to pretend their app is native. Distribution on Steam is also easier this way.
I was aware of launch4j, but it only targets Windows (and if you include icons, you have to do that on Windows cause it calls into the win32-API last time i checked). Packr allows you to bundle for any platform from any platform.
I was aware of launch4j, but it only targets Windows (and if you include icons, you have to do that on Windows cause it calls into the win32-API last time i checked). Packr allows you to bundle for any platform from any platform.