diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8c9ab81..9ba232a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: 'doorsofdoom.apk'
         path: android-mvn/target/doorsofdoom.apk
+    - name: Build desktop
+      run: |
+        cd desktop-mvn
+        mvn --batch-mode -Dcartridge.artifactId=doorsofdoom -Dcartridge.groupId=com.github.msx80.omicron -Dcartridge.version=$GITHUB_DDVER clean package
+    - name: Deploy Desktop
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: 'doorsofdoom-desktop.jar'
+        path: desktop-mvn/target/doorsofdoom-desktop.jar
     - name: Deploy cartridge
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
diff --git a/android-mvn/pom.xml b/android-mvn/pom.xml
index 4e09f18..776abf5 100644
--- a/android-mvn/pom.xml
+++ b/android-mvn/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>	
 	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	<gdx.version>1.12.1</gdx.version>
-	<omicron.engine.version>0.0.7</omicron.engine.version>
+	<omicron.engine.version>0.0.8</omicron.engine.version>
   </properties>
 
 <pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/android-mvn/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.template b/android-mvn/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.template
index 578c583..cc41eeb 100644
--- a/android-mvn/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.template
+++ b/android-mvn/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.template
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
             android:label="Crash report" >
 		</activity>		
     </application>
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="26" />
+    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="26" android:targetSdkVersion="26" />
 </manifest>
diff --git a/desktop-mvn/assembly.xml b/desktop-mvn/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77da693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-mvn/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.1"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.1 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.1.1.xsd">
+  <id>desktop</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>jar</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
+      <unpack>true</unpack>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/desktop-mvn/pom.xml b/desktop-mvn/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e66bfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-mvn/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>com.github.msx80.omicron</groupId>
+  <artifactId>desktop-wrapper</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0</version>
+
+  <properties>
+  
+  <!-- This is the omicron cartridge to be package as an Android app. You can pass the properties as arguments to mvn with -D -->
+  <!--	
+    <cartridge.artifactId>helloworld</cartridge.artifactId>
+	<cartridge.groupId>com.github.msx80.omicron</cartridge.groupId>
+	<cartridge.version>0.0.3</cartridge.version> -->
+  <!-- ============================================================  -->
+  
+	<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>	
+	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	<gdx.version>1.12.1</gdx.version>
+	<omicron.engine.version>0.0.8</omicron.engine.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>jitpack.io</id>
+			<url>https://jitpack.io</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+  <dependencies>
+  
+  <dependency>
+	<artifactId>${cartridge.artifactId}</artifactId>
+	<groupId>${cartridge.groupId}</groupId>
+	<version>${cartridge.version}</version>
+</dependency>
+
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>com.github.msx80.omicron</groupId>
+  <artifactId>desktop-lib</artifactId>
+  <version>${omicron.engine.version}</version>
+</dependency>
+	<!--
+	<dependency>
+      <groupId>com.github.msx80.omicron</groupId>
+      <artifactId>omicron-desktop</artifactId>
+      <version>${omicron.engine.version}</version>
+    </dependency>	
+-->
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+ 
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+       
+        <plugin>
+		  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+		  <version>3.13.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+		
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+	
+    <plugins>
+	
+	
+	<plugin>
+      <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+      <configuration>
+        <archive>
+          <manifest>
+            <mainClass>com.github.msx80.omicron.MainLauncher</mainClass>
+          </manifest>
+        </archive>
+			<descriptors>
+            <descriptor>assembly.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>   
+          <finalName>${cartridge.artifactId}</finalName>   
+       </configuration>
+	<executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>				      
+    </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/doorsofdoom/pom.xml b/doorsofdoom/pom.xml
index 2f5da73..877bf43 100644
--- a/doorsofdoom/pom.xml
+++ b/doorsofdoom/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
-		<omicron.engine.version>0.0.7</omicron.engine.version>
+		<omicron.engine.version>0.0.8</omicron.engine.version>
 	</properties>
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.github.msx80</groupId>
 			<artifactId>omicron-basics</artifactId>
-			<version>0.0.2</version>
+			<version>0.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 			  <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>