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 # Welcome to Trident!
 
 Trident is a framework game engine built with and using the Java programming language.
+*Trident uses Java 8*
 
 ## Basic setup and controls tutorial:
 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgDlQ04KHU&t=31s