diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml
index 572e1c78a1f..7800e5698e3 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,37 @@
           <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+              <attach>false</attach>
+              <descriptorRefs>
+                  <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+              </descriptorRefs>
+              <archive>
+                  <manifest>
+                      <mainClass>forge.app.Main</mainClass>
+                      <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+                  </manifest>
+                  <manifestEntries>
+                      <Implementation-Version>${fullversionstring}</Implementation-Version>
+                  </manifestEntries>
+              </archive>
+          </configuration>
+          <executions>
+              <execution>
+                  <id>make-assembly</id>
+                  <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
+                  <phase>package</phase>
+                  <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
+                  <goals>
+                      <goal>single</goal>
+                  </goals>
+              </execution>
+          </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
index caa6898aa1a..6dc9e580827 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglClipboard;
 
 import forge.Forge;
@@ -18,18 +19,42 @@ import forge.util.Utils;
 
 public class Main {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // Set this to "true" to make the mobile game port run as a full-screen desktop application
+        boolean desktopMode = false;
+        // Set this to the location where you want the mobile game port to look for assets when working as a full-screen desktop application
+        // (uncomment the bottom version and comment the top one to load the res folder from the current folder the .jar is in if you would
+        // like to make the game load from a desktop game folder configuration).
+        String desktopModeAssetsDir = "../forge-gui/";
+        //String desktopModeAssetsDir = "./";
+        
+        // Assets directory used when the game fully emulates smartphone/tablet mode (desktopMode = false), useful when debugging from IDE
         String assetsDir = AssetsDownloader.SHARE_DESKTOP_ASSETS ? "../forge-gui/" : "testAssets/";
         if (!AssetsDownloader.SHARE_DESKTOP_ASSETS) {
             FileUtil.ensureDirectoryExists(assetsDir);
         }
 
+        // Place the file "switch_orientation.ini" to your assets folder to make the game switch to landscape orientation (unless desktopMode = true)
         String switchOrientationFile = assetsDir + "switch_orientation.ini";
         boolean landscapeMode = FileUtil.doesFileExist(switchOrientationFile);
+
+        // Width and height for standard smartphone/tablet mode (desktopMode = false)
         int screenWidth = landscapeMode ? (int)(Utils.BASE_HEIGHT * 16 / 9) : (int)Utils.BASE_WIDTH;
         int screenHeight = (int)Utils.BASE_HEIGHT;
 
+        // Fullscreen width and height for desktop mode (desktopMode = true)
+        int fullscreenWidth = LwjglApplicationConfiguration.getDesktopDisplayMode().width;
+        int fullscreenHeight = LwjglApplicationConfiguration.getDesktopDisplayMode().height;
+
+        LwjglApplicationConfiguration config = new LwjglApplicationConfiguration();
+        config.resizable = false;
+        config.width = desktopMode ? fullscreenWidth : screenWidth;
+        config.height = desktopMode ? fullscreenHeight : screenHeight;
+        config.fullscreen = desktopMode ? true : false;
+        config.title = "Forge";
+        //config.useHDPI = true; // enable HiDPI on Mac OS X (not tested)
+
         new LwjglApplication(Forge.getApp(new LwjglClipboard(), new DesktopAdapter(switchOrientationFile),
-                assetsDir), "Forge", screenWidth, screenHeight);
+                desktopMode ? desktopModeAssetsDir : assetsDir), config);
     }
 
     private static class DesktopAdapter implements IDeviceAdapter {