Game is considered malicious on other computers

Most computers that I tried to run my game project on ended up not executing it, but instead had a Windows Defender warning pop up labeling it as potentially malicious. Is that normal? And if not, how could I could ensure that Windows knows it’s safe?

It’s fairly normal you can look into publishing it with a certificate.
This just means it basically doesn’t come up as a unknown publisher.

http://softwarepublishercertificate.com/

You should at the very least go into your project properties before publishing and set up the info for who you are company name ect… ect… it is possible thru vs to generate a temporary certificate or manifest at the least.
Look to … project properties -> signing (tab)
You can also look at the security tab as well how you publish your app here may raise or lower alarm bells as well. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/deployment/code-access-security-for-clickonce-applications?f1url=https%3A%2F%2Fmsdn.microsoft.com%2Fquery%2Fdev15.query%3FappId%3DDev15IDEF1%26l%3DEN-US%26k%3Dk(vb.ProjectPropertiesSecurity.HowTo)%3Bk(TargetFrameworkMoniker-.NETFramework%2CVersion%3Dv4.5)%26rd%3Dtrue

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Ah okay thanks for the info~