I am trying to run the game in Windows 8 and everything seems fine for the game except that it won't recognize my 360 controller. I have gone through all of the settings, I've tried restarting with the controller plugged in, and I've tested it with other games, the controller is operating fine, Spiral Knights just isn't responding to it at all.
I've tried to verify if I'm using the right java version but I keep getting this thing saying that it can't verify in desktop mode and no idea how to do it in whatever isn't desktop mode.
To see what version of java you're using, move the mouse down to the bottom left. When the little box pops up, right click it and choose "control panel", and you should see "java" there. Click "About" under the "General" tab and it should show you what version you're using.