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+# Build Instructions
+## Windows Requirements
+* Visual Studio 2022 or newer
+## Linux Requirements
+* C++ compiler like GCC or Clang
+* Make or Ninja build system
+
+## Steps for Windows 
+1. clone the repo and submodules <br>```git clone --recurse-submodules  https://git.josephaquino.net/joseph-aquino/breakout.git```
+2. run the `Create-Solution.bat` file located in the `scripts` directory
+3. open the Visual Studio solution file in the newly created `build` directory that is in the root of the project
+4. use Visual Studio to build the project
+5. the final executible will be in the `bin` directory
+
+## Steps for Linux
+1. clone the repo and submodules <br>```git clone --recurse-submodules  https://git.josephaquino.net/joseph-aquino/breakout.git```
+2. choose one of the build scripts from the `build` directory. `build.sh <config>` for Make, `build-ninja.sh <config>` for Ninja
+3. run your script of choice with the desired configuration as an argument. Note: for Make, configurations are lowercase; for Ninja, configurations have a capitalized first letter
+<br> example: <br>```./scripts/build.sh release```<br>
+```./scripts/build-ninja.sh Debug```<br>
+4. the final executible will be in the `bin` directory, you can use the `run.sh <config>` to easily launch the game from the terminal. Note: for `run.sh <config>` the `config` argument will have a capitalized first letter
+<br> example: <br>```./scripts/run.sh Release```
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