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+## CavEX
+
+*Cave Explorer* is a Wii homebrew game with the goal to recreate most of the core survival aspects up until Beta 1.7.3. Any features beyond *will not* be added.
+
+---
+
+**Features**
+* great performance on Wii (about 60fps)
+* 5 chunk render distance currently
+* load any beta world save
+* nearly all blocks added, except redstone related
+* many items from the original
+* correct light propagation
+* ambient occlusion on blocks
+
+---
+
+**Planned features** *(in no particular order, not complete)*
+* main menu
+* generation of new chunks
+* biome colors
+* player physics
+* inventory management
+* block placement and destruction logic
+* (random) block updates
+* item actions
+* real texture pack support
+* Beta 1.7.3 multiplayer support
+
+### Screenshot
+
+![ingame0](docs/ingame0.png)
+*(from the PC version)*
+
+### Build instructions
+
+You need to download these libraries yourself and place their source files to the following directories. They are required for any platform.
+
+| library | files | destination |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [LodePNG](https://github.com/lvandeve/lodepng) | `lodepng.h` and `lodepng.c` | `source/lodepng/` |
+| [cglm](https://github.com/recp/cglm) | `include/cglm/` | `source/cglm/` |
+| [cNBT](https://github.com/chmod222/cNBT) | any `*.h` and `*.c` | `source/cNBT/` |
+
+#### Wii
+
+For the Wii platform you need to install the [devkitPro](https://devkitpro.org/wiki/Getting_Started) Wii/Gamecube environment. Additionally install zlib using pacman of devkitPro.
+
+```bash
+dkp-pacman -S wii-dev ppc-zlib
+```
+
+To build, simply run make in the root directory. You might need to load the cross compiler env first (required e.g. if you use [fish](https://fishshell.com/) instead of bash).
+
+```bash
+source /etc/profile.d/devkit-env.sh
+make
+```
+
+There should then be a .dol file in the root directory that your Wii can run. To copy the game to your `apps/` folder, it needs to look like this:
+```
+cavex
+├── assets
+│   ├── terrain.png
+│   ├── items.png
+│   ├── anim.png
+│   ├── default.png
+│   ├── gui.png
+│   └── gui2.png
+├── saves
+│   ├── world
+│   └── ...
+├── boot.dol
+├── icon.png
+└── meta.xml
+```
+
+#### GNU/Linux
+
+The game can also run on any PC with support for OpenGL 2.0 and played with keyboard and mouse.
+
+Building requires the following additional libraries, which you can install with your system package manager: `zlib`, `glfw3` and `glew`. You can then use CMake and gcc to build. The already existing Makefile is for the Wii platform only and might be removed sometime later.
+
+```bash
+mkdir build_pc
+cd build_pc
+cmake ..
+make
+```
+
+Please also copy the fragment and vertex shaders from `resources/` next to your `./cavex` executable.
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