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+Megasource is a CMake-buildable collection of all [LÖVE][love2d] dependencies.
+
+It currently only works on Windows, but will also work on OSX. It could certainly also work on Linux, but good package managers makes megasource less relevant there.
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+ - Windows.
+ - Visual Studio 2012 (Express).
+ - [DirectX SDK][dxsdk] (required for SDL2).
+ - [CMake 2.8.11][cmake].
+ - [NSIS][nsis] if you want to build the LÖVE installer.
+
+Building
+--------
+
+To build just the dependecies:
+
+	$ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/rude/megasource megasource
+	$ cd megasource
+	$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 2012" -H. -Bbuild
+	$ cmake --build build --target megatest --config Release
+
+... or you can of course open the solution file in Visual Studio and build from there instead of invoking cmake --build.
+
+If you want to build [LÖVE][love2d], clone LÖVE into the *libs* folder. Megasource will automatically look for it there. E.g.:
+
+	$ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/rude/megasource megasource
+	$ cd megasource
+	$ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/rude/love libs/love
+	$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 2012" -H. -Bbuild
+	$ cmake --build build --target love --config Release
+
+The binaries can be found in *build/love/Release*.
+
+If you want to build the installer, replace the previous build command with:
+
+    $ cmake --build build --target PACKAGE --config Release
+
+A zip with the binaries and the installer will appear in *build*.
+
+[love2d]: http://love2d.org
+[dxsdk]: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6812
+[cmake]: http://www.cmake.org/
+[nsis]: http://nsis.sourceforge.net