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Install [Love2D](https://love2d.org/).\n   1. Make sure that love.exe is in your Windows PATH.\n2. Install Visual Studio Code and the recommended extensions:\n\n   - [sumneko.lua](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sumneko.lua)\n   - [local-lua-debugger-vscode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tomblind.local-lua-debugger-vscode)\n   - [luacheck](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rog2.luacheck)\n\n### Running the Project\n\n1. Open this repository in Visual Studio Code.\n2. Press `F5` to start debugging or run the project in release mode using the configurations in `.vscode/launch.json`.\n\n### Building for Windows\n\nThis will build a standalone exe from the code in `src/` the resulting executable will be `dist/out.exe`\n\n1. Open a PowerShell terminal.\n2. 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