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+workspace "fencer"
+  configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
+  location "."
+
+project "fencer"
+  kind "WindowedApp"
+  language "C"
+  location "build/"
+  files { "src/**.c" }
+  links { "SDL2", "SDL2_image", "cjson", "m" }
+  buildoptions { "-Wall", "-DVMATH_SDL=1" }
+  filter { "configurations:Debug" }
+    buildoptions { "-g3" }
+    targetdir "bin/"
+  filter { "configurations:Release" }
+    buildoptions { "-g0" }