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+# blockattack-game
+Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks - the game
+A Tetris Attack Clone under the GPL. 
+
+# Dependencies
+  * A version of g++ with C++11 support. Tested on g++-4.9
+  * libSDL
+  * libSDL_image
+  * libSDL_mixer
+  * libSDL_ttf
+  * libenet
+  * libphysfs
+  * libboost (only needed for compiling)
+
+# Building
+To build do:
+```
+cd source/code
+make
+```
+The result should be in the "Game"-folder. To run
+```
+cd ../..
+cd Game
+./blockattack
+```
+
+
+