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@@ -7,6 +7,45 @@ Rewrite of my Nintendo 64 emulator "[shibumi](https://github.com/CocoSimone/shib
 
 ![Mario's face](resources/mario.png?raw=true)
 
+## Build instructions:
+First clone the repository: `git clone --recursive https://github.com/CocoSimone/Gadolinium`
+
+### Windows
+
+This build uses Visual Studio with Vcpkg and Clang-cl
+
+Dependencies:
+- CMake 3.20 or higher
+- SDL2 (install it by making sure that you're choosing the "vulkan" extension of the package and the x64-windows triplet: `vcpkg install sdl2[vulkan]:x64-windows`)
+- fmtlib (install it by making sure that you're choosing the x64-windows triplet: `vcpkg install fmt:x64-windows`)
+- nlohmann-json (install it by making sure that you're choosing the x64-windows triplet: `vcpkg install nlohmann-json:x64-windows`)
+
+```
+cd path/to/gadolinium
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -T clangcl -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=path/to/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S ../src
+cmake --build . --config Release
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Dependencies:
+- GCC or Clang with C++17 support
+- CMake 3.20 or higher
+- SDL2
+- fmtlib
+- Vulkan API (including the validation layers) + SPIR-V tools
+- nlohmann-json
+
+```
+cd path/to/gadolinium
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S ../src
+cmake --build . --config Release
+```
+
 Special thanks:
 
 - [Dillonb](https://github.com/Dillonb) and [KieronJ](https://github.com/KieronJ) for bearing with me and my recurring brainfarts, and for the support :heart: