Butano Template for Window VS Code

Template to kickstart the development of a Gameboy Advance game using the Butano engine in Visual Studio Code on Windows

• Check Butano for detailed information about the engine!

Getting started

1. Please ensure you follow Butano's Getting Started guide before using this template
   • Install devkitARM to the default directory(C:\\devkitPro)
   • If you have installed devkitARM to a different directory, please update the following files: Makefile and .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
2. Create a new repository and clone it using this template repository
3. Clone the Butano engine by executing the following command from the root of the cloned repository

   git clone https://github.com/GValiente/butano.git engine
   

Build test

1. Build the project by executing the following command from the root of the project

   make -j#cpu-cores# 
   

   For example, you can use make -j8 or make -j16 depending on the number of CPU cores you have

2. Run butano-window-vscode-template.gba from the root

   You should see the text 'BUTANO-WINDOW-VSCODE-TEMPLATE' displayed on the screen

3. (Optional) Cleanup If needed, you can delete the build and gba files by running the command

   make clean