diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..378eac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 0000000..49e76ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
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+VERSION=0.1
+
+IGNORE_FLAGS=--ignore Makefile --ignore build
+LOVE_PATH := $(shell command -v love)
+TARGET_NAME = $(shell arch)
+FUSED_NAME = lines
+
+ifdef VERSION
+	FUSED_NAME := $(FUSED_NAME)-v$(VERSION)
+endif
+ifdef TARGET_NAME
+	FUSED_NAME := $(FUSED_NAME)-$(TARGET_NAME)
+endif
+
+default:
+	@echo Available targets: love, fused, clean
+
+love: clean
+	mkdir build
+	ls $(IGNORE_FLAGS) | xargs zip -9r build/lines.love
+	@echo created lines.love in build directory
+
+fused: love
+ifdef LOVE_PATH
+	cat ${LOVE_PATH} build/lines.love > build/$(FUSED_NAME)
+	chmod +x build/$(FUSED_NAME)
+	@echo created fused binary $(FUSED_NAME) in build directory
+else
+	@echo love not found in PATH or LOVE_PATH
+endif
+
+clean:
+	-rm -rf build
+