README (2611B)
1 2 ------------------------------------------------------ 3 GBDK-2020 - https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020 4 ------------------------------------------------------ 5 6What's New 7------------ 8See the "ChangeLog" included in the root folder of the GBDK install. 9 10 11 12New Releases 13------------ 14Check for new releases online: 15https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020/releases 16 17 18 19Setup: 20------------ 21 22=== Windows === 23 24* Unzip to a folder of your choice (which you've probably already done) 25 Suggested location: c:\gbdk\ 26 27* Recommended but not required: Add the gbdk 'bin' sub-directory to your 28 system path using the Windows System control panel 29 30* Open a command line and compile the examples by running "compile.bat" in 31 the "examples\gb" sub-directory: 32 cd c:\gbdk\examples\gb 33 compile.bat 34 35 36=== Linux === 37 38* Unzip to a folder of your choice (which you've probably already done) 39 Suggested location: /opt/gbdk/ 40 41* Recommended but not required: Add the gbdk 'bin' sub-directory to your shell path 42 Run from command line (only lasts for that session): export GBDKDIR=/opt/gbdk/ 43 Or add that to your shell defaults (permanent) 44 45* Open a command line and compile the examples by running "make" in 46 the "examples/gb" sub-directory: 47 cd /opt/gbdk/examples/gb 48 make 49 50 51 52GBDK is now ready for use. 53 54It's recommended to check out the Getting Started docs: 55https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020/docs/api/docs_getting_started.html 56 57 58 59Reporting problems and feature requests 60--------------------------------------- 611. Make sure that you have read this README fully. 62 632. Check the online docs, including the Getting Started section 64 https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020/docs/api 65 https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020/docs/api/docs_links_and_tools.html#links_help_and_community 66 673. Make sure you have the latest version 68 https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020/releases 69 704. Check if anyone else has already reported or solved the problem 71 https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed 72 735. Ask for help online 74 https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020#discord-servers 75 76 77Documentation 78------------- 79 80Library documentation: 81* https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020/docs/api 82 83Pandocs 84* https://gbdev.io/pandocs/ 85 86Other useful links: 87* https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020/docs/api/docs_getting_started.html 88 89* https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020/docs/api/docs_links_and_tools.html#links_help_and_community 90 91 92 93History 94------------- 95 96Original work on GBDK (pre-2020) was by: 97 98Pascal Felber, Lars Malmborg, Michael Hope (and perhaps others)