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 # Asteroids-CPP
 The game asteroids in c++ using the simplified drawing library provided by my school.
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+## Requirements
+
+* libglut-dev
+* g++
+* make
+
+## Running
+
+All that is needed to run is a simple ```make```, and then run the game with ```./a.out```
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