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+# garden
+garden is a multiplayer paint program.
+
+[garden website][1]
+
+## building
+requires the [hare][hare] compiler and [hare-sdl2][hare-sdl2] to be installed
+```
+make build_client
+./garden
+```
+
+[1]: https://ubq323.website/garden/
+[hare]: https://harelang.org
+[hare-sdl2]: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/hare-sdl2/
+
+
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