Make sure CMake and the development libraries for SDL, OpenAL and Vorbis are installed. In Debian-based systems, you need to install the following packages:

cmake libsdl1.2-dev libopenal-dev libvorbis-dev

Then simply issue:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Download and install the required libraries:

• http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-devel-1.2.14-VC8.zip
• http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL_mixer-devel-1.2.11-VC.zip
• http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.2.0.zip
  • compile using win32/VS2008/libogg_static.vcproj
• http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.3.1.zip
  • compile win32/VS2008/libvorbis/libvorbis_static.vcproj
  • compile win32/VS2008/libvorbisfile/libvorbisfile_static.vcproj
• http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/OpenAL11CoreSDK.zip
  • install
  • create C:/Program Files/OpenAL 1.1 SDK/include/AL and copy all files from C:/Program Files/OpenAL 1.1 SDK/include

In Visual Studio, add to your include-paths:

• .../libvorbis-1.3.1/include
• .../libogg-1.2.0/include
• C:/Program Files/OpenAL 1.1 SDK/include
• .../SDL-1.2.14_VC8/include
• .../SDL_mixer-1.2.11/include

and to your library-paths:

• .../libvorbis-1.3.1/win32/VS2008/libvorbisfile/Win32/Debug
• .../libogg-1.2.0/win32/VS2008/Win32/Debug
• .../libvorbis-1.3.1/win32/VS2008/libvorbis/Win32/Debug
• C:/Program Files/OpenAL 1.1 SDK/libs/Win32
• .../SDL_mixer-1.2.11/lib
• .../SDL-1.2.14_VC8/lib

Open gish.sln and compile.

You will need the following files to be present:

• OpenAL32.dll
• SDL.DLL

Simply run ./freegish or freegish.exe. There are some assets included (codenamed the FreeGish project), making Gish a completely free game! There is also one level available: freegish.lvl. You will find it under "Custom Levels" in-game. Try it and replace what you don't like.

If you own the original assets, you may also copy those into this directory. You will need:

• animation
• level
• music
• sound
• texture
• tile01 ... tile07