From b6e4a719bec7eb094f5d9c0fb2f5f62849ac91dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Miller <jared@smell.flowers>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:42:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify the readme

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 README.md | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# PLAYSCII - an ASCII art and game creation tool
+# playscii
 
-Playscii (pronounced play-skee) is an art, animation, and game creation tool.
-The latest version will always be available here:
+ascii art and animation program
 
-* [http://jp.itch.io/playscii](http://jp.itch.io/playscii)
-* [https://heptapod.host/jp-lebreton/playscii](https://heptapod.host/jp-lebreton/playscii)
+## forked from jp labreton
 
-Playscii's main website is here:
+- [jp.itch.io/playscii](https://jp.itch.io/playscii)
+- [jp-lebreton/playscii](https://heptapod.host/jp-lebreton/playscii)
+- i found this nice interview with him: [cheesetalks.net/jplebreton.php](https://cheesetalks.net/jplebreton.php)
 
-* [https://jplebreton.com/playscii/](https://jplebreton.com/playscii/)
+## setup
 
-## Offline documentation
+requires libSDL2 and libSDL2_mixer installed on the system:
 
-Playscii now includes its own HTML documentation, which you can find in the
-docs/html/ subfolder of the folder where this README resides.
+```sh
+# fedora
+sudo dnf install SDL2 SDL2_mixer
 
-## Online documentation
+# debian/ubuntu
+sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0
 
-The latest version of the HTML documentation resides here:
+# mac
+brew install sdl2 sdl2_mixer
+```
 
-[https://jplebreton.com/playscii/howto_main.html](https://jplebreton.com/playscii/howto_main.html)
+then, with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/#installation) installed:
 
-## Bugs
-
-If you run into any issues with Playscii, please report a bug here:
-
-[https://heptapod.host/jp-lebreton/playscii/issues](https://heptapod.host/jp-lebreton/playscii/issues)
-
-## Roadmap
-
-For possible future features see Playscii's Trello:
-
-[https://trello.com/b/BLQBXn5H/playscii](https://trello.com/b/BLQBXn5H/playscii)
-
-Please don't take anything there as a promise, though. If you'd find something
-on there especially valuable, feel free to vote or comment!
-
-## Contact
-
-If you've made something cool with Playscii and/or have any suggestions on how
-to improve it, please let JP know!
-
-[https://jplebreton.com/#contact_email](https://jplebreton.com/#contact_email)
+```sh
+uv sync
+just run
+```