To build on linux, FreeBSD, or Mac OSX, just type "make" You'll need portaudio (v 19, not 18) (portaudio-devel rpm packages) and libvorbisfile (vorbis-devel rpm package) to decode the included ogg files for sound to work. See: http://www.portaudio.com/ To build without any sound support, type "make WITHAUDIO=no" To build on windows: 1. Download install mingw 2. Download codeblocks ide (nightly build recommended) 3. Download/clone wordwarvi source 4. Create win32 folder in wordwarvi source directory. 5. Download precompiled gtk (all-in-one bundle) libs, copy include and bin folders into wordwarvi/win32 6. Download precompiled vorbis/ogg libs, copy include content into wordwarvi/win32/include and the dlls into wordwarvi/win32/bin. 7. Download precompiled portaudio lib, copy include content into wordwarvi/win32/include and the dlls into wordwarvi/win32/bin. 8. Open wordwarvi.cbp in codeblocks and build. If you want to hack on the code, read wordwarvi_hacking.html