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+# Dreamcast Cake
+
+A rust demo I made for a friend's birthday.
+
+## Controls
+
+| button | action           |
+| -      | -                |
+| A      | remove one slice [|](|)
+
+## Building
+
+`just build`
+
+flash `cake.cdi` to a CD-R or run it in a dreamcast emulator.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+`just`
+[imagemagick](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/imagemagick/)
+[rust-kos](https://dreamcast.rs/setup.html)
+[cdi4dc](https://dreamcast.wiki/Cdi4dc)
+[makeip](https://github.com/Dreamcast-Projects/makeip)