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

In Visual Studio add 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 ./gish or gish.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'll find it under "Custom Levels". Try it and replace what you don't like.

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

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