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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014 Kevin M
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+# Intelligent Snake #
+
+Intelligent Snake is a simple clone of the famous **snake**-style games. It's meant both as a fun time waster as well as a simple working SDL program to learn from and use as a reference.
+
+![Intelligent Snake](http://i.imgur.com/p80DyKz.png)
+
+## Compile ##
+
+### Linux ###
+
+#### Requirements ####
+
+* **make**
+* **gcc**
+* **SDL** (version 1.2)
+* **SDL_ttf**
+
+#### Build ####
+
+* `make`: Build Intelligent Snake and copy required files to ./bin/
+* `make clean`: Remove build directories
+
+### Windows ###
+
+#### Requirements ####
+
+* **make**
+* **mingw-w64**
+* **mingw-w64-sdl** (version 1.2)
+* **mingw-w64-sdl_ttf**
+
+#### Build ####
+
+* `make windows`: Build Intelligent Snake for Windows and copy required files to ./windows-bin/
+* `make clean`: Remove build directories
+
+## Commands ##
+
+Usage: `./isnake [options]`
+
+### Options ###
+
+* `./isnake`: Start the game with the default options
+* `./isnake -g [width] [height]`: Set the grid size: between [30]x[20] and [80]x[50] (DEFAULT: [50]x[30])
+* `./isnake -b [blocks]`: Set the number of blocks: between [0] and [40] (DEFAULT: [20])
+* `./isnake -l [length]`: Set the snake's starting length: between [3] and [35] (DEFAULT: [3])
+* `./isnake -s [speed]`: Set the snake's starting speed: between [1] and [9] (DEFAULT: [1])
+* `./isnake -h`: Display help information
+
+## Controls ##
+
+* **Movement**
+  * **FPS Keys**: `w`, `a`, `s` and `d`
+  * **Vim Keys**: `k`, `h`, `j` and `l`
+  * **Arrow Keys**: `up`, `left`, `down` and `right`
+* **Quit**: `Escape` and `Q`
+* **Restart** (after death): `Space` and `Return`
+
+## Credits ##
+
+* Written by Kevin MacMartin: [GitHub Projects](https://github.com/prurigro?tab=repositories) | [Arch Linux AUR Packages](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=prurigro)
+
+## License ##
+
+* **Intelligent Snake**: [The MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+* **Font** ([DroidSans-Bold.ttf](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans)): [Apache License, version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)