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+Laika uses CMake as it's build system and provides several definitions for your to mess around with.
+
+| Definition        | Description                             | Example                                                                           |
+| ----------------- | -------------------------------------   | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| LAIKA_PUBKEY      | Sets CNC's public key                   | -DLAIKA_PUBKEY=997d026d1c65deb6c30468525132be4ea44116d6f194c142347b67ee73d18814   |
+| LAIKA_PRIVKEY     | Sets CNC's private key                  | -DLAIKA_PRIVKEY=1dbd33962f1e170d1e745c6d3e19175049b5616822fac2fa3535d7477957a841  |
+| LAIKA_CNC_IP      | Sets CNC's public ip                    | -DLAIKA_CNC_IP=127.0.0.1                                                          |
+| LAIKA_CNC_PORT    | Sets CNC's bind()'d port                | -DLAIKA_CNC_PORT=13337                                                            |
+| LAIKA_PERSISTENCE | Enables persistence for LaikaBot        | -DLAIKA_PERSISTENCE=On                                                            |
+| LAIKA_OBFUSCATE   | Enables string obfuscation for LaikaBot | -DLAIKA_OBFUSCATE=On                                                              |
+> these are all passed to `cmake -B <dir>`
+
+### Linux
+
+Simple run cmake to build the makefiles with your configuration.
+
+```sh
+$ cmake -B build -DLAIKA_PERSISTENCE=On
+```
+
+Now compile the project, the binaries will be in `./bin`
+
+```sh
+$ cmake --build build
+```
+
+### Windows
+
+Windows also provides a cmake interface to generate .sln files for Visual Studio (if that's your thing). Just generate the .sln with
+
+```batch
+> cmake -B winBuild -DLAIKA_PERSISTENCE=On -DLAIKA_OBFUSCATE=On -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel
+```
+
+Now you can either open the .sln in `.\winBuild` and compile suing Visual Studio, or directly compile from the command line using:
+
+```batch
+> cmake --build winBuild --config MinSizeRel
+```
+
+Output binaries will be in `.\winbin`