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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+project(observations-on-the-sublime-dynamics-of-eroding-matter)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+# Find SDL2
+find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
+
+# Add executable
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} src/main.cpp)
+
+# Link SDL2
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} SDL2::SDL2)
+
+# Include directories for SDL2
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})