diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 363c86a..e671e44 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
 /obj/src/lua_platform.cpp.o
 /obj/src/main.cpp.o
 /obj/src/simple_string.cpp.o
+/.make
+/.make/thirdparty_luajit
+/CppProperties.json
+/lbs.exe
diff --git a/lbs.lua b/lbs.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbbb593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lbs.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+local CXX = "clang++"
+
+local config = {
+	["buildmode"]="debug",
+	["target"]="x86_64-windows",
+	["max_parallel"]=1
+}
+
+local program_output = "build/lbs"
+local source_dirs = {"src"}
+local include_dirs = {"include", "src", "thirdparty/luajit/src"}
+local library_dirs = {"thirdparty/luajit/src"}
+local linker_inputs = {"lua51", "luajit"}
+local defines = {}
+local additional_arguments = {"-std=c++20"}
+
+function load_config(cfg_table, args)
+	for i=1,#args,1 do
+		k = args[i]	
+		if (k:sub(1,2) == "-j") then
+			if (tonumber(k:sub(3,-1),10) > 0) then
+				cfg_table.max_parallel = tonumber(k:sub(3,-1),10)
+			elseif (tonumber(args[i+1],10) > 0) then
+				cfg_table.max_parallel = tonumber(args[i+1],10)
+				i = i + 1
+			else
+				print("ERROR: -j option must be formatted as -j<num> or -j <num>. Numbers must be positive integers greater than 0")
+				return -1
+			end
+		else
+			cfg_table.buildmode = k
+		end
+	end
+	return cfg_table
+end
+
+local function compile()
+
+	local base_cmd = CXX .. " -c "
+	
+	for _,v in pairs(include_dirs) do base_cmd = base_cmd .. "-I\"" .. v .. "\" " end
+	for k,v in pairs(defines) do base_cmd = base_cmd .. "-D" .. k .. "=" .. v .. " " end
+	for _,v in pairs(additional_arguments) do base_cmd = base_cmd .. v .. " " end
+
+	local src_args = {}
+	for _,src_dir in pairs(source_dirs) do
+		if (fs.is_dir(src_dir)) then
+			for fsobj in fs.forall(src_dir) do
+				if (fs.is_file(fsobj) and fs.extension(fsobj) == ".cpp") then
+					src_args[#src_args+1] = fsobj .. " -o obj/" .. fsobj .. ".o"
+				end
+			end
+		else
+			print("[WARN ] Source directory " .. src_dir .. " does not exist!")
+		end
+	end
+
+	ec, stdout = platform.exec_parallel(base_cmd, config.max_parallel, src_args)
+	for i,ec in pairs(ec) do
+		if (ec ~= 0) then
+			print("Command \"" .. base_cmd .. src_args[i] .. "\" failed with exit code " .. tostring(ec) .. "and output;")
+			print(stdout[i])
+			print()
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+local function link()
+	local cmd = CXX .. " "
+	for _,lib_dir in pairs(library_dirs) do cmd = cmd .. "-L\"" .. lib_dir .. "\" " end
+	for _,lnk in pairs(linker_inputs) do cmd = cmd .. "-l\"" .. lnk .. "\" " end
+
+	for _,src_dir in pairs(source_dirs) do
+		if (fs.is_dir(src_dir)) then
+			for fsobj in fs.forall(src_dir) do
+				if (fs.is_file(fsobj) and fs.extension(fsobj) == ".cpp") then
+					cmd = cmd .. "obj/" .. fsobj .. ".o "
+				end
+			end
+		else
+			print("[WARN ] Source directory " .. src_dir .. " does not exist!")
+		end
+	end
+	cmd = cmd .. "-o " .. program_output
+	local platform_seps = {}
+	for match in config.target:gmatch("[^-]+") do platform_seps[#platform_seps+1] = match end
+	if (platform_seps[2] == "windows") then cmd = cmd .. ".exe " else cmd = cmd .. " " end
+
+	ec, stdout = platform.exec(cmd, {})
+	if (ec ~= 0) then
+		print("Command \"" .. cmd .. "\" failed with exit code " .. tostring(ec) .. " and output;")
+		print(stdout)
+		print()
+	end
+end
+
+function build(...)
+	local args = {...}
+	config = load_config(config, args)
+	print("Building " .. config.buildmode .. " with up to " .. tostring(config.max_parallel) .. " concurrent jobs")
+	compile()
+	link()
+end
+
+return 0
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