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-# 🧱 Breakout Game
+# 🧱 HuskyHawks Breakout Game 
+
+A classic **Breakout-style arcade game** built in **C++** using **SFML** and **CMake**. This game features neon retro graphics, smooth animations, and multiple screens including a title with menu, gameplay controls, credits and quit.
+
+![Menu Screenshot](GameScreenshots/menu.png)
+---
 
-A classic **Breakout-style arcade game** built in **C++** using **SFML** and **CMake**.
 
 This project recreates the retro brick-breaker experience where the player controls a paddle to bounce a ball and destroy bricks. The objective is to clear all bricks without letting the ball fall below the paddle.
 
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+
+![Game Play Screenshot](GameScreenshots/SampleGamePlay.png)
+
 
 ## 🎮 Gameplay
 
-- Move the paddle left and right to keep the ball in play.
+- Move the paddle left and right (with the left and right arrow keys) to keep the ball in play.
 - The ball bounces off walls, the paddle, and bricks.
 - Bricks disappear when hit.
 - The player wins when all bricks are destroyed.
 - The player loses when the ball falls below the paddle.
 
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-## 🛠️ Tech Stack
+
+## ✨ Features
+
+- Title screen with glow effects and neon accents.
+- Menu with **Play, Control, Credits, and Quit** options.
+- Ball and paddle movement with collision detection.
+- Smooth frame movement using deltaTime.
+
+
+
+## 🕹️ Controls
+
+**In Menu:**
+- 'Up' / 'Down' arrows: Move Selection
+- 'Enter' key: Select Menu Option
+
+**During Gameplay:**
+- 'Left' arrow: Moves paddle to the left
+- 'Right' arrow: Moves paddle to the right
+
+
+
+## 💻 Tech Stack
 
 - **Language:** C++ (C++17)
 - **Graphics Library:** SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library)
 - **Build System:** CMake
 - **Design Approach:** Object-Oriented Programming
 
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 ## ⚙️ Requirements
 
 Before building the project, ensure you have:
 
-- A C++17 compatible compiler (g++, clang++, or MSVC)
+- A C++17 (or higher) compatible compiler (g++, clang++, etc.)
 - CMake (3.16 or newer recommended)
-- SFML installed on your system
+- SFML installed on your system (2.5+)
 
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 ## 📦 Installing SFML
 
-(INCLUDE INFO HERE)
+This project requires **SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library)** and **CMake** to compile and run.
+
+### macOS
+
+Follow the official installation instructions:
+
+- CMake: https://cmake.org/download/
+- SFML: https://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php
+
+Alternatively, if you use Homebrew:
+
+```bash
+brew install sfml cmake
+```
+
+### Ubuntu / Linux
+
+Update packages and install dependencies:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install libsfml-dev cmake
+```
+
+### Windows
+
+1. Download **CMake**: https://cmake.org/download/
+
+2. Download **SFML**:  https://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php
+
+3. Install CMake and make sure **"Add CMake to PATH"** is selected.
+
+4. Extract the SFML folder and ensure CMake can locate it when building the project.
+
+
+## 🔨Building the Project
+
+From the root directory of the repository:
+
+```bash
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+```
+
+---
+## 🚀 Running the Game
+
+After building the project, go to the `build` directory:
+
+```bash
+cd build
+```
+
+List the files to find the generated executable:
+
+```bash
+ls
+```
+
+Run the executable shown in the output. For example:
+
+```bash
+./main
+```
+
+**Note that this is unique to your machine, so we use CMake to make builds of the same program in different environments.**
+
+---
 
 
 ## 👥 Team
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 - David Hochberg
 - Miles Vollmer
 
+## 🎉 Acknowledgements
+
+Special thanks to **SFML** for providing the graphics library used to build this game.
+