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# gsplash
A fullscreen splash-screen wrapper for launching a game or app. It displays an image (or a fallback black screen), starts your executable, and closes when the process exits or loses focus after launch.
## Features
1. Fullscreen, borderless splash screen with hidden cursor (SDL2)
2. Displays a supplied image via SDL2_image (fallback to black if load fails)
3. Launches the target executable and exits when it finishes
4. Hides on focus loss after the game starts or closes on **Esc**
## Build Requirements
- C compiler (GCC or Clang)
- make
- pkg-config
- SDL2
- SDL2_image
## Install
Arch Linux (PKGBUILD) for integrating with your system package manager:
```bash
makepkg -si
```
For other distributions, build and install manually:
```bash
# Build the binary in the project root
make
# Install system-wide (defaults to /usr/local)
sudo make install
# Staged install (useful for packaging):
DESTDIR=/some/staging/path make install
```
## Smoke test (headless)
Run a lightweight headless smoke test that uses the dummy video driver so it doesn't require a display:
```bash
make check
```
## Usage
```bash
./gsplash <image_path> <game_executable> [game_arguments...]
```
Example:
```bash
./gsplash assets/splash.jpg /path/to/game --fullscreen --profile=default
```