diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 81e21dd..d096984 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -1,11 +1,91 @@
 
+import copy
 import os
 
+def _cook(env: Environment, recipe_name: str, *args, **kwargs):
+    import importlib.util
+    for folder in env['RECIPES_FOLDERS']:
+        source_file = f'{folder.abspath}/{recipe_name}/recipe.py'
+        if os.path.exists(source_file):
+            break
+    if not source_file:
+        raise Exception(f'Could not find recipe {recipe_name}.')
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(recipe_name, source_file)
+    recipe = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(recipe)
+    return recipe.cook(env, *args, **kwargs)
+
+def _parse_lib_conf(env: Environment, lib_conf: dict) -> None:
+    env.Append(CPPPATH = lib_conf.get('CPPPATH', []),
+               CPPDEFINES = lib_conf.get('CPPDEFINES', []),
+               LIBPATH = lib_conf.get('LIBPATH', []),
+               LIBS = lib_conf.get('LIBS', []))
+
+def _inject_list(kwargs: dict, dependency: dict, list_name: str) -> None:
+    if list_name not in dependency:
+        return
+    if list_name not in kwargs:
+        kwargs[list_name] = []
+    kwargs[list_name].extend(dependency[list_name]) # TODO: eliminiate duplicates?
+
+def _inject_dependency(dependency, kwargs: dict) -> None:
+    if isinstance(dependency, dict):
+        _inject_list(kwargs, dependency, 'CPPPATH')
+        _inject_list(kwargs, dependency, 'CPPDEFINES')
+        _inject_list(kwargs, dependency, 'LIBPATH')
+        _inject_list(kwargs, dependency, 'LIBS')
+
+def _wrap_builder(builder, is_lib: bool = False):
+    def _wrapped(env, dependencies = [], *args, **kwargs):
+        if 'CPPPATH' not in kwargs:
+            kwargs['CPPPATH'] = copy.copy(env['CPPPATH'])
+        if 'CPPDEFINES' not in kwargs:
+            kwargs['CPPDEFINES'] = copy.copy(env['CPPDEFINES'])
+        if 'LIBPATH' not in kwargs:
+            kwargs['LIBPATH'] = copy.copy(env['LIBPATH'])
+        for dependency in dependencies:
+            _inject_dependency(dependency, kwargs)
+        result = builder(*args, **kwargs)
+        if is_lib:
+            # generate a new libconf
+            return {
+                'CPPPATH': kwargs.get('CPPPATH', []),
+                'CPPDEFINES': kwargs.get('CPPDEFINES', []),
+                'LIBPATH': kwargs.get('LIBPATH', []),
+                'LIBS': result + kwargs.get('LIBS', []),
+                '_target': result
+            }
+        return result
+    return _wrapped
+
+def _wrap_default(default):
+    def _wrapped(env, arg):
+        if isinstance(arg, dict) and '_target' in arg:
+            default(arg['_target'])
+        else:
+            default(arg)
+    return _wrapped
+
+def _find_system_cache_dir() -> str:
+    if os.name == 'posix':
+        if 'XDG_CACHE_HOME' in os.environ:
+            return os.environ['XDG_CACHE_HOME']
+        else:
+            return os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.cache')
+    elif os.name == 'nt':
+        # TODO: just guessing
+        return os.environ['LocalAppData']
+    else: # fallback
+        return Dir('#cache').abspath
+
 Import('config')
 
 if not config.get('PROJECT_NAME'):
     config['PROJECT_NAME'] = 'PROJECT'
 
+if not config.get('PREPROCESSOR_PREFIX'):
+    config['PREPROCESSOR_PREFIX'] = config['PROJECT_NAME'].upper() # TODO: may be nicer?
+
 AddOption(
     '--build_type',
     dest = 'build_type',
@@ -53,24 +133,41 @@ variant         = GetOption('variant')
 enable_asan     = GetOption('enable_asan')
 config_file     = GetOption('config_file')
 
-env = Environment(tools = ['default', 'compilation_db'])
+env = Environment(tools = ['default', 'compilation_db', 'unity_build'])
+env['RECIPES_FOLDERS'] = [Dir('recipes')]
+env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'] = os.path.join(_find_system_cache_dir(), 'spp_cache')
+env['CLONE_DIR'] = os.path.join(env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'], 'cloned')
+
+print(f'Detected system cache directory: {env["SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR"]}')
 
 # allow compiling to variant directories (each gets their own bin/lib/cache dirs)
 if variant:
-    variant_dir = f'cache/variant/{variant}'
-    env['BIN_DIR'] = Dir(f'bin_{variant}').abspath
-    env['LIB_DIR'] = Dir(f'lib_{variant}').abspath
-    env['UNITY_CACHE_DIR'] = Dir(f'cache/variant/{variant}/unity')
-    env.Append(CPPDEFINES = [f'{config["PROJECT_NAME"]}_VARIANT={variant}'])
+    env['BIN_DIR'] = Dir(f'#bin_{variant}').abspath
+    env['LIB_DIR'] = Dir(f'#lib_{variant}').abspath
+    env['CACHE_DIR'] = Dir(f'#cache_{variant}').abspath
+    variant_dir = f'{env["CACHE_DIR"]}/variant'
+    env.Append(CPPDEFINES = [f'{config["PREPROCESSOR_PREFIX"]}_VARIANT={variant}'])
 else:
     variant_dir = None
-    env.CompilationDatabase()
-    env['BIN_DIR'] = Dir('bin').abspath
-    env['LIB_DIR'] = Dir('lib').abspath
-    env['UNITY_CACHE_DIR'] = Dir('cache/unity')
+    comp_db = env.CompilationDatabase(target = '#compile_commands.json')
+    Default(comp_db)
+    env['BIN_DIR'] = Dir('#bin').abspath
+    env['LIB_DIR'] = Dir('#lib').abspath
+    env['CACHE_DIR'] = Dir(f'#cache').abspath
+env['UNITY_CACHE_DIR'] = Dir(f'{env["CACHE_DIR"]}/unity')
 env['BUILD_TYPE'] = build_type
 env.Append(LIBPATH = [env['LIB_DIR']]) # to allow submodules to link to each other without hassle
 
+# create the cache dir
+os.makedirs(env['CACHE_DIR'], exist_ok=True)
+cache_gitignore = f'{env["CACHE_DIR"]}/.gitignore'
+if not os.path.exists(cache_gitignore):
+    with open(cache_gitignore, 'w') as f:
+        f.write('*\n')
+
+# create the clone and system cache dirs
+os.makedirs(env['CLONE_DIR'], exist_ok=True)
+
 # try to detect what compiler we are using
 compiler_exe = os.path.basename(env['CC'])
 if 'gcc' in compiler_exe:
@@ -89,4 +186,66 @@ elif unity_mode == 'stress': # compile everything in one single file to stress t
     env['UNITY_MAX_SOURCES'] = 100000 # I'll hopefully never reach this
     env['UNITY_MIN_FILES'] = 1
 
+# setup compiler specific options
+if env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'gcc' or env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'clang':
+    env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wall', '-Wextra', '-Werror', '-Wstrict-aliasing', '-pedantic'])
+    env.Append(CXXFLAGS = ['-std=c++20'])
+    if build_type != 'release':
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS = [f'-Wl,-rpath,{env["LIB_DIR"]}'])
+
+    env['LINKCOM'] = env['LINKCOM'].replace('$_LIBFLAGS', '-Wl,--start-group $_LIBFLAGS -Wl,--end-group')
+    if env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'gcc':
+        # GCC complains about missing initializer for "<anonymous>" that doesn't exist :/
+        # also GCC complains about some (compiler generated) fields in coroutines not having any linkage
+        # also -Wdangling-reference seems to produce a lot of false positives
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wno-missing-field-initializers', '-Wno-subobject-linkage', '-Wno-dangling-reference'])
+    else:
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wno-gnu-anonymous-struct'])
+    if build_type == 'debug':
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-g', '-O0'], CPPDEFINES = ['_GLIBCXX_DEBUG'])
+    elif build_type == 'release_debug' or build_type == 'profile':
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wno-unused-variable', '-Wno-unused-parameter', '-Wno-unused-but-set-variable', '-Wno-unused-local-typedef', '-Wno-unused-local-typedefs', '-g', '-O2'], CPPDEFINES = ['SEKIEI_RELEASE', 'NDEBUG'])
+        if build_type == 'profile':
+            if env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'gcc':
+                env.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['SEKIEI_GCC_INSTRUMENTING=1'])
+                env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-finstrument-functions'])
+                env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['-rdynamic'])
+
+    elif build_type == 'release':
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wno-unused-variable', '-Wno-unused-parameter', '-Wno-unused-but-set-variable', '-Wno-unused-local-typedef', '-Wno-unused-local-typedefs', '-O2'], CPPDEFINES = ['SEKIEI_RELEASE', 'NDEBUG'])
+    
+    if enable_asan:
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-fsanitize=address', '-fno-omit-frame-pointer'])
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['-fsanitize=address'])
+        
+elif env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'cl':
+    # C4201: nonstandard extension used : nameless struct/union - I use it and want to continue using it
+    # C4127: conditional expression is constant - some libs (CRC, format) don't compile with this enabled # TODO: fix?
+    env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/W4', '/WX', '/wd4201', '/wd4127', '/std:c++20', '/permissive-', '/EHsc', '/FS', '/Zc:char8_t'])
+    env.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS']) # I'd like to not use MSVC specific versions of functions because they are "safer" ...
+    if build_type == 'debug':
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/Od', '/Zi'], LINKFLAGS = ' /DEBUG')
+    elif build_type == 'release_debug' or build_type == 'profile':
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/O2', '/Zi'], LINKFLAGS = ' /DEBUG')
+    else:
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/O2'])
+
+if env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'gcc':
+    env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wno-volatile'])
+elif env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'clang':
+    env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wno-deprecated-volatile', '-Wno-nested-anon-types'])
+
+env.AddMethod(_cook, 'Cook')
+env.AddMethod(_parse_lib_conf, 'ParseLibConf')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.Library, is_lib = True), 'Library')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.StaticLibrary, is_lib = True), 'StaticLibrary')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.SharedLibrary, is_lib = True), 'SharedLibrary')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.Program), 'Program')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_default(env.Default), 'Default')
+
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.UnityProgram), 'UnityProgram')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.UnityLibrary, is_lib = True), 'UnityLibrary')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.UnityStaticLibrary, is_lib = True), 'UnityStaticLibrary')
+env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.UnitySharedLibrary, is_lib = True), 'UnitySharedLibrary')
+
 Return('env')
diff --git a/recipes/GitBranch/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc b/recipes/GitBranch/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/recipes/GitBranch/recipe.py b/recipes/GitBranch/recipe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03bed71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/GitBranch/recipe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+from git import Repo
+from git.exc import GitError
+import hashlib
+import os
+from SCons.Script import *
+
+def cook(env: Environment, repo_name: str, remote_url: str, git_ref: str = "main") -> dict:
+    repo_dir = os.path.join(env['CLONE_DIR'], 'git', repo_name, '_bare')
+    try:
+        repo = Repo(repo_dir)
+        origin = repo.remotes['origin']
+    except GitError:
+        print(f'Initializing git repository for SDL at {repo_dir}.')
+        repo = Repo.init(repo_dir, bare=True)
+        origin = repo.create_remote('origin', remote_url)
+    worktree_dir = os.path.join(env['CLONE_DIR'], 'git', repo_name, hashlib.shake_128(git_ref.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest(6)) # TODO: commit hash would be better, right?
+    if not os.path.exists(worktree_dir):
+        print(f'Checking out into {worktree_dir}.')
+        origin.fetch()
+        os.makedirs(worktree_dir)
+        repo.git.worktree('add', worktree_dir, git_ref)
+    return {
+        'checkout_root': worktree_dir
+    }
+
diff --git a/recipes/SDL/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc b/recipes/SDL/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/recipes/SDL/recipe.py b/recipes/SDL/recipe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4097b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/SDL/recipe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from SCons.Script import *
+
+def cook(env: Environment, git_ref: str = "main") -> dict:
+    repo = env.Cook('GitBranch', repo_name = 'SDL', remote_url = 'https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git', git_ref = git_ref)
+    checkout_root = repo['checkout_root']
+
+    config = env['BUILD_TYPE']
+    build_dir = os.path.join(checkout_root, f'build_{config}')
+    install_dir = os.path.join(checkout_root, f'install_{config}')
+    lib_fname = {
+        'debug': 'libSDL2d.a'
+    }.get(env['BUILD_TYPE'], 'libSDL2.a') # TODO: who cares about windows?
+    is_built = os.path.exists(os.path.join(build_dir, lib_fname)) # TODO!
+    if not is_built:
+        print(f'Building SDL, config {config}')
+        os.makedirs(build_dir, exist_ok=True)
+        build_type = {
+            'debug': 'Debug',
+            'release_debug': 'RelWithDebInfo',
+            'release': 'Release',
+            'profile': 'RelWithDebInfo'
+        }.get(env['BUILD_TYPE'], 'RelWithDebInfo')
+        subprocess.run(('cmake', '-G', 'Ninja', '-B', build_dir, f'-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={build_type}', '-DSDL_STATIC=ON', '-DSDL_SHARED=OFF', f'-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={install_dir}', checkout_root), stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)
+        subprocess.run(('cmake', '--build', build_dir), stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)
+        subprocess.run(('cmake', '--install', build_dir), stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)
+    
+
+    lib_name = {
+        'debug': 'SDL2d'
+    }.get(env['BUILD_TYPE'], 'SDL2')
+    return {
+        'LIBPATH': [os.path.join(install_dir, 'lib')],
+        'CPPPATH': [os.path.join(install_dir, 'include')],
+        'LIBS': [lib_name, 'm']
+    }
+
diff --git a/recipes/VulkanHeaders/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc b/recipes/VulkanHeaders/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/recipes/VulkanHeaders/recipe.py b/recipes/VulkanHeaders/recipe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cbf83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/VulkanHeaders/recipe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+import os
+from SCons.Script import *
+
+def cook(env: Environment, git_ref: str = "main") -> dict:
+    repo = env.Cook('GitBranch', repo_name = 'VulkanHeaders', remote_url = 'https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git', git_ref = git_ref)
+    checkout_root = repo['checkout_root']
+    env.Append(CPPPATH = [os.path.join(checkout_root, 'include')])
+    return {}
diff --git a/recipes/mijin/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc b/recipes/mijin/__pycache__/recipe.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/recipes/mijin/recipe.py b/recipes/mijin/recipe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67e6ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/mijin/recipe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+import os
+from SCons.Script import *
+
+def cook(env: Environment, git_ref: str = "master") -> dict:
+    repo = env.Cook('GitBranch', repo_name = 'mijin', remote_url = 'ssh://git@git.mewin.de:10022/mewin/mijin2.git', git_ref = git_ref)
+    checkout_root = repo['checkout_root']
+    return SConscript(os.path.join(checkout_root, 'LibConf'), exports = ['env'])
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5779f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GitPython
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