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 share some core philosophies:

 ## Goal

-The goal is still to accurately-reproduce Cave Story's original code, but

-modified to the extent that it is easy to port to other platforms. This branch

-is intended for purists that don't want to use Windows or its deprecated APIs.

+While accurately-reproducing Cave Story's original code is still a priority, the

+main focus of this branch is to port the game to other platforms, while also

+preserving the original experience of the game as it was back in 2004.

+Essentially, this branch exists to provide a purist Cave Story experience

+without requiring an old Windows XP computer.

 Notably, this means bugs should still be left intact. However, bugs and other

 coding errors that affect portability should be fixed.

-Unlike the `accurate` branch, the focus of this branch is not to reproduce the

-exact behaviour of the original code, but rather to reproduce the original

-experience of the game, as it was back in 2004. This means changes are allowed

-if they 'de-age' the game: for example, when playing Cave Story on Windows XP,

-the dialogue font will not be anti-aliased - however, when playing on later

-versions of Windows, it will be anti-aliased. This conflicts with the game's

-colour-keying system, creating an ugly black outline around the letters. This

-issue is corrected in this branch, so that the original behaviour is preserved.

 For comparison, I believe this branch shares some parallels with the

 Chocolate Doom project, except perhaps more strict. See the link below for their