A simple MSVC++ build script for my game development. Supports an arbitrary source folder structure and command arguments for running the built file and optionally starting the debugger.

build.ps1

$postbuild = ""
foreach ($arg in $args) {
	switch ($arg) {
		"run" { $postbuild = "run" }
		"debug" { $postbuild = "debug" }
	}
}

if (!(test-path build)) { mkdir build }
if (!(test-path build/obj)) { mkdir build/obj }
if (!(test-path build/bin)) { mkdir build/bin }

pushd build

$opts = "/Zi","/Gm","/EHsc","/Foobj/","/I..\libs\include","/Fe./obj/MyGame.exe","../src/*.cpp"

$srcdirs = get-childitem -recurse -Attribute Directory ../src
foreach ($dir in $srcdirs) {
	foreach($file in $dir.GetFiles()) {
		if($file.Extension -eq ".cpp") {
			$opts += "`"$($dir.FullName)\*.cpp`""
			break
		}
	}
}

$opts += "user32.lib","gdi32.lib","opengl32.lib","glu32.lib","../libs/lib/*.lib"
&cl $opts

if (!$LASTEXITCODE) {

	xcopy ..\libs\dll\*.dll bin /Y
	xcopy .\obj\MyGame.exe bin /Y
	xcopy .\obj\MyGame.pdb bin /Y
	robocopy /XC /NJS /NJH ../src/graphics/shaders bin/shaders

	switch ($postbuild) {
		"run" {
			pushd bin
			Start-Process MyGame.exe
			popd
		}
		"debug" {
			pushd bin
			Start-Process devenv -ArgumentList "MyGame.exe"
			popd
		}
	}
}

popd