diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..851ba92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+project(dod_playground)
+
+if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "This CMake setup currently only supports Linux. For Windows and macOS please see the ready-made projects in the projects/ directory.")
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
+find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
+
+add_compile_definitions(
+        SOKOL_GLCORE33)
+
+include_directories(
+        ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+add_executable(dod_playground
+        source/external/sokol.c
+        source/external/sokol_app.h
+        source/external/sokol_gfx.h
+        source/external/sokol_time.h
+        source/external/stb_easy_font.h
+        source/external/stb_image.h
+        source/application.c
+        source/game.cpp
+        source/game.h)
+
+target_link_libraries(dod_playground
+        OpenGL::GL
+        ${X11_LIBRARIES}
+        dl)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4a42ae..78891d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ in the process.
 
 Talk [**slides are here**](http://aras-p.info/texts/files/2018Academy%20-%20ECS-DoD.pdf) _(10MB pdf)_.
 
-The app playground should work on Windows (uses D3D11, VS2017 project in `projects/vs2017/dod-playground.sln`) and
-macOS (uses Metal, Xcode 9 project in `projects/xcode/dod-playground.xcodeproj`).
+The app playground should work on Windows (uses D3D11, VS2017 project in `projects/vs2017/dod-playground.sln`), 
+macOS (uses Metal, Xcode 9 project in `projects/xcode/dod-playground.xcodeproj`) and Linux (uses GL, CMakeLists.txt 
+in root folder).
 
 I used some excellent other libraries/resources to make life easier for me here:
 
diff --git a/source/application.c b/source/application.c
index c1378b7..f12148d 100644
--- a/source/application.c
+++ b/source/application.c
@@ -53,9 +53,22 @@ void init(void) {
     /* create shader */
     sg_shader shd = sg_make_shader(&(sg_shader_desc) {
         .vs.uniform_blocks[0] = {
+#if defined(SOKOL_GLCORE33)
+            .size = sizeof(vs_params_t),
+            .uniforms = {
+                [0] = { .name = "aspect", .type = SG_UNIFORMTYPE_FLOAT }
+            },
+#else
             .size = sizeof(vs_params_t)
+#endif
+        },
+#if defined(SOKOL_GLCORE33)
+        .fs.images = {
+            [0] = { .name="tex0", .type=SG_IMAGETYPE_2D },
         },
+#else
         .fs.images[0].type = SG_IMAGETYPE_2D,
+#endif
         .vs.source = vs_src,
         .fs.source = fs_src,
     });
@@ -78,10 +91,17 @@ void init(void) {
     sg_pipeline pip = sg_make_pipeline(&(sg_pipeline_desc){
         .layout = {
             .buffers[0].step_func = SG_VERTEXSTEP_PER_INSTANCE,
+#if defined(SOKOL_GLCORE33)
+            .attrs = {
+                [0] = { .name="posScale", .offset = 0, .format=SG_VERTEXFORMAT_FLOAT3, .buffer_index=0 }, // instance pos + scale
+                [1] = { .name="colorIndex", .offset = 12, .format=SG_VERTEXFORMAT_FLOAT4, .buffer_index=0 }, // instance color
+            },
+#else
             .attrs = {
                 [0] = { .sem_name = "POSSCALE", .format=SG_VERTEXFORMAT_FLOAT3 }, // instance pos + scale
                 [1] = { .sem_name = "COLORSPRITE", .format=SG_VERTEXFORMAT_FLOAT4 }, // instance color
             },
+#endif
         },
         .shader = shd,
         .index_type = SG_INDEXTYPE_UINT16,
@@ -272,6 +292,36 @@ const char* fs_src =
     "  diffuse.rgb *= inp.color.rgb;\n"
     "  return diffuse;\n"
     "}\n";
+#elif defined(SOKOL_GLCORE33)
+const char* vs_src =
+    "#version 330\n"
+    "uniform float aspect;\n"
+    "in vec3 posScale;\n"
+    "in vec4 colorIndex;\n"
+    "out vec3 color;\n"
+    "out vec2 uv;\n"
+    "void main() {\n"
+    "  float x = gl_VertexID / 2;\n"
+    "  float y = gl_VertexID & 1;\n"
+    "  gl_Position.x = posScale.x + (x-0.5f) * posScale.z;\n"
+    "  gl_Position.y = posScale.y + (y-0.5f) * posScale.z * aspect;\n"
+    "  gl_Position.z = 0.0f;\n"
+    "  gl_Position.w = 1.0f;\n"
+    "  uv = vec2((x + colorIndex.w)/8, 1-y);\n"
+    "  color = colorIndex.rgb;\n"
+    "}\n";
+const char* fs_src =
+    "#version 330\n"
+    "uniform sampler2D tex0;\n"
+    "in vec3 color;\n"
+    "in vec2 uv;\n"
+    "out vec4 frag_color;\n"
+    "void main() {\n"
+    "  frag_color = texture(tex0, uv);\n"
+    "  float lum = dot(frag_color.rgb, vec3(0.333));\n"
+    "  frag_color.rgb = mix(frag_color.rgb, vec3(lum), 0.8);\n"
+    "  frag_color.rgb *= color.rgb;\n"
+    "}\n";
 #else
-#error Unknown graphics plaform
+#error No shaders defined for specified graphics platform
 #endif