diff --git a/.lovedeps b/.lovedeps
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+{
+    serialize = 'https://git.doublefourteen.io/lua/df-serialize'
+}
diff --git a/crush.lua b/crush.lua
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+--- crush - The uncomplicated dependency system for LÖVE.
+--
+-- Author: Lorenzo Cogotti
+-- Copyright: 2022 The DoubleFourteen Code Forge
+-- License: MIT (see LICENSE file for details)
+
+local io = require 'io'
+local os = require 'os'
+
+-- System specific functions
+--
+-- Portions of this code are based on work from the LuaRocks project.
+-- LuaRocks is free software and uses the MIT license.
+--
+-- LuaRocks website: https://luarocks.org
+-- LuaRocks sources: https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks
+
+local is_windows = package.config:sub(1,1) == "\\"
+
+local is_directory
+local Q
+local quiet
+local chdir
+local mkdir
+
+if is_windows then
+    -- ---------------
+    -- NOTE: untested!
+    -- ---------------
+
+    -- local
+    function is_directory(path)
+        local fh, _, code = io.open(path, 'r')
+
+        if code == 13 then  -- directories return "Permission denied"
+            fh, _, code = io.open(path.."\\", 'r')
+            if code == 2 then  -- directories return 2, files return 22
+                return true
+            end
+        end
+        if fh then
+            fh:close()
+        end
+        return false
+    end
+
+    local function split_path(s)
+        local drive = ""
+        local root = ""
+        local rest
+
+        local unquoted = s:match("^['\"](.*)['\"]$")
+        if unquoted then
+            s = unquoted
+        end
+        if s:match("^.:") then
+            drive = s:sub(1, 2)
+            s = s:sub(3)
+        end
+        if s:match("^[\\/]") then
+            root = s:sub(1, 1)
+            rest = s:sub(2)
+        else
+            rest = s
+        end
+        return drive, root, rest
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function Q(s)
+        local drive, root, rest = split_path(s)
+        if root ~= "" then
+            s = s:gsub("/", "\\")
+        end
+        if s == "\\" then
+            return '\\' -- CHDIR needs special handling for root dir
+        end
+
+        -- URLs and anything else
+        s = s:gsub('\\(\\*)"', '\\%1%1"')
+        s = s:gsub('\\+$', '%0%0')
+        s = s:gsub('"', '\\"')
+        s = s:gsub('(\\*)%%', '%1%1"%%"')
+        return '"'..s..'"'
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function quiet(cmd)
+        return cmd.."  2> NUL 1> NUL"
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function chdir(newdir, cmd)
+        local drive = newdir:match("^([A-Za-z]:)")
+
+        cmd = "cd "..Q(newdir).." & "..cmd
+        if drive then
+            cmd = drive.." & "..cmd
+        end
+        return cmd
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function mkdir(path)
+        local cmd = "mkdir "..Q(path).." 2> NUL 1> NUL"
+
+        os.execute(cmd)
+        if not is_directory(path) then
+            error("Couldn't create directory '"..path.."'.")
+        end
+    end
+else
+    -- local
+    function is_directory(path)
+        local fh, _, code = io.open(path.."/.", 'r')
+
+        if code == 2 then   -- "No such file or directory"
+            return false
+        end
+        if code == 20 then  -- "Not a directory", regardless of permissions
+            return false
+        end
+        if code == 13 then  -- "Permission denied", but is a directory
+            return true
+        end
+        if fh then
+            _, _, code = fh:read(1)
+            fh:close()
+            if code == 21 then  -- "Is a directory"
+                return true
+            end
+        end
+        return false
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function Q(s)
+        return "'"..s:gsub("'", "'\\''").."'"
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function quiet(cmd)
+        return cmd.." >/dev/null 2>&1"
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function chdir(newdir, cmd)
+        return "cd "..Q(newdir).." && "..cmd
+    end
+
+    -- local
+    function mkdir(path)
+        local cmd = "mkdir "..Q(path).." >/dev/null 2>&1"
+
+        os.execute(cmd)
+        if not is_directory(path) then
+            error("Couldn't create directory '"..path.."'.")
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+-- Dependency fetch
+
+local function fetch(dep)
+    local dest = 'lib/'..dep.name
+
+    print(("Dependency %s -> %s (%s)"):format(dep.name, dest, dep.url))
+
+    local cmd, fullcmd
+
+    if is_directory(dest) then
+        -- Directory exists, pull operation
+        cmd = "git pull"
+        fullcmd = chdir(dest, quiet("git pull"))
+    else
+        -- Directory doesn't exist, clone operation
+        cmd = "git clone "..Q(dep.url).." "..Q(dep.name)
+        fullcmd = chdir("lib", quiet(cmd))
+    end
+
+    if not os.execute(fullcmd) then
+        error(name..": Dependency fetch failed ("..cmd..").")
+    end
+end
+
+-- .lovedeps file scan
+
+local function map_file(name)
+    local fh = io.open(name, 'r')
+    if fh == nil then
+        error(name..": can't read file.")
+    end
+
+    local contents = fh:read('*all')
+    fh:close()
+
+    return contents
+end
+
+local function scandeps(manifest, mode, deps)
+    mode = mode or 'nodups'
+    deps = deps or {}
+
+    local contents = map_file(manifest)
+    contents = "return "..contents
+
+    local fun, res = load(contents, manifest, 't', {})
+    if not fun then
+        error(res)
+    end
+
+    local ok, def = pcall(fun)
+    if not ok then
+        error(def)  -- def is now pcall()'s error message
+    end
+    if type(def) ~= 'table' then
+        error("[string \""..manifest.."\"]: Loading resulted in a '"..type(def).."', while 'table' was expected.")
+    end
+
+    for name,url in pairs(def) do
+        if type(url) == 'function' then
+            goto skip  -- ignore functions
+        end
+
+        if type(url) ~= 'string' then
+            error("[string \""..manifest.."\"]: "..name..": git repository URL must be a 'string'.")
+        end
+
+        for i in ipairs(deps) do
+            if name == deps[i].name then
+                if mode == 'skipdups' then
+                    goto skip
+                end
+
+                error("[string \""..manifest.."\"]: "..name..": Duplicate dependency.")
+            end
+        end
+
+        deps[#deps+1] = { name = name, url = url }
+
+        ::skip::
+    end
+
+    return deps
+end
+
+-- Entry point
+
+local function file_exists(name)
+    local fh = io.open(name, 'r')
+    if fh ~= nil then
+        fh:close()
+
+        return true
+    end
+
+    return false
+end
+
+local function run()
+    local deps = scandeps(".lovedeps")
+
+    mkdir("lib")
+
+    -- NOTE: deps array may grow while scanning
+    local i = 1
+    while i <= #deps do
+        local dep = deps[i]
+
+        -- Fetch dependency
+        fetch(dep)
+
+        -- Resolve dependency's dependencies
+        local depmanifest = "lib/"..dep.name.."/.lovedeps"
+
+        if file_exists(depmanifest) then
+            scandeps(depmanifest, 'skipdups', deps)
+        end
+
+        i = i + 1
+    end
+end
+
+run()