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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  makeDesktopItem,
+  imagemagick,
+  glew110,
+  SDL_compat,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "blackvoxel";
+  version = "2.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Blackvoxel";
+    repo = "Blackvoxel";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-Uj3TfxAsLddsPiWDcLKjpduqvgVjnESZM4YPHT90YYY=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ imagemagick ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glew110
+    SDL_compat
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/sc_Squirrel3/sq/Makefile --replace-fail " -m64" ""
+    substituteInPlace src/sc_Squirrel3/sqstdlib/Makefile --replace-fail " -m64" ""
+    substituteInPlace src/sc_Squirrel3/squirrel/Makefile --replace-fail " -m64" ""
+  '';
+
+  buildFlags = [ "BV_DATA_LOCATION_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/data" ];
+
+  # data/gui/gametype_back.bmp isn't exactly the official icon but since
+  # there is no official icon we use that one
+  postBuild = ''
+    convert gui/gametype_back.bmp blackvoxel.png
+  '';
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "doinstall=true"
+    "BV_DATA_INSTALL_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/data"
+    "BV_BINARY_INSTALL_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm644 blackvoxel.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/blackvoxel.png
+  '';
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "blackvoxel";
+      desktopName = "Blackvoxel";
+      exec = "blackvoxel";
+      icon = "blackvoxel";
+      categories = [ "Game" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Sci-Fi game with industry and automation";
+    homepage = "https://www.blackvoxel.com";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Blackvoxel/Blackvoxel/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      # blackvoxel
+      gpl3Plus
+      # Squirrel
+      mit
+    ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      ethancedwards8
+      marcin-serwin
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})