diff --git a/srcpkgs/tesseract/files/tesseract.desktop b/srcpkgs/tesseract/files/tesseract.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=Application
+Name=Tesseract
+Comment=FPS game focused on instagib deathmatch and capture-the-flag gameplay
+Exec=tesseracte
+Icon=tesseract
+Terminal=false
+StartupNotify=false
+Categories=Application;Game;ActionGame;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tesseract/files/tesseract.sh b/srcpkgs/tesseract/files/tesseract.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+TESS_BIN=/usr/bin/
+TESS_DATA=/usr/share/tesseract-game/
+TESS_OPTIONS="-u$HOME/.tesseract"
+cd "$TESS_DATA"
+exec "$TESS_BIN/tesseract-client" "$TESS_OPTIONS" "$@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tesseract/template b/srcpkgs/tesseract/template
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+# Template file for 'tesseract'
+pkgname=tesseract
+version=1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="$pkgname"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config ImageMagick"
+makedepends="SDL2_image-devel SDL2_mixer-devel MesaLib-devel libpng-devel zlib-devel desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
+depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
+short_desc="FPS game focused on instagib deathmatch and capture-the-flag gameplay"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="zlib"
+homepage="http://tesseract.gg/"
+distfiles="http://download.tuxfamily.org/tesseract/tesseract_2014_05_12_first_edition_linux.tar.xz"
+checksum=8d6e07dd154a40a3f593e52289335c036f06cf90a0ebc400c4650adb3395a0f4
+
+pre_build() {
+	for dim in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
+		convert -resize "${dim}x${dim}" media/interface/cube.png "${pkgname}${dim}.png"
+	done
+}
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs} -C src CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math"
+}
+do_install() {
+	make STRIP= -C src install
+
+	vmkdir usr/share/${pkgname}
+	vcopy media usr/share/${pkgname}
+	vcopy config usr/share/${pkgname}
+	vinstall bin_unix/native_client 755 usr/bin ${pkgname}-client
+	vinstall bin_unix/native_server 755 usr/bin ${pkgname}-server
+	vinstall src/readme_${pkgname}.txt 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname} LICENSE
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.sh 755 usr/bin ${pkgname}
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+
+	for dim in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
+		vinstall ${pkgname}${dim}.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/${dim}x${dim}/apps ${pkgname}.png
+	done
+	vinstall ${pkgname}48.png 644 usr/share/pixmaps ${pkgname}.png
+}