diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/fps/rbdoom3-bfg/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/fps/rbdoom3-bfg/recipe.toml
index 692427e45..4380a4c68 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/fps/rbdoom3-bfg/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/fps/rbdoom3-bfg/recipe.toml
@@ -1,28 +1,14 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/RBDOOM-3-BFG#compiling-on-linux-
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/RBDOOM-3-BFG#compiling-on-linux-
 #TODO require the Vulkan SDK, see https://vulkan.lunarg.com/
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/RBDOOM-3-BFG"
 rev = "39ae1202b4e61ccb8d8e59609f5cd62b04a62a58"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "openal",
     "ffmpeg6",
     "libvulkan",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/fps/unvanquished/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/fps/unvanquished/recipe.toml
index cd12c6eca..be786ce68 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/fps/unvanquished/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/fps/unvanquished/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/DaemonEngine/Daemon#build-instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/DaemonEngine/Daemon#build-instructions
 # data files - https://github.com/Unvanquished/Unvanquished#downloading-the-games-assets
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/DaemonEngine/Daemon"
@@ -22,17 +23,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "opusfile",
 ]
 script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_cmake
 """
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/music/performous-composer/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/music/performous-composer/recipe.toml
index c44ceeb3a..5393e0f2c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/music/performous-composer/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/music/performous-composer/recipe.toml
@@ -1,25 +1,10 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 # build instructions - https://github.com/performous/performous/wiki/Composer
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/performous/composer"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "qt5-base",
     "ffmpeg6",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/music/performous/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/music/performous/recipe.toml
index 98d113723..c1f4c3934 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/music/performous/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/music/performous/recipe.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 # build instructions - https://github.com/performous/performous/wiki/Building-and-installing-from-source#build-and-install
 # dependencies - https://github.com/performous/performous/wiki/Building-and-installing-from-source#installing-build-dependencies
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/performous/performous"
 branch = "1.3.1"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "openblas",
     "fftw",
@@ -24,18 +24,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "aubio",
     "libfmt",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/music/stepmania/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/music/stepmania/recipe.toml
index c36e5dd49..f0bd55fc5 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/music/stepmania/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/music/stepmania/recipe.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 # build instructions - https://github.com/stepmania/stepmania/wiki/Compiling-StepMania-Linux
 # dependencies - https://github.com/stepmania/stepmania/wiki/Linux-Dependencies
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/stepmania/stepmania"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "mesa",
     "mesa-glu",
@@ -23,18 +23,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "gtk3",
     "libmad",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/open-world/cytopia/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/open-world/cytopia/recipe.toml
index edb201261..ea8d27724 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/open-world/cytopia/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/open-world/cytopia/recipe.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/CytopiaTeam/Cytopia"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "sdl2-ttf",
@@ -16,18 +16,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libnoise",
     "imgui",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/open-world/luanti/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/open-world/luanti/recipe.toml
index 1d4c658b5..c591c12d7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/open-world/luanti/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/open-world/luanti/recipe.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/compiling/linux.md
-#TODO customization - https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tree/master/doc/compiling#cmake-options
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/compiling/linux.md
+# customization - https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tree/master/doc/compiling#cmake-options
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/minetest/minetest"
 branch = "stable-5"
+script = """
+git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht.git "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"/lib/irrlichtmt
+"""
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "freetype2",
     "sqlite3",
@@ -17,21 +21,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "curl",
     "zstd",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht.git "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"/lib/irrlichtmt
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/other/shockolate/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/other/shockolate/recipe.toml
index 892671009..11b7e365b 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/other/shockolate/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/other/shockolate/recipe.toml
@@ -9,22 +9,14 @@ dependencies = [
     "libvorbis",
     "mesa",
     "sdl2",
-    "sdl2_mixer",
+    "sdl2-mixer",
     "zlib",
 ]
 script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/SDL2"
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/SDL2"
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib -static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
     -DENABLE_FLUIDSYNTH=OFF
     -DENABLE_SDL2=ON
     -DENABLE_SOUND=ON
@@ -32,10 +24,8 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DOPENGL_opengl_LIBRARY="-lgl"
     -DOPENGL_glx_LIBRARY="-lglx"
     -DSDL2_MIXER_LIBRARIES="-lSDL2_mixer -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg -lSDL2 -lorbital $("${TARGET}-pkg-config" --libs osmesa)"
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
 )
-cmake "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
-make -j "${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+cookbook_cmake
 mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user/systemshock"
 cp -v systemshock "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user/systemshock/systemshock"
 cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/shaders" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user/systemshock/shaders"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/racing/supertuxkart/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/racing/supertuxkart/recipe.toml
index 34f0bda92..c10bc8501 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/racing/supertuxkart/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/racing/supertuxkart/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code/blob/master/INSTALL.md#compiling
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code/blob/master/INSTALL.md#compiling
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code/releases/download/1.4/SuperTuxKart-1.4-src.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DNO_SHADERC=ON",
+    "-DBUILD_RECORDER=OFF",
+]
 dependencies = [
     "openal",
     "libogg",
@@ -16,20 +21,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libjpeg",
     "sdl2",
 ]
-script = """
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-	-DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-	-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-    -DNO_SHADERC=on
-    -DBUILD_RECORDER=off
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/servers/cuberite/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/servers/cuberite/recipe.toml
index 3a0e97b7b..7b19d796a 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/servers/cuberite/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/servers/cuberite/recipe.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/cuberite/cuberite/blob/master/COMPILING.md#building-1
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/cuberite/cuberite/blob/master/COMPILING.md#building-1
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/cuberite/cuberite"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
+template = "cmake"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/space/endless-sky/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/space/endless-sky/recipe.toml
index d102de669..de8798177 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/space/endless-sky/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/space/endless-sky/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/blob/master/docs/readme-cmake.md#building-the-game
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/blob/master/docs/readme-cmake.md#building-the-game
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky"
 rev = "95e72950e1554392666fa41bb18c978868aa6611"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "libpng",
@@ -14,18 +15,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libmad",
     "libuuid",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/strategy/ship-of-harkinian/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/strategy/ship-of-harkinian/recipe.toml
index 01b0af365..027a63941 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/strategy/ship-of-harkinian/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/strategy/ship-of-harkinian/recipe.toml
@@ -1,27 +1,12 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Shipwright/blob/develop/docs/BUILDING.md#linux
-#TODO port to orbital?
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Shipwright/blob/develop/docs/BUILDING.md#linux
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Shipwright"
 rev = "818addfdda660f6b4b54edd19636d6fd9d839f28"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "libpng",
     "glew",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/strategy/warsow/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/strategy/warsow/recipe.toml
index 1e4fdcab9..6b16cde82 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/strategy/warsow/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/strategy/warsow/recipe.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, lacking build instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# lacking build instructions
 [source]
 tar = "https://warsow.net/warsow_21_sdk.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
+template = "cmake"