diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/fps/openspades-free-pak/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/fps/openspades-free-pak/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a987d7cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/fps/openspades-free-pak/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/DeathByDenim/openspades-free-pak"
+shallow_clone = true
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+zip -r pak001-Free.pak "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"/*
+mkdir -p ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/openspades/Resources
+cp pak001-Free.pak ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/openspades/Resources/
+"""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/fps/zerospades-free/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/games/fps/zerospades-free/recipe.toml
index df45e30a0..b8f2b486c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/games/fps/zerospades-free/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/fps/zerospades-free/recipe.toml
@@ -1,31 +1,43 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO dependency conflict. Glew wants GLX but mesa uses orbital backend.
 # build instructions: https://github.com/yvt/openspades#on-unixes-from-source
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/siecvi/zerospades"
 shallow_clone = true
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
-	"glew",
-	"openssl3",
-	"sdl2",
-	"sdl2-image",
-	"freealut",
-	"freetype2",
-	"opus",
-	"opusfile",
-	"libjpeg",
-	"openal",
+    "glew",
+    "openssl3",
+    "sdl2",
+    "sdl2-image",
+    "freealut",
+    "freetype2",
+    "libopus",
+    "opusfile",
+    "libjpeg",
+    "openal",
     "curl",
-    "libxinerama",
-    "libxft",
+    # "libxinerama",
+    # "libxft",
+]
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "libstdcxx",
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
+export LDFLAGS+=" $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs osmesa)"
 COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DOPENSPADES_NONFREE_RESOURCES=OFF
+    -DUSE_INTERNAL_OPENAL=OFF
 )
 cookbook_cmake
-wget https://github.com/DeathByDenim/openspades-free-pak/releases/download/latest/pak001-Free.pak \
-"${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/share/openspades/Resources
 """
+
+[package]
+dependencies = [
+    "openspades-free-pak"
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/games/fps/zerospades-free/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/games/fps/zerospades-free/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..615fe3571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/games/fps/zerospades-free/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 2f59b92..9f98ab9 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+ 
+ 	if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Release")
+ 		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O3")
+-		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-s")
++		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -s")
+ 	endif()
+ 
+ elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+diff --git a/Sources/Audio/ALFuncs.cpp b/Sources/Audio/ALFuncs.cpp
+index 92c63f5..1eff792 100644
+--- a/Sources/Audio/ALFuncs.cpp
++++ b/Sources/Audio/ALFuncs.cpp
+@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ namespace al {
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	void Link(void) {
+-#ifdef OPENAL_SOFT
++// redox: weak link errors
++#ifndef OPENAL_SOFT
+ 		SPLog("Using OpenAL Soft - direct linking, initializing function pointers.");
+ 		// Directly assign function pointers to OpenAL Soft functions
+ 		qalEnable = alEnable;
+diff --git a/Sources/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/CMakeLists.txt
+index 4438506..46ace0a 100644
+--- a/Sources/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/Sources/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ endif()
+ 
+ if(WIN32)
+ 	target_link_libraries(OpenSpades ws2_32.lib winmm.lib)
+-elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+-	target_link_libraries(OpenSpades Xext)
++#elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
++#	target_link_libraries(OpenSpades Xext)
+ endif()
+ 
+ if(UNIX)
+diff --git a/openal-soft b/openal-soft
+--- a/openal-soft
++++ b/openal-soft
+@@ -1 +1 @@
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/freealut/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/freealut/recipe.toml
index a8f6b267c..bf2d29a7f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/freealut/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/freealut/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
-# build instructions: https://github.com/vancegroup/freealut#building-freealut
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/vancegroup/freealut"
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+dependencies = [
+    "openal"
+]
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "libstdcxx"
+]