diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1413272..f28b336 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ all: compile-$(TARGET)
 	@${TOPDIR}/scripts/size $(TARGET)
 	@echo "==============================="
 
+simulator: autoconf.h .config .subdirs
+	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.simulator
 
 ##############################################################################
 # generic fluff
@@ -31,10 +33,11 @@ include defaults.mk
 #
 
 .subdirs: autoconf.h
-	$(RM) -f $@
-	echo "SUBDIRS += borg_hw" >> $@
-	echo "SUBDIRS += animations" >> $@
-	(for subdir in `grep -e "^#define .*_SUPPORT" autoconf.h \
+	@ echo "checking in which subdirs to build"
+	@ $(RM) -f $@
+	@ echo "SUBDIRS += borg_hw" >> $@
+	@ echo "SUBDIRS += animations" >> $@
+	@ (for subdir in `grep -e "^#define .*_SUPPORT" autoconf.h \
 	      | sed -e "s/^#define //" -e "s/_SUPPORT.*//" \
 	      | tr "[A-Z]\\n" "[a-z] " `; do \
 	  test -d $$subdir && echo "SUBDIRS += $$subdir" ; \
@@ -45,8 +48,8 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),mrproper)
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),menuconfig)
 
-include $(TOPDIR)/.subdirs
-include $(TOPDIR)/.config
+-include $(TOPDIR)/.subdirs
+-include $(TOPDIR)/.config
 
 endif # MAKECMDGOALS!=menuconfig
 endif # MAKECMDGOALS!=mrproper
@@ -57,42 +60,30 @@ endif # no_deps!=t
 
 .PHONY: compile-subdirs
 compile-subdirs:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir lib$$dir.a || exit 5; done
+	@ for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir objects_avr || exit 5; done
 
 .PHONY: compile-$(TARGET)
 compile-$(TARGET): compile-subdirs $(TARGET).hex $(TARGET).bin $(TARGET).lst
 
-OBJECTS += $(patsubst %.c,%.o,${SRC})
-LINKLIBS = $(foreach subdir,$(SUBDIRS),$(subdir)/lib$(subdir).a)
+OBJECTS += $(patsubst %.c,./obj_avr/%.o,${SRC})
+SUBDIROBJECTS = $(foreach subdir,$(SUBDIRS),$(foreach object,$(shell cat $(subdir)/obj_avr/.objects),$(subdir)/$(object)))
 
-# FIXME how can we omit specifying every file to be linked twice?
-# This is currently necessary because of interdependencies between
-# the libraries, which aren't denoted in these however.
-$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(LINKLIBS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) \
-	  $(foreach subdir,$(SUBDIRS),-L$(subdir) -l$(subdir)) \
-	  $(foreach subdir,$(SUBDIRS),-l$(subdir)) \
-	  $(foreach subdir,$(SUBDIRS),-l$(subdir))
+$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(SUBDIROBJECTS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(SUBDIROBJECTS)
 
 
 ##############################################################################
 
+./obj_avr/%.o: %.c
+	@ if [ ! -d obj_avr ]; then mkdir obj_avr ; fi
+	@ echo "compiling $<"
+	@ $(CC) -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -c $<
+
 %.hex: %
 	$(OBJCOPY) -O ihex -R .eeprom $< $@
 
-ifeq ($(HTTPD_INLINE_FILES_SUPPORT),y)
-INLINE_FILES := $(wildcard httpd/embed/*)
-else
-INLINE_FILES :=
-endif
-
-%.bin: % $(INLINE_FILES)
+%.bin: %
 	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -R .eeprom $< $@
-ifeq ($(HTTPD_INLINE_FILES_SUPPORT),y)
-	$(MAKE) -C httpd httpd-concat
-	httpd/do-embed $(INLINE_FILES)
-	$(OBJCOPY) -O ihex -I binary $(TARGET).bin $(TARGET).hex
-endif
 
 %.eep.hex: %
 	$(OBJCOPY) --set-section-flags=.eeprom="alloc,load" --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 -O ihex -j .eeprom $< $@
@@ -112,31 +103,23 @@ menuconfig:
 	$(MAKE) -C scripts/lxdialog all
 	$(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Menuconfig config.in
 	test -e .config
-	@$(MAKE) no_deps=t what-now-msg
-
-what-now-msg:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Next, you can: "
 	@echo " * 'make' to compile your borgware"
-	@for subdir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-	  test -e "$$subdir/configure" -a -e "$$subdir/cfgpp" \
-	    && echo " * 'make $$subdir/menuconfig' to" \
-	            "further configure $$subdir"; done || true
-	@echo ""
-.PHONY: what-now-msg
+	
 
-%/menuconfig:
-	$(SH) "$(@D)/configure"
-	@$(MAKE) what-now-msg
+#%/menuconfig:
+#	$(SH) "$(@D)/configure"
+#	@$(MAKE) what-now-msg
 
 ##############################################################################
 clean:
 	$(MAKE) -f rules.mk no_deps=t clean-common
-	$(RM) $(TARGET) $(TARGET).bin $(TARGET).hex .subdirs
-	for subdir in `find . -type d`; do \
+	$(RM) $(TARGET) $(TARGET).bin $(TARGET).hex $(TARGET).lst .subdirs
+	for subdir in `find . -type d` ; do \
 	  test "x$$subdir" != "x." \
 	  && test -e $$subdir/Makefile \
-	  && make no_deps=t -C $$subdir clean; done
+	  && make no_deps=t -C $$subdir clean ; done ; true
 
 mrproper:
 	$(MAKE) clean
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 4f564ce..6fbcfc9 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 
 Hier liegt der Versuch, eine universelle Codebasis für 2d-borgs zu bauen, die
-durch 'make menuconfig' konfigurierbar ist. Das ganze ist grade nochnicht
-besonders weit, und funktioniert noch garnicht. Work is in progress...
-
+durch 'make menuconfig' konfigurierbar ist.
+Zur Zeit ist es bereits möglich, gewisse Dinge in menuconfig einzustellen.
+Einfach mal ansehen! Compiliert werden kann das Ganze auch scon. Es fehlt noch
+Support für das Spiele-Auswahlmenü und die Spiele.
+Außerdem wird grade versucht, das Ganze mit dem Borg-api-Simulator zu
+integrieren.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/defaults.mk b/defaults.mk
index e564b9e..f7fe105 100644
--- a/defaults.mk
+++ b/defaults.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ HOSTCC := gcc
 export HOSTCC
 
 # flags for the compiler
-CPPFLAGS += -mmcu=$(MCU)  
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare
 CFLAGS += -g -Os -std=gnu99 -fgnu89-inline
 
diff --git a/depend.mk b/depend.mk
index 91b8f76..0208f79 100644
--- a/depend.mk
+++ b/depend.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),mrproper)
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),menuconfig)  
 
 # For each .o file we need a .d file.
--include $(subst .o,.d,$(filter %.o,$(OBJECTS))) /dev/null
+#-include $(subst .o,.d,$(filter %.o,$(OBJECTS))) /dev/null
+-include $(subst .o,.d,$(filter %.o,$(OBJECTS)))
 
 endif
 endif
@@ -20,13 +21,15 @@ endif
 # Here is how to build those dependency files
 
 define make-deps
+echo "checking dependencies for $<"
+if [ ! -d obj_avr ]; then mkdir obj_avr ; fi
 set -e; $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -M -MM $<  | \
-sed > $@.new -e 's;$(*F)\.o:;$@ $*.o $*.E $*.s:;' \
+sed > $@.new -e 's;$(*F)\.o:;$@ obj_avr/$*.o obj_avr/$*.E $*.s:;' \
 	     -e 's% [^ ]*/gcc-lib/[^ ]*\.h%%g'
 if test -s $@.new; then mv -f $@.new $@; else rm -f $@.new; fi
 endef
 
 # Here is how to make .d files from .c files
-%.d: %.c $(TOPDIR)/pinning.c; $(make-deps)
+obj_avr/%.d: %.c ; @ $(make-deps)
 
-%.d: %.S ; $(make-deps)
+obj_avr/%.d: %.S ; @ $(make-deps)
diff --git a/random/Makefile b/random/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..015b7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/random/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+TARGET = objects_avr
+TOPDIR = ..
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/defaults.mk
+
+SRC  = prng.c persistentCounter.c
+ASRC = noekeon_asm.S memxor.S
+
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 8062e1c..fa79f2b 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 
-OBJECTS += $(patsubst %.c,%.o,${SRC})
-OBJECTS += $(patsubst %.S,%.o,${ASRC})
+OBJECTS += $(patsubst %.c,obj_avr/%.o,${SRC})
+OBJECTS += $(patsubst %.S,obj_avr/%.o,${ASRC})
 
-%.a: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(RM) $@
-	$(AR) qcv $@ $^
+#./obj_avr/%.a: $(OBJECTS)
+#	$(AR) qcv $@ $^
 #	$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $@
 
-%.o: %.S
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $(ASFLAGS) -c $<
+./obj_avr/%.o: %.S
+	@ if [ ! -d obj_avr ]; then mkdir obj_avr ; fi
+	@ echo "assembling $<"
+	@ $(CC) -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $(ASFLAGS) -c $<
+
+./obj_avr/%.o: %.c
+	@ if [ ! -d obj_avr ]; then mkdir obj_avr ; fi
+	@ echo "compiling $<"
+	@ $(CC) -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -c $<
 
 clean-common:
 	$(RM) $(TARGET) *.[odasE] *.d.new *~
+	$(RM) -r ./obj_avr
 
 clean: clean-common
 
 all:
 	make -C $(TOPDIR) all
+	
+objects_avr: $(OBJECTS)
+	@ echo "writing object ineventory"
+	@ echo $(OBJECTS) > obj_avr/.objects
+	
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/depend.mk
diff --git a/scrolltext/Makefile b/scrolltext/Makefile
index 3c066c6..ecba0c9 100644
--- a/scrolltext/Makefile
+++ b/scrolltext/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGET = libscrolltext.a
+TARGET = objects
 TOPDIR = ..
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/defaults.mk