diff --git a/scripts/build_sokol_demo.sh b/scripts/build_sokol_demo.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..571d7c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_sokol_demo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Source the misc.sh script
+source "$(dirname "$0")/helpers/misc.sh"
+
+# Get the root directory of the git repository
+path_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+path_backend="$path_root/backend"
+path_build="$path_root/build"
+path_examples="$path_root/examples"
+path_scripts="$path_root/scripts"
+path_thirdparty="$path_root/thirdparty"
+
+verify_path "$path_build"
+verify_path "$path_thirdparty"
+
+# CPU Info
+path_system_details="$path_build/system_details.ini"
+if [ -f "$path_system_details" ]; then
+    source "$path_system_details"
+    CoreCount_Physical=$PhysicalCores
+    CoreCount_Logical=$LogicalCores
+else
+    CoreCount_Physical=$(nproc --all)
+    CoreCount_Logical=$(nproc)
+
+    echo "[CPU]" > "$path_system_details"
+    echo "PhysicalCores=$CoreCount_Physical" >> "$path_system_details"
+    echo "LogicalCores=$CoreCount_Logical" >> "$path_system_details"
+fi
+echo "Core Count - Physical: $CoreCount_Physical Logical: $CoreCount_Logical"
+
+url_freetype='https://github.com/Ed94/odin-freetype.git'
+url_harfbuzz='https://github.com/Ed94/harfbuzz-odin.git'
+url_sokol='https://github.com/floooh/sokol-odin.git'
+url_sokol_tools='https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools-bin.git'
+
+path_freetype="$path_thirdparty/freetype"
+path_harfbuzz="$path_thirdparty/harfbuzz"
+path_sokol="$path_thirdparty/sokol"
+path_sokol_tools="$path_thirdparty/sokol-tools"
+
+sokol_build_clibs_command="$path_scripts/build_sokol_library.sh"
+
+clone_gitrepo "$path_freetype" "$url_freetype"
+clone_gitrepo "$path_sokol_tools" "$url_sokol_tools"
+
+update_git_repo "$path_sokol" "$url_sokol" "$sokol_build_clibs_command"
+update_git_repo "$path_harfbuzz" "$url_harfbuzz" "./scripts/build.sh"
+
+pushd "$path_thirdparty" > /dev/null
+    path_sokol_dlls="$path_sokol"
+    path_harfbuzz_dlls="$path_harfbuzz/lib/linux"
+
+    for dll in "$path_sokol_dlls"/*.so; do
+        cp "$dll" "$path_build/"
+    done
+
+    for dll in "$path_harfbuzz_dlls"/*.so; do
+        cp "$dll" "$path_build/"
+    done
+popd > /dev/null
+
+# Source the odin compiler definitions
+source "$(dirname "$0")/helpers/odin_compiler_defs.sh"
+
+pkg_collection_backend="backend=$path_backend"
+pkg_collection_thirdparty="thirdparty=$path_thirdparty"
+
+pushd "$path_examples" > /dev/null
+
+function build_SokolBackendDemo {
+    echo 'Building VEFontCache: Sokol Backend Demo'
+
+    # $compile_shaders="$path_scripts/compile_sokol_shaders.sh"
+    # bash "$compile_shaders"
+
+    executable="$path_build/sokol_demo"
+
+    build_args=(
+        "$command_build"
+        "./sokol_demo"
+        "$flag_output_path$executable"
+        "${flag_collection}${pkg_collection_backend}"
+        "${flag_collection}${pkg_collection_thirdparty}"
+        # "$flag_micro_architecture_native"
+        "$flag_use_separate_modules"
+        "${flag_thread_count}${CoreCount_Physical}"
+        # "$flag_optimize_none"
+        # "$flag_optimize_minimal"
+        # "$flag_optimize_speed"
+        "$flag_optimize_aggressive"
+        # "$flag_debug"
+        "$flag_show_timings"
+        # "$flag_show_system_call"
+        # "$flag_no_bounds_check"
+        # "$flag_no_thread_checker"
+        # "$flag_default_allocator_nil"
+        "${flag_max_error_count}10"
+        # "$flag_sanitize_address"
+        # "$flag_sanitize_memory"
+    )
+
+    invoke_with_color_coded_output "$odin_compiler ${build_args[*]}"
+}
+
+build_SokolBackendDemo
+
+popd > /dev/null
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build_sokol_library.sh b/scripts/build_sokol_library.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba77dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_sokol_library.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+path_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+path_backend="$path_root/backend"
+path_build="$path_root/build"
+path_scripts="$path_root/scripts"
+path_thirdparty="$path_root/thirdparty"
+
+path_sokol="$path_thirdparty/sokol"
+path_sokol_examples="$path_sokol/examples"
+
+if [ -d "$path_sokol" ] && [ -d "$path_sokol/sokol" ]; then
+    mv "$path_sokol/sokol/"* "$path_sokol/"
+    rmdir "$path_sokol/sokol"
+    rm -rf "$path_sokol_examples"
+fi
+
+pushd "$path_sokol" > /dev/null
+
+# Convert build_clibs_linux.sh to Unix line endings
+if command -v dos2unix &> /dev/null; then
+    dos2unix "./build_clibs_linux.sh"
+else
+    sed -i 's/\r$//' "./build_clibs_linux.sh"
+fi
+
+# Make sure the script is executable
+chmod +x "./build_clibs_linux.sh"
+
+check_and_install() {
+    if ! dpkg -s $1 &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "$1 not found. Attempting to install..."
+        sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y $1
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "Failed to install $1. Please install manually and try again."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check for OpenGL and X11 development libraries
+# check_and_install libgl1-mesa-dev
+# check_and_install libx11-dev
+# check_and_install libxcursor-dev
+# check_and_install libxrandr-dev
+# check_and_install libxinerama-dev
+# check_and_install libxi-dev
+# check_and_install libasound2-dev  # ALSA development library
+
+# Run the build script
+./build_clibs_linux.sh
+
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/clean.sh b/scripts/clean.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31613f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+path_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+path_backend="$path_root/backend"
+path_build="$path_root/build"
+path_examples="$path_root/examples"
+path_scripts="$path_root/scripts"
+path_thirdparty="$path_root/thirdparty"
+
+if [ -d "$path_build" ]; then rm -rf "$path_build"; fi
+# if [ -d "$path_thirdparty" ]; then rm -rf "$path_thirdparty"; fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/compile_sokol_shaders.sh b/scripts/compile_sokol_shaders.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..695e215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/compile_sokol_shaders.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+path_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+path_backend="$path_root/backend"
+path_scripts="$path_root/scripts"
+path_thirdparty="$path_root/thirdparty"
+
+path_sokol_tools="$path_thirdparty/sokol-tools"
+sokol_shdc="$path_sokol_tools/bin/linux/sokol-shdc"
+
+path_backend_sokol="$path_backend/sokol"
+
+shadersrc_blit_atlas="$path_backend_sokol/blit_atlas.shdc.glsl"
+shaderout_blit_atlas="$path_backend_sokol/blit_atlas.odin"
+
+shadersrc_draw_text="$path_backend_sokol/draw_text.shdc.glsl"
+shaderout_draw_text="$path_backend_sokol/draw_text.odin"
+
+shadersrc_render_glyph="$path_backend_sokol/render_glyph.shdc.glsl"
+shaderout_render_glyph="$path_backend_sokol/render_glyph.odin"
+
+flag_input="--input"
+flag_output="--output"
+flag_target_lang="--slang"
+flag_format_odin="--format=sokol_odin"
+flag_module="--module"
+
+pushd "$path_backend_sokol" > /dev/null
+
+"$sokol_shdc" "$flag_input" "$shadersrc_blit_atlas" \
+              "$flag_output" "$shaderout_blit_atlas" \
+              "$flag_target_lang" "glsl410:glsl300es:hlsl4:metal_macos:wgsl" \
+              "$flag_format_odin" "$flag_module=blit_atlas"
+
+"$sokol_shdc" "$flag_input" "$shadersrc_render_glyph" \
+              "$flag_output" "$shaderout_render_glyph" \
+              "$flag_target_lang" "glsl410:glsl300es:hlsl4:metal_macos:wgsl" \
+              "$flag_format_odin" "$flag_module=render_glyph"
+
+"$sokol_shdc" "$flag_input" "$shadersrc_draw_text" \
+              "$flag_output" "$shaderout_draw_text" \
+              "$flag_target_lang" "glsl410:glsl300es:hlsl4:metal_macos:wgsl" \
+              "$flag_format_odin" "$flag_module=draw_text"
+
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/misc.ps1 b/scripts/helpers/misc.ps1
index 9d150c3..eeaf1a6 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers/misc.ps1
+++ b/scripts/helpers/misc.ps1
@@ -7,20 +7,19 @@ function clone-gitrepo { param( [string] $path, [string] $url )
 		git clone $url $path
 	}
 }
-
-function Get-IniContent { param([ string]$filePath )
+function Get-IniContent { param( [string] $path_file )
 	$ini            = @{}
 	$currentSection = $null
-	switch -regex -file $filePath
+	switch -regex -file $path_file
 	{
 		"^\[(.+)\]$" {
 			$currentSection       = $matches[1].Trim()
-			$ini[$currentSection] = @{}
+			$ini[ $currentSection ] = @{}
 		}
 		"^(.+?)\s*=\s*(.*)" {
 			$key, $value = $matches[1].Trim(), $matches[2].Trim()
 			if ($null -ne $currentSection) {
-				$ini[$currentSection][$key] = $value
+				$ini[ $currentSection ][ $key ] = $value
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ function Invoke-WithColorCodedOutput { param( [scriptblock] $command )
 		Write-Host "`t$_" -ForegroundColor $color
 	}
 }
-
 function Update-GitRepo
 {
 	param( [string] $path, [string] $url, [string] $build_command )
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/misc.sh b/scripts/helpers/misc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9be2127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/helpers/misc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+clone_gitrepo() {
+    local path="$1"
+    local url="$2"
+
+    if [ -d "$path" ]; then
+        # git -C "$path" pull
+        :
+    else
+        echo "Cloning $url ..."
+        git clone "$url" "$path"
+    fi
+}
+
+get_ini_content() {
+    local path_file="$1"
+    declare -A ini
+
+    local current_section=""
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        if [[ $line =~ ^\[(.+)\]$ ]]; then
+            current_section="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+            ini["$current_section"]=""
+        elif [[ $line =~ ^([^=]+)=(.*)$ ]]; then
+            local key="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+            local value="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+            if [ -n "$current_section" ]; then
+                ini["$current_section,$key"]="$value"
+            fi
+        fi
+    done < "$path_file"
+
+    # To use this function, you would need to pass the result by reference
+    # and then access it in the calling function
+}
+
+invoke_with_color_coded_output() {
+    local command="$1"
+    eval "$command" 2>&1 | while IFS= read -r line; do
+        if [[ "$line" =~ [Ee]rror ]]; then
+            echo -e "\033[0;31m\t$line\033[0m"  # Red for errors
+        elif [[ "$line" =~ [Ww]arning ]]; then
+            echo -e "\033[0;33m\t$line\033[0m"  # Yellow for warnings
+        else
+            echo -e "\033[0;37m\t$line\033[0m"  # White for other output
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+update_git_repo() {
+    local path="$1"
+    local url="$2"
+    local build_command="$3"
+
+    if [ -z "$build_command" ]; then
+        echo "Attempted to call update_git_repo without build_command specified"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    local repo_name=$(basename "$url" .git)
+
+    local last_built_commit="$path_build/last_built_commit_$repo_name.txt"
+    if [ ! -d "$path" ]; then
+        echo "Cloning repo from $url to $path"
+        git clone "$url" "$path"
+
+        echo "Building $url"
+        pushd "$path" > /dev/null
+        eval "$build_command"
+        popd > /dev/null
+
+        git -C "$path" rev-parse HEAD > "$last_built_commit"
+        binaries_dirty=true
+        echo
+        return
+    fi
+
+    git -C "$path" fetch
+    local latest_commit_hash=$(git -C "$path" rev-parse '@{u}')
+    local last_built_hash=""
+    [ -f "$last_built_commit" ] && last_built_hash=$(cat "$last_built_commit")
+
+    if [ "$latest_commit_hash" = "$last_built_hash" ]; then
+        echo
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "Build out of date for: $path, updating"
+    echo 'Pulling...'
+    git -C "$path" pull
+
+    echo "Building $url"
+    pushd "$path" > /dev/null
+    eval "$build_command"
+    popd > /dev/null
+
+    echo "$latest_commit_hash" > "$last_built_commit"
+    binaries_dirty=true
+    echo
+}
+
+verify_path() {
+    local path="$1"
+    if [ -d "$path" ]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "$path"
+    return 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/odin_compiler_defs.sh b/scripts/helpers/odin_compiler_defs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..721aba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/helpers/odin_compiler_defs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Not meant to be used standalone
+
+# Odin Compiler Flags
+
+# For a breakdown of any flag, type <odin_compiler> <command> -help
+command_build='build'
+command_check='check'
+command_query='query'
+command_report='report'
+command_run='run'
+
+flag_build_mode='-build-mode:'
+flag_build_mode_dll='-build-mode:dll'
+flag_collection='-collection:'
+flag_debug='-debug'
+flag_define='-define:'
+flag_default_allocator_nil='-default-to-nil-allocator'
+flag_disable_assert='-disable-assert'
+flag_dynamic_map_calls='-dynamic-map-calls'
+flag_extra_assembler_flags='-extra_assembler-flags:'
+flag_extra_linker_flags='-extra-linker-flags:'
+flag_ignore_unknown_attributes='-ignore-unknown-attributes'
+flag_keep_temp_files='-keep-temp-files'
+flag_max_error_count='-max-error-count:'
+flag_micro_architecture_native='-microarch:native'
+flag_no_bounds_check='-no-bounds-check'
+flag_no_crt='-no-crt'
+flag_no_entrypoint='-no-entry-point'
+flag_no_thread_local='-no-thread-local'
+flag_no_thread_checker='-no-threaded-checker'
+flag_output_path='-out='
+flag_optimization_level='-opt:'
+flag_optimize_none='-o:none'
+flag_optimize_minimal='-o:minimal'
+flag_optimize_size='-o:size'
+flag_optimize_speed='-o:speed'
+flag_optimize_aggressive='-o:aggressive'
+flag_pdb_name='-pdb-name:'
+flag_sanitize_address='-sanitize:address'
+flag_sanitize_memory='-sanitize:memory'
+flag_sanitize_thread='-sanitize:thread'
+flag_subsystem='-subsystem:'
+flag_show_timings='-show-timings'
+flag_show_more_timings='-show-more-timings'
+flag_show_system_calls='-show-system-calls'
+flag_target='-target:'
+flag_thread_count='-thread-count:'
+flag_use_lld='-lld'
+flag_use_separate_modules='-use-separate-modules'
+flag_vet_all='-vet'
+flag_vet_unused_entities='-vet-unused'
+flag_vet_semicolon='-vet-semicolon'
+flag_vet_shadow_vars='-vet-shadowing'
+flag_vet_using_stmt='-vet-using-stmt'
+
+# flag_msvc_link_disable_dynamic_base='/DYNAMICBASE:NO'
+# flag_msvc_link_base_address='/BASE:'
+# flag_msvc_link_fixed_base_address='/FIXED'
+# flag_msvc_link_stack_size='/STACK'
+# flag_msvc_link_debug='/DEBUG'
+
+# Assuming to be in default path, change if otherwise
+odin_compiler='odin'