diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf58ade..2af6eff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -251,3 +251,4 @@ tools/WindowsUWP/x86/libCompilerRt.lib
 *.a
 *.bc
 *.lib
+*.o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/np-build-driver.lua b/tools/np-build-driver.lua
index 7d10044..dec016d 100644
--- a/tools/np-build-driver.lua
+++ b/tools/np-build-driver.lua
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ local exclude_files = {}
 local directory = ""
 
 common_flags = "-ffast-math -fno-threadsafe-statics -nostdlibinc -nobuiltininc -nostdinc++ -Wno-macro-redefined -I.."..SLASH.."NativePath -I.."..SLASH.."NativePath"..SLASH.."standard"
+zig_common_flags = "-Wno-ignored-attributes -Wno-delete-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-macro-redefined -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions"
 
 objs = {}
 cfiles = {}
@@ -60,33 +61,41 @@ function table.contains(table, element)
   return false
 end
 
+-- Process the zig command line options 
 for i,v in ipairs(arg) do 
-    if v == "debug" then
-        debug = true
-    elseif string.starts(v, "-I") then
-        local includeDir = string.sub(v, 3)
-        common_flags = common_flags.." -I"..includeDir
-    elseif string.starts(v, "-D") then
-        local includeDir = string.sub(v, 3)
-        common_flags = common_flags.." -D"..includeDir
-    elseif string.starts(v, "-n") then
-        local n = string.sub(v, 3)
-        outputName = n
-    elseif string.starts(v, "-E") then
-        local n = string.sub(v, 3)
-        table.insert(exclude_dirs, n)
-    elseif string.starts(v, "-e") then
-        local n = string.sub(v, 3)
-        table.insert(exclude_files, n)
-    elseif v == "--verbose" or v == "-v" then
-        is_verbose = true
-    elseif string.starts(v, "-p") then
-        platform = string.sub(v, 3)
-    else
-        directory = v
-    end
+  if v == "debug" then
+      debug = true
+  elseif string.starts(v, "-I") then
+      -- add an include directory to the compiler flags
+      local includeDir = string.sub(v, 3)
+      common_flags = common_flags.." -I"..includeDir
+      zig_common_flags = zig_common_flags.." -I"..includeDir
+  elseif string.starts(v, "-D") then
+      -- add a define to the compiler flags
+      local includeDir = string.sub(v, 3)
+      common_flags = common_flags.." -D"..includeDir
+      zig_common_flags = zig_common_flags.." -D"..includeDir
+  elseif string.starts(v, "-n") then
+      local n = string.sub(v, 3)
+      outputName = n
+  elseif string.starts(v, "-E") then
+      local n = string.sub(v, 3)
+      table.insert(exclude_dirs, n)
+  elseif string.starts(v, "-e") then
+      local n = string.sub(v, 3)
+      table.insert(exclude_files, n)
+  elseif v == "--verbose" or v == "-v" then
+      is_verbose = true
+  elseif v == "--shared" then
+      is_shared = true
+  elseif string.starts(v, "-p") then
+      platform = string.sub(v, 3)
+  else
+      directory = v
+  end
 end
 
+-- Build a list of all source files to compile excluding those that we do not want via -E or -e see above.
 for filename, attr in dirtree(directory) do
     if table.contains(exclude_dirs, filename) ~= true and table.contains(exclude_files, filename) ~= true then
         if string.ends(filename, ".c") and attr.mode == "file" and table.contains(exclude_files, filename) ~= true then
diff --git a/tools/np-build-stride.lua b/tools/np-build-stride.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c6db46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/np-build-stride.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+-- Special trick to load the parent path of the current script.
+local parent_path = string.match(arg[0], "(.-)([^\\/]-%.?([^%.\\/]*))$")
+-- Add that path to the list of places where lua will load packages
+package.path = package.path .. ";" .. parent_path .. "?.lua"
+-- Load the driver package which will take care of the command line arguments and other settings
+-- as here we just focus on the code necessary to build our supported platforms
+require "np-build-driver"
+
+local debug_flags = "-O0 -g"
+local debug_ms_flags = "-Od"
+local release_flags = "-O3"
+local release_ms_flags = "-O2"
+
+-- NOTE: This is a cleaned up version of np-build.lua specific to the needs of Stride, and uses Zig CC cross compiler instead of clang, etc.
+-- We can port over other commands from np-build.lua as needed.
+
+-- we require Zig v0.12.0 reachable from your path. this only works on Windows for now
+local zig = "zig.exe"	
+
+-- For testing alternative versions of Zig, etc
+-- local zig = "c:\\devtools\\zig-0.11.0\\zig.exe"
+
+function BuildZig(cfile, target, platform_args)
+	local flags = ""
+	if debug then flags = debug_flags else flags = release_flags end
+
+	local cmd = zig.." cc "..platform_args.." -target "..target.." "..zig_common_flags.." "..flags.." -o "..cfile..".o ".." -c "..cfile
+	if is_verbose == true then
+		print(cmd)
+	end
+
+	os.execute(cmd)
+	table.insert(objs, cfile..".o")
+end
+
+function LinkZigStatic(target, folder, ext)
+	local objs_str = ""
+	for i, o in ipairs(objs) do
+		objs_str = objs_str..o.." "
+	end
+    local cmd = zig.." build-lib -static -target "..target.." -femit-bin="..folder.."\\"..outputName.."."..ext.." "..objs_str
+	if is_verbose == true then
+		print(cmd)
+	end
+	os.execute(cmd)
+end
+
+-- TODO: Unused for now
+-- function LinkZigShared(target, folder, ext)
+-- 	local objs_str = ""
+-- 	for i, o in ipairs(objs) do
+-- 		objs_str = objs_str..o.." "
+-- 	end
+
+-- 	local cmd = zig.." build-lib -shared -target "..target.." -femit-bin="..folder.."\\"..outputName.."."..ext.." "..objs_str
+-- 	if is_verbose == true then
+-- 		print(cmd)
+-- 	end
+-- 	os.execute(cmd)
+-- end
+
+if platform == "windows" then 
+	lfs.mkdir("libs")
+	lfs.chdir("libs")
+	lfs.mkdir("win-x86")
+	lfs.mkdir("win-x64")
+	lfs.mkdir("win-arm64")
+	lfs.chdir("..")
+
+	objs = {}
+    print ("Building Windows x86...")
+	for i,f in ipairs(cfiles) do
+		BuildZig(f, "x86-windows-gnu", "-DNP_WIN32 -m32 -gcodeview -fno-ms-extensions")
+	end
+	LinkZigStatic("x86-windows-gnu", "libs\\win-x86", "lib")
+
+	objs = {}
+    print ("Building Windows x64...")
+	for i,f in ipairs(cfiles) do
+		BuildZig(f, "x86_64-windows-gnu", "-DNP_WIN32 -m64 -gcodeview -fno-ms-extensions")
+	end
+	LinkZigStatic("x86_64-windows-gnu", "libs\\win-x64", "lib")
+
+	objs = {}
+    print ("Building Windows arm64...")
+	for i,f in ipairs(cfiles) do
+		BuildZig(f, "aarch64-windows-gnu", "-DNP_WIN32 -m64 -gcodeview -fno-ms-extensions")
+	end
+	LinkZigStatic("aarch64-windows-gnu", "libs\\win-arm64", "lib")
+
+elseif platform == "ios" then
+	-- TODO: port over to Zig
+
+elseif platform == "macos" then	
+	lfs.mkdir("libs")
+	lfs.chdir("libs")
+	lfs.mkdir("osx-x64")
+	lfs.mkdir("osx-arm64")
+	lfs.chdir("..")
+	
+	objs = {}
+    print ("Building macOS x64...")
+	for i,f in ipairs(cfiles) do
+		BuildZig(f, "x86_64-macos", "-DNP_MACOS -mmacosx-version-min=10.5")
+	end
+	LinkZigStatic("x86_64-macos", "libs\\osx-x64", "a")
+	
+	objs = {}
+    print ("Building macOS arm64...")
+	for i,f in ipairs(cfiles) do
+		BuildZig(f, "aarch64-macos", "-DNP_MACOS -mmacosx-version-min=10.5")
+	end
+	LinkZigStatic("aarch64-macos", "libs\\osx-arm64", "a")
+	
+	-- TODO: Not sure we need lipo anymore? since we target each runtime separately, and only x64/aarch64
+	-- lfs.mkdir("macOS")	
+	-- os.execute("lipo macOS\\"..outputName.."_i386.a macOS\\"..outputName.."_x86_64.a -create -output macOS\\"..outputName..".a")
+	-- os.remove("macOS\\"..outputName.."_i386.a")
+	-- os.remove("macOS\\"..outputName.."_x86_64.a")
+
+elseif platform == "linux" then
+	lfs.mkdir("libs")
+	lfs.chdir("libs")
+	lfs.mkdir("linux-x64")
+	lfs.mkdir("linux-arm64")
+	lfs.chdir("..")
+	
+	objs = {}
+    print ("Building Linux x64...")
+	for i,f in ipairs(cfiles) do
+		BuildZig(f, "x86_64-linux-gnu", "-DNP_LINUX -fPIC")
+	end
+	LinkZigStatic("x86_64-linux-gnu", "libs\\linux-x64", "a")
+	
+	objs = {}
+    print ("Building Linux arm64...")
+	for i,f in ipairs(cfiles) do
+		BuildZig(f, "aarch64-linux-gnu", "-DNP_LINUX -fPIC")
+	end
+	LinkZigStatic("aarch64-linux-gnu", "libs\\linux-arm64", "a")
+
+elseif platform == "android" then
+	-- TODO: port over to Zig
+
+end