diff --git a/scripts/playground/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/playground/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/scripts/playground/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+
+project(playground)
+
+include(../cmake/common.cmake)
+
+include_directories("../../doctest/")
+
+doctest_add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp test.cpp)
+
+doctest_add_test(NAME ${PROJECT_NAME} COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:${PROJECT_NAME}>)
diff --git a/scripts/playground/main.cpp b/scripts/playground/main.cpp
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+++ b/scripts/playground/main.cpp
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+#include "parts/doctest_impl.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+    doctest::Context context;
+
+    // !!! THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE SHOWING HOW DEFAULTS/OVERRIDES ARE SET !!!
+
+    // defaults
+    context.addFilter("test-case-exclude", "*math*"); // exclude test cases with "math" in the name
+    context.setOption("no-breaks", true); // don't break in the debugger when assertions fail
+
+    context.applyCommandLine(argc, argv);
+
+    // overrides
+    context.setOption("order-by", "name"); // sort the test cases by their name
+
+    int res = context.run(); // run
+
+    if(context.shouldExit()) // important - query flags (and --exit) rely on the user doing this
+        return res;          // propagate the result of the tests
+
+    int client_stuff_return_code = 0;
+    // your program - if the testing framework is integrated in your production code
+
+#ifdef WITH_PAUSE
+    system("pause");
+#endif // WITH_PAUSE
+
+    return res + client_stuff_return_code; // the result from doctest is propagated here as well
+}
diff --git a/scripts/playground/test.cpp b/scripts/playground/test.cpp
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+++ b/scripts/playground/test.cpp
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+#include "parts/doctest_fwd.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+//static int throws(bool in) { if(in) throw 42; return 0; }
+
+TEST_CASE("dev stuff") {
+    CHECK(4 == 5);
+    //CHECK_THROWS(CHECK_THROWS(4 == 5));
+    //CHECK_THROWS({throws(true);});
+}
diff --git a/scripts/playground/test_output/playground.txt b/scripts/playground/test_output/playground.txt
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+++ b/scripts/playground/test_output/playground.txt
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+[doctest] run with "--help" for options
+== TEST CASE ==================================================================
+test.cpp(0)
+dev stuff
+
+test.cpp(0) ERROR!
+  CHECK( 4 == 5 )
+with expansion:
+  CHECK( 4 == 5 )
+
+===============================================================================
+[doctest] test cases:    1 |    0 passed |    1 failed |    0 skipped
+[doctest] assertions:    1 |    0 passed |    1 failed |