diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85b72baa..b98403ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-/build
+build/
 /out
 /lib/nnsdk
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 235874da..76458391 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
 
 project(NintendoWare C CXX)
-set(NINTENDOWARE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
 # Downstream projects should set something like:
 # set(NN_WARE 1.2.3)
-function(target_nn_ver LIB_TARGET SCOPE ID)
-  set(VER ${${ID}})
+function(nnware_ver TARGET)
+  set(VER ${NN_WARE})
   string(REPLACE "." ";" VER "${VER}")
 
   list(LENGTH VER SEGS)
@@ -15,36 +14,42 @@ function(target_nn_ver LIB_TARGET SCOPE ID)
     list(SUBLIST DEF_VER ${SEGS} -1 DEF_VER)
     list(APPEND VER ${DEF_VER})
 
-    message(AUTHOR_WARNING "${ID} semver is not complete (%d.%d.%d): ${${ID}}")
+    message(AUTHOR_WARNING "NN_WARE semver is malformed (should be %d.%d.%d): ${NN_WARE}")
   endif()
 
   list(POP_FRONT VER MAJOR MINOR PATCH)
-  
+
   foreach(VAR IN ITEMS MAJOR MINOR PATCH)
-    target_compile_definitions(${LIB_TARGET} ${SCOPE} ${ID}_${VAR}=${${VAR}})
+    target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PUBLIC NN_WARE_${VAR}=${${VAR}})
   endforeach()
 endfunction()
 
-function(find_nnsdk)
-  if(NOT TARGET nnSdk)
-    if(DEFINED NNSDK_DIR)
-      if(IS_DIRECTORY "${NNSDK_DIR}")
-        message(STATUS "Found NintendoSDK: ${NNSDK_DIR}")
-        add_subdirectory(${NNSDK_DIR} ${NNSDK_DIR}/build)
-      else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "NNSDK_DIR is provided, but NintendoSDK is not found at: ${NNSDK_DIR}")
-      endif()
-    else()
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "NintendoSDK cannot be found. Ensure your project adds open-ead/nnsdk as a dependency (submodule), and your CMakeLists.txt contains `add_subdirectory(path/to/nnsdk)`")
-    endif()
-  endif()
+# these flags are shared with all modules
+set(NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS
+  -fno-strict-aliasing
+  -fno-exceptions
+  -Wall
+  -Wextra
+  -Wno-invalid-offsetof
+  # some WIP stuff might contain unused fields
+  -Wno-unused-private-field
+)
+function(nnware_header_verification_compile_options TARGET)
+  target_compile_options(${TARGET} INTERFACE
+    "$<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NAME>,${TARGET}_verify_interface_header_sets>:${NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS}>"
+  )
 endfunction()
 
-function(find_nnsdk_module NN_SDK_MODULE)
-  if(NOT TARGET ${NN_SDK_MODULE})
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find ${NN_SDK_MODULE}. You appear to have a broken or unsupported NintendoSDK. Please use open-ead/nnsdk.")
+if(NOT TARGET nnSdk)
+  if(NOT DEFINED NNSDK_DIR)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "NintendoSDK cannot be found. Ensure your project adds open-ead/nnsdk as a dependency (submodule), and your CMakeLists.txt contains `add_subdirectory(path/to/nnsdk)`")
   endif()
-endfunction()
+  if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${NNSDK_DIR}")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "NNSDK_DIR is provided, but NintendoSDK is not found at: ${NNSDK_DIR}")
+  endif()
+  message(STATUS "Found NintendoSDK: ${NNSDK_DIR}")
+  add_subdirectory(${NNSDK_DIR} nnsdk)
+endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(lib/atk)
 add_subdirectory(lib/font)
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index b0babe6b..74c15d3c 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ tasks:
       - task: cmake
         vars:
           CMAKE_ARGS: -DNNSDK_DIR=$(pwd)/lib/nnsdk
+      - >
+        cmake -G Ninja -B test/header_check/build -S test/header_check
+        -DNN_SDK=1.2.3 
+        -DNN_WARE=4.5.6 
+        -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
+        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='-D__aarch64__'
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-D__aarch64__'
+        -DNNSDK_DIR=$(pwd)/lib/nnsdk
   cmake:
     cmds:
       - >
@@ -51,8 +62,9 @@ tasks:
     vars:
       VERIFY_TARGETS: '{{._MODULES2 | replace " " "" | replace "," "$ ^" | replace "^" "--target nn_" | replace "$" "_verify_interface_header_sets"}}'
     cmds:
-      - cmake --build build
+      # the header check test already builds all the libs so we don't need an extra --build build here
       - cmake --build build {{.VERIFY_TARGETS}}
+      - cmake --build test/header_check/build
 
   check:
     desc: Run clang-format and clang-tidy checks
@@ -77,6 +89,7 @@ tasks:
     desc: Remove CMake build files
     cmds:
       - rm -rf build
+      - rm -rf test/*/build
 
   clang-format:
     cmds:
diff --git a/lib/atk/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/atk/CMakeLists.txt
index d9862c2e..0a6a7324 100644
--- a/lib/atk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/atk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
-set(NN_ATK_HEADERS
-  include/nn/atk.h
-  include/nn/atk/atk_AuxBus.h
-  include/nn/atk/atk_SoundArchivePlayer.h
-  include/nn/atk/atk_SoundDataManager.h
-  include/nn/atk/atk_SoundPlayer.h
-  include/nn/atk/detail/atk_AdvancedWaveSoundRuntime.h
-  include/nn/atk/detail/atk_BasicSound.h
-  include/nn/atk/detail/atk_SequenceSoundRuntime.h
-  include/nn/atk/detail/atk_SoundArchiveManager.h
-  include/nn/atk/detail/atk_StreamSoundRuntime.h
-  include/nn/atk/detail/atk_WaveSoundRuntime.h
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_ATK_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  include/*.h
 )
-
-set(NN_ATK_SOURCES
-  src/atk/atk_Stub.cpp
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_ATK_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  src/*.cpp
 )
 
-add_library(nn_atk OBJECT ${NN_ATK_SOURCES})
+add_library(nn_atk STATIC ${NN_ATK_SOURCES})
 
 target_sources(nn_atk PUBLIC
   FILE_SET HEADERS
@@ -24,18 +13,8 @@ target_sources(nn_atk PUBLIC
   FILES ${NN_ATK_HEADERS}
 )
 
-set_target_properties(nn_atk PROPERTIES
-    LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX
-    VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON
-)
-
-target_include_directories(nn_atk PUBLIC include/)
+set_target_properties(nn_atk PROPERTIES VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON)
 
-target_nn_ver(nn_atk PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_compile_options(nn_atk INTERFACE
-    -fno-strict-aliasing
-    -fno-exceptions
-    -Wall
-    -Wextra
-    -Wno-invalid-offsetof
-)
+nnware_ver(nn_atk)
+target_compile_options(nn_atk PRIVATE ${NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+nnware_header_verification_compile_options(nn_atk)
diff --git a/lib/font/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/font/CMakeLists.txt
index 536462f4..c020f7d3 100644
--- a/lib/font/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/font/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-set(NN_FONT_HEADERS
-  include/nn/font/font_Util.h
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_FONT_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  include/*.h
 )
-
-set(NN_FONT_SOURCES
-  src/font/font_Stub.cpp
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_FONT_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  src/*.cpp
 )
 
-add_library(nn_font OBJECT ${NN_FONT_SOURCES})
+add_library(nn_font STATIC ${NN_FONT_SOURCES})
 
 target_sources(nn_font PUBLIC
   FILE_SET HEADERS
@@ -14,18 +13,8 @@ target_sources(nn_font PUBLIC
   FILES ${NN_FONT_HEADERS}
 )
 
-set_target_properties(nn_font PROPERTIES
-    LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX
-    VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON
-)
-
-target_include_directories(nn_font PUBLIC include/)
+set_target_properties(nn_font PROPERTIES VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON)
 
-target_nn_ver(nn_font PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_compile_options(nn_font INTERFACE
-    -fno-strict-aliasing
-    -fno-exceptions
-    -Wall
-    -Wextra
-    -Wno-invalid-offsetof
-)
+nnware_ver(nn_font)
+target_compile_options(nn_font PRIVATE ${NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+nnware_header_verification_compile_options(nn_font)
diff --git a/lib/g3d/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/g3d/CMakeLists.txt
index 45c330fe..d3eb06c9 100644
--- a/lib/g3d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/g3d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,31 +1,11 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
-
-find_nnsdk()
-find_nnsdk_module(nn_gfx)
-
-set(NN_G3D_HEADERS
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResMaterial.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResLightAnim.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_SkeletonObj.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResFogAnim.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResFile.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResMaterialAnim.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResSkeletalAnim.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResShapeAnim.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ViewVolume.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResSceneAnim.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResSkeleton.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ModelObj.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_BindFuncTable.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_ResModel.h
-  include/nn/g3d/g3d_World.h
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_G3D_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  include/*.h
 )
-
-set(NN_G3D_SOURCES
-  src/g3d/g3d_Stub.cpp
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_G3D_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  src/*.cpp
 )
 
-add_library(nn_g3d OBJECT ${NN_G3D_SOURCES})
+add_library(nn_g3d STATIC ${NN_G3D_SOURCES})
 
 target_sources(nn_g3d PUBLIC
   FILE_SET HEADERS
@@ -33,23 +13,10 @@ target_sources(nn_g3d PUBLIC
   FILES ${NN_G3D_HEADERS}
 )
 
-set_target_properties(nn_g3d PROPERTIES
-    LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX
-    VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON
-)
-
-target_include_directories(nn_g3d PUBLIC include/)
+set_target_properties(nn_g3d PROPERTIES VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON)
 
-target_nn_ver(nn_g3d PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_nn_ver(nn_gfx PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_nn_ver(nnSdk INTERFACE NN_WARE)
-target_compile_options(nn_g3d INTERFACE
-    -fno-strict-aliasing
-    -fno-exceptions
-    -Wall
-    -Wextra
-    -Wno-invalid-offsetof
-)
+nnware_ver(nn_g3d)
+target_compile_options(nn_g3d PRIVATE ${NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+nnware_header_verification_compile_options(nn_g3d)
 
 target_link_libraries(nn_g3d PUBLIC nn_gfx)
-target_link_libraries(nn_g3d PUBLIC nnSdk)
diff --git a/lib/ui2d/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/ui2d/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ee1058b..f856925b 100644
--- a/lib/ui2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/ui2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
-find_nnsdk()
-find_nnsdk_module(nn_gfx)
-
-set(NN_UI2D_HEADERS
-  include/nn/ui2d/detail/ui2d_TexCoordArray.h
-  include/nn/ui2d/ui2d_Layout.h
-  include/nn/ui2d/ui2d_Material.h
-  include/nn/ui2d/ui2d_Pane.h
-  include/nn/ui2d/ui2d_Parts.h
-  include/nn/ui2d/ui2d_Types.h
-  include/nn/ui2d/ui2d_Util.h
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_UI2D_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  include/*.h
 )
-
-set(NN_UI2D_SOURCES
-  src/ui2d/ui2d_Stub.cpp
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_UI2D_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  src/*.cpp
 )
 
-add_library(nn_ui2d OBJECT ${NN_UI2D_SOURCES})
+add_library(nn_ui2d STATIC ${NN_UI2D_SOURCES})
 
 target_sources(nn_ui2d PUBLIC
   FILE_SET HEADERS
@@ -23,24 +13,11 @@ target_sources(nn_ui2d PUBLIC
   FILES ${NN_UI2D_HEADERS}
 )
 
-set_target_properties(nn_ui2d PROPERTIES
-    LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX
-    VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON
-)
+set_target_properties(nn_ui2d PROPERTIES VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON)
 
-target_include_directories(nn_ui2d PUBLIC include/)
-
-target_nn_ver(nn_ui2d PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_nn_ver(nn_gfx PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_nn_ver(nnSdk INTERFACE NN_WARE)
-target_compile_options(nn_ui2d INTERFACE
-    -fno-strict-aliasing
-    -fno-exceptions
-    -Wall
-    -Wextra
-    -Wno-invalid-offsetof
-)
+nnware_ver(nn_ui2d)
+target_compile_options(nn_ui2d PRIVATE ${NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+nnware_header_verification_compile_options(nn_ui2d)
 
 target_link_libraries(nn_ui2d PUBLIC nn_font)
 target_link_libraries(nn_ui2d PUBLIC nn_gfx)
-target_link_libraries(nn_ui2d PUBLIC nnSdk)
diff --git a/lib/vfx/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/vfx/CMakeLists.txt
index 80089a19..b9466cb2 100644
--- a/lib/vfx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/vfx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
-find_nnsdk()
-find_nnsdk_module(nn_gfx)
-
-set(NN_VFX_HEADERS
-  include/nn/vfx/vfx_Config.h
-  include/nn/vfx/vfx_Heap.h
-  include/nn/vfx/vfx_Resource.h
-  include/nn/vfx/vfx_System.h
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_VFX_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  include/*.h
 )
-
-set(NN_VFX_SOURCES
-  src/vfx/vfx_Stub.cpp
+file(GLOB_RECURSE NN_VFX_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  src/*.cpp
 )
 
-add_library(nn_vfx OBJECT ${NN_VFX_SOURCES})
+add_library(nn_vfx STATIC ${NN_VFX_SOURCES})
 
 target_sources(nn_vfx PUBLIC
   FILE_SET HEADERS
@@ -20,23 +13,10 @@ target_sources(nn_vfx PUBLIC
   FILES ${NN_VFX_HEADERS}
 )
 
-set_target_properties(nn_vfx PROPERTIES
-    LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX
-    VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON
-)
+set_target_properties(nn_vfx PROPERTIES VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS ON)
 
-target_include_directories(nn_vfx PUBLIC include/)
+nnware_ver(nn_vfx)
+target_compile_options(nn_vfx PRIVATE ${NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+nnware_header_verification_compile_options(nn_vfx)
 
-target_nn_ver(nn_vfx PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_nn_ver(nn_gfx PUBLIC NN_WARE)
-target_nn_ver(nnSdk INTERFACE NN_WARE)
-target_compile_options(nn_vfx INTERFACE
-    -fno-strict-aliasing
-    -fno-exceptions
-    -Wall
-    -Wextra
-    -Wno-invalid-offsetof
-)
 target_link_libraries(nn_vfx PUBLIC nn_g3d)
-target_link_libraries(nn_vfx PUBLIC nn_gfx)
-target_link_libraries(nn_vfx PUBLIC nnSdk)
diff --git a/test/header_check/CMakeLists.txt b/test/header_check/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a334dcc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/header_check/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# create a project that includes all headers in nnware modules and nnsdk
+# and try to compile that
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
+
+project(NintendoWareHeaderCheck CXX)
+
+set(NNWARE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../..)
+add_subdirectory(${NNWARE_DIR} nnware)
+get_directory_property(NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS DIRECTORY ${NNWARE_DIR} DEFINITION NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS)
+
+set(HEADER_CHECK_TARGETS nnSdk nn_gfx nn_atk nn_font nn_g3d nn_ui2d nn_vfx)
+set(HEADER_CHECK_HEADERS "")
+foreach(TARGET ${HEADER_CHECK_TARGETS})
+  list(APPEND HEADER_CHECK_HEADERS "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:${TARGET},HEADER_SET>")
+endforeach()
+
+# header sets are evaluated at generate time, so this stays in sync with the globs
+file(GENERATE
+  OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/header_check.cpp
+  CONTENT "#include \"$<JOIN:${HEADER_CHECK_HEADERS},\"\n#include \">\"\n"
+)
+
+add_library(header_check OBJECT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/header_check.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(header_check PRIVATE ${HEADER_CHECK_TARGETS})
+target_compile_options(header_check PRIVATE ${NNWARE_COMPILE_FLAGS})