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 - Backends:
   - Android
   - iOS (using libGDX/RoboVM, [instructions](docs/ios.md))
-  - Desktop (using libGDX/LWJGL)
+  - Desktop (using libGDX/LWJGL, [instructions](docs/desktop.md))
   - HTML5/WebGL (using libGDX/GWT, [instructions](docs/web.md))
 
 ### Projects
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+### Desktop
+
+To run the desktop samples can use the Gradle `run` task.
+
+e.g. for `vtm-playground` can change the [mainClassName](../vtm-playground/build.gradle) to run each sample and pass args:
+```groovy
+./gradlew :vtm-playground:run -Pargs=/path/to/map
+```