diff --git a/tools/progress.py b/tools/progress.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os, struct, sys, ast, argparse
+
+def read_all_lines(file_name):
+    lines = list()
+    try:
+        with open(file_name) as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
+    except IOError:
+        print('failed to read file ' + file_name)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    return lines
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    map_lines = read_all_lines('build/mm.map')
+
+    current_section = ''
+    in_section_list = False
+    asm_amounts = dict()
+    src_amounts = dict()
+    src_files = dict()
+    for line in map_lines:
+        if in_section_list:
+            if line.startswith('OUTPUT(build/code.elf elf32-tradbigmips)'):
+                break
+
+            line_split =  list(filter(None, line.split()))
+
+            if (len(line_split) > 0 and not line.startswith(' ')):
+                current_section = line_split[0]
+                src_amounts[current_section] = 0
+                asm_amounts[current_section] = 0
+                src_files[current_section] = []
+
+            if (len(line_split) == 4 and line_split[0].startswith(".")):
+                section = line_split[0]
+                size = int(line_split[2], 16)
+                obj_file = line_split[3]
+
+                if (section == ".text" and not current_section + '_data' in obj_file and not current_section + '_todata' in obj_file):
+                    if (obj_file.startswith("build/src")):
+                        src_amounts[current_section] += size
+                        formatted_name = obj_file[len('build/'):] # remove build/ prefix
+                        formatted_name = formatted_name[:-1] + 'c' # replace .o preface with .c
+                        src_files[current_section].append(formatted_name)
+                    elif (obj_file.startswith("build/asm")):
+                        asm_amounts[current_section] += size
+        else:
+           in_section_list = line.startswith('Linker script and memory map')
+
+    for section in src_files:
+        for file in src_files[section]:
+            file_lines = read_all_lines(file)
+            for line in file_lines:
+                if line.startswith('GLOBAL_ASM'):
+                    line_split =  list(filter(None, line.split('\"')))
+                    asm_lines = read_all_lines(line_split[1])
+                    for asm_line in asm_lines:
+                        if asm_line.startswith('/*'):
+                            asm_amounts[section] += 4
+                            src_amounts[section] -= 4
+
+    src = 0
+    asm = 0
+    for section in src_amounts:
+        src += src_amounts[section]
+    for section in asm_amounts:
+        asm += asm_amounts[section]
+
+    total = src + asm
+    src_percent = 100 * src / total
+    asm_percent = 100 * asm / total
+
+    print('{} total bytes of decompilable code\n'.format(total))
+    print('{} bytes of code in src {}%'.format(src, src_percent))
+    print('{} bytes of code in asm {}%\n'.format(asm, asm_percent))
+    print("------------------------------------\n")
+
+    num_masks = 24
+    max_rupees = 500
+    bytes_per_mask = total / num_masks
+    bytes_per_rupee = bytes_per_mask / max_rupees
+    masks = int(src / bytes_per_mask)
+    rupees = int((src % bytes_per_mask) / bytes_per_rupee)
+
+    if (rupees > 0):
+        print('You have {}/{} masks and {}/{} rupee(s).\n'.format(masks, num_masks, rupees, max_rupees));
+    else:
+        print('You have {}/{} masks .\n'.format(masks, num_masks));
+