diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96dcbc1..a4fb4fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-thirdparty/*/
 build/
 .cache/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0364b4e..640170b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/bgfx.cmake"]
 	path = thirdparty/bgfx.cmake
 	url = https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx.cmake
-[submodule "thirdparty/imgui.cmake"]
-	path = thirdparty/imgui.cmake
-	url = https://github.com/tamaskenez/imgui-cmake
 [submodule "thirdparty/glfw.cmake"]
 	path = thirdparty/glfw.cmake
 	url = https://github.com/glfw/glfw
@@ -13,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/glm.cmake"]
 	path = thirdparty/glm.cmake
 	url = https://github.com/icaven/glm
+[submodule "thirdparty/imgui.cmake"]
+	path = thirdparty/imgui.cmake
+	url = https://github.com/tamaskenez/imgui-cmake
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dd6ba6..eb22780 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,3 +75,9 @@ foreach(TEXTURE_SOURCE ${TEXTURE_SOURCE_FILES})
     )
 endforeach()
 
+# build models into /build/models 
+add_custom_target("models" ALL
+    COMMAND /bin/bash -c "cp -rf ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/models/ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/"
+)
+# file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/models")
+# file(COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/models/" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/models/")
diff --git a/assets/models/cube.obj b/assets/models/cube.obj
deleted file mode 100644
index 653c3bf..0000000
Binary files a/assets/models/cube.obj and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/include/common.hpp b/include/common.hpp
index 73e887e..452a790 100644
--- a/include/common.hpp
+++ b/include/common.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <bgfx/bgfx.h>
 #include <bx/file.h>
 
+#define GLFW_DEBUG
+
 #define DEFAULT_WIDTH 1280
 #define DEFAULT_HEIGHT 720
 
diff --git a/include/engine.hpp b/include/engine.hpp
index 9a008a1..017509c 100644
--- a/include/engine.hpp
+++ b/include/engine.hpp
@@ -16,17 +16,24 @@ class Engine {
     public:
         Engine(void);
         int Init(void);
-        void Start(void); 
         int Update(void);
         void Shutdown(void); 
         static void GlfwErrorCallback(int error, const char *s);
     
         void Instantiate(EngineObject* obj);
 
-        unsigned int GetInput(void);
         GLFWwindow* main_window;
         int main_view;
 
+        int keyboard_slots[GLFW_KEY_LAST];
+        int cursor_slots[GLFW_MOUSE_BUTTON_LAST+1];
+        int cursor_xpos;
+        int cursor_ypos;
+        
+        static void keyboard_callback(GLFWwindow *window, int key, int scancode, int action, int mods);
+        static void cursor_callback(GLFWwindow *window, double x, double y);
+        static void cursor_button_callback(GLFWwindow *window, int button, int action, int mods);
+
     private: 
         int width; 
         int height; 
@@ -36,9 +43,8 @@ class Engine {
         bgfx::UniformHandle u_position; 
         bgfx::UniformHandle u_rotation; 
         bgfx::UniformHandle u_scale; 
-        bgfx::UniformHandle u_texture_color;
 
-        std::vector<EngineObject*> objs; 
+        std::vector<EngineObject *> objs; 
 };
 
 #endif 
diff --git a/include/engine/object.hpp b/include/engine/object.hpp
index 7b1a44a..2678c79 100644
--- a/include/engine/object.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/object.hpp
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
 #ifndef OBJECT_HPP
 #define OBJECT_HPP
 
-#include "bgfx/bgfx.h"
-#include <glm/glm.hpp>
+#include <vector>
 #include <engine/quad.hpp>
+#include <glm/glm.hpp>
+#include <bgfx/bgfx.h>
+#include <assimp/scene.h>
 
 class EngineObject {
     public:
-        EngineObject(void);
-        EngineObject(std::string texture);
+        EngineObject();
 
-        EngineQuad quad_data;
+        int load_node(aiScene *scene, aiNode *node);
+        int load_model(std::string filename);
 
         glm::vec4 position;
         glm::vec4 rotation;
         glm::vec4 scale;
 
+        std::vector<float> vertices;
+        std::vector<uint16_t> indices;
+
+        bgfx::VertexLayout layout;
         bgfx::TextureHandle texture;
         bgfx::VertexBufferHandle vbh;
         bgfx::IndexBufferHandle ibh;
diff --git a/models/cube.obj b/models/cube.obj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1deafb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/cube.obj
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Blender 4.3.2
+# www.blender.org
+o Cube
+v 1.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+s 0
+g off
+f 5 3 1
+f 3 8 4
+f 7 6 8
+f 2 8 6
+f 1 4 2
+f 5 2 6
+f 5 7 3
+f 3 7 8
+f 7 5 6
+f 2 4 8
+f 1 3 4
+f 5 1 2
diff --git a/shaders/fs_basic.sc b/shaders/fs_basic.sc
index aa01fd5..8d45ebd 100644
--- a/shaders/fs_basic.sc
+++ b/shaders/fs_basic.sc
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-$input v_texcoord0
-
-uniform sampler2D u_texture_color;
+$input f_position
 
 #include <bgfx_shader.sh>
 #include <shaderlib.sh>
 
 void main() {
-  vec4 color = texture2D(u_texture_color, v_texcoord0);
-  if (color.r == 0 && color.g == 0 && color.b == 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-  gl_FragColor = color;
+  gl_FragColor = vec4(f_position.xyz, 1.0f);
 }
diff --git a/shaders/varying.def.sc b/shaders/varying.def.sc
index 3defac1..70b364f 100644
--- a/shaders/varying.def.sc
+++ b/shaders/varying.def.sc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-vec2 a_texcoord0  : TEXCOORD0 = vec2(0.0, 0.0);
 vec3 a_position   : POSITION;
 
-vec2 v_texcoord0  : TEXCOORD0 = vec2(0.0, 0.0);
-
+vec3 f_position   : POSITION;
diff --git a/shaders/vs_basic.sc b/shaders/vs_basic.sc
index eaf2d8a..5e19da2 100644
--- a/shaders/vs_basic.sc
+++ b/shaders/vs_basic.sc
@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
-$input a_position, a_texcoord0
-$output v_texcoord0
+$input a_position
+$output f_position
 
 uniform vec4 u_position;
 uniform vec4 u_rotation;
 uniform vec4 u_scale;
 
 #include <bgfx_shader.sh>
+#include <shaderlib.sh>
 
 void main() {
-  vec4 scale = mul(u_scale, vec4(a_position, 1.0f));
+  // rotation
+  mat3 x_rot = mat3(1, 0, 0, 
+                  0, cos(u_rotation.x), -sin(u_rotation.x),
+                  0, sin(u_rotation.x), cos(u_rotation.x));
+  mat3 y_rot = mat3(cos(u_rotation.y), 0, sin(u_rotation.y), 
+                  0, 1, 0, 
+                  -sin(u_rotation.y), 0, cos(u_rotation.y));
+  mat3 z_rot = mat3(cos(u_rotation.z), -sin(u_rotation.z), 0, 
+                  sin(u_rotation.z), cos(u_rotation.z), 0, 
+                  0, 0, 1);
+
+  vec3 r_position = a_position;
+  r_position = mul(r_position, x_rot);
+  r_position = mul(r_position, y_rot);
+  r_position = mul(r_position, z_rot);
+
+  vec4 scale = mul(u_scale, vec4(r_position, 1.0f));
   vec4 view = mul(u_view, scale);
   vec4 pos = view + u_position;
 
   gl_Position = mul(u_proj, pos);
-  v_texcoord0 = a_texcoord0; 
+  f_position = r_position;
 }
diff --git a/src/engine.cpp b/src/engine.cpp
index 3f98c2f..1d0510a 100644
--- a/src/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+#include <iostream>
 #include "bgfx/defines.h"
 #include "engine/object.hpp"
 #include <bx/file.h>
 #include <bx/math.h>
 #include <glm/fwd.hpp>
-#include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <engine.hpp>
 #include <bgfx/bgfx.h>
 #include <glm/glm.hpp>
@@ -21,23 +22,51 @@ Engine::Engine(void) {
     this->title = "EO";
 
     this->main_view = 0;
+
+    memset(this->keyboard_slots, 0, sizeof(this->keyboard_slots));
+    memset(this->cursor_slots, 0, sizeof(this->cursor_slots));
+}
+
+void Engine::keyboard_callback(GLFWwindow *window, int key, int scancode, int action, int mods) {
+    Engine *engine = (Engine *) glfwGetWindowUserPointer(window);
+    engine->keyboard_slots[key] = action; 
+}
+
+void Engine::cursor_callback(GLFWwindow *window, double x, double y) {
+    Engine *engine = (Engine *) glfwGetWindowUserPointer(window);
+    engine->cursor_xpos = x;
+    engine->cursor_ypos = y;
+}
+
+void Engine::cursor_button_callback(GLFWwindow *window, int button, int action, int mods) {
+    Engine *engine = (Engine *) glfwGetWindowUserPointer(window);
+    engine->cursor_slots[button] = action;
 }
 
 int Engine::Init(void) {
-    int ret = 0; 
-    glfwSetErrorCallback(Engine::GlfwErrorCallback);
-    ret = glfwInit();
+    int ret = glfwInit();
     if (ret < 0) {
         ERROR("failed initializing glfw");
         return -1;
     }
 
+    glfwSetErrorCallback(Engine::GlfwErrorCallback);
+
     this->main_window = glfwCreateWindow(this->width, this->height, this->title.c_str(), NULL, NULL);
     if (!this->main_window) {
         ERROR("failed creating window");
         return -1;
     }
 
+    glfwSetWindowUserPointer(this->main_window, this);
+    glfwSetKeyCallback(this->main_window, Engine::keyboard_callback);
+    glfwSetCursorPosCallback(this->main_window, Engine::cursor_callback);
+    glfwSetMouseButtonCallback(this->main_window, Engine::cursor_button_callback);
+
+#ifndef GLFW_DEBUG
+    glfwSetInputMode(this->main_window, GLFW_CURSOR, GLFW_CURSOR_DISABLED);
+#endif
+
     bgfx::Init init;
     init.platformData.ndt = glfwGetX11Display();
     init.platformData.nwh = (void*) (uintptr_t) glfwGetX11Window(this->main_window);
@@ -51,6 +80,10 @@ int Engine::Init(void) {
         return -1;
     }
 
+#ifndef BGFX_DEBUG
+    bgfx::setDebug(BGFX_DEBUG_NONE);
+#endif
+
     bgfx::setViewClear(this->main_view, 
             BGFX_CLEAR_COLOR | BGFX_CLEAR_DEPTH, 
             0x478effff,
@@ -64,25 +97,14 @@ int Engine::Init(void) {
         float view[16];
         bx::mtxLookAt(view, eye, at);
 
-        float ortho[16];
-        bx::mtxOrtho(ortho, 
-                (float) -this->width/(CAMERA_WIDTH*2),
-                (float) this->width/(CAMERA_WIDTH*2),
-                (float) -this->height/(CAMERA_WIDTH*2),
-                (float) this->height/(CAMERA_WIDTH*2),
-                CAMERA_NEAR, 
-                CAMERA_FAR,
-                0.0f,
-                bgfx::getCaps()->homogeneousDepth
-        );
+        float proj[16];
+        bx::mtxProj(proj, 60.0f, float(this->width)/float(this->height), 0.1f, 100.0f, bgfx::getCaps()->homogeneousDepth);
 
-        bgfx::setViewTransform(this->main_view, view, ortho);
+        bgfx::setViewTransform(this->main_view, view, proj);
     }
 
     bgfx::setViewRect(this->main_view, 0, 0, this->width, this->height);
 
-    this->u_texture_color = bgfx::createUniform("u_texture_color", bgfx::UniformType::Sampler);
-
     this->u_position = bgfx::createUniform("u_position", bgfx::UniformType::Vec4);
     this->u_rotation = bgfx::createUniform("u_rotation", bgfx::UniformType::Vec4);
     this->u_scale = bgfx::createUniform("u_scale", bgfx::UniformType::Vec4);
@@ -91,9 +113,6 @@ int Engine::Init(void) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-void Engine::Start(void) {
-}
-
 int Engine::Update(void) {
     std::int32_t new_width;
     std::int32_t new_height;
@@ -107,14 +126,15 @@ int Engine::Update(void) {
 
     bgfx::touch(this->main_view);
 
+
     for (int i = 0; i < this->objs.size(); i++) {
-        bgfx::setState(
-            BGFX_STATE_WRITE_R | 
-            BGFX_STATE_WRITE_G | 
-            BGFX_STATE_WRITE_B | 
-            BGFX_STATE_WRITE_A | 
-            BGFX_STATE_BLEND_ALPHA
-        );
+        bgfx::setState(BGFX_STATE_WRITE_R |
+                BGFX_STATE_WRITE_G | 
+                BGFX_STATE_WRITE_B | 
+                BGFX_STATE_WRITE_A | 
+                BGFX_STATE_BLEND_ALPHA | 
+                BGFX_STATE_DEPTH_TEST_LESS | 
+                BGFX_STATE_CULL_CCW );
 
         EngineObject* obj = this->objs[i];
 
@@ -125,8 +145,6 @@ int Engine::Update(void) {
         bgfx::setUniform(this->u_rotation, &obj->rotation);
         bgfx::setUniform(this->u_scale, &obj->scale);
 
-        bgfx::setTexture(0, this->u_texture_color, obj->texture);
-
         bgfx::submit(this->main_view, this->program);
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +163,6 @@ void Engine::Shutdown(void) {
     bgfx::destroy(this->u_position);
     bgfx::destroy(this->u_rotation);
     bgfx::destroy(this->u_scale);
-    bgfx::destroy(this->u_texture_color);
 
     bgfx::destroy(this->program);
 
@@ -160,21 +177,3 @@ void Engine::GlfwErrorCallback(int error, const char *s) {
 void Engine::Instantiate(EngineObject* obj) {
     this->objs.push_back(obj);
 }
-
-unsigned int Engine::GetInput(void) {
-    unsigned int ret = 0; 
-
-    int keys[] = {
-        GLFW_KEY_A,
-        GLFW_KEY_D,
-        GLFW_KEY_W,
-        GLFW_KEY_S,
-    };
-
-    for (int i = sizeof(keys)/sizeof(int); i >= 0; i--) {
-        int state = glfwGetKey(this->main_window, keys[i]);
-        ret = (ret << 1) + (state == GLFW_PRESS ? 1 : 0);
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-}
diff --git a/src/engine/object.cpp b/src/engine/object.cpp
index 616f72e..aab4cec 100644
--- a/src/engine/object.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/object.cpp
@@ -1,35 +1,90 @@
+#include "assimp/mesh.h"
+#include "assimp/vector3.h"
 #include "common.hpp"
+#include "glm/fwd.hpp"
 #include <engine/object.hpp>
 #include <bgfx/bgfx.h>
+#include <assimp/Importer.hpp>
+#include <assimp/scene.h>
+#include <assimp/postprocess.h>
 
-EngineObject::EngineObject(void) : quad_data() {
-    this->position = glm::vec4(0.0f);
+EngineObject::EngineObject() {
+    this->position = glm::vec4(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
     this->rotation = glm::vec4(0.0f);
     this->scale = glm::vec4(1.0f);
-
-    this->vbh = bgfx::createVertexBuffer(bgfx::makeRef(
-                this->quad_data.vertices.data(),
-                this->quad_data.vertices.size()*sizeof(VertexData)), 
-            this->quad_data.layout);
-    this->ibh = bgfx::createIndexBuffer(bgfx::makeRef(
-                this->quad_data.indices.data(),
-                this->quad_data.indices.size()*sizeof(uint16_t))
-            );
+    this->layout.begin()
+        .add(bgfx::Attrib::Position, 3, bgfx::AttribType::Float)
+        .end();
 }
 
-EngineObject::EngineObject(std::string texture) : quad_data() {
-    this->position = glm::vec4(0.0f);
-    this->rotation = glm::vec4(0.0f);
-    this->scale = glm::vec4(1.0f);
+int EngineObject::load_node(aiScene *scene, aiNode *node) {
+    if (node == nullptr) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (scene == nullptr) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < scene->mNumMeshes; ++i) {
+        aiMesh *mesh = scene->mMeshes[i];
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < mesh->mNumVertices; ++j) {
+            this->vertices.push_back(mesh->mVertices[j].x);
+            this->vertices.push_back(mesh->mVertices[j].y);
+            this->vertices.push_back(mesh->mVertices[j].z);
+        }
+
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < mesh->mNumFaces; ++j) {
+            aiFace *face = &(mesh->mFaces[j]);
+            this->indices.insert(this->indices.end(), &face->mIndices[0], &face->mIndices[face->mNumIndices]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < node->mNumChildren; ++i) {
+        this->load_node(scene, node->mChildren[i]);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+struct vertex {
+    float x; 
+    float y; 
+    float z;
+};
+
+int EngineObject::load_model(std::string filename) {
+    Assimp::Importer importer;
+    aiScene *scene = (aiScene *) importer.ReadFile(filename, aiProcess_Triangulate | aiProcess_FlipUVs);
+    if (scene == nullptr || scene->mFlags & AI_SCENE_FLAGS_INCOMPLETE || !scene->mRootNode) {
+        std::cout << "--error: failed loading model from file-system" << std::endl;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    aiNode *root = scene->mRootNode;
+    if (root == NULL) {
+        std::cout << "--error: no model inside the loaded scene" << std::endl;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+
+    int ret = this->load_node(scene, root);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        std::cout << "-error: failed loading node tree" << std::endl;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "--log: successfully loaded model (" << filename << ")" << std::endl;
 
     this->vbh = bgfx::createVertexBuffer(bgfx::makeRef(
-                this->quad_data.vertices.data(),
-                this->quad_data.vertices.size()*sizeof(VertexData)), 
-            this->quad_data.layout);
+                this->vertices.data(),
+                this->vertices.size()*sizeof(float)), 
+            this->layout);
+
     this->ibh = bgfx::createIndexBuffer(bgfx::makeRef(
-                this->quad_data.indices.data(),
-                this->quad_data.indices.size()*sizeof(uint16_t))
+                this->indices.data(),
+                this->indices.size()*sizeof(uint16_t))
             );
 
-    this->texture = load_texture(texture);
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/eo.cpp b/src/eo.cpp
index c296582..a550893 100644
--- a/src/eo.cpp
+++ b/src/eo.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <engine.hpp>
 #include <engine/animation.hpp>
 #include <chrono>
-#include <ratio>
 
 #define GET_MS \
     std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>( \
@@ -15,21 +14,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     Engine engine;
     
     int ret = engine.Init();
+    std::cout << "ret " << ret << std::endl;
     if (ret < 0) {
         ERROR("failed initializing engine");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    Animation idle_animation(&engine, "textures/idle.dds", 32, 32, 4, 0.2f);
-    Animation run_animation(&engine, "textures/run.dds", 32, 32, 8, 0.2f);
-    Animation* active_animation;
+    EngineObject obj;
+    obj.load_model("models/cube.obj");
+    obj.position.z = -30.0f;
 
-    EngineObject* character = new EngineObject("textures/knight.dds");
-    character->scale.x = 2.5f;
-    character->scale.y = 2.5f;
-    engine.Instantiate(character);
-
-    engine.Start();
+    engine.Instantiate(&obj);
 
     std::chrono::milliseconds ms = GET_MS;
     int delta_time = 0; 
@@ -37,19 +32,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(engine.main_window)) {
         glfwPollEvents();
 
-        unsigned int input = engine.GetInput();
-        active_animation = input > 0 ? &run_animation : &idle_animation;
-        active_animation->Cycle(time, character);
+        obj.rotation.y += 0.01f;
+        obj.rotation.z -= 0.01f;
+        obj.rotation.z += 0.02f;
 
         std::chrono::milliseconds tmp = GET_MS;
         delta_time = tmp.count() - ms.count();
         time += delta_time;
         ms = tmp;
+
         engine.Update();
     }
     engine.Shutdown();
 
-    delete(character);
-
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/thirdparty/assimp.cmake b/thirdparty/assimp.cmake
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..2aac984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/assimp.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2aac984fa3e2459fcca18d5b8f88e648170ee694
diff --git a/thirdparty/bgfx.cmake b/thirdparty/bgfx.cmake
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..06144dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/bgfx.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 06144dcb9b8924c096966432d7702e3d66f7721a
diff --git a/thirdparty/glfw.cmake b/thirdparty/glfw.cmake
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..e7ea71b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/glfw.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e7ea71be039836da3a98cea55ae5569cb5eb885c
diff --git a/thirdparty/glm.cmake b/thirdparty/glm.cmake
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..dca3802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/glm.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dca38025fba63bb9284023e6de55f756b9e37cec
diff --git a/thirdparty/imgui.cmake b/thirdparty/imgui.cmake
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..21a8fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/imgui.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 21a8fa1d0f46f100c142dace636bae85699e5aeb
diff --git a/tools/shaderc b/tools/shaderc
index 0c1551e..e69f992 100755
Binary files a/tools/shaderc and b/tools/shaderc differ
diff --git a/tools/texturec b/tools/texturec
index 54cba0a..013bd1c 100755
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