diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e4f447e..af4121c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ project(rla_iipp)  # Defines the project name.
 include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)  # Includes the contents of the conanbuildinfo.cmake file.
 conan_basic_setup()  # Prepares the CMakeList.txt for Conan.
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20) # c++ 20
+
 # $source_files is a space-delimited list of filenames.
-add_executable(rla_iipp src/main.cpp src/engine/engine.hpp src/engine/game/game.hpp src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp src/game/visualizer.hpp src/game/visualizer.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp src/engine/engine.cpp src/engine/engine.hpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp)  # Specifies the executable to build.
+add_executable(rla_iipp src/main.cpp src/engine/engine.hpp src/engine/game/game.hpp src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp src/game/visualizer.hpp src/game/visualizer.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp src/engine/engine.cpp src/engine/engine.hpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp src/engine/resources/resourcemanager.hpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.cpp src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.hpp)  # Specifies the executable to build.
 target_link_libraries(rla_iipp ${CONAN_LIBS})  # Specifies what libraries to link, using Conan.
 file(COPY assets DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/fonts/Consolas-Regular.ttf b/assets/fonts/Consolas-Regular.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd4980c
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/fonts/Consolas-Regular.ttf differ
diff --git a/assets/fonts/lazy.ttf b/assets/fonts/lazy.ttf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eb1000b
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/fonts/lazy.ttf differ
diff --git a/assets/sprites/character.bmp b/assets/sprites/character.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35b9c6a
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/sprites/character.bmp differ
diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
index 00c6c16..bdee208 100644
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 sdl/2.0.16
 sdl_ttf/2.0.15
 sdl_image/2.0.5
-lua/5.4.3
+fmt/8.0.1
 [generators]
 cmake
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/engine/engine.cpp b/src/engine/engine.cpp
index 5769cfd..7557117 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.cpp
@@ -6,17 +6,16 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
-#include <lua.hpp>
+#include <exception>
+
 using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 void Engine::start_loop() {
     const auto one_second_milli = std::chrono::milliseconds(1s);
     if(game == nullptr) {
-        printf("game is null\n");
-        return;
+        throw MissingGameException();
     }
     if(renderer == nullptr) {
-        printf("renderer is null\n");
-        return;
+        throw MissingRendererException();
     }
     RendererParams renderParams = game->get_renderer_params();
     renderer->initialize(renderParams);
@@ -49,10 +48,18 @@ Engine::render_fps(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> end,
     double frames = 1;
     std::chrono::duration<double> dur = end - lastframe;
     if(SHOW_FPS) {
-        printf("fps: %f\n", frames/dur.count());
+        //printf("fps: %f\n", frames/dur.count());
+        this->renderer->draw_text(DEFAULT_FONT, fmt::format("{:.2f}", frames/dur.count()), 0, 0);
     }
     return end;
 }
 
 Engine::~Engine() = default;
 
+const char *MissingGameException::what() const noexcept {
+    return MISSING_GAME.c_str();
+}
+
+const char *MissingRendererException::what() const noexcept {
+    return MISSING_RENDERER.c_str();
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/engine.hpp b/src/engine/engine.hpp
index df87efa..1aca33d 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.hpp
@@ -4,12 +4,21 @@
 
 #ifndef RLA_IIPP_ENGINE_HPP
 #define RLA_IIPP_ENGINE_HPP
+#define FMT_HEADER_ONLY
 #include <memory>
 #include <chrono>
 #include "game/game.hpp"
+#include <fmt/format.h>
 #include "rendering/renderer.hpp"
+static const std::string MISSING_GAME = "Game pointer is null";
+static const std::string MISSING_RENDERER = "Renderer pointer is null";
 static const bool SHOW_FPS = true;
 static const std::string RESOURCE_DIR = "assets";
+static const TextRenderDetails DEFAULT_FONT = TextRenderDetails(
+        "fonts/Consolas-Regular.ttf",
+        12,
+        COLOR_WHITE
+        );
 class Engine {
 public:
     Engine(std::unique_ptr<Game> game, std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer);
@@ -23,5 +32,15 @@ private:
     std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer = nullptr;
 };
 
+class MissingGameException : public std::exception {
+public:
+    const char *what() const _GLIBCXX_TXN_SAFE_DYN _GLIBCXX_NOTHROW override;
+};
+
+class MissingRendererException : public std::exception {
+public:
+    const char *what() const _GLIBCXX_TXN_SAFE_DYN _GLIBCXX_NOTHROW override;
+};
+
 
 #endif //RLA_IIPP_ENGINE_HPP
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
index c10b35d..85aa035 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 #ifndef RLA_IIPP_RENDERER_HPP
 #define RLA_IIPP_RENDERER_HPP
 #include <string>
+#include <memory>
+
+struct SpriteSheet {
+    std::string path;
+    int sprite_width;
+    int sprite_height;
+};
+
+struct Sprite {
+    SpriteSheet *sprite_sheet;
+    int index;
+};
 
 struct Color {
 public:
@@ -15,11 +27,22 @@ public:
 
     Color(unsigned char r, unsigned char g, unsigned char b, unsigned char a) : r(r), g(g), b(b), a(a) {}
 };
+#define COLOR_BLACK Color(0, 0, 0, 255)
+#define COLOR_WHITE Color(255, 255, 255, 255)
+
+struct TextRenderDetails {
+    std::string font_path;
+    int size;
+    Color color;
+
+    TextRenderDetails(const std::string &fontPath, int size, const Color &color) : font_path(
+            fontPath), size(size), color(color) {}
+};
 
 struct RendererParams {
     std::string title;
-    unsigned int width;
-    unsigned int height;
+    int width;
+    int height;
 };
 
 class Renderer {
@@ -27,7 +50,8 @@ public:
     virtual void initialize(RendererParams params)=0;
     virtual void flush() = 0;
     virtual void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) = 0;
-    virtual void draw_text(std::string text,int x, int y)=0;
+    virtual void draw_text(TextRenderDetails details, std::string text,int x, int y)=0;
+    virtual void draw_sprite(Sprite sprite, int x, int y)=0;
 };
 
 #endif //RLA_IIPP_RENDERER_HPP
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.cpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72a8192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//
+// Created by m on 12/5/21.
+//
+
+#include "sdlfontmanager.hpp"
+
+std::string SdlFontManager::get_key(SdlFontArgs args) {
+    return fmt::format("{}_{}", args.size, get_resource_path(args.font_path));
+}
+
+TTF_Font *SdlFontManager::load_resource(SdlFontArgs args) {
+    std::string path = get_resource_path(args.font_path);
+    TTF_Font *font = TTF_OpenFont(path.c_str(), args.size);
+    if(font == nullptr) {
+        printf("Could not load font: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    return font;
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b222310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//
+// Created by m on 12/5/21.
+//
+
+#ifndef RLA_IIPP_SDLFONTMANAGER_HPP
+#define RLA_IIPP_SDLFONTMANAGER_HPP
+
+
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <SDL_ttf.h>
+#include "../../resources/resourcemanager.hpp"
+
+struct SdlFontArgs {
+    int size;
+    std::string font_path;
+
+    SdlFontArgs(int size, std::string fontPath) : size(size), font_path(std::move(fontPath)) {}
+};
+
+class SdlFontManager : public ResourceManager<TTF_Font, std::string, SdlFontArgs> {
+    std::string get_key(SdlFontArgs args) override;
+
+    TTF_Font *load_resource(SdlFontArgs args) override;
+};
+
+
+#endif //RLA_IIPP_SDLFONTMANAGER_HPP
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
index c33daa1..47c18c5 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ void SdlRenderer::initialize(RendererParams params) {
     }
     auto img_flags = IMG_INIT_PNG;
     if(!(IMG_Init(img_flags) & img_flags)) {
-        printf("Failed to init image loading: %s", IMG_GetError());
+        printf("Failed to init image loading: %s\n", IMG_GetError());
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    if(TTF_Init() < 0) {
+        printf("Failed to initialize font loading: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     SDL_Window* sdl_window = SDL_CreateWindow(params.title.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, params.width, params.height, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
@@ -24,7 +28,9 @@ void SdlRenderer::initialize(RendererParams params) {
         SDL_Renderer* sdl_renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(this->window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC);
         this->renderer = sdl_renderer;
 
-        this->texture_manager = std::make_unique<SdlTextureManager>();
+        this->texture_manager = std::make_unique<SdlTextureManager>(this->renderer);
+        this->font_manager = std::make_unique<SdlFontManager>();
+        this->renderer_params = params;
 
         SDL_RenderClear(this->renderer);
     }
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ void SdlRenderer::initialize(RendererParams params) {
 
 void SdlRenderer::flush() {
     SDL_RenderPresent(this->renderer);
-    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(this->renderer, 0, 0, 0, 255);
+    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(this->renderer, COLOR_BLACK.r, COLOR_BLACK.g, COLOR_BLACK.b, COLOR_BLACK.a);
     SDL_RenderClear(this->renderer);
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +47,10 @@ void SdlRenderer::draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) {
     SDL_RenderDrawPoint(this->renderer, x, y);
 }
 
-void SdlRenderer::draw_text(std::string text, int x, int y) {
-
+void SdlRenderer::draw_text(TextRenderDetails details, std::string text, int x, int y) {
+    TTF_Font *font = this->font_manager->fetch_resource(SdlFontArgs(details.size, details.font_path));
+    SDL_Texture *texture = this->texture_manager->load_text_as_texture(text, font, details.color);
+    render_texture(x, y, texture, nullptr);
 }
 
 SdlRenderer::~SdlRenderer() {
@@ -54,5 +62,37 @@ SdlRenderer::~SdlRenderer() {
 
     // exit subsystems
     IMG_Quit();
+    TTF_Quit();
     SDL_Quit();
 }
+
+void SdlRenderer::render_texture(int x, int y, SDL_Texture *texture, SDL_Rect *src) {
+    int w, h;
+    if(src == nullptr) {
+        SDL_QueryTexture(texture, nullptr, nullptr, &w, &h);
+    }
+    else {
+        w = src->w;
+        h = src->h;
+    }
+    if(x+w >= renderer_params.width) {
+        x = renderer_params.width - w;
+    }
+    if(y+h >= renderer_params.height) {
+        y = renderer_params.height - h;
+    }
+    SDL_Rect rect = {x,y,w,h};
+    SDL_RenderCopy(this->renderer, texture, src, &rect);
+}
+
+void SdlRenderer::draw_sprite(Sprite sprite, int x, int y) {
+    SpriteSheet *sprite_sheet = sprite.sprite_sheet;
+    SDL_Texture *texture = this->texture_manager->fetch_resource(sprite_sheet->path);
+    int w, h;
+    SDL_QueryTexture(texture, nullptr, nullptr, &w, &h);
+    int l = (sprite_sheet->sprite_width * sprite.index) / w;
+    int src_y = l*sprite_sheet->sprite_height;
+    int src_x = (sprite_sheet->sprite_width * sprite.index) % w;
+    auto source = SDL_Rect{src_x, src_y, sprite_sheet->sprite_width, sprite_sheet->sprite_height};
+    render_texture(x, y, texture, &source);
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
index 409efc3..7347b0a 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
@@ -6,27 +6,29 @@
 #define RLA_IIPP_SDLRENDERER_HPP
 #include "../renderer.hpp"
 #include "sdltexturemanager.hpp"
+#include "sdlfontmanager.hpp"
 #include <SDL.h>
 #include <SDL_ttf.h>
 #include <SDL_image.h>
 
 class SdlRenderer : public Renderer {
-    void initialize(RendererParams params) override;
-
-    void flush() override;
-
-    void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) override;
-
 public:
     ~SdlRenderer();
+    void draw_text(TextRenderDetails details, std::string text, int x, int y) override;
+    void initialize(RendererParams params) override;
+    void flush() override;
+    void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) override;
 
-public:
-    void draw_text(std::string text, int x, int y) override;
+    void draw_sprite(Sprite sprite, int x, int y) override;
 
 private:
+    RendererParams renderer_params;
     SDL_Window* window = nullptr;
     SDL_Renderer* renderer = nullptr;
     std::unique_ptr<SdlTextureManager> texture_manager = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<SdlFontManager> font_manager = nullptr;
+
+    void render_texture(int x, int y, SDL_Texture *texture, SDL_Rect *src);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp
index 0eff93b..66fe717 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp
@@ -4,27 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "sdltexturemanager.hpp"
 
-SdlTextureManager::SdlTextureManager() {
-    this->texture_map = std::unordered_map<std::string, SDL_Texture*>();
-}
-
-SDL_Texture *SdlTextureManager::load_texture(const std::string &path, SDL_Renderer *renderer) {
-    std::string full_path = RESOURCE_DIR + "/" + path;
-    if(this->texture_map.find(full_path) == this->texture_map.end()) {
-        SDL_Surface* surface = load_surface(full_path);
-        if(surface == nullptr) {
-            return nullptr;
-        }
-        SDL_Texture* texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer, surface);
-        if(texture == nullptr) {
-            printf("failed ot load image into texture: %s\n", IMG_GetError());
-        }
-        this->texture_map[path] = texture;
-        SDL_FreeSurface(surface);
-    }
-    return this->texture_map[path];
-}
-
 SDL_Surface *SdlTextureManager::load_surface(const std::string& path) {
     SDL_Surface* surface = IMG_Load(path.c_str());
     if(surface == nullptr) {
@@ -34,7 +13,32 @@ SDL_Surface *SdlTextureManager::load_surface(const std::string& path) {
 }
 
 SdlTextureManager::~SdlTextureManager() {
-    std::for_each(this->texture_map.begin(), this->texture_map.end(), [](const std::pair<std::string, SDL_Texture *>& pair) {
+    std::for_each(this->resource_map.begin(), this->resource_map.end(), [](const std::pair<std::string, SDL_Texture *>& pair) {
         SDL_DestroyTexture(pair.second);
     });
 }
+
+SDL_Texture *SdlTextureManager::load_resource(std::string args) {
+    std::string full_path = get_resource_path(args);
+    SDL_Surface* surface = load_surface(full_path);
+    if(surface == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    SDL_Texture* texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer, surface);
+    SDL_FreeSurface(surface);
+    return texture;
+}
+
+std::string SdlTextureManager::get_key(std::string args) {
+    return get_resource_path(args);
+}
+
+SDL_Texture *SdlTextureManager::load_text_as_texture(const std::string& text, TTF_Font *font, Color color) {
+    SDL_Surface *surface = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font, text.c_str(), {color.r, color.g, color.b});
+    if(surface == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    SDL_Texture *texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(this->renderer, surface);
+    SDL_FreeSurface(surface);
+    return texture;
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp
index 6134de2..3e3ae50 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp
@@ -8,18 +8,24 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "../../engine.hpp"
+#include "../../resources/resourcemanager.hpp"
 #include <SDL_image.h>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <SDL_ttf.h>
+
+class SdlTextureManager : public ResourceManager<SDL_Texture, std::string, std::string> {
+protected:
+    SDL_Texture *load_resource(std::string args) override;
+    std::string get_key(std::string args) override;
 
-class SdlTextureManager {
 public:
-    SDL_Texture *load_texture(const std::string &path, SDL_Renderer *renderer);
-    SdlTextureManager();
+    explicit SdlTextureManager(SDL_Renderer *renderer) : renderer(renderer) {}
+    SDL_Texture *load_text_as_texture(const std::string& text, TTF_Font *font, Color color);
+    ~SdlTextureManager();
 
-    virtual ~SdlTextureManager();
 
 private:
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, SDL_Texture*> texture_map;
+    SDL_Renderer *renderer = nullptr;
     static SDL_Surface* load_surface(const std::string& path);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/engine/resources/resourcemanager.hpp b/src/engine/resources/resourcemanager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1527af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/resources/resourcemanager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//
+// Created by m on 12/4/21.
+//
+
+#ifndef RLA_IIPP_RESOURCEMANAGER_HPP
+#define RLA_IIPP_RESOURCEMANAGER_HPP
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include "../engine.hpp"
+
+template<typename T, typename K, typename A>
+class ResourceManager {
+public:
+    virtual T* fetch_resource(A args) {
+        K key = get_key(args);
+        if(this->resource_map.find(key) == this->resource_map.end()) {
+            T* resource = this->load_resource(args);
+            this->resource_map[key] = resource;
+        }
+        return this->resource_map[key];
+    }
+
+protected:
+    std::unordered_map<K, T*> resource_map;
+    virtual K get_key(A args)=0;
+    virtual T* load_resource(A args)=0;
+    std::string get_resource_path(std::string path) {
+        return fmt::format("{}/{}", RESOURCE_DIR, path);
+    }
+};
+
+
+#endif //RLA_IIPP_RESOURCEMANAGER_HPP
diff --git a/src/game/visualizer.cpp b/src/game/visualizer.cpp
index 9363e7f..6bad2ea 100644
--- a/src/game/visualizer.cpp
+++ b/src/game/visualizer.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 //
 
 #include "visualizer.hpp"
-#define TITLE "test"
-#define WIN_WIDTH 800
-#define WIN_HEIGHT 600
-#define TARGET_FPS 60
 bool Visualizer::update() {
     this->x += 1;
     if(this->x > WIN_WIDTH) {
@@ -25,7 +21,11 @@ unsigned int Visualizer::get_framerate() {
 }
 
 void Visualizer::render(Renderer *renderer) {
-    Color color = Color(255, 255, 255, 255);
+    Color color = COLOR_WHITE;
+    SpriteSheet sheet = SpriteSheet{"sprites/character.bmp", 48, 48};
+    auto sprite = Sprite{&sheet, 1};
+    RendererParams window_params = get_renderer_params();
+    renderer->draw_sprite(sprite, window_params.width/2, window_params.height/2);
     for(int y=0;y<WIN_HEIGHT;y++) {
         renderer->draw_point(this->x, y, color);
     }
diff --git a/src/game/visualizer.hpp b/src/game/visualizer.hpp
index 1d907a2..01d5eeb 100644
--- a/src/game/visualizer.hpp
+++ b/src/game/visualizer.hpp
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 // Created by m on 12/3/21.
 //
 #include "../engine/game/game.hpp"
+#include "../engine/rendering/renderer.hpp"
 #ifndef RLA_IIPP_VISUALIZER_HPP
 #define RLA_IIPP_VISUALIZER_HPP
-
+#define TITLE "test"
+#define WIN_WIDTH 800
+#define WIN_HEIGHT 600
+#define TARGET_FPS 61
 
 class Visualizer : public Game {
 public: