diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c6a0e3..e4f447e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)  # Includes the contents of th
 conan_basic_setup()  # Prepares the CMakeList.txt for Conan.
 
 # $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)  # 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)  # 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/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
index cdca3ed..00c6c16 100644
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 [requires]
 sdl/2.0.16
+sdl_ttf/2.0.15
+sdl_image/2.0.5
+lua/5.4.3
 [generators]
 cmake
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/engine/engine.cpp b/src/engine/engine.cpp
index abdc8bb..b164880 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "engine.hpp"
 #include <cstdio>
-#include <memory>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
-#include <SDL.h>
 using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 void Engine::start_loop() {
     const auto one_second_milli = std::chrono::milliseconds(1s);
@@ -55,3 +53,5 @@ Engine::render_fps(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> end,
     return end;
 }
 
+Engine::~Engine() = default;
+
diff --git a/src/engine/engine.hpp b/src/engine/engine.hpp
index c66b12d..df87efa 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.hpp
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@
 #include "game/game.hpp"
 #include "rendering/renderer.hpp"
 static const bool SHOW_FPS = true;
+static const std::string RESOURCE_DIR = "assets";
 class Engine {
 public:
     Engine(std::unique_ptr<Game> game, std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer);
     void start_loop();
     std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> render_fps(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> end, std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> lastframe);
+
+    virtual ~Engine();
+
 private:
-    std::unique_ptr<Game> game;
-    std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer;
+    std::unique_ptr<Game> game = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer = nullptr;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
index 1f493d9..c10b35d 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #ifndef RLA_IIPP_RENDERER_HPP
 #define RLA_IIPP_RENDERER_HPP
+#include <string>
 
 struct Color {
 public:
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 struct RendererParams {
-    char* title;
+    std::string title;
     unsigned int width;
     unsigned int height;
 };
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ 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;
 };
 
 #endif //RLA_IIPP_RENDERER_HPP
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
index 5fc4e3a..d5ec4b3 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
@@ -7,15 +7,25 @@
 void SdlRenderer::initialize(RendererParams params) {
     if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
         printf("SDL vide oinit failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+        return;
     }
-    SDL_Window* sdl_window = SDL_CreateWindow(params.title, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, params.width, params.height, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
+    auto img_flags = IMG_INIT_PNG;
+    if(!(IMG_Init(img_flags) & img_flags)) {
+        printf("Failed to init image loading: %s", IMG_GetError());
+        return;
+    }
+    SDL_Window* sdl_window = SDL_CreateWindow(params.title.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, params.width, params.height, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
     if(sdl_window == nullptr) {
         printf("error making window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+        return;
     }
     else {
         this->window = sdl_window;
         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>();
+
         SDL_RenderClear(this->renderer);
     }
 }
@@ -30,3 +40,19 @@ void SdlRenderer::draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) {
     SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(this->renderer, color.r, color.g, color.b, color.a);
     SDL_RenderDrawPoint(this->renderer, x, y);
 }
+
+void SdlRenderer::draw_text(std::string text, int x, int y) {
+
+}
+
+SdlRenderer::~SdlRenderer() {
+    // destroy components
+    SDL_DestroyRenderer(this->renderer);
+    this->renderer = nullptr;
+    SDL_DestroyWindow(this->window);
+    this->window = nullptr;
+
+    // exit subsystems
+    IMG_Quit();
+    SDL_Quit();
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
index 75d2ce0..409efc3 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 #ifndef RLA_IIPP_SDLRENDERER_HPP
 #define RLA_IIPP_SDLRENDERER_HPP
 #include "../renderer.hpp"
+#include "sdltexturemanager.hpp"
 #include <SDL.h>
+#include <SDL_ttf.h>
+#include <SDL_image.h>
 
 class SdlRenderer : public Renderer {
     void initialize(RendererParams params) override;
@@ -13,9 +16,17 @@ class SdlRenderer : public Renderer {
     void flush() override;
 
     void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) override;
+
+public:
+    ~SdlRenderer();
+
+public:
+    void draw_text(std::string text, int x, int y) override;
+
 private:
     SDL_Window* window = nullptr;
     SDL_Renderer* renderer = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<SdlTextureManager> texture_manager = nullptr;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eff93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//
+// Created by m on 12/3/21.
+//
+
+#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) {
+        printf("failed ot load image: %s\n", IMG_GetError());
+    }
+    return surface;
+}
+
+SdlTextureManager::~SdlTextureManager() {
+    std::for_each(this->texture_map.begin(), this->texture_map.end(), [](const std::pair<std::string, SDL_Texture *>& pair) {
+        SDL_DestroyTexture(pair.second);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6134de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//
+// Created by m on 12/3/21.
+//
+
+#ifndef RLA_IIPP_SDLTEXTUREMANAGER_HPP
+#define RLA_IIPP_SDLTEXTUREMANAGER_HPP
+#include <SDL.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include "../../engine.hpp"
+#include <SDL_image.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+class SdlTextureManager {
+public:
+    SDL_Texture *load_texture(const std::string &path, SDL_Renderer *renderer);
+    SdlTextureManager();
+
+    virtual ~SdlTextureManager();
+
+private:
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, SDL_Texture*> texture_map;
+    static SDL_Surface* load_surface(const std::string& path);
+};
+
+
+#endif //RLA_IIPP_SDLTEXTUREMANAGER_HPP
diff --git a/src/game/visualizer.cpp b/src/game/visualizer.cpp
index 71724ff..9363e7f 100644
--- a/src/game/visualizer.cpp
+++ b/src/game/visualizer.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ bool Visualizer::update() {
 }
 
 RendererParams Visualizer::get_renderer_params() {
-    return {.title =  TITLE, .width =  WIN_WIDTH, .height =  WIN_HEIGHT};
+    return {TITLE, WIN_WIDTH, WIN_HEIGHT};
 }
 
 unsigned int Visualizer::get_framerate() {
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ void Visualizer::render(Renderer *renderer) {
         renderer->draw_point(this->x, y, color);
     }
 }
+
+Visualizer::~Visualizer() = default;
diff --git a/src/game/visualizer.hpp b/src/game/visualizer.hpp
index 46e108a..1d907a2 100644
--- a/src/game/visualizer.hpp
+++ b/src/game/visualizer.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ public:
 
     unsigned int get_framerate() override;
 
+    ~Visualizer();
+
+
 private:
     int x = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6c8ea02..1ba0734 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 #include "game/visualizer.hpp"
 
 int main() {
-    const char* TITLE = "Test";
 
     std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer = std::make_unique<SdlRenderer>();
     std::unique_ptr<Game> game = std::make_unique<Visualizer>();
-    Engine* engine = new Engine(std::move(game), std::move(renderer));
+    auto* engine = new Engine(std::move(game), std::move(renderer));
     engine->start_loop();
 
     return 0;