diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 33cac12..d25968b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 #include "audio/mixdata.hpp"
 #include "audio/mixer.hpp"
 
+#include "graphics/vao.hpp"
+#include "graphics/vbo.hpp"
+#include "graphics/shader.hpp"
+#include "graphics/shader_program.hpp"
+
 //	0 | 1 | 2
 //	---------
 //	3 | 4 | 5
@@ -142,24 +147,77 @@ void gay_thread(audio::mixer& m, std::atomic_bool& should_gay_thread_stop){
 	}
 }
 
+graphics::shader_program create_example_shader(){
+	static constexpr const char vertex_source[] = "#version 330 core\n"
+	                                              "layout (location = 0) in vec3 aPos;"
+	                                              "void main(){"
+	                                                  "gl_Position = vec4(aPos.x, aPos.y, aPos.z, 1.0);"
+	                                              "}";
+	static constexpr const char fragment_source[] = "#version 330 core\n"
+	                                                 "out vec4 FragColor;"
+	                                                 "void main(){"
+	                                                     "FragColor = vec4(0.0, 0.5, 0.6, 1.0);"
+	                                                 "}";
+	graphics::shader_program prog;
+	graphics::shader vert(vertex_source, graphics::shader::type::VERTEX);
+	graphics::shader frag(fragment_source, graphics::shader::type::FRAGMENT);
+	bool error = false;
+	if(vert.has_compile_error()){
+		debug_print("%s\n", vert.get_error().c_str());
+		error = true;
+	}
+	if(frag.has_compile_error()){
+		debug_print("%s\n", frag.get_error().c_str());
+		error = true;
+	}
+	if(error)
+		return prog;
+	prog.attach_shaders(vert, frag);
+	prog.link();
+	if(prog.has_link_error()){
+		debug_print("%s\n", prog.get_error().c_str());
+	}
+	return prog;
+}
+
 int main(){
 	srand(time(NULL));
-	audio::mixer mix(audio::mixer::mode::STEREO, 1, 44100);
 	game_state gs = {};
 
 	manager.init(640, 480, "Tic-Tac-Gugh");
 	manager.handle_window_close_event(handle_window_close);
 	manager.handle_keypress_event(handle_input_events);
 
-	std::atomic_bool should_gay_thread_stop = false;
-	std::thread t(gay_thread, std::ref(mix), std::ref(should_gay_thread_stop));
+	static constexpr float vertices[] = {
+		-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f,
+		 0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f,
+		 0.0f,  0.5f, 0.0f
+	};
 
-	while(running)
+	//create our gl objects
+	graphics::vbo vbo(sizeof(vertices), graphics::vbo::usage::STATIC_DRAW);
+	graphics::shader_program prog = create_example_shader();
+	graphics::vao vao;
+
+	//put the vertex data in the gl state
+	vbo.buffer(vertices, sizeof(vertices));
+
+	//tell gl how to interpret the data in the vbo
+	vao.bind();
+	vbo.bind(graphics::buffer::array);
+	auto attrib = vao.get_attribute(0);
+	attrib.set_float_pointer(3, 3, 0);
+	attrib.enable_array_mode();
+
+	while(running){
+		//render using program 'prog' with data from 'vao'
+		prog.use();
+		vao.bind();
+		glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
 		manager.update();
+	}
 
-	should_gay_thread_stop = true;
 	while(exists_empty_tile(gs) && gs.turn != -1){
 		game_turn(gs, get_player_input());
 	}
-	t.join();
 }