diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 562ac6d..a7354d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tracy_build:
 	meson compile -j 10 -C builddir
 
 test: build
-	./builddir/runtests
+	./builddir/runtests "[animation]"
 
 run: build test
 	powershell "cp ./builddir/zedcaster.exe ."
diff --git a/animation.cpp b/animation.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e5856d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/animation.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#include "animation.hpp"
+
+namespace components {
+  void Animation::play() {
+    if(!playing) {
+      current = 0;
+      subframe = 0.0f;
+      playing = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  float Animation::twitching() {
+    switch(easing) {
+      case ease::NONE:
+        return 0.0;
+      case ease::SINE:
+        return ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate);
+      case ease::OUT_CIRC:
+        return ease::out_circ(ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate));
+      case ease::OUT_BOUNCE:
+        return ease::out_bounce(ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate));
+      case ease::IN_OUT_BACK:
+        return ease::in_out_back(ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate));
+      default:
+        dbc::sentinel(
+            fmt::format("Invalid easing {} given to animation",
+              int(easing)));
+    }
+  }
+
+  void Animation::step(sf::Vector2f& scale_out, sf::Vector2f& pos_out, sf::IntRect& rect_out) {
+    if(playing && current < frames) {
+      float tick = twitching();
+      scale_out.x = std::lerp(scale_out.x, scale_out.x + scale, tick);
+      scale_out.y = std::lerp(scale_out.y, scale_out.y + scale, tick);
+
+      if(stationary) {
+        pos_out.y = pos_out.y - (pos_out.y * scale_out.y - pos_out.y);
+      }
+
+      if(!simple) {
+        rect_out.position.x += current * frame_width;
+      }
+
+      subframe += speed;
+      current = int(subframe);
+    } else if(!looped) {
+      playing = false;
+      current = frames - 1;
+      subframe = float(frames - 1);
+
+      if(!simple) {
+        rect_out.position.x += current * frame_width;
+      }
+    } else {
+      playing = false;
+      current = 0;
+      subframe = 0.0f;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+namespace animation {
+  using namespace components;
+  using namespace textures;
+
+  static AnimationManager MGR;
+  static bool initialized = false;
+
+  bool apply(Animation& anim, SpriteTexture& target) {
+    auto size = target.texture->getSize();
+    anim.frame_width = int(size.x) / (unsigned int)anim.frames;
+    sf::IntRect rect{{0,0}, {anim.frame_width, int(size.y)}};
+    sf::Vector2f scale{1.0, 1.0};
+    sf::Vector2f pos{0, 0};
+
+    anim.step(scale, pos, rect);
+
+    target.sprite->setTextureRect(rect);
+    target.sprite->setPosition(pos);
+    target.sprite->setScale(scale);
+
+    return anim.playing;
+  }
+
+  void init() {
+    if(!initialized) {
+      Config config("assets/animations.json");
+
+      for(auto& [name, data] : config.json().items()) {
+        auto anim = components::convert<Animation>(data);
+        MGR.animations.insert_or_assign(name, anim);
+      }
+
+      initialized = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  Animation load(std::string name) {
+    return MGR.animations.at(name);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/animation.hpp b/animation.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44bac0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/animation.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "components.hpp"
+#include "textures.hpp"
+#include "easings.hpp"
+
+namespace animation {
+  struct AnimationManager {
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, components::Animation> animations;
+  };
+
+  bool apply(components::Animation& anim, textures::SpriteTexture& target);
+  void init();
+  components::Animation load(std::string name);
+}
diff --git a/assets/animations.json b/assets/animations.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfcb8b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/animations.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "ritual_blanket": {
+    "_type": "Animation",
+    "easing": 0,
+    "ease_rate": 0.5,
+    "scale": 1.0,
+    "simple": false,
+    "frames": 3,
+    "speed": 0.2,
+    "stationary": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/assets/config.json b/assets/config.json
index 8ae40f8..573cc22 100644
--- a/assets/config.json
+++ b/assets/config.json
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
     "devils_fingers_stage": "assets/devils_fingers_stage.png",
     "tunnel_with_rocks": "assets/tunnel_with_rocks.png",
     "tunnel_with_rocks_stage": "assets/tunnel_with_rocks_stage.png",
-    "ritual_crafting_area": "assets/ritual_crafting_area.png"
+    "ritual_crafting_area": "assets/ritual_crafting_area.png",
+    "the_ritual_circle": "assets/the_ritual_circle.png"
   },
   "worldgen": {
     "enemy_probability": 50,
diff --git a/assets/the_ritual_circle.png b/assets/the_ritual_circle.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f6d447
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/the_ritual_circle.png differ
diff --git a/boss_fight_ui.cpp b/boss_fight_ui.cpp
index e2b0f2e..23d89f6 100644
--- a/boss_fight_ui.cpp
+++ b/boss_fight_ui.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace gui {
   void BossFightUI::configure_sprite() {
     $sprite_config = $world->get<components::Sprite>($boss_id);
     $animation = $world->get<components::Animation>($boss_id);
-    $animation.texture_width = $sprite_config.width;
+    $animation.frame_width = $sprite_config.width;
 
     $boss_image = textures::get($sprite_config.name);
     sf::IntRect frame_rect{{0,0},{$sprite_config.width,$sprite_config.height}};
diff --git a/components.cpp b/components.cpp
index 8898df0..65c84fe 100644
--- a/components.cpp
+++ b/components.cpp
@@ -28,62 +28,4 @@ namespace components {
     components::enroll<Animation>(component_map);
     components::enroll<Sound>(component_map);
   }
-
-  void Animation::play() {
-    if(!playing) {
-      current = 0;
-      subframe = 0.0f;
-      playing = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  float Animation::twitching() {
-    switch(easing) {
-      case ease::NONE:
-        return 0.0;
-      case ease::SINE:
-        return ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate);
-      case ease::OUT_CIRC:
-        return ease::out_circ(ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate));
-      case ease::OUT_BOUNCE:
-        return ease::out_bounce(ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate));
-      case ease::IN_OUT_BACK:
-        return ease::in_out_back(ease::sine(float(frames) / subframe * ease_rate));
-      default:
-        dbc::sentinel(
-            fmt::format("Invalid easing {} given to animation",
-              int(easing)));
-    }
-  }
-
-  void Animation::step(sf::Vector2f& scale_out, sf::Vector2f& pos_out, sf::IntRect& rect_out) {
-    if(playing && current < frames) {
-      float tick = twitching();
-      scale_out.x = std::lerp(scale_out.x, scale_out.x + scale, tick);
-      scale_out.y = std::lerp(scale_out.y, scale_out.y + scale, tick);
-
-      if(stationary) {
-        pos_out.y = pos_out.y - (pos_out.y * scale_out.y - pos_out.y);
-      }
-
-      if(!simple) {
-        rect_out.position.x += current * texture_width;
-      }
-
-      subframe += speed;
-      current = int(subframe);
-    } else if(!looped) {
-      playing = false;
-      current = frames - 1;
-      subframe = float(frames - 1);
-
-      if(!simple) {
-        rect_out.position.x += current * texture_width;
-      }
-    } else {
-      playing = false;
-      current = 0;
-      subframe = 0.0f;
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/components.hpp b/components.hpp
index e68b3d5..23341c0 100644
--- a/components.hpp
+++ b/components.hpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace components {
     float subframe = 0.0f;
     bool looped = false;
     // BUG: this is weirdly not used in most animations but also named wrong should be frame_width
-    int texture_width = TEXTURE_WIDTH;
+    int frame_width = TEXTURE_WIDTH;
 
     void play();
     float twitching();
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index bbb2867..f1f434f 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "sound.hpp"
 #include "autowalker.hpp"
 #include "ai.hpp"
+#include "animation.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     textures::init();
     sound::init();
     ai::init("assets/ai.json");
+    animation::init();
+
+
     sound::mute(true);
     gui::FSM main;
     main.event(gui::Event::STARTED);
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 54c00da..86af5aa 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ dependencies += [
 sources = [
   'ai.cpp',
   'ai_debug.cpp',
+  'animation.cpp',
+  'animation.cpp',
   'autowalker.cpp',
   'boss_fight_ui.cpp',
   'camera.cpp',
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ executable('runtests', sources + [
   'tests/rituals.cpp',
   'tests/sound.cpp',
   'tests/spatialmap.cpp',
+  'tests/animation.cpp',
   'tests/stats.cpp',
   'tests/textures.cpp',
   'tests/tilemap.cpp',
diff --git a/ritual_ui.cpp b/ritual_ui.cpp
index 565ad33..e8d0e20 100644
--- a/ritual_ui.cpp
+++ b/ritual_ui.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "components.hpp"
 #include "guecs.hpp"
 #include "rand.hpp"
+#include "animation.hpp"
 
 namespace gui {
   using namespace guecs;
@@ -13,12 +14,12 @@ namespace gui {
     $gui.position(STATUS_UI_X, STATUS_UI_Y, STATUS_UI_WIDTH, STATUS_UI_HEIGHT);
     $gui.layout(
         "[_]"
-        "[inv_slot5 | inv_slot6 | inv_slot7| inv_slot8]"
         "[inv_slot9 | inv_slot10 | inv_slot11| inv_slot12]"
         "[inv_slot13 | inv_slot14 | inv_slot15| inv_slot16]"
         "[inv_slot17 | inv_slot18 | inv_slot19| inv_slot20]"
         "[inv_slot21 | inv_slot22 | inv_slot23| inv_slot24]"
-        "[*%(100,500)circle_area]"
+        "[*%(100,600)circle_area]"
+        "[_]"
         "[_]"
         "[_]"
         "[_]"
@@ -27,17 +28,17 @@ namespace gui {
   }
 
   void RitualUI::init() {
-    // $gui.world().set_the<Background>({$gui.$parser});
-
     for(auto& [name, cell] : $gui.cells()) {
       auto button = $gui.entity(name);
 
       if(name == "circle_area") {
         // $gui.set<Rectangle>(button, {});
+        $gui.set<Sprite>(button, {"the_ritual_circle"});
         $gui.set<Clickable>(button, {
             [this](auto, auto){ dbc::log("circle clicked"); }
         });
       } else if(name.starts_with("inv_slot")) {
+        $gui.set<Sprite>(button, {"the_ritual_circle"});
         // $gui.set<Rectangle>(button, {});
         $gui.set<Clickable>(button, {
             [this, name](auto, auto){ dbc::log(fmt::format("inv_slot {}", name)); }
@@ -53,13 +54,7 @@ namespace gui {
     $ritual_ui.sprite->setPosition({0,0});
     $ritual_ui.sprite->setTextureRect($ritual_closed_rect);
     $ritual_state = RitualUIState::CLOSED;
-    $ritual_anim.simple = false;
-    $ritual_anim.looped = false;
-    $ritual_anim.easing = ease::NONE;
-    $ritual_anim.stationary = true;
-    $ritual_anim.texture_width = 380;
-    $ritual_anim.frames = 3;
-    $ritual_anim.speed = 0.2f;
+    $ritual_anim = animation::load("ritual_blanket");
 
     $gui.init();
   }
@@ -75,20 +70,11 @@ namespace gui {
   void RitualUI::toggle() {
     using enum RitualUIState;
 
-    switch($ritual_state) {
-      case OPEN:
-        $ritual_state = CLOSING;
-        break;
-      case CLOSED:
-        $ritual_state = OPENING;
-        $ritual_anim.play();
-        break;
-      case OPENING: // ignored
-        break;
-      case CLOSING: // ignored
-        break;
-      default:
-        dbc::sentinel("INVALID RitualUIState");
+    if($ritual_state == OPEN) {
+      $ritual_state = CLOSING;
+    } else if($ritual_state == CLOSED) {
+      $ritual_state = OPENING;
+      $ritual_anim.play();
     }
   }
 
@@ -98,40 +84,16 @@ namespace gui {
   }
 
   void RitualUI::render(sf::RenderWindow &window) {
-    sf::IntRect rect;
-    sf::Vector2f scale{1.0, 1.0};
-    sf::Vector2f pos{0, 0};
-
     using enum RitualUIState;
-    switch($ritual_state) {
-      case OPEN: {
-          rect = $ritual_open_rect;
-        } break;
-      case CLOSED: {
-          rect = $ritual_closed_rect;
-        }
-        break;
-      case OPENING: {
-          if($ritual_anim.playing) {
-            rect = $ritual_closed_rect;
-            $ritual_anim.step(scale, pos, rect);
-          } else {
-            $ritual_state = OPEN;
-            rect = $ritual_open_rect;
-          }
-        }
-        break;
-      case CLOSING: {
-          rect = $ritual_closed_rect;
-          $ritual_state = CLOSED;
-        } break;
-      default:
-        dbc::sentinel("INVALID RitualUIState");
-    }
 
-    $ritual_ui.sprite->setTextureRect(rect);
-    $ritual_ui.sprite->setPosition(pos);
-    $ritual_ui.sprite->setScale(scale);
+    if($ritual_state == OPENING) {
+      if(!animation::apply($ritual_anim, $ritual_ui)) {
+        $ritual_state = OPEN;
+      }
+    } else if($ritual_state == CLOSING) {
+      $ritual_ui.sprite->setTextureRect($ritual_closed_rect);
+      $ritual_state = CLOSED;
+    }
 
     window.draw(*$ritual_ui.sprite);
     if($ritual_state == OPEN) $gui.render(window);
diff --git a/tests/animation.cpp b/tests/animation.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3fc991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/animation.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+#include "animation.hpp"
+#include "dinkyecs.hpp"
+#include "config.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace components;
+using namespace textures;
+
+TEST_CASE("animation easing tests", "[animation]") {
+  Animation anim;
+
+  anim.easing = ease::NONE;
+  float res = anim.twitching();
+  REQUIRE(res == 0.0);
+
+  anim.easing = ease::SINE;
+  anim.subframe = 1.0f;
+  res = anim.twitching();
+  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
+
+  anim.easing = ease::OUT_CIRC;
+  res = anim.twitching();
+  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
+
+  anim.easing = ease::OUT_BOUNCE;
+  res = anim.twitching();
+  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
+
+  anim.easing = ease::IN_OUT_BACK;
+  res = anim.twitching();
+  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
+
+  anim.easing = ease::FUCKFACE;
+  bool throws = false;
+  try { anim.twitching(); } catch(...) { throws = true; }
+  REQUIRE(throws);
+}
+
+
+TEST_CASE("animation utility API", "[animation]") {
+  textures::init();
+  animation::init();
+
+  auto blanket = textures::get("ritual_crafting_area");
+  auto anim = animation::load("ritual_blanket");
+
+  anim.play();
+
+  while(animation::apply(anim, blanket)) {
+    fmt::println("animation: {}", anim.subframe);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/components.cpp b/tests/components.cpp
index 5f95c23..bdca7e2 100644
--- a/tests/components.cpp
+++ b/tests/components.cpp
@@ -60,34 +60,3 @@ TEST_CASE("make sure json_mods works", "[components]") {
   auto boss2 = world.get<BossFight>(devils_fingers);
   REQUIRE(boss2.stage != std::nullopt);
 }
-
-
-TEST_CASE("animation component special cases", "[components]") {
-  Animation anim;
-
-  anim.easing = ease::NONE;
-  float res = anim.twitching();
-  REQUIRE(res == 0.0);
-
-  anim.easing = ease::SINE;
-  anim.subframe = 1.0f;
-  res = anim.twitching();
-  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
-
-  anim.easing = ease::OUT_CIRC;
-  res = anim.twitching();
-  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
-
-  anim.easing = ease::OUT_BOUNCE;
-  res = anim.twitching();
-  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
-
-  anim.easing = ease::IN_OUT_BACK;
-  res = anim.twitching();
-  REQUIRE(!std::isnan(res));
-
-  anim.easing = ease::FUCKFACE;
-  bool throws = false;
-  try { anim.twitching(); } catch(...) { throws = true; }
-  REQUIRE(throws);
-}