diff --git a/dinkyecs.hpp b/dinkyecs.hpp
index 1716a9c..399115b 100644
--- a/dinkyecs.hpp
+++ b/dinkyecs.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <queue>
 
-
 namespace DinkyECS {
 
   typedef unsigned long Entity;
diff --git a/gui.cpp b/gui.cpp
index b8534a1..4299156 100644
--- a/gui.cpp
+++ b/gui.cpp
@@ -12,17 +12,13 @@
 #include <ftxui/component/loop.hpp>
 #include <ftxui/screen/color.hpp>
 
-#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
-#include <SFML/System.hpp>
-#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
-
 #include <fmt/core.h>
 #include "dbc.hpp"
 #include "gui.hpp"
 #include "rand.hpp"
 #include "systems.hpp"
-#include "collider.hpp"
 #include "events.hpp"
+#include "render.hpp"
 
 using std::string;
 using namespace fmt;
@@ -30,49 +26,34 @@ using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 using namespace ftxui;
 using namespace Components;
 
-std::array<sf::Color, 10> VALUES{
-  sf::Color{1, 4, 2},  // black
-  sf::Color{9, 29, 16}, // dark dark
-  sf::Color{14, 50, 26}, // dark mid
-  sf::Color{0, 109, 44}, // dark light
-  sf::Color{63, 171, 92}, // mid
-  sf::Color{161, 217, 155}, // light dark
-  sf::Color{199, 233, 192}, // light mid
-  sf::Color{229, 245, 224}, // light light
-  sf::Color{255, 255, 255}, // white
-  sf::Color::Transparent, // white
-};
-
-sf::Color GUI::color(int val) {
-  return VALUES[size_t(val)];
-}
-
-sf::Color GUI::color(Value val) {
-  return VALUES[size_t(val)];
-}
 
 GUI::GUI(DinkyECS::World &world, Map& game_map) :
-  $window(sf::VideoMode(VIDEO_X,VIDEO_Y), "Roguish"),
+  $game_map(game_map),
+  $log({{"Welcome to the game!"}}),
+  $view_port{0,0},
   $screen(SCREEN_X, SCREEN_Y),
   $map_screen(0,0),
-  $view_port{0,0},
-  $map_font_size(BASE_MAP_FONT_SIZE),
-  $line_spacing(0),
-  $sounds("./assets"),
-  $log({{"Welcome to the game!"}}),
   $world(world),
-  $game_map(game_map)
+  $sounds("./assets"),
+  $renderer($canvas, $map_screen, $screen)
 {
   // this needs a config file soon
-  $font.loadFromFile("./assets/text.otf");
+  $sounds.load("hit", "hit.wav");
   resize_map(BASE_MAP_FONT_SIZE);
+}
 
-  $sounds.load("hit", "hit.wav");
+void GUI::resize_map(int new_size) {
+  if($renderer.resize_map(new_size)) {
+    auto bounds = $renderer.$base_glyph.bounds;
+    $view_port = {
+      size_t(std::ceil((VIDEO_X - GAME_MAP_POS) / bounds.width)),
+      size_t(std::ceil(VIDEO_Y / bounds.height))
+    };
 
-  $ui_text.setFont($font);
-  $ui_text.setPosition(0,0);
-  $ui_text.setCharacterSize(UI_FONT_SIZE);
-  $ui_text.setFillColor(color(Value::LIGHT_LIGHT));
+    // set canvas to best size
+    $canvas = Canvas($view_port.x * 2, $view_port.y * 4);
+    $map_screen = Screen($view_port.x, $view_port.y);
+  }
 }
 
 void GUI::create_renderer() {
@@ -142,13 +123,15 @@ void GUI::handle_world_events() {
 }
 
 bool GUI::handle_ui_events() {
-  sf::Event event;
   bool event_happened = false;
+  sf::Event event;
   auto player = $world.get_the<Player>();
+  auto& window = $renderer.$window;
+  int map_font_size = $renderer.$map_font_size;
 
-  while($window.pollEvent(event)) {
+  while(window.pollEvent(event)) {
     if(event.type == sf::Event::Closed) {
-      $window.close();
+      window.close();
     } else if(event.type ==  sf::Event::KeyPressed) {
       auto& player_motion = $world.get<Motion>(player.entity);
 
@@ -165,9 +148,9 @@ bool GUI::handle_ui_events() {
         player_motion.dy = 1;
         event_happened = true;
       } else if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Equal)) {
-        resize_map($map_font_size + 10);
+        resize_map(map_font_size + 10);
       } else if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Hyphen)) {
-        resize_map($map_font_size - 10);
+        resize_map(map_font_size - 10);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -176,21 +159,6 @@ bool GUI::handle_ui_events() {
 }
 
 
-sf::Sprite &GUI::get_text_sprite(wchar_t tile) {
-  if(!$sprites.contains(tile)) {
-    sf::Glyph glyph = $font.getGlyph(tile, $map_font_size, false);
-    // WARNING! we actually have to do this here because SFML caches
-    // the glyphs on the font texture, so this gets loaded each time
-    // we get a new glyph from the font.
-    $font_texture = $font.getTexture($map_font_size);
-    sf::Sprite sprite($font_texture);
-    sprite.setTextureRect(glyph.textureRect);
-    $sprites[tile] = sprite;
-  }
-
-  return $sprites[tile];
-}
-
 void GUI::run_systems() {
   auto player = $world.get_the<Player>();
   System::enemy_pathing($world, $game_map, player);
@@ -199,123 +167,19 @@ void GUI::run_systems() {
   System::death($world);
 }
 
-void GUI::resize_map(int new_size) {
-  if(MIN_FONT_SIZE < new_size && new_size < MAX_FONT_SIZE) {
-    $sprites.clear(); // need to reset the sprites for the new size
-    $map_font_size = new_size;
-    $base_glyph = $font.getGlyph(L'█', $map_font_size, false);
-    auto bounds = $base_glyph.bounds;
-    $line_spacing = $font.getLineSpacing($map_font_size);
-    $view_port = {
-      size_t(std::ceil((VIDEO_X - GAME_MAP_POS) / bounds.width)),
-      size_t(std::ceil(VIDEO_Y / bounds.height))
-    };
-    // set canvas to best size
-    $canvas = Canvas($view_port.x * 2, $view_port.y * 4);
-    $map_screen = Screen($view_port.x, $view_port.y);
-  }
-}
-
-void GUI::draw_screen(bool clear, float map_off_x, float map_off_y) {
-  if(clear) $window.clear();
-  std::string screenout = $screen.ToString();
-  std::wstring main_screen_utf8 = $converter.from_bytes(screenout);
-  $ui_text.setString(main_screen_utf8);
-  $window.draw($ui_text);
-
-  std::string map_screenout = $map_screen.ToString();
-  std::wstring map_screen_utf8 = $converter.from_bytes(map_screenout);
-
-  float y = 0.0f;
-  float x = GAME_MAP_POS;
-  // make a copy so we don't modify the cached one
-  auto bg_sprite = get_text_sprite(L'█');
-  auto bg_bounds = bg_sprite.getLocalBounds();
-  bg_sprite.setColor(sf::Color(20,20,20));
-  auto add_sprite = get_text_sprite(L'!');
-  bool has_add = false;
-
-  for(size_t i = 0; i < map_screen_utf8.size(); i++) {
-    wchar_t tile = map_screen_utf8[i];
-
-    if(tile == L'\n') {
-      // don't bother processing newlines, just skip
-      y += $line_spacing;
-      x = GAME_MAP_POS;
-    } else if(tile == L'\r') {
-        continue; // skip these, just windows junk
-    } else {
-      // it's a visual cell
-      bg_sprite.setPosition({x+map_off_x, y+map_off_y});
-      sf::Sprite &sprite = get_text_sprite(tile);
-
-      // should look into caching all this instead of calcing it each time
-      auto sp_bounds = sprite.getLocalBounds();
-
-      // calculate where to center the sprite, but only if it's smaller
-      auto width_delta = bg_bounds.width > sp_bounds.width ? (bg_bounds.width - sp_bounds.width) / 2 : 0;
-      auto height_delta = bg_bounds.height > sp_bounds.width ? (bg_bounds.height - sp_bounds.height) / 2 : 0;
-
-      // TODO: need to center it inside the bg_sprite
-      sprite.setPosition({x+width_delta+map_off_x, y+height_delta+map_off_y});
-
-      // get the entity combat and make them light gray if dead
-      if(tile == L'█') {
-        sprite.setColor(sf::Color(80,80,80));
-      } else if(tile == L'☺') {
-        sprite.setColor(sf::Color::Blue);
-      } else if(tile == L'Ω') {
-        sprite.setColor(sf::Color::Red);
-        // HACK: just playing with adding multiple characters for drawing
-        add_sprite.setColor(sf::Color::Red);
-        add_sprite.setPosition({x-3,y-3});
-        has_add = true;
-      } else if(tile == L'#') {
-        sprite.setColor(sf::Color(5,5,5));
-      } else {
-        sprite.setColor(color(Value::MID));
-      }
-
-      // now draw the background sprite and sprite
-      // TODO: this can become a standard sprite description
-      $window.draw(bg_sprite);
-      $window.draw(sprite);
-      if(has_add) {
-        $window.draw(add_sprite);
-        has_add = false;
-      }
-      // next cell
-      x += $base_glyph.advance;
-    }
-  }
-
-  $window.display();
-}
-
-void GUI::shake() {
-  for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
-    int x = Random::uniform<int>(-10,10);
-    int y = Random::uniform<int>(-10,10);
-    // add x/y back to draw screen
-    draw_screen(true, x, y);
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(1ms);
-  }
-}
-
 void GUI::render_scene() {
   $screen.Clear();
   $map_screen.Clear();
   Render($map_screen, $map_view->Render());
   Render($screen, $document->Render());
-
-  draw_screen();
+  $renderer.draw_screen();
 }
 
 int GUI::main() {
   create_renderer();
   run_systems();
 
-  while($window.isOpen()) {
+  while($renderer.$window.isOpen()) {
     render_scene();
 
     if(handle_ui_events()) {
diff --git a/gui.hpp b/gui.hpp
index f233d70..e727b9b 100644
--- a/gui.hpp
+++ b/gui.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.hpp>
 #include <SFML/Graphics/Text.hpp>
 #include <SFML/Graphics/Sprite.hpp>
-#include <codecvt>
 #include <ftxui/component/component.hpp>
 #include <ftxui/screen/screen.hpp>
 #include <ftxui/dom/canvas.hpp>
@@ -14,27 +13,13 @@
 #include "dinkyecs.hpp"
 #include "components.hpp"
 #include "sound.hpp"
+#include "render.hpp"
 
 using std::string;
 using ftxui::Canvas, ftxui::Component, ftxui::Screen;
 
-constexpr int MIN_FONT_SIZE = 20;
-constexpr int MAX_FONT_SIZE = 140;
-constexpr int GAME_MAP_X = 90;
-constexpr int GAME_MAP_Y = 90;
-constexpr int GAME_MAP_POS = 600;
 constexpr int SCREEN_X = 40;
 constexpr int SCREEN_Y = 30;
-constexpr int VIDEO_X = 1600;
-constexpr int VIDEO_Y = 900;
-constexpr int UI_FONT_SIZE=30;
-constexpr int BASE_MAP_FONT_SIZE=90;
-
-enum class Value {
-  BLACK=0, DARK_DARK, DARK_MID,
-  DARK_LIGHT, MID, LIGHT_DARK, LIGHT_MID,
-  LIGHT_LIGHT, WHITE, TRANSPARENT
-};
 
 struct ActionLog {
   std::deque<std::string> messages;
@@ -49,42 +34,30 @@ struct ActionLog {
 
 class GUI {
   string $status_text = "NOT DEAD";
+  Canvas $canvas;
   Component $document;
   Component $map_view;
-  Canvas $canvas;
-  sf::Font $font;
-  sf::Text $ui_text;
-  std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>> $converter;
-  sf::RenderWindow $window;
+  Map& $game_map;
+  ActionLog $log;
+  Point $view_port;
   Screen $screen;
   Screen $map_screen;
-  sf::Texture $font_texture;
-  std::unordered_map<wchar_t, sf::Sprite> $sprites;
-  Point $view_port;
-  int $map_font_size;
-  sf::Glyph $base_glyph;
-  float $line_spacing;
-  SoundManager $sounds;
-  ActionLog $log;
   DinkyECS::World& $world;
-  Map& $game_map;
+  SoundManager $sounds;
+  SFMLRender $renderer;
 
 public:
   GUI(DinkyECS::World& world, Map& game_map);
   // disable copying
   GUI(GUI &gui) = delete;
 
-  sf::Color color(Value val);
-  sf::Color color(int val);
+  void resize_map(int new_size);
   void create_renderer();
   void render_scene();
   bool handle_ui_events();
   void handle_world_events();
   void draw_screen(bool clear=true, float map_off_x=0.0f, float map_off_y=0.0f);
-  void shake();
   void run_systems();
-  void resize_map(int new_size);
-  sf::Sprite &get_text_sprite(wchar_t tile);
 
   int main();
 };
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 9d836e0..fbe700f 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "components.hpp"
 #include "dbc.hpp"
 #include "collider.hpp"
+#include "render.hpp"
 
 /*
  * This needs to be turned into a real world generator
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f66a786..6dc59e2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ runtests = executable('runtests', [
   'rand.cpp',
   'sound.cpp',
   'collider.cpp',
+  'render.cpp',
   'tests/fsm.cpp',
   'tests/dbc.cpp',
   'tests/map.cpp',
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ roguish = executable('roguish', [
   'collider.cpp',
   'combat.cpp',
   'systems.cpp',
+  'render.cpp',
   ],
   dependencies: dependencies)
 
diff --git a/render.cpp b/render.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd716fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#include "render.hpp"
+#include <cmath>
+
+std::array<sf::Color, 10> VALUES{
+  sf::Color{1, 4, 2},  // black
+  sf::Color{9, 29, 16}, // dark dark
+  sf::Color{14, 50, 26}, // dark mid
+  sf::Color{0, 109, 44}, // dark light
+  sf::Color{63, 171, 92}, // mid
+  sf::Color{161, 217, 155}, // light dark
+  sf::Color{199, 233, 192}, // light mid
+  sf::Color{229, 245, 224}, // light light
+  sf::Color{255, 255, 255}, // white
+  sf::Color::Transparent, // white
+};
+
+sf::Color SFMLRender::color(int val) {
+  return VALUES[size_t(val)];
+}
+
+sf::Color SFMLRender::color(Value val) {
+  return VALUES[size_t(val)];
+}
+
+SFMLRender::SFMLRender(Canvas &canvas, Screen &map_screen, Screen &screen) :
+  $window(sf::VideoMode(VIDEO_X,VIDEO_Y), "Roguish"),
+  $map_font_size(BASE_MAP_FONT_SIZE),
+  $line_spacing(0),
+  $canvas(canvas),
+  $map_screen(map_screen),
+  $screen(screen)
+{
+  $font.loadFromFile("./assets/text.otf");
+  $ui_text.setFont($font);
+  $ui_text.setPosition(0,0);
+  $ui_text.setCharacterSize(UI_FONT_SIZE);
+  $ui_text.setFillColor(color(Value::LIGHT_LIGHT));
+}
+
+sf::Sprite &SFMLRender::get_text_sprite(wchar_t tile) {
+  if(!$sprites.contains(tile)) {
+    sf::Glyph glyph = $font.getGlyph(tile, $map_font_size, false);
+    // WARNING! we actually have to do this here because SFML caches
+    // the glyphs on the font texture, so this gets loaded each time
+    // we get a new glyph from the font.
+    $font_texture = $font.getTexture($map_font_size);
+    sf::Sprite sprite($font_texture);
+    sprite.setTextureRect(glyph.textureRect);
+    $sprites[tile] = sprite;
+  }
+
+  return $sprites[tile];
+}
+
+
+bool SFMLRender::resize_map(int new_size) {
+  if(MIN_FONT_SIZE < new_size && new_size < MAX_FONT_SIZE) {
+    $sprites.clear(); // need to reset the sprites for the new size
+    $map_font_size = new_size;
+    $base_glyph = $font.getGlyph(L'█', $map_font_size, false);
+    $line_spacing = $font.getLineSpacing($map_font_size);
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    // something else here
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void SFMLRender::draw_screen(bool clear, float map_off_x, float map_off_y) {
+  if(clear) $window.clear();
+  std::string screenout = $screen.ToString();
+  std::wstring main_screen_utf8 = $converter.from_bytes(screenout);
+  $ui_text.setString(main_screen_utf8);
+  $window.draw($ui_text);
+
+  std::string map_screenout = $map_screen.ToString();
+  std::wstring map_screen_utf8 = $converter.from_bytes(map_screenout);
+
+  float y = 0.0f;
+  float x = GAME_MAP_POS;
+  // make a copy so we don't modify the cached one
+  auto bg_sprite = get_text_sprite(L'█');
+  auto bg_bounds = bg_sprite.getLocalBounds();
+  bg_sprite.setColor(sf::Color(20,20,20));
+  auto add_sprite = get_text_sprite(L'!');
+  bool has_add = false;
+
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < map_screen_utf8.size(); i++) {
+    wchar_t tile = map_screen_utf8[i];
+
+    if(tile == L'\n') {
+      // don't bother processing newlines, just skip
+      y += $line_spacing;
+      x = GAME_MAP_POS;
+    } else if(tile == L'\r') {
+        continue; // skip these, just windows junk
+    } else {
+      // it's a visual cell
+      bg_sprite.setPosition({x+map_off_x, y+map_off_y});
+      sf::Sprite &sprite = get_text_sprite(tile);
+
+      // should look into caching all this instead of calcing it each time
+      auto sp_bounds = sprite.getLocalBounds();
+
+      // calculate where to center the sprite, but only if it's smaller
+      auto width_delta = bg_bounds.width > sp_bounds.width ? (bg_bounds.width - sp_bounds.width) / 2 : 0;
+      auto height_delta = bg_bounds.height > sp_bounds.width ? (bg_bounds.height - sp_bounds.height) / 2 : 0;
+
+      // TODO: need to center it inside the bg_sprite
+      sprite.setPosition({x+width_delta+map_off_x, y+height_delta+map_off_y});
+
+      // get the entity combat and make them light gray if dead
+      if(tile == L'█') {
+        sprite.setColor(sf::Color(80,80,80));
+      } else if(tile == L'☺') {
+        sprite.setColor(sf::Color::Blue);
+      } else if(tile == L'Ω') {
+        sprite.setColor(sf::Color::Red);
+        // HACK: just playing with adding multiple characters for drawing
+        add_sprite.setColor(sf::Color::Red);
+        add_sprite.setPosition({x-3,y-3});
+        has_add = true;
+      } else if(tile == L'#') {
+        sprite.setColor(sf::Color(5,5,5));
+      } else {
+        sprite.setColor(color(Value::MID));
+      }
+
+      // now draw the background sprite and sprite
+      // TODO: this can become a standard sprite description
+      $window.draw(bg_sprite);
+      $window.draw(sprite);
+      if(has_add) {
+        $window.draw(add_sprite);
+        has_add = false;
+      }
+      // next cell
+      x += $base_glyph.advance;
+    }
+  }
+
+  $window.display();
+}
diff --git a/render.hpp b/render.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b73d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <ftxui/screen/screen.hpp>
+#include <ftxui/dom/canvas.hpp>
+#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
+#include <SFML/System.hpp>
+#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
+#include "point.hpp"
+#include <codecvt>
+
+using ftxui::Canvas, ftxui::Screen;
+
+constexpr int VIDEO_X = 1600;
+constexpr int VIDEO_Y = 900;
+constexpr int MIN_FONT_SIZE = 20;
+constexpr int MAX_FONT_SIZE = 140;
+constexpr int GAME_MAP_X = 90;
+constexpr int GAME_MAP_Y = 90;
+constexpr int GAME_MAP_POS = 600;
+constexpr int UI_FONT_SIZE=30;
+constexpr int BASE_MAP_FONT_SIZE=90;
+
+enum class Value {
+  BLACK=0, DARK_DARK, DARK_MID,
+  DARK_LIGHT, MID, LIGHT_DARK, LIGHT_MID,
+  LIGHT_LIGHT, WHITE, TRANSPARENT
+};
+
+struct SFMLRender {
+  sf::RenderWindow $window;
+  int $map_font_size;
+  float $line_spacing;
+  std::unordered_map<wchar_t, sf::Sprite> $sprites;
+  sf::Font $font;
+  sf::Texture $font_texture;
+  sf::Glyph $base_glyph;
+  Canvas& $canvas;
+  Screen& $map_screen;
+  Screen& $screen;
+  sf::Text $ui_text;
+  std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>> $converter;
+
+  SFMLRender(Canvas &canvas, Screen &map_screen, Screen &screen);
+
+  // disable copy
+  SFMLRender(SFMLRender &other) = delete;
+
+  sf::Color color(int val);
+  sf::Color color(Value val);
+  sf::Sprite &get_text_sprite(wchar_t tile);
+  bool resize_map(int new_size);
+  void draw_screen(bool clear=true, float map_off_x=0.0f, float map_off_y=0.0f);
+};
diff --git a/sound.cpp b/sound.cpp
index 571e6f2..a504feb 100644
--- a/sound.cpp
+++ b/sound.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void SoundManager::load(const std::string name, const std::string sound_path) {
   dbc::check(fs::exists(full_path), format("sound file {} does not exist", sound_path));
 
   // create the buffer and keep in the buffer map
-  std::shared_ptr<SoundPair> pair = std::make_shared<SoundPair>();
+  SoundPair* pair = new SoundPair();
   $sounds[name] = pair;
 
   bool good = pair->buffer.loadFromFile(full_path.string());
diff --git a/sound.hpp b/sound.hpp
index 23bff94..3963635 100644
--- a/sound.hpp
+++ b/sound.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct SoundPair {
 
 struct SoundManager {
   std::filesystem::path $base_path;
-  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<SoundPair> > $sounds;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, SoundPair* > $sounds;
 
   SoundManager(std::string base_path);