diff --git a/hex.lua b/hex.lua
index 443de0a..1738837 100644
--- a/hex.lua
+++ b/hex.lua
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ local HEX_DIRECTIONS = {vec2( 1 ,  0),
 
 -- HEX UTILITY FUNCTIONS -------------------------------------------------------
 
+function hex_equals(a, b)
+    return a.s == b.s and a.t == b.t
+end
+
+
+
 local function hex_round(s, t)
     rs = round(s)
     rt = round(t)
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ end
   ]]
 
 -- returns parallelogram-shaped map. 
-function map_parallelogram_init(layout, width, height)
+function grammap_init(layout, width, height)
     map = {}
     setmetatable(map, {__index={layout=layout, 
                                 width=width, 
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ function map_parallelogram_init(layout, width, height)
 end
 
 -- returns triangular map. 
-function map_triangular_init(layout, size)
+function trimap_init(layout, size)
     map = {}
     setmetatable(map, {__index={layout=layout, 
                                 size=size,
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ function map_triangular_init(layout, size)
 end
 
 -- returns hexagonal map. length of map is radius * 2 + 1 
-function map_hexagonal_init(layout, radius) 
+function hexmap_init(layout, radius) 
     map = {}
     setmetatable(map, {__index={layout=layout, 
                                 radius=radius,
@@ -159,30 +165,28 @@ function map_hexagonal_init(layout, radius)
 end
 
 -- returns rectangular map. 
-function map_rectangular_init(layout, width, height)
+function rectmap_init(layout, width, height)
     map = {}
-    mt = {__index = {layout = layout, width = width, height = height,
-                   
-                   retrieve = function(pix)
-                       hex = pixel_to_hex(pix, layout)
-                       print(tostring(hex))
-                       print(map[tostring(hex)])
-                       return vec2(hex.s, hex.t + math.floor(hex.s / 2))  
-                   end,
-                   
-                   store = function(hex)
-                       pix = hex_to_pixel(hex, layout)
-                       return vec2(pix.x - math.floor(pix.y / 2), pix.y)
-                   end}}
-
+    mt = {__index={layout=layout, width=width, height=height,
+               
+            -- get hex in map from pixel coordinate                    
+            retrieve=function(pix)
+                return pixel_to_hex(pix, layout)
+            end,
+
+            -- store pixel in map from hex coordinate
+            store=function(hex)
+                map[hex]=hex_to_pixel(hex - vec2(0, math.floor(hex.s/2)), layout) 
+            end
+            }}
+    
+    setmetatable(map, mt) 
+        
     for s = 0, width do
-        soffset = math.floor(s/2)
-
-        for t = -soffset, height - soffset do
-            map[tostring(vec2(s, t))] = hex_to_pixel(vec2(s, t), layout)
+        for t = 0, height do
+            map.store(vec2(s, t))
         end
     end
-    setmetatable(map, mt) 
     return map 
 end
 
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 58333d6..612a70f 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -7,18 +7,21 @@ require "hex"
 
 ----- [[ DUMMY FUNCTIONS ]] ----------------------------------------------------
 
-function show_hex_coords(map)
-    test_scene:action(function()
+function show_hex_coords()
+    gui_scene:action(function()
         mouse_position = vec2(win:mouse_position().x, win:mouse_position().y)
         hex = map.retrieve(mouse_position)
-        test_scene:remove("text")
-        test_scene:append(am.translate(win.right - 30, win.top - 10) 
+        gui_scene:remove("text")
+        gui_scene:append(am.translate(win.left + 30, win.top - 10) 
                         ^ am.text(string.format("%d,%d", hex.s, hex.t)))
     end)
 end
 
 function rcolor()
-    return vec4(math.random(20, 80) / 100)
+    return vec4(math.random(20, 80) / 100,
+                math.random(20, 80) / 100,
+                math.random(20, 80) / 100,
+                1)
 end
 
 ----- [[ BLAH BLAH LBAH ]] -----------------------------------------------
@@ -32,25 +35,48 @@ win = am.window {
 
 ----- [[ MAP RENDERING ]] ------------------------------------------------
 
-function game_scene(layout)
-    map = map_rectangular_init(layout, 45, 31) 
-    hexagons = am.group()
-
-    for _,hex in pairs(map) do
-        hexagons:append(
-            am.circle(hex, layout.size.x, rcolor(), 6):tag(tostring(hex)))
-    end
-    return hexagons
+function map_init(layout)
+    map = rectmap_init(layout, 45, 31) 
+
+    map_scene:action(function() 
+        for _,hex in pairs(map) do
+            if hex_equals(_, vec2(23, 16)) then
+                print("yay")
+            else
+                map_scene:append(am.circle(hex, layout.size.x, rcolor(), 6))
+            end
+        end
+        
+        map_scene:append(am.rect(268, win.top, win.right, win.bottom, vec4(0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1)))
+        
+        local coalburner = [[
+        .........
+        ..kkkkk..
+        .k.....k.
+        k..wo...k
+        k..ooo..k
+        k...o...k
+        .k.....k.
+        ..kkkkk..
+        .........
+        ]]
+        
+        map_scene:append(am.translate(280, 200) ^ am.scale(10) ^ am.sprite(coalburner))
+        
+        print(win.right - 268)
+
+        return true
+    end)
 end
 
 ----- [[ MAIN ]] -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 map = {}
-game_scene = game_scene(layout_init(vec2(win.left, win.bottom)))
 
-test_scene = am.group()
+gui_scene = am.group()
+map_scene = am.group(); map_init(layout_init(vec2(win.left, win.bottom)))
 
-win.scene = am.group{test_scene, game_scene}
+win.scene = am.group{map_scene, gui_scene}
 
 show_hex_coords(map)