diff --git a/src/game/scenes/ingame.c b/src/game/scenes/ingame.c
index 66e36f9..21bdec3 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/ingame.c
+++ b/src/game/scenes/ingame.c
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@ static void ingame_tick(struct state *state) {
     world_drawdef(scn->world);
     player_calc(scn->player);
 
-    unfurl_triangle("/assets/player/baron-walk.png",
+    unfurl_triangle("/assets/big-violet.png",
                     (t_fvec3){ -1, -1, 0 },
                     (t_fvec3){ 1, -1, 0 },
                     (t_fvec3){ 1, 1, 0 },
                     (t_shvec2){ 0, 0 },
-                    (t_shvec2){ 48, 0 },
-                    (t_shvec2){ 48, 48 });
+                    (t_shvec2){ 2048, 0 },
+                    (t_shvec2){ 2048, 2048 });
 
-    unfurl_triangle("/assets/player/baron-walk.png",
+    unfurl_triangle("/assets/big-violet.png",
                     (t_fvec3){ 1, 1, 0 },
                     (t_fvec3){ -1, 1, 0 },
                     (t_fvec3){ -1, -1, 0 },
-                    (t_shvec2){ 48, 48 },
-                    (t_shvec2){ 0, 48 },
+                    (t_shvec2){ 2048, 2048 },
+                    (t_shvec2){ 0, 2048 },
                     (t_shvec2){ 0, 0 });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/private/textures.h b/src/private/textures.h
index f7abb32..6f5d727 100644
--- a/src/private/textures.h
+++ b/src/private/textures.h
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ struct texture_cache_item {
 
 
 struct texture_cache {
-    /* from context */
-    SDL_Window *window;
+    SDL_Window *window;          /* from context */
 
     struct texture_cache_item *hash;
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ struct texture_cache {
 
     SDL_Surface **atlas_surfaces;
     GLuint *atlas_textures;      /* shared by atlas textures */
-    int atlas_index;
+    int atlas_index;             /* atlas that is currently being built */
 
     bool is_dirty;               /* current atlas needs to be recreated */
 };
diff --git a/src/rendering.c b/src/rendering.c
index e9d5786..eeed4ea 100644
--- a/src/rendering.c
+++ b/src/rendering.c
@@ -537,7 +537,6 @@ void render(void) {
 
         glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
         glLoadIdentity();
-        glRotatef(60, 1, 0, 0);
     
         glEnable(GL_CULL_FACE);
         glDepthFunc(GL_LESS);
diff --git a/src/textures.c b/src/textures.c
index 1ee060d..e10ff1a 100644
--- a/src/textures.c
+++ b/src/textures.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static void upload_texture_from_surface(GLuint texture, SDL_Surface *surface) {
 
 static void recreate_current_atlas_texture(struct texture_cache *cache) {
     /* TODO: figure out if SDL_UpdateTexture alone is faster than blitting */
+    /* TODO: should surfaces be freed after they cannot be referenced in atlas builing? */
     SDL_Surface *atlas_surface = cache->atlas_surfaces[cache->atlas_index];
 
     /* clear */
@@ -132,9 +133,14 @@ static void recreate_current_atlas_texture(struct texture_cache *cache) {
 
     /* blit the texture surfaces onto the atlas */
     for (size_t i = 0; i < shlenu(cache->hash); ++i) {
+        /* skip all that aren't part of currently built one */
         if (cache->hash[i].value.atlas_index != cache->atlas_index)
             continue;
 
+        /* skip loners */
+        if (cache->hash[i].value.loner_texture != 0)
+            continue;
+
         SDL_BlitSurface(cache->hash[i].value.data,
                         NULL,
                         atlas_surface,
@@ -155,7 +161,10 @@ static void recreate_current_atlas_texture(struct texture_cache *cache) {
 static stbrp_rect *create_rects_from_cache(struct texture_cache *cache) {
     stbrp_rect *rects = NULL;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < shlenu(cache->hash); ++i) {
-        SDL_Surface *surface_data = cache->hash[i].value.data;
+        if (cache->hash[i].value.loner_texture != 0)
+            continue;
+
+        const SDL_Surface *surface_data = cache->hash[i].value.data;
         stbrp_rect new_rect = {
             .w = surface_data->w,
             .h = surface_data->h,
@@ -293,7 +302,7 @@ static t_texture_key textures_load(struct texture_cache *cache, const char *path
     new_texture.data = surface;
 
     /* it's a "loner texture," it doesn't fit in an atlas so it's not in one */
-    if (surface->w > TEXTURE_ATLAS_SIZE || surface->h > TEXTURE_ATLAS_SIZE) {
+    if (surface->w >= TEXTURE_ATLAS_SIZE || surface->h >= TEXTURE_ATLAS_SIZE) {
         new_texture.loner_texture = new_gl_texture();
         upload_texture_from_surface(new_texture.loner_texture, surface); 
         new_texture.srcrect = (t_rect) { .w = surface->w, .h = surface->h };