diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cfb2988..fd8715a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# ignore executables
+*
+!*.*
+!*/
+!Makefile
+
+**/*.exe
+
 .vs/
 .vscode/
 .idea/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de7567e..c4ca5ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 # dependencies
-find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
-find_package(SDL2_image REQUIRED)
-find_package(SDL2_ttf REQUIRED)
+find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED GLOBAL)
+find_package(SDL2_image REQUIRED GLOBAL)
+find_package(SDL2_ttf REQUIRED GLOBAL)
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
         set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
 endif ()
 
+set(TOWNENGINE_TARGET townengine CACHE INTERNAL "")
+set(TOWNENGINE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "")
 
 set(PHYSFS_BUILD_SHARED FALSE)
 set(PHYSFS_DISABLE_INSTALL TRUE)
@@ -49,29 +51,16 @@ set(TOWNENGINE_SOURCE_FILES
 
         ${SYSTEM_SOURCE_FILES}
 )
-
-set(GAME_SOURCE_FILES
-        src/game_api.h
-
-        src/game/game.c src/game/game.h
-        src/game/state.h
-
-        src/game/player.c src/game/player.h
-        src/game/world.c src/game/world.h
-
-        src/game/scenes/scene.c src/game/scenes/scene.h
-        src/game/scenes/title.c src/game/scenes/title.h
-        src/game/scenes/ingame.c src/game/scenes/ingame.h
-)
+list(TRANSFORM TOWNENGINE_SOURCE_FILES PREPEND ${TOWNENGINE_DIR}/)
 
 # base engine code, reused for games and tools
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${TOWNENGINE_SOURCE_FILES})
-source_group(TREE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} FILES ${TOWNENGINE_SOURCE_FILES})
+add_library(${TOWNENGINE_TARGET} ${TOWNENGINE_SOURCE_FILES})
+source_group(TREE ${TOWNENGINE_DIR} FILES ${TOWNENGINE_SOURCE_FILES})
 
-set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
-                                      C_STANDARD 11
-                                      C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
-                                      C_EXTENSIONS ON) # extensions are required by stb_ds.h
+set_target_properties(${TOWNENGINE_TARGET} PROPERTIES
+                                           C_STANDARD 11
+                                           C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+                                           C_EXTENSIONS ON) # extensions are required by stb_ds.h
 
 # distribution definitions
 set(ORGANIZATION_NAME "wanp" CACHE STRING
@@ -161,18 +150,18 @@ endfunction()
 function(link_and_include_deps target)
         # header-only libraries should be marked as "system includes"
         # to suppress compiler warnings in their code (it's not my problem after all)
-        target_include_directories(${target}
-                SYSTEM
-                PRIVATE
+        set(THIRD_PARTY_INCLUDES
                 third-party/physfs/src
                 third-party/physfs/extras
                 third-party/libxm/include
                 third-party/glad/include
                 third-party/stb
         )
+        list(TRANSFORM THIRD_PARTY_INCLUDES PREPEND ${TOWNENGINE_DIR}/)
+        target_include_directories(${target} SYSTEM PRIVATE ${THIRD_PARTY_INCLUDES})
 
         # allow access to headers from any point in source tree
-        target_include_directories(${target} PRIVATE ./)
+        target_include_directories(${target} PRIVATE ${TOWNENGINE_DIR})
 
         target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC
                                         SDL2::SDL2
@@ -197,7 +186,7 @@ function(use_townengine target)
 
         # third-party libraries
         target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC
-                                        ${PROJECT_NAME}
+                                        ${TOWNENGINE_TARGET}
                                         SDL2::SDL2
                                         SDL2::SDL2main
                                         SDL2_image::SDL2_image
@@ -214,11 +203,10 @@ function(use_townengine target)
         )
 endfunction()
 
-give_options(${PROJECT_NAME})
-link_and_include_deps(${PROJECT_NAME})
+give_options(${TOWNENGINE_TARGET})
+link_and_include_deps(${TOWNENGINE_TARGET})
 
-add_executable(game ${GAME_SOURCE_FILES})
-use_townengine(game)
+add_subdirectory(apps/testgame)
 
 # zip up assets
 # currently, you must run cmake from the project root dir for this to work correctly
diff --git a/apps/template/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/template/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ed15ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/template/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
+
+project(template LANGUAGES C)
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+        set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+endif()
+
+# add root townengine cmake file
+if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+        add_subdirectory(../../ ../../../.build)
+endif()
+
+set(SOURCE_FILES
+        game.c game.h
+)
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCE_FILES})
+use_townengine(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
+        RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
diff --git a/apps/template/build.sh b/apps/template/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..45ab8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/template/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/env sh
+
+cmake -B .build "$@" && cmake --build .build
diff --git a/apps/template/game.c b/apps/template/game.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56024ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/template/game.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
+#include "game.h"
+#include "state.h"
+
+#include <malloc.h>
+
+
+void game_tick(void) {
+    /* do your initialization on first tick */
+    if (ctx.tick_count == 0) {
+        /* application data could be stored in ctx.udata and retrieved anywhere */
+        ctx.udata = ccalloc(1, sizeof (struct state));
+    }
+
+    /* a lot of data is accessible from `ctx`, look into `townengine/context.h` for more */
+
+    struct state *state = ctx.udata;
+    ++state->counter;
+}
+
+
+void game_end(void) {
+    /* do your deinitialization here */
+    struct state *state = ctx.udata;
+    free(state);
+}
diff --git a/apps/template/game.h b/apps/template/game.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fde6738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/template/game.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef GAME_H
+#define GAME_H
+
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+
+void game_tick(void);
+void game_end(void);
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/apps/template/state.h b/apps/template/state.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd2ce30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/template/state.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef STATE_H
+#define STATE_H
+
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
+
+/* populate it with state information */
+struct state {
+    uint64_t counter;
+};
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/apps/testgame/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/testgame/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..545dba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/testgame/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
+
+project(testgame LANGUAGES C)
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+        set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+endif()
+
+# add root townengine cmake file
+if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+        add_subdirectory(../../ ../../../.build)
+endif()
+
+set(SOURCE_FILES
+        game.c game.h
+        state.h
+
+        player.c player.h
+        world.c world.h
+
+        scenes/scene.c scenes/scene.h
+        scenes/title.c scenes/title.h
+        scenes/ingame.c scenes/ingame.h
+)
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCE_FILES})
+use_townengine(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
+        RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
diff --git a/apps/testgame/build.sh b/apps/testgame/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..45ab8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/testgame/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/env sh
+
+cmake -B .build "$@" && cmake --build .build
diff --git a/src/game/game.c b/apps/testgame/game.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/game.c
rename to apps/testgame/game.c
diff --git a/src/game/game.h b/apps/testgame/game.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/game.h
rename to apps/testgame/game.h
diff --git a/src/game/player.c b/apps/testgame/player.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/player.c
rename to apps/testgame/player.c
diff --git a/src/game/player.h b/apps/testgame/player.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/player.h
rename to apps/testgame/player.h
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/ingame.c b/apps/testgame/scenes/ingame.c
similarity index 96%
rename from src/game/scenes/ingame.c
rename to apps/testgame/scenes/ingame.c
index 98a21ab..149b276 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/ingame.c
+++ b/apps/testgame/scenes/ingame.c
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ static void ingame_tick(struct state *state) {
     world_drawdef(scn->world);
     player_calc(scn->player);
 
-    static t_camera cam = { .pos = { 0 }, .target = { 0, 0, -1 }, .up = { 0, -1, 0 } };
+    static t_camera cam = { .pos = { 0 }, .target = { 0, 0, -1 }, .up = { 0, -1, 0 }, .fov = (float)M_PI_2 };
 
     if (input_is_action_pressed(&ctx.input, "player_left"))
         cam.pos.x -= 0.01f;
     if (input_is_action_pressed(&ctx.input, "player_right"))
         cam.pos.x += 0.01f;
+    if (input_is_action_pressed(&ctx.input, "player_jump"))
+        cam.pos.z -= 0.01f;
 
     push_camera(&cam);
 
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/ingame.h b/apps/testgame/scenes/ingame.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/scenes/ingame.h
rename to apps/testgame/scenes/ingame.h
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/scene.c b/apps/testgame/scenes/scene.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/scenes/scene.c
rename to apps/testgame/scenes/scene.c
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/scene.h b/apps/testgame/scenes/scene.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/scenes/scene.h
rename to apps/testgame/scenes/scene.h
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/title.c b/apps/testgame/scenes/title.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/scenes/title.c
rename to apps/testgame/scenes/title.c
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/title.h b/apps/testgame/scenes/title.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/scenes/title.h
rename to apps/testgame/scenes/title.h
diff --git a/src/game/state.h b/apps/testgame/state.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/state.h
rename to apps/testgame/state.h
diff --git a/src/game/world.c b/apps/testgame/world.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/world.c
rename to apps/testgame/world.c
diff --git a/src/game/world.h b/apps/testgame/world.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game/world.h
rename to apps/testgame/world.h
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 749e551..25c9b06 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "input.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "textures.h"
-#include "game/game.h"
 #include "private/audio.h"
 
 #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
@@ -20,6 +19,11 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 
 
+/* application provided */
+extern void game_tick(void);
+extern void game_end(void);
+
+
 static void poll_events(void) {
     SDL_Event e;