diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b15bc7..054aa7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ compile_commands.json
 roleplay
 
 .cache
+
+*.o
diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index 51ac202..56db5cd 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CPP = /opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/clang++
 DSYM = /opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/dsymutil
 GDB = /opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/lldb
 
-SOURCES = src/main.c src/render.c src/vma.cpp
+SOURCES = src/main.c src/render.c src/vma.cpp src/pipeline.c
 OBJECTS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(SOURCES)))
 VERT_SPV = $(addsuffix .vert.spv, $(basename $(wildcard shader_src/*.vert)))
 FRAG_SPV = $(addsuffix .frag.spv, $(basename $(wildcard shader_src/*.frag)))
diff --git a/client/include/pipeline.h b/client/include/pipeline.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47d2a8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/include/pipeline.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef PIPELINE_H
+#define PIPELINE_H
+
+#include "vulkan/vulkan_core.h"
+#include "cglm/types.h"
+
+typedef struct GraphicsPipelineStruct {
+  VkDescriptorPool      descriptor_pool;
+  VkDescriptorSet*      descriptors;
+
+  VkPipelineLayout      layout;
+  VkPipeline            pipeline;
+} GraphicsPipeline;
+
+struct Vertex2 {
+  vec2 pos;
+  vec3 color;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/client/include/render.h b/client/include/render.h
index edaedea..43c3142 100644
--- a/client/include/render.h
+++ b/client/include/render.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+extern const uint32_t MAX_FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT;
+
 typedef struct QueueStruct {
   VkQueue handle;
   uint32_t family;
@@ -83,9 +85,12 @@ typedef struct RenderContextStruct {
 
   VkPipeline ui_pipeline_rect;
   VkPipeline ui_pipeline_text;
+
+  uint32_t current_frame;
 } RenderContext;
 
 GLFWwindow* init_window();
 VkResult init_vulkan(GLFWwindow* window, RenderContext* context);
+VkResult draw_frame(RenderContext* context);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/client/src/main.c b/client/src/main.c
index 9e55750..3f17653 100644
--- a/client/src/main.c
+++ b/client/src/main.c
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 #include "render.h"
+#include "vulkan/vk_enum_string_helper.h"
 
-int render_thread(GLFWwindow* window, RenderContext* render_context) {
+VkResult render_thread(GLFWwindow* window, RenderContext* render_context) {
   while(glfwWindowShouldClose(window) == 0) {
     glfwPollEvents();
+
+    VkResult result = draw_frame(render_context);
+    if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "draw_frame error: %s\n", string_VkResult(result));
+      return result;
+    }
   }
   return 0;
 }
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ int main() {
     return 2;
   }
 
-  if(render_thread(window, &render_context) != 0) {
+  if(render_thread(window, &render_context) != VK_SUCCESS) {
     return 3;
   }
 
diff --git a/client/src/main.o b/client/src/main.o
deleted file mode 100644
index aa6985a..0000000
Binary files a/client/src/main.o and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/client/src/pipeline.c b/client/src/pipeline.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8cc9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/pipeline.c
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+#include "pipeline.h"
+#include "stdio.h"
+#include "stdlib.h"
+
+VkShaderModule load_shader_file(const char* path, VkDevice device) {
+  FILE* file;
+  file = fopen(path, "rb");
+  if(file == 0) {
+    return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  }
+
+  int result = fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
+  if(result != 0) {
+    return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  }
+
+  long buffer_size = ftell(file);
+
+  result = fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+  if(result != 0) {
+    return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  }
+
+  char * buffer = malloc(buffer_size);
+  if(buffer == 0) {
+    return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  }
+
+  size_t read = fread(buffer, 1, buffer_size, file);
+
+  VkShaderModuleCreateInfo shader_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_MODULE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .codeSize = read,
+    .pCode = (uint32_t*)buffer,
+  };
+
+  VkShaderModule shader;
+  result = vkCreateShaderModule(device, &shader_info, 0, &shader);
+  free(buffer);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  }
+
+  return shader;
+}
+
+VkResult create_ui_rect_pipeline(VkDevice device, VkRenderPass render_pass, GraphicsPipeline* out) {
+  if(out == NULL) {
+    return VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED_EXT;
+  }
+
+  VkShaderModule vert_shader = load_shader_file("shader_src/ui_rect.vert.spv", device);
+  VkShaderModule frag_shader = load_shader_file("shader_src/ui_rect.frag.spv", device);
+  VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo shader_stages[2] = {
+    {
+      .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_INFO,
+      .stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT,
+      .module = vert_shader,
+      .pName = "main",
+    },
+    {
+      .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_INFO,
+      .stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT,
+      .module = frag_shader,
+      .pName = "main",
+    },
+  };
+
+  VkVertexInputBindingDescription bindings[1] = {
+    {
+      .binding = 0, // Which buffer 'binding' to use
+      .stride = sizeof(struct Vertex2), // How many bytes to increase the index between instance
+      .inputRate = VK_VERTEX_INPUT_RATE_VERTEX, // Whether an instance is a vertex or an index
+    },
+  };
+
+  VkVertexInputAttributeDescription attributes[3] = {
+    {
+      .binding = 0, // Which buffer 'binding' to use
+      .location = 0, // Which 'location' to export as to shader
+      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SFLOAT, // What format to interpret as for shader
+      .offset = offsetof(struct Vertex2, pos), // What offset from instance start
+    },
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .location = 1,
+      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT,
+      .offset = offsetof(struct Vertex2, color),
+    },
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo input_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_VERTEX_INPUT_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .pVertexBindingDescriptions = bindings,
+    .vertexBindingDescriptionCount = sizeof(bindings)/sizeof(VkVertexInputBindingDescription),
+    .pVertexAttributeDescriptions = attributes,
+    .vertexAttributeDescriptionCount = sizeof(attributes)/sizeof(VkVertexInputAttributeDescription),
+  };
+
+  VkPushConstantRange pcr = {
+    .stageFlags = VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL,
+    .offset = 0,
+    .size = sizeof(VkDeviceAddress),
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo layout_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_LAYOUT_CREATE_INFO,
+    .pushConstantRangeCount = 1,
+    .pPushConstantRanges = &pcr,
+  };
+
+  VkResult result = vkCreatePipelineLayout(device, &layout_info, 0, &out->layout);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  VkDynamicState dynamic_states[] = {
+    VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VIEWPORT,
+    VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SCISSOR,
+  };
+
+  uint32_t dynamic_state_count = sizeof(dynamic_states)/sizeof(VkDynamicState);
+
+  VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo dynamic_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_DYNAMIC_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .dynamicStateCount = dynamic_state_count,
+    .pDynamicStates = dynamic_states,
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineInputAssemblyStateCreateInfo input_assembly_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_INPUT_ASSEMBLY_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .topology = VK_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_TRIANGLE_LIST,
+    .primitiveRestartEnable = VK_FALSE,
+  };
+
+  VkViewport viewport = {
+    .x = 0.0f,
+    .y = 0.0f,
+    .width = (float)(100),
+    .height = (float)(100),
+    .minDepth = 0.0f,
+    .maxDepth = 1.0f,
+  };
+
+  VkRect2D scissor = {
+    .offset = {
+      .x = 0,
+      .y = 0,
+    },
+    .extent = {
+      .width = 100,
+      .height = 100,
+    },
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo viewport_state = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_VIEWPORT_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .viewportCount = 1,
+    .pViewports = &viewport,
+    .scissorCount = 1,
+    .pScissors = &scissor,
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo raster_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_RASTERIZATION_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .depthClampEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .rasterizerDiscardEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .polygonMode = VK_POLYGON_MODE_FILL,
+    .lineWidth = 1.0f,
+    .cullMode = VK_CULL_MODE_BACK_BIT,
+    .frontFace = VK_FRONT_FACE_CLOCKWISE,
+    .depthBiasEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .depthBiasConstantFactor = 0.0f,
+    .depthBiasClamp = 0.0f,
+    .depthBiasSlopeFactor = 0.0f,
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo multisample_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_MULTISAMPLE_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .sampleShadingEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .rasterizationSamples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT,
+    .minSampleShading = 1.0f,
+    .pSampleMask = 0,
+    .alphaToCoverageEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .alphaToOneEnable = VK_FALSE,
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo depth_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .depthTestEnable = VK_TRUE,
+    .depthWriteEnable = VK_TRUE,
+    .depthCompareOp = VK_COMPARE_OP_LESS,
+    .depthBoundsTestEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .maxDepthBounds = 1.0f,
+    .minDepthBounds = 0.0f,
+    .stencilTestEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .front = {},
+    .back = {},
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState color_blend_attachment = {
+    .colorWriteMask = VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_R_BIT | VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_G_BIT | VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_B_BIT | VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_A_BIT,
+    .blendEnable = VK_TRUE,
+    .srcColorBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_ALPHA,
+    .dstColorBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA,
+    .colorBlendOp = VK_BLEND_OP_ADD,
+    .srcAlphaBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE,
+    .dstAlphaBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO,
+    .alphaBlendOp = VK_BLEND_OP_ADD,
+  };
+
+  VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo color_blend_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_COLOR_BLEND_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .logicOpEnable = VK_FALSE,
+    .logicOp = VK_LOGIC_OP_COPY,
+    .attachmentCount = 1,
+    .pAttachments = &color_blend_attachment,
+    .blendConstants[0] = 0.0f,
+    .blendConstants[1] = 0.0f,
+    .blendConstants[2] = 0.0f,
+    .blendConstants[3] = 0.0f,
+  };
+
+  VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo draw_pipeline_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GRAPHICS_PIPELINE_CREATE_INFO,
+    .stageCount = 2,
+    .pStages = shader_stages,
+    .pVertexInputState = &input_info,
+    .pInputAssemblyState = &input_assembly_info,
+    .pViewportState = &viewport_state,
+    .pRasterizationState = &raster_info,
+    .pColorBlendState = &color_blend_info,
+    .pDynamicState = &dynamic_info,
+    .pDepthStencilState = &depth_info,
+    .pMultisampleState = &multisample_info,
+    .layout = out->layout,
+    .renderPass = render_pass,
+    .subpass = 0,
+    .basePipelineHandle = VK_NULL_HANDLE,
+    .basePipelineIndex = -1,
+  };
+
+  result = vkCreateGraphicsPipelines(device, VK_NULL_HANDLE, 1, &draw_pipeline_info, 0, &out->pipeline);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  return VK_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/render.c b/client/src/render.c
index 33312ff..be35ef6 100644
--- a/client/src/render.c
+++ b/client/src/render.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "render.h"
-#include "vk_mem_alloc.h"
+#include "vulkan/vulkan_core.h"
 
 const uint32_t MAX_FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT = 2;
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ GLFWwindow* init_window() {
   glfwSetErrorCallback(glfw_error);
 
   glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CLIENT_API, GLFW_NO_API);
-  glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GLFW_TRUE);
+  glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GLFW_FALSE);
   GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(800, 500, "roleplay", 0, 0);
 
   return window;
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@ VkResult create_swapchain_framebuffers(VkDevice device, uint32_t image_count, Vk
     return 0;
   }
 
+  VkFramebuffer* framebuffer_ptr = *framebuffers;
+
   for(uint32_t i = 0; i < image_count; i++) {
     VkImageView attachments[] = {
       image_views[i],
@@ -771,7 +773,7 @@ VkResult create_swapchain_framebuffers(VkDevice device, uint32_t image_count, Vk
       .layers = 1,
     };
 
-    VkResult result = vkCreateFramebuffer(device, &framebuffer_info, 0, *framebuffers + sizeof(VkFramebuffer)*i);
+    VkResult result = vkCreateFramebuffer(device, &framebuffer_info, 0, &framebuffer_ptr[i]);
     if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
       free(*framebuffers);
       return result;
@@ -868,7 +870,7 @@ VkResult create_depth_image(VkDevice device, VkFormat depth_format, VkExtent2D s
   };
  
   VmaAllocationCreateInfo allocation_info = {
-    .usage = VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_ONLY,
+    .usage = VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO,
   };
 
   VkResult result = vmaCreateImage(allocator, &depth_image_info, &allocation_info, depth_image, depth_image_memory, NULL);
@@ -1031,7 +1033,6 @@ VkResult init_vulkan(GLFWwindow* window, RenderContext* context) {
     return result;
   }
 
-  // TODO: create and allocate the depth image
   result = create_depth_image(context->device, context->depth_format, context->swapchain_extent, context->allocator, context->extra_graphics_pool, context->graphics_queue, &context->depth_image, &context->depth_image_memory, &context->depth_image_view);
   if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
     return result;
@@ -1042,9 +1043,96 @@ VkResult init_vulkan(GLFWwindow* window, RenderContext* context) {
     return result;
   }
 
-  // TODO: create pipelines
-   
+  context->current_frame = 0;
 
   return VK_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+VkResult draw_frame(RenderContext* context) {
+  VkResult result;
+
+  result = vkWaitForFences(context->device, 1, &context->in_flight_fences[context->current_frame], VK_TRUE, UINT64_MAX);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  result = vkResetFences(context->device, 1, &context->in_flight_fences[context->current_frame]);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  uint32_t image_index;
+  result = vkAcquireNextImageKHR(context->device, context->swapchain, UINT64_MAX, context->image_available_semaphores[context->current_frame], VK_NULL_HANDLE, &image_index);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+
+  result = vkResetCommandBuffer(context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame], 0);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  VkCommandBufferBeginInfo begin_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_BEGIN_INFO,
+  }; 
+  result = vkBeginCommandBuffer(context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame], &begin_info);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  VkClearValue clear_color = {{{0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f}}};
+
+  VkRenderPassBeginInfo render_pass_begin = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_BEGIN_INFO,
+    .renderPass = context->render_pass,
+    .framebuffer = context->swapchain_framebuffers[image_index],
+    .renderArea.offset = {0, 0},
+    .renderArea.extent = context->swapchain_extent,
+    .clearValueCount = 1,
+    .pClearValues = &clear_color,
+  };
+  vkCmdBeginRenderPass(context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame], &render_pass_begin, VK_SUBPASS_CONTENTS_INLINE);
+  vkCmdEndRenderPass(context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame]);
+
+  result = vkEndCommandBuffer(context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame]);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+  
+  VkPipelineStageFlags wait_stages[] = {VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT};
+  VkSubmitInfo submit_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBMIT_INFO,
+    .waitSemaphoreCount = 1,
+    .pWaitSemaphores = &context->image_available_semaphores[context->current_frame],
+    .pWaitDstStageMask = wait_stages,
+    .commandBufferCount = 1,
+    .pCommandBuffers = &context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame],
+    .signalSemaphoreCount = 1,
+    .pSignalSemaphores = &context->render_finished_semaphores[context->current_frame],
+  };
+
+  result = vkQueueSubmit(context->graphics_queue.handle, 1, &submit_info, context->in_flight_fences[context->current_frame]);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  VkPresentInfoKHR present_info = {
+    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PRESENT_INFO_KHR,
+    .waitSemaphoreCount = 1,
+    .pWaitSemaphores = &context->render_finished_semaphores[context->current_frame],
+    .swapchainCount = 1,
+    .pSwapchains = &context->swapchain,
+    .pImageIndices = &image_index,
+    .pResults = 0,
+  };
+
+  result = vkQueuePresentKHR(context->present_queue.handle, &present_info);
+  if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  context->current_frame = (context->current_frame + 1) % MAX_FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT;
+
+  return VK_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/render.o b/client/src/render.o
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