diff --git a/assets/terrain.glb b/assets/terrain.glb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ffde3c
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c4945c..94e77cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@react-three/drei": "^9.121.4",
     "@react-three/fiber": "^9.0.0-rc.7",
+    "@react-three/rapier": "^1.5.0",
     "@types/three": "^0.173.0",
+    "color": "^4.2.3",
+    "lodash.debounce": "^4.0.8",
     "react": "^19.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
     "sass": "^1.84.0",
diff --git a/public/vite.svg b/public/vite.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index e7b8dfb..0000000
--- a/public/vite.svg
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index ebd5d36..25fe834 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -1,15 +1,63 @@
 import './style.scss'
-import { Canvas } from '@react-three/fiber';
-import ChatBubble from './components/chatbubble';
+import { Canvas, useFrame } from '@react-three/fiber';
+import Notes from './components/notes';
+import Player from './components/player';
+import Ground from './components/ground';
+import React, { Suspense, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Physics } from '@react-three/rapier';
+
+export const AppContext = React.createContext(null);
+
+function KeyPressedClearer() {
+    const { setKeysPressed } = useContext(AppContext);
+    useFrame((_s, _d) => setKeysPressed([]));
+    return <></>
+}
 
 function App() {
+    const [keys, setKeys] = useState([]);
+    const [keysPressed, setKeysPressed] = useState([]);
+    const playerKeyDown = (event) => {
+        setKeys(keys => {
+            if(!keys.includes(event.code)) {
+                setKeysPressed(keysPressed => [...keysPressed, event.code]);
+            }
+         return [...keys, event.code]
+        });
+    }
+    const playerKeyUp = (event) => {
+        setKeys(keys => keys.filter(k => k != event.code));
+    }
+    useEffect(() => {
+        window.addEventListener('keydown', playerKeyDown);
+        window.addEventListener('keyup', playerKeyUp);
+        return () => {
+            window.removeEventListener('keydown', playerKeyDown);
+            window.removeEventListener('keyup', playerKeyUp);
+        };
+    }, []);
     return (
-        <Canvas>
-            <ambientLight intensity={Math.PI / 2} />
-            <spotLight position={[10, 10, 10]} angle={0.15} penumbra={1} decay={0} intensity={Math.PI} />
-            <pointLight position={[-10, -10, -10]} decay={0} intensity={Math.PI} />
-            <ChatBubble position={[0, 0, 0]} />
-        </Canvas>
+        <AppContext.Provider value={{ keys: keys, keysPressed: keysPressed, setKeysPressed: setKeysPressed }}>
+            <Canvas shadows>
+                <KeyPressedClearer />
+                <Suspense>
+                    <Physics timeStep={1/60}>
+                        <directionalLight
+                            castShadow
+                            position={[100, 100, 100]}
+                            lookAt={[0, 0, 0]}
+                            intensity={Math.PI / 2}
+                            shadow-mapSize-height={2048}
+                            shadow-mapSize-width={2048}
+                        />
+                        <ambientLight intensity={Math.PI / 4} />
+                        <Notes />
+                        <Player />
+                        <Ground />
+                    </Physics>
+                </Suspense>
+            </Canvas>
+        </AppContext.Provider>
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/chatbubble.jsx b/src/components/chatbubble.jsx
index b3f4ad5..a1ef114 100644
--- a/src/components/chatbubble.jsx
+++ b/src/components/chatbubble.jsx
@@ -1,25 +1,51 @@
-import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useContext, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import * as everforest from '../_everforest.module.scss'
 import { useGLTF } from '@react-three/drei';
-import { useFrame } from '@react-three/fiber';
+import { useFrame, useThree } from '@react-three/fiber';
+import { Html } from '@react-three/drei';
+import { AppContext } from '../App';
+import Color from 'color';
+import { Vector3 } from 'three';
 
-export default function ChatBubble(props) {
+export default function ChatBubble({ position, text }) {
     const meshRef = useRef();
     const [hovered, setHovered] = useState(false);
+    const [activatable, setActivatable] = useState(false);
     const [active, setActive] = useState(false);
-    useFrame((_, delta) => (meshRef.current.rotation.y += delta));
-    const {nodes} = useGLTF('../assets/message-bubble.glb');
+    const { keysPressed } = useContext(AppContext);
+    const { camera } = useThree();
+    useFrame((_, delta) => {
+        if (active) {
+            meshRef.current.rotation.y += delta;
+        }
+        if(hovered) {
+            let cameraPos = new Vector3();
+            camera.getWorldPosition(cameraPos);
+            setActivatable(cameraPos.distanceToSquared(meshRef.current.position) < 9);
+        } else {
+            setActivatable(false);
+        }
+        if (keysPressed.includes('KeyE') && activatable) {
+            setActive(!active);
+        }
+    });
+    const { nodes } = useGLTF('../assets/message-bubble.glb');
 
+    let color = Color(active ? everforest.blue : everforest.orange);
+    if (activatable) {
+        color = color.lighten(.1);
+    }
     return (
         <mesh
-            {...props}
+            position={position}
             ref={meshRef}
             scale={active ? 3 : 2}
-            onClick={(_) => setActive(!active)}
             geometry={nodes.Curve.geometry}
+            castShadow
             onPointerOver={(_) => setHovered(true)}
             onPointerOut={(_) => setHovered(false)}>
-            <meshStandardMaterial color={active ? everforest.blue : everforest.orange} />
+            <meshStandardMaterial color={color.toString()} />
+            {active && <Html center position={[0, .5, 0]} className='unselectable textPopup'><span>{text}</span></Html>}
         </mesh>
     )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/ground.jsx b/src/components/ground.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4042538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/ground.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { useRef } from 'react';
+import * as everforest from '../_everforest.module.scss'
+import { RigidBody } from '@react-three/rapier';
+import { DoubleSide } from 'three';
+import { useGLTF } from '@react-three/drei';
+
+export default function Ground() {
+    const meshRef = useRef();
+    const { nodes } = useGLTF('../assets/terrain.glb');
+    return (
+        <RigidBody type='fixed' colliders="trimesh">
+            <mesh ref={meshRef} position={[0, 0, 0]} rotation={[-Math.PI / 2, 0, 0]} receiveShadow geometry={nodes.Plane.geometry}>
+                <meshStandardMaterial color={everforest.yellow} side={DoubleSide}/>
+            </mesh>
+        </RigidBody>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/notes.jsx b/src/components/notes.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd267a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/notes.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import ChatBubble from "./chatbubble";
+
+const chatbubbles = [
+    {position: [0,0,-3], text: "ugh. really struggling with double bleeds in my ankles. makes it hard to do very much of anything, let alone focus for my hobbies"},
+    {position: [-1,0,-5], text: "reddit is everywhere on google and i am sick of it... why can't there be a good forum site?"},
+];
+
+export default function Notes() {
+    return (<>
+        {chatbubbles.map((chatbubble, index) => 
+            <ChatBubble key={index} position={chatbubble.position} text={chatbubble.text}/>
+        )}
+    </>);
+}
diff --git a/src/components/player.jsx b/src/components/player.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd8e392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/player.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { Capsule, PerspectiveCamera, PointerLockControls } from "@react-three/drei";
+import { useFrame } from "@react-three/fiber";
+import { useContext, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { AppContext } from "../App";
+import { CapsuleCollider, RapierCollider, RapierRigidBody, RigidBody, useRapier, vec3 } from "@react-three/rapier";
+import { quat } from "@react-three/rapier";
+import { Euler, Object3D, Vector3 } from "three";
+import { useBeforePhysicsStep } from "@react-three/rapier";
+
+const _movespeed = 3.0;
+
+export default function Player() {
+    const controlsRef = useRef();
+    const { keys } = useContext(AppContext);
+    const rapier = useRapier();
+    const controller = useRef();
+    const collider = useRef();
+    const rigidbody = useRef();
+    const camera = useRef();
+
+    const refState = useRef({
+        grounded: false,
+        jumping: false,
+        velocity: vec3(),
+    });
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const c = rapier.world.createCharacterController(0.1);
+        c.setApplyImpulsesToDynamicBodies(true);
+        c.setCharacterMass(0.2);
+        controller.current = c;
+    }, [rapier]);
+
+    useBeforePhysicsStep((world) => {
+        if (controller.current && rigidbody.current && collider.current) {
+            const move_axis_x = +(keys.includes('KeyD')) - +(keys.includes('KeyA'));
+            const move_axis_z = +(keys.includes('KeyW')) - +(keys.includes('KeyS'));
+
+            const { velocity } = refState.current;
+            const position = vec3(rigidbody.current.translation());
+            const movement = vec3();
+
+            const forward = new Vector3();
+            camera.current.getWorldDirection(forward);
+            const left = new Vector3().crossVectors(forward, camera.current.up);
+
+            movement.x += move_axis_z * world.timestep * _movespeed * forward.x;
+            movement.z += move_axis_z * world.timestep * _movespeed * forward.z;
+            movement.x += move_axis_x * world.timestep * _movespeed * left.x;
+            movement.z += move_axis_x * world.timestep * _movespeed * left.z;
+
+            if (refState.current.grounded) {
+                velocity.y = 0;
+            } else {
+                velocity.y -= 9.81 * world.timestep * world.timestep;
+            }
+
+            movement.add(velocity);
+
+            controller.current.computeColliderMovement(collider.current, movement);
+            refState.current.grounded = controller.current.computedGrounded();
+
+            let correctedMovement = controller.current.computedMovement();
+            position.add(vec3(correctedMovement));
+
+            rigidbody.current.setNextKinematicTranslation(position);
+        }
+    });
+
+    return (
+        <RigidBody type="kinematicPosition" colliders={false} ref={rigidbody} position={[0, 2, 0]}>
+            <PerspectiveCamera makeDefault position={[0, .9, 0]} fov={90} ref={camera} />
+            <PointerLockControls ref={controlsRef} />
+            <CapsuleCollider ref={collider} args={[1, 0.5]} />
+        </RigidBody>
+    );
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main.jsx b/src/main.jsx
index 3d9da8a..97bc548 100644
--- a/src/main.jsx
+++ b/src/main.jsx
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ import App from './App.jsx'
 createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
   <StrictMode>
     <App />
+    <div className='dot'/>
   </StrictMode>,
 )
diff --git a/src/style.scss b/src/style.scss
index 1bc4d97..23c3679 100644
--- a/src/style.scss
+++ b/src/style.scss
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@
 
 /// }}}
 
+.dot {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  width: 5px;
+  height: 5px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
+  border: 2px solid white;
+}
+
 html,
 body,
 #root {
@@ -39,15 +50,6 @@ html {
   height: 100%;
 }
 
-/* body { */
-/*   color: everforest.$fg; */
-/*   background-color: everforest.$bg1; */
-/*   margin: 0 auto; */
-/*   max-width: 800px; */
-/*   padding: 10px; */
-/*   min-height: 100%; */
-/* } */
-
 a {
   color: everforest.$blue;
 }
@@ -93,3 +95,24 @@ pre table {
     color: everforest.$orange;
   }
 }
+
+.textPopup {
+  /* text-align: center; */
+  pointer-events: none;
+  background-color: everforest.$bg1;
+  color: everforest.$fg;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  font-size: 15px;
+  width: 200px;
+  max-width: 50vw;
+  padding: 5px;
+}
+
+.unselectable {
+    -webkit-touch-callout: none;
+    -webkit-user-select: none;
+    -khtml-user-select: none;
+    -moz-user-select: none;
+    -ms-user-select: none;
+    user-select: none;
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8ca67f3..da6f679 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@
     "@babel/helper-string-parser" "^7.25.9"
     "@babel/helper-validator-identifier" "^7.25.9"
 
+"@dimforge/rapier3d-compat@0.14.0":
+  version "0.14.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dimforge/rapier3d-compat/-/rapier3d-compat-0.14.0.tgz#c6148f743aa99de320231527c466c1a48ada4c9f"
+  integrity sha512-/uHrUzS+CRQ+NQrrJCEDUkhwHlNsAAexbNXgbN9sHY+GwR+SFFAFrxRr8Llf5/AJZzqiLANdQIfJ63Cw4gJVqw==
+
 "@esbuild/aix-ppc64@0.24.2":
   version "0.24.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@esbuild/aix-ppc64/-/aix-ppc64-0.24.2.tgz#38848d3e25afe842a7943643cbcd387cc6e13461"
@@ -615,6 +620,15 @@
     suspend-react "^0.1.3"
     zustand "^4.1.2"
 
+"@react-three/rapier@^1.5.0":
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-three/rapier/-/rapier-1.5.0.tgz#f6af5b1dd6895a73df0d09e15576eed1f0398379"
+  integrity sha512-gylk2KyCer9EoymFyTyc+g2IqyAq4mTbZgaHoSJi6gHoXlJsC2LVeN4jedvegvjUsXPExdE60wHjCPa+DS4iXw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@dimforge/rapier3d-compat" "0.14.0"
+    suspend-react "^0.1.3"
+    three-stdlib "^2.29.4"
+
 "@rollup/rollup-android-arm-eabi@4.34.6":
   version "4.34.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@rollup/rollup-android-arm-eabi/-/rollup-android-arm-eabi-4.34.6.tgz#9b726b4dcafb9332991e9ca49d54bafc71d9d87f"
@@ -1073,11 +1087,27 @@ color-convert@^2.0.1:
   dependencies:
     color-name "~1.1.4"
 
-color-name@~1.1.4:
+color-name@^1.0.0, color-name@~1.1.4:
   version "1.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.4.tgz#c2a09a87acbde69543de6f63fa3995c826c536a2"
   integrity sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA==
 
+color-string@^1.9.0:
+  version "1.9.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-string/-/color-string-1.9.1.tgz#4467f9146f036f855b764dfb5bf8582bf342c7a4"
+  integrity sha512-shrVawQFojnZv6xM40anx4CkoDP+fZsw/ZerEMsW/pyzsRbElpsL/DBVW7q3ExxwusdNXI3lXpuhEZkzs8p5Eg==
+  dependencies:
+    color-name "^1.0.0"
+    simple-swizzle "^0.2.2"
+
+color@^4.2.3:
+  version "4.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color/-/color-4.2.3.tgz#d781ecb5e57224ee43ea9627560107c0e0c6463a"
+  integrity sha512-1rXeuUUiGGrykh+CeBdu5Ie7OJwinCgQY0bc7GCRxy5xVHy+moaqkpL/jqQq0MtQOeYcrqEz4abc5f0KtU7W4A==
+  dependencies:
+    color-convert "^2.0.1"
+    color-string "^1.9.0"
+
 concat-map@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz#d8a96bd77fd68df7793a73036a3ba0d5405d477b"
@@ -1763,6 +1793,11 @@ is-array-buffer@^3.0.4, is-array-buffer@^3.0.5:
     call-bound "^1.0.3"
     get-intrinsic "^1.2.6"
 
+is-arrayish@^0.3.1:
+  version "0.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-arrayish/-/is-arrayish-0.3.2.tgz#4574a2ae56f7ab206896fb431eaeed066fdf8f03"
+  integrity sha512-eVRqCvVlZbuw3GrM63ovNSNAeA1K16kaR/LRY/92w0zxQ5/1YzwblUX652i4Xs9RwAGjW9d9y6X88t8OaAJfWQ==
+
 is-async-function@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-async-function/-/is-async-function-2.1.1.tgz#3e69018c8e04e73b738793d020bfe884b9fd3523"
@@ -2041,6 +2076,11 @@ locate-path@^6.0.0:
   dependencies:
     p-locate "^5.0.0"
 
+lodash.debounce@^4.0.8:
+  version "4.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.debounce/-/lodash.debounce-4.0.8.tgz#82d79bff30a67c4005ffd5e2515300ad9ca4d7af"
+  integrity sha512-FT1yDzDYEoYWhnSGnpE/4Kj1fLZkDFyqRb7fNt6FdYOSxlUWAtp42Eh6Wb0rGIv/m9Bgo7x4GhQbm5Ys4SG5ow==
+
 lodash.merge@^4.6.2:
   version "4.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz#558aa53b43b661e1925a0afdfa36a9a1085fe57a"
@@ -2545,6 +2585,13 @@ side-channel@^1.1.0:
     side-channel-map "^1.0.1"
     side-channel-weakmap "^1.0.2"
 
+simple-swizzle@^0.2.2:
+  version "0.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/simple-swizzle/-/simple-swizzle-0.2.2.tgz#a4da6b635ffcccca33f70d17cb92592de95e557a"
+  integrity sha512-JA//kQgZtbuY83m+xT+tXJkmJncGMTFT+C+g2h2R9uxkYIrE2yy9sgmcLhCnw57/WSD+Eh3J97FPEDFnbXnDUg==
+  dependencies:
+    is-arrayish "^0.3.1"
+
 "source-map-js@>=0.6.2 <2.0.0", source-map-js@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-js/-/source-map-js-1.2.1.tgz#1ce5650fddd87abc099eda37dcff024c2667ae46"
@@ -2649,7 +2696,7 @@ three-mesh-bvh@^0.7.8:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/three-mesh-bvh/-/three-mesh-bvh-0.7.8.tgz#83156e4d3945734db076de1c94809331481b3fdd"
   integrity sha512-BGEZTOIC14U0XIRw3tO4jY7IjP7n7v24nv9JXS1CyeVRWOCkcOMhRnmENUjuV39gktAw4Ofhr0OvIAiTspQrrw==
 
-three-stdlib@^2.35.6:
+three-stdlib@^2.29.4, three-stdlib@^2.35.6:
   version "2.35.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/three-stdlib/-/three-stdlib-2.35.13.tgz#477fc5ffdef8a8923395ae2d7f26b0aeb6d60689"
   integrity sha512-AbXVObkM0OFCKX0r4VmHguGTdebiUQA+Yl+4VNta1wC158gwY86tCkjp2LFfmABtjYJhdK6aP13wlLtxZyLMAA==