diff --git a/include/texture.h b/include/texture.h
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+#pragma once
+#include <string>
+#include <glad/glad.h>
+
+class Texture
+{
+public:
+	Texture() = default;
+	Texture(std::string path) { load(path); };
+
+	void bind(int slot);
+	void load(std::string path);
+	void clear();
+
+private:
+
+	GLuint id = 0;
+
+};
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diff --git a/src/texture.cpp b/src/texture.cpp
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+#include "texture.h"
+#include "stb_image/stb_image.h"
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
+void Texture::bind(int slot)
+{
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id);
+	glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0 + slot);
+}
+
+void Texture::load(std::string path)
+{
+	std::ifstream f(path, std::ios::binary);
+
+	if (!f.is_open())
+	{
+		throw(std::string( "err loading ") + path + "\n");
+	
+	}
+
+	//most vexing parse here yay love cpp
+	std::string ret{ std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>() };
+
+
+	stbi_set_flip_vertically_on_load(true);
+
+	int width = 0;
+	int height = 0;
+	int channels = 0;
+
+	const unsigned char *decodedImage = stbi_load_from_memory((unsigned char*)ret.c_str(), 
+		ret.size(), &width, &height, &channels, 4);
+
+
+	glGenTextures(1, &id);
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id);
+	glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
+
+	//minecraft is a pixel game so free optimizations, no bilinear filtey yay
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+
+	glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA8, width, height, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, decodedImage);
+	glGenerateMipmap(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LOD, 4);
+	
+
+
+	this->id = id;
+
+	stbi_image_free((void*)decodedImage);
+}
+
+void Texture::clear()
+{
+	glDeleteTextures(1, &id);
+	id = 0;
+}