diff --git a/include/shader.h b/include/shader.h
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+++ b/include/shader.h
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+#pragma once
+//todo switch
+
+#include <glad/glad.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <glm/mat4x4.hpp>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+class Shader
+{
+public:
+	Shader() {};
+
+	void loadFromFiles(std::string vertexPath, std::string fragmentPath);
+
+	void bind()
+	{
+		glUseProgram(id);
+	}
+
+	void clear()
+	{
+		glDeleteProgram(id);
+	}
+
+	GLuint getId() { return id; }
+
+protected:
+
+	GLuint id = 0;
+
+	GLuint createShaderFromMemory(const char *data, GLenum type);
+	std::string loadShaderSource(std::string source);
+
+};
+
+class DrawBlocksShader : public Shader
+{
+public:
+	void load();
+
+	void setProjectionMatrix(const glm::mat4 &mat);
+	void setModelViewMatrix(const glm::mat4 &mat);
+	void setPlayerPos(const glm::vec3 &pos);
+	void setTexture(int index);
+	void setPosition(int x, int y, int z);
+	void setTextureAtlasCoords(int x, int y);
+	void setAo(bool ao);
+
+private:
+
+	GLint u_playerPos;
+	GLint u_modelView;
+	GLint u_projectionMatrix;
+	GLint u_texture;
+	GLint u_pos;
+	GLint u_atlas;
+	GLint u_ao;
+
+};
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diff --git a/src/shader.cpp b/src/shader.cpp
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+++ b/src/shader.cpp
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+#include "shader.h"
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include "tools.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+void Shader::loadFromFiles(std::string vertexPath, std::string fragmentPath)
+{
+	std::string vertexSource = loadShaderSource(vertexPath);
+	auto vertexShaderId = createShaderFromMemory(vertexSource.c_str(), GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
+
+	std::string fragmentSource = loadShaderSource(fragmentPath);
+	auto fragmentShaderId = createShaderFromMemory(fragmentSource.c_str(), GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
+
+	id = glCreateProgram();
+
+	glAttachShader(id, vertexShaderId);
+	glAttachShader(id, fragmentShaderId);
+
+	glLinkProgram(id);
+
+	glDeleteShader(vertexShaderId);
+	glDeleteShader(fragmentShaderId);
+
+	int info = 0;
+	glGetProgramiv(id, GL_LINK_STATUS, &info);
+
+	if (info != GL_TRUE)
+	{
+		char *message = 0;
+		int   l = 0;
+
+		glGetProgramiv(id, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &l);
+
+		message = new char[l];
+
+		glGetProgramInfoLog(id, l, &l, message);
+
+		llog(ErrorLog(), message, "\n", "in:", vertexPath, "and:", fragmentPath);
+
+		delete[] message;
+	}
+
+	glValidateProgram(id);
+
+}
+
+GLuint Shader::createShaderFromMemory(const char *data, GLenum type)
+{
+	GLuint shaderID = glCreateShader(type);
+
+	glShaderSource(shaderID, 1, &data, 0);
+	glCompileShader(shaderID);
+
+
+	int result = 0;
+	glGetShaderiv(id, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &result);
+
+	if (!result)
+	{
+		char *message = 0;
+		int   l = 0;
+
+		glGetShaderiv(shaderID, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &l);
+
+		if (l)
+		{
+
+			message = new char[l];
+
+			glGetShaderInfoLog(shaderID, l, &l, message);
+
+			message[l - 1] = 0;
+
+			llog(ErrorLog(), message, "\n", "data:\n\n", data);
+
+			delete[] message;
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return shaderID;
+}
+
+std::string Shader::loadShaderSource(std::string source)
+{
+	std::ifstream f(source);
+
+	if (!f.is_open())
+	{
+		throw(std::string("err loading ") + source);
+	}
+
+	//most vexing parse here yay love cpp
+	std::string ret{ std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f), {} };
+
+	return std::move(ret);
+}
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::load()
+{
+	loadFromFiles(RESOURCES_PATH "vertex.vert", RESOURCES_PATH "fragment.frag");
+
+	permaAssertComment(id, "shader not found");
+
+	u_playerPos = glGetUniformLocation(id, "u_playerPos");
+	u_modelView = glGetUniformLocation(id, "u_modelView");
+	u_projectionMatrix = glGetUniformLocation(id, "u_projectionMatrix");
+	u_texture = glGetUniformLocation(id, "u_texture");
+	u_pos = glGetUniformLocation(id, "u_pos");
+	u_atlas = glGetUniformLocation(id, "u_atlas");
+	u_ao = glGetUniformLocation(id, "u_ao");
+
+
+	if (u_projectionMatrix == -1)
+	{
+		llog(ErrorLog(), "projMat error\n");
+	}
+
+}
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::setProjectionMatrix(const glm::mat4 &mat)
+{
+	glUniformMatrix4fv(u_projectionMatrix, 1, GL_FALSE, &(mat[0][0]));
+
+}
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::setModelViewMatrix(const glm::mat4 &mat)
+{
+	glUniformMatrix4fv(u_modelView, 1, GL_FALSE, &(mat[0][0]));
+
+}
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::setPlayerPos(const glm::vec3 &pos)
+{
+	glUniform3f(u_playerPos, pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
+}
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::setTexture(int index)
+{
+	glUniform1i(u_texture, index);
+}
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::setPosition(int x, int y, int z)
+{
+	glUniform3i(u_pos, x, y, z);
+}
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::setTextureAtlasCoords(int x, int y)
+{
+	glUniform2i(u_atlas, x, y);
+}
+
+
+void DrawBlocksShader::setAo(bool ao)
+{
+	glUniform1i(u_ao, ao);
+}