diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c97d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+
+
+CXX = g++
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 -g -ggdb -Wall
+SRC_DIR = src
+OBJ_DIR = build
+
+# TODO: incorporate imgui into project files and not use gl3w
+# 	can also remove -ldl from LDFLAGS then
+CC = gcc
+GL3W_CFLAGS = -Wall -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/libs/gl3w
+CXXFLAGS += -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/libs/gl3w
+GL3W_LDFLAGS += -ldl
+
+# libGLEW needs to be >= 2.0.0 to use opengl core context
+#	don't know a good way to require this in make without forcing a specific version
+LDFLAGS = -lSDL2 -lGLEW -lGL
+
+# SDL2_image
+CXXFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags SDL2_image)
+LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs SDL2_image)
+
+# IMGUI
+IMGUI_DIR = ext/imgui
+CXXFLAGS += -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/sdl_opengl3_example -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/libs/gl3w
+
+# assimp
+LDFLAGS += -lassimp
+
+SOURCES = $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp \
+		  $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp \
+		  $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp \
+		  $(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/sdl_opengl3_example/imgui_impl_sdl_gl3.cpp \
+
+OBJECTS := $(patsubst %.cpp, $(OBJ_DIR)/%.o, $(notdir $(SOURCES)))
+
+
+all: $(OBJECTS) $(OBJ_DIR)/gl3w.o
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -I/usr/include/SDL2 -Iext/aixlog/include -o $(OBJ_DIR)/hexgame $(SRC_DIR)/hexgame.cpp $(LDFLAGS) $(GL3W_LDFLAGS) $(OBJ_DIR)/*
+	mkdir -p bin
+	mv $(OBJ_DIR)/hexgame bin
+
+info: 
+	@echo "SOURCES:"
+	@echo $(SOURCES)
+	@echo "OBJECTS:"
+	@echo $(OBJECTS)
+
+$(OBJ_DIR)/imgui.o:
+	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp -o $@
+
+$(OBJ_DIR)/imgui_demo.o:
+	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp -o $@
+	
+$(OBJ_DIR)/imgui_draw.o:
+	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp -o $@
+
+$(OBJ_DIR)/imgui_impl_sdl_gl3.o:
+	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/sdl_opengl3_example/imgui_impl_sdl_gl3.cpp -o $@
+
+$(OBJ_DIR)/gl3w.o:
+	$(CC) -c $(GL3W_CFLAGS) $(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/libs/gl3w/GL/gl3w.c -o $@
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f bin/hexgame $(OBJ_DIR)/*
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ff55831..0000000
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-
-
-CXX = g++
-CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 -g -ggdb -Wall -I/usr/include/SDL2 -I../ext/aixlog/include
-
-# IMGUI
-IMGUI_DIR = ../ext/imgui
-
-# TODO: incorporate imgui into project files and not use gl3w
-# 	can also remove -ldl from LDFLAGS then
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -Wall -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/libs/gl3w
-OBJECTS = $(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/libs/gl3w/GL/gl3w.o
-
-CXXFLAGS += -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/sdl_opengl3_example -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/libs/gl3w
-OBJECTS += $(IMGUI_DIR)/examples/sdl_opengl3_example/imgui_impl_sdl_gl3.o
-OBJECTS += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.o $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.o $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.o
-
-
-# libGLEW needs to be >= 2.0.0 to use opengl core context
-#	don't know a good way to require this in make without forcing a specific version
-LDFLAGS = -lSDL2 -lGLEW -lGL
-
-# SDL2_image
-CXXFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags SDL2_image)
-LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs SDL2_image)
-
-# TODO: only needed for gl3w, remove later
-LDFLAGS += -ldl
-
-LDFLAGS += -lassimp
-
-all: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o hexgame hexgame.cpp $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJECTS)
-	mkdir -p ../bin
-	mv hexgame ../bin
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	rm ../bin/hexgame $(OBJECTS)
diff --git a/src/hexgame.cpp b/src/hexgame.cpp
index 994a7ce..5d7c5e5 100644
--- a/src/hexgame.cpp
+++ b/src/hexgame.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * TODO:
  * 	- maybe start thinking about separating headers into different compilation units
  * 	- add some sweet unit models
+ *    - need to add indexed drawing for assimp models
  * 	- map generation
  * 	- pathfinding
  */
diff --git a/src/mesh.h b/src/mesh.h
index 73813fe..1fbe9f0 100644
--- a/src/mesh.h
+++ b/src/mesh.h
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ getVertexCount()
 	return g_scene->mMeshes[0]->mNumVertices;
 }
 
+// TODO: probably don't really need to copy this here
+//	let assimp manage the storage, and just reference indexes after passing
+//	to opengl
+
 // copy data from assimp for use in our renderer
 Entity*
 convertMesh(Entity* e)