diff --git a/code/game/source/gen/texgen.c b/code/game/source/gen/texgen.c
index dfeb92e..c9b50ff 100644
--- a/code/game/source/gen/texgen.c
+++ b/code/game/source/gen/texgen.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "gen/texgen.h"
 #include "world/world.h"
 
+#include "texgen_data.c"
+
 Image texgen_build_block(uint32_t biome, uint32_t kind) {
     // TODO(zaklaus): 
     (void)biome;
diff --git a/code/game/source/gen/texgen_data.c b/code/game/source/gen/texgen_data.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9ec1cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/game/source/gen/texgen_data.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// NOTE(zaklaus): contains collection of packed images used by texgen