diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8e6e05..7485743 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler2"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "320119579fcad9c21884f5c4861d16174d0e06250625266f50fe6898340abefa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.5"
@@ -11,6 +17,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -76,6 +88,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "critical-section",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2032f911046de80f0a198e0901378627c33f59ea0ac00e363d481118bd70a53"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -94,6 +112,12 @@ version = "3.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72f5acc6cb2ba439de613abc23857ec3d78374d8ed5ac84e9d11336e87da8649"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytemuck"
+version = "1.25.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95832e849adfb21180ccb6826a99da14e5d266ae5c2e668e1602cf234f153797"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -130,6 +154,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
+ "macroquad",
  "postcard",
  "rand",
  "serde",
@@ -147,12 +172,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color_quant"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d7b894f5411737b7867f4827955924d7c254fc9f4d91a6aad6b097804b1018b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1d07550c9036bf2ae0c684c4297d503f838287c83c53686d05370d0e139ae570"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core_maths"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77745e017f5edba1a9c1d854f6f3a52dac8a12dd5af5d2f54aecf61e43d80d30"
+dependencies = [
+ "libm",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -162,6 +202,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9481c1c90cbf2ac953f07c8d4a58aa3945c425b7185c9154d67a65e4230da511"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "critical-section"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -271,12 +320,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fdeflate"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e6853b52649d4ac5c0bd02320cddc5ba956bdb407c4b75a2c6b75bf51500f8c"
+dependencies = [
+ "simd-adler32",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "843fba2746e448b37e26a819579957415c8cef339bf08564fe8b7ddbd959573c"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foldhash"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fontdue"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7894823fa221401399e2598f8b63f81ac77ff5c63248b7656779bff1632d7d3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "ttf-parser",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-core"
 version = "0.3.34"
@@ -326,6 +404,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasip3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glam"
+version = "0.27.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e05e7e6723e3455f4818c7b26e855439f7546cf617ef669d1adedb8669e5cb9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hash32"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -341,6 +425,8 @@ version = "0.15.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
 dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
  "foldhash",
 ]
 
@@ -376,6 +462,19 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d3067d79b975e8844ca9eb072e16b31c3c1c36928edf9c6789548c524d0d954"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "image"
+version = "0.24.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5690139d2f55868e080017335e4b94cb7414274c74f1669c84fb5feba2c9f69d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "byteorder",
+ "color_quant",
+ "num-traits",
+ "png",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.14.0"
@@ -459,6 +558,12 @@ version = "0.2.189"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3eaf3ede3fee6db1a4c2ee091bf8a8b4dccdc6d17f656fb07896ee72867612f2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libm"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6d2cec3eae94f9f509c767b45932f1ada8350c4bdb85af2fcab4a3c14807981"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.20"
@@ -483,12 +588,63 @@ version = "0.4.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "macroquad"
+version = "0.4.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cbd54d99d4d3ac59deed7ee4927bbbf4eb33a55635530af3be9395a55746090"
+dependencies = [
+ "fontdue",
+ "glam",
+ "image",
+ "macroquad_macro",
+ "miniquad",
+ "quad-rand",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroquad_macro"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64b1d96218903768c1ce078b657c0d5965465c95a60d2682fd97443c9d2483dd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "malloc_buf"
+version = "0.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62bb907fe88d54d8d9ce32a3cceab4218ed2f6b7d35617cafe9adf84e43919cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf8baf1c55e62ffcace7a9f06f4bd9cd3f0c4beb022d3b367256b91b87513d98"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniquad"
+version = "0.4.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dcbaea978d741f3b60ced666b06a2a1e4a2bc81cb8b9dd29f4a40965e1f59e65"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "ndk-sys",
+ "objc-rs",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fa76a2c86f704bdb222d66965fb3d63269ce38518b83cb0575fca855ebb6316"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler2",
+ "simd-adler32",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "1.2.2"
@@ -500,6 +656,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ndk-sys"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1bcdd74c20ad5d95aacd60ef9ba40fdf77f767051040541df557b7a9b2a2121"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc-rs"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64a1e7069a2525126bf12a9f1f7916835fafade384fb27cabf698e745e2a1eb8"
+dependencies = [
+ "malloc_buf",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.4"
@@ -547,6 +727,19 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a89322df9ebe1c1578d689c92318e070967d1042b512afbe49518723f4e6d5cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "png"
+version = "0.17.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82151a2fc869e011c153adc57cf2789ccb8d9906ce52c0b39a6b5697749d7526"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "fdeflate",
+ "flate2",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.15.0"
@@ -594,6 +787,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quad-rand"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a651516ddc9168ebd67b24afd085a718be02f8858fe406591b013d101ce2f40"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.47"
@@ -764,6 +963,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "simd-adler32"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a219298ac11a56ea9a6d2120044824d6f01aeb034955e7af7bc16858527deea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -910,6 +1115,15 @@ version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d56353a2a665ad0f41a421187180aab746c8c325620617ad883a99a1cbe66d2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ttf-parser"
+version = "0.25.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2df906b07856748fa3f6e0ad0cbaa047052d4a7dd609e231c4f72cee8c36f31"
+dependencies = [
+ "core_maths",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.24"
@@ -1043,6 +1257,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
 version = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a172223..3c9f58a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 dirs = "6.0.0"
 env_logger = "0.11.11"
 log = "0.4.33"
+macroquad = "0.4.16"
 postcard = { version = "1.1.3", features = ["alloc"] }
 rand = "0.10.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0.229", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/nix/package.nix b/nix/package.nix
index 5aae574..ad6511f 100644
--- a/nix/package.nix
+++ b/nix/package.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,26 @@
           # rustc
           # already provided by buildRustPackage :p
           pkg-config
+          makeWrapper
         ];
 
         # runtime deps
         buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          wayland
+          wayland-protocols
+          libGL
+          alsa-lib
 
+          libX11.out
+          libXi.out
+          libXcursor.out
+          libXrandr.out
+          libxkbcommon.out
+          libxcb
+          libXinerama
+          libXxf86vm
+
+          fontconfig
         ];
 
         meta = {
diff --git a/nix/shell.nix b/nix/shell.nix
index 0e5364e..f0aceec 100644
--- a/nix/shell.nix
+++ b/nix/shell.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
 {
-  perSystem = { pkgs, config, ... }: {
-    devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
-      packages = with pkgs; [
-        rustfmt
-        clippy
-      ];
+  perSystem =
+    {
+      pkgs,
+      config,
+      ...
+    }:
+    {
+      devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        packages = with pkgs; [
+          rustfmt
+          clippy
+        ];
 
-      RUST_LOG = "debug";
+        RUST_LOG = "debug";
 
-      inputsFrom = [
-        (config.packages.default)
-      ];
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH = builtins.concatStringsSep ":" [
+          "${pkgs.libX11}/lib"
+          "${pkgs.libXi}/lib"
+          "${pkgs.libGL}/lib"
+          "${pkgs.libxkbcommon}/lib"
+        ];
+
+        inputsFrom = [
+          (config.packages.default)
+        ];
+      };
     };
-  };
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/macroquad_client.rs b/src/bin/macroquad_client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53e77ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/macroquad_client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use macroquad::{
+    color::BLACK,
+    miniquad::{self, conf::LinuxBackend::WaylandWithX11Fallback},
+    window::{Conf, clear_background, next_frame},
+};
+
+fn window_conf() -> Conf {
+    Conf {
+        window_title: "Checkers".to_owned(),
+        window_resizable: true,
+        platform: miniquad::conf::Platform {
+            linux_backend: WaylandWithX11Fallback,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        ..Default::default()
+    }
+}
+
+#[macroquad::main(window_conf)]
+pub async fn main() {
+    loop {
+        clear_background(BLACK);
+        next_frame().await;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f5d0540..bb474ce 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pub mod logic;
 pub mod network;
 pub mod settings;
 pub mod super_advanced_ai;
+pub mod ui;
diff --git a/src/ui/macroquad/main_menu.rs b/src/ui/macroquad/main_menu.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46f5afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/macroquad/main_menu.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fn draw_main_menu() {}
diff --git a/src/ui/macroquad/mod.rs b/src/ui/macroquad/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..515f306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/macroquad/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod main_menu;
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b23ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod macroquad;
+pub mod state;
diff --git a/src/ui/state.rs b/src/ui/state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d29606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pub enum GuiState {
+    MainMenu,
+    Settings,
+    Game,
+}