diff --git a/assets/Data/entity/objects/game_objects.json b/assets/Data/entity/objects/game_objects.json
index 94cec451..4e3ce895 100644
--- a/assets/Data/entity/objects/game_objects.json
+++ b/assets/Data/entity/objects/game_objects.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
                     "z": 0.0
                 },
                 "acceleration": -0.01,
-                "texture": "",
+                "texture": "blood1.png",
                 "size": 0.3,
                 "color": {
                     "x": 0.5,
diff --git a/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.fs b/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.fs
index 9a1a6082..cbc97b17 100644
--- a/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.fs
+++ b/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.fs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ struct Cluster {
     uint lightIndices[MAX_LIGHTS_PER_CLUSTER];
 };
 
-out vec4 FragColor;
+layout (location = 0) out vec4 accum;
+layout (location = 1) out float reveal;
 
 
 layout(std430, binding = CLUSTER_SSBO_BIND_POINT) restrict buffer clusterGridSSBO {
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ void main(){
 
     //get color of base texture
     // vec3 textureColor = vec3((norm.x + 1) / 2.0, norm.y, 1.0 - (norm.x + 1) / 2.0);
-    vec3 textureColor =  color.rgb;
+    vec4 textureColor =  texture(material.diffuse,TexCoord);
     // vec3 textureColor = vec3(0.17647,0.4,0.09411);//texture(material.diffuse, TexCoord).rgb;
 
     //shadow
@@ -136,19 +137,25 @@ void main(){
     }
     //error checking on light clusters
     if(pointLightCount > MAX_LIGHTS_PER_CLUSTER){
-        FragColor = vec4(1.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1);
+        accum = vec4(1.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1);
+        reveal = textureColor.a;
         return;
     }
 
     //calculate final color
-    vec3 finalColor = textureColor * lightIntensity;// * max(shadow,0.4);
+    vec4 finalColor = textureColor.rgba * vec4(lightIntensity,1.0);// * max(shadow,0.4);
     // vec3 lightAmount = CalcDirLight(norm, viewDir);
     // for(int i = 0; i < NR_POINT_LIGHTS; i++){
     //    lightAmount += CalcPointLight(i, norm, FragPos, viewDir);
     // }
 
-    //this final calculation is for transparency
-    FragColor = vec4(finalColor, 1.0);//texture(ourTexture, TexCoord);//vec4(result, 1.0);
+    //calculate weight function
+    float weight = clamp(pow(min(1.0, finalColor.a * 10.0) + 0.01, 3.0) * 1e8 * 
+                        pow(1.0 - gl_FragCoord.z * 0.9, 3.0), 1e-2, 3e3);
+
+    //emit colors
+    accum = vec4(finalColor.rgb * finalColor.a, finalColor.a) * weight;
+    reveal = finalColor.a;
 }
 
 // calculates the color when using a directional light.
diff --git a/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.vs b/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.vs
index cd469ce1..1db9db09 100644
--- a/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.vs
+++ b/assets/Shaders/entities/particle/particle.vs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ A point light
 struct ParticleData {
     mat4 model;
     vec4 color;
+    vec4 texture;
 };
 
 
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ void main() {
     FragPos = vec3(model * FinalVertex);
     ViewFragPos = vec3(view * model * FinalVertex);
     Normal = mat3(transpose(inverse(model))) * aNormal;
-    TexCoord = aTex;
+
+    //offset based on data stored in particle data
+    TexCoord = (aTex * currentData.texture.xy) + currentData.texture.zw;
 
 
     //shadow map stuff
diff --git a/buildNumber.properties b/buildNumber.properties
index 106ed524..ee41aa98 100644
--- a/buildNumber.properties
+++ b/buildNumber.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #maven.buildNumber.plugin properties file
-#Thu Sep 19 21:21:28 EDT 2024
-buildNumber=351
+#Thu Sep 19 23:04:32 EDT 2024
+buildNumber=355
diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 250c8c02..95276e03 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -1018,6 +1018,8 @@ Upgrade terrain generation algorithms
 
 Documentation
 
+Test Creation
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/entity/particle/ParticleService.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/entity/particle/ParticleService.java
index b6759aaf..5f36c293 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/entity/particle/ParticleService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/client/entity/particle/ParticleService.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import electrosphere.client.entity.instance.InstancedEntityUtils;
 import electrosphere.engine.assetmanager.AssetDataStrings;
 import electrosphere.engine.signal.Signal;
 import electrosphere.engine.signal.SignalServiceImpl;
+import electrosphere.entity.DrawableUtils;
 import electrosphere.entity.Entity;
 import electrosphere.entity.EntityCreationUtils;
 import electrosphere.entity.EntityUtils;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import electrosphere.entity.state.client.particle.ClientParticleTree;
 import electrosphere.game.data.particle.ParticleData;
 import electrosphere.renderer.actor.instance.StridedInstanceData;
 import electrosphere.renderer.buffer.HomogenousUniformBuffer.HomogenousBufferTypes;
+import electrosphere.renderer.texture.TextureAtlas;
 import electrosphere.renderer.buffer.ShaderAttribute;
 
 /**
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ public class ParticleService extends SignalServiceImpl {
      */
     static final String FRAGMENT_SHADER_PATH = "Shaders/entities/particle/particle.fs";
 
+    /**
+     * The particle texture atlas
+     */
+    TextureAtlas particleTextureAtlas;
+
 
     /**
      * The instance data for the particles
@@ -60,6 +67,8 @@ public class ParticleService extends SignalServiceImpl {
 
     ShaderAttribute colorAttrib;
 
+    ShaderAttribute textureAttrib;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      */
@@ -82,9 +91,11 @@ public class ParticleService extends SignalServiceImpl {
             case RENDERING_ENGINE_READY: {
                 modelAttrib = new ShaderAttribute("model", HomogenousBufferTypes.MAT4F);
                 colorAttrib = new ShaderAttribute("color", HomogenousBufferTypes.VEC4F);
+                textureAttrib = new ShaderAttribute("texture", HomogenousBufferTypes.VEC4F);
                 List<ShaderAttribute> types = Arrays.asList(new ShaderAttribute[]{
                     modelAttrib,
                     colorAttrib,
+                    textureAttrib,
                 });
                 this.particleInstanceData = new StridedInstanceData(MAX_PARTICLES,PARTICLE_SSBO_BIND_POINT,types,VERTEX_SHADER_PATH,FRAGMENT_SHADER_PATH);
                 this.instanceTemplate = InstanceTemplate.createInstanceTemplate(MAX_PARTICLES, AssetDataStrings.MODEL_PARTICLE, VERTEX_SHADER_PATH, FRAGMENT_SHADER_PATH, particleInstanceData, PARTICLE_SSBO_BIND_POINT);
@@ -104,6 +115,22 @@ public class ParticleService extends SignalServiceImpl {
         return this.particleInstanceData;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the particle texture atlas
+     * @param particleTextureAtlas The particle texture atlas
+     */
+    public void setParticleTextureAtlas(TextureAtlas particleTextureAtlas){
+        this.particleTextureAtlas = particleTextureAtlas;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the texture atlas for the particle texture
+     * @return The atlas
+     */
+    public TextureAtlas getTextureAtlas(){
+        return particleTextureAtlas;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Spawns a particle
      * @param data The particle data for the particle
@@ -113,6 +140,7 @@ public class ParticleService extends SignalServiceImpl {
     public Entity spawn(ParticleData data, Vector3d position){
         Entity rVal = EntityCreationUtils.createClientSpatialEntity();
         InstancedEntityUtils.makeEntityInstanced(rVal, instanceTemplate);
+        DrawableUtils.makeEntityTransparent(rVal);
         EntityUtils.getPosition(rVal).set(position);
         ClientParticleTree.attachTree(rVal, data);
         return rVal;
@@ -125,5 +153,9 @@ public class ParticleService extends SignalServiceImpl {
     public ShaderAttribute getColorAttrib(){
         return colorAttrib;
     }
+
+    public ShaderAttribute getTextureAttrib(){
+        return textureAttrib;
+    }
     
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetDataStrings.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetDataStrings.java
index bc67d98f..c4ebf5f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetDataStrings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetDataStrings.java
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ public class AssetDataStrings {
     public static final String UNITSPHERE = "unitSphere";
     public static final String UNITCYLINDER = "unitCylinder";
     public static final String UNITCUBE = "unitCube";
-    public static final String MODEL_PARTICLE = "particle";
+    public static final String MODEL_PARTICLE = "particleModel";
+    public static final String TEXTURE_PARTICLE = "particleTexture";
 
     /**
      * UI generic audio
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java
index c244432b..2b4db1d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/assetmanager/AssetManager.java
@@ -338,6 +338,15 @@ public class AssetManager {
         return rVal;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Registers a texture to a path
+     * @param t The texture
+     * @param path The path
+     */
+    public void registerTextureToPath(Texture t, String path){
+        texturesLoadedIntoMemory.put(path,t);
+    }
+
     public boolean hasLoadedTexture(String path){
         return texturesLoadedIntoMemory.containsKey(path);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/InitialAssetLoading.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/InitialAssetLoading.java
index dffff3ae..63d45fa0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/InitialAssetLoading.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/InitialAssetLoading.java
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@ package electrosphere.engine.loadingthreads;
 
 import java.awt.Graphics;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 
 import electrosphere.client.terrain.cells.VoxelTextureAtlas;
 import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
+import electrosphere.engine.assetmanager.AssetDataStrings;
 import electrosphere.engine.assetmanager.queue.QueuedTexture;
 import electrosphere.game.data.voxel.VoxelData;
 import electrosphere.game.data.voxel.VoxelType;
 import electrosphere.logger.LoggerInterface;
+import electrosphere.renderer.texture.TextureAtlas;
 import electrosphere.util.FileUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +37,8 @@ public class InitialAssetLoading {
      */
     protected static void loadData(){
     
-        loadTextureAtlas();
+        loadVoxelTextureAtlas();
+        loadParticleAtlas();
         LoggerInterface.loggerEngine.INFO("Finished loading texture atlas");
 
     }
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ public class InitialAssetLoading {
     /**
      * Loads the texture atlas
      */
-    private static void loadTextureAtlas(){
+    private static void loadVoxelTextureAtlas(){
         //terrain texture atlas
         Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("createVoxelTextureAtlas");
         VoxelData data = Globals.gameConfigCurrent.getVoxelData();
@@ -89,6 +94,88 @@ public class InitialAssetLoading {
         Globals.voxelTextureAtlas.setNormal(atlasQueuedTexture.getTexture());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Loads the texture atlas
+     */
+    private static void loadParticleAtlas(){
+        //terrain texture atlas
+        Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("create particle texture atlas");
+        int iterator = 0;
+        BufferedImage image = null;
+        TextureAtlas textureAtlas = new TextureAtlas();
+        File particleTextureDirectory = FileUtils.getAssetFile("Textures/particles");
+        File cachedAtlas = FileUtils.getCacheFile("particleAtlas.png");
+        if(cachedAtlas.exists()){
+            try {
+                image = ImageIO.read(Files.newInputStream(cachedAtlas.toPath()));
+                for(File childFile : particleTextureDirectory.listFiles()){
+                    if(!childFile.isDirectory()){
+                        //put coords in map
+                        textureAtlas.putPathCoord(childFile.getName(),iterator);
+    
+                        //iterate
+                        iterator++;
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                throw new Error("Failed to load texture atlas from cache!");
+            }
+        } else {
+            cachedAtlas.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            image = new BufferedImage(TextureAtlas.ATLAS_DIM, TextureAtlas.ATLAS_DIM, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
+            Graphics graphics = image.getGraphics();
+            for(File childFile : particleTextureDirectory.listFiles()){
+                if(!childFile.isDirectory()){
+                    String texturePath = "Textures/particles/" + childFile.getName();
+                    int offX = iterator % TextureAtlas.ELEMENTS_PER_ROW;
+                    int offY = iterator / TextureAtlas.ELEMENTS_PER_ROW;
+                    try {
+                        BufferedImage newType = ImageIO.read(FileUtils.getAssetFile(texturePath));
+                        int drawX = TextureAtlas.ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM * offX;
+                        int drawY = TextureAtlas.ATLAS_DIM - TextureAtlas.ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM - TextureAtlas.ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM * offY;
+                        graphics.drawImage(newType, drawX, drawY, TextureAtlas.ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM, TextureAtlas.ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM, null);
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        LoggerInterface.loggerRenderer.ERROR("Texture atlas failed to find texture " + texturePath, e);
+                    }
+                    //put coords in map
+                    textureAtlas.putPathCoord(childFile.getName(),iterator);
+
+                    //iterate
+                    iterator++;
+                }
+            }
+            try {
+                ImageIO.write(image, "png", Files.newOutputStream(cachedAtlas.toPath()));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                throw new Error("Failed to save to cache!");
+            }
+        }
+        Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
+        
+        //queue to asset manager
+        atlasQueuedTexture = new QueuedTexture(image);
+        Globals.assetManager.queuedAsset(atlasQueuedTexture);
+
+
+        //wait the texture to be loaded
+        while(!atlasQueuedTexture.hasLoaded()){
+            try {
+                TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(1);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                LoggerInterface.loggerEngine.ERROR("failed to sleep", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        //construct texture atlas from buffered image
+        Globals.assetManager.registerTextureToPath(atlasQueuedTexture.getTexture(), AssetDataStrings.TEXTURE_PARTICLE);
+        textureAtlas.setSpecular(atlasQueuedTexture.getTexture());
+        textureAtlas.setNormal(atlasQueuedTexture.getTexture());
+
+        Globals.particleService.setParticleTextureAtlas(textureAtlas);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the queued texture
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/client/particle/ClientParticleTree.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/client/particle/ClientParticleTree.java
index 882a45e4..bf520b2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/client/particle/ClientParticleTree.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/client/particle/ClientParticleTree.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import electrosphere.entity.EntityUtils;
 import electrosphere.entity.btree.BehaviorTree;
 import electrosphere.game.data.particle.ParticleData;
 import electrosphere.renderer.actor.instance.InstancedActor;
+import electrosphere.renderer.texture.TextureAtlas;
 
 /**
  * Particle component for a client-side particle
@@ -122,12 +123,23 @@ public class ClientParticleTree implements BehaviorTree {
 
         //push values to buffer that eventually gets uploaded to gpu
         if(instancedActor != null){
+            TextureAtlas particleTextureAtlas = Globals.particleService.getTextureAtlas();
+            int textureIndex = particleTextureAtlas.getTextureIndex(this.particleData.getTexture());
             instancedActor.setAttribute(Globals.particleService.getModelAttrib(), new Matrix4f().translationRotateScale(
                 new Vector3f((float)parentPosition.x,(float)parentPosition.y,(float)parentPosition.z).sub(cameraPos),
                 new Quaternionf(rotation),
                 scale
             ));
             instancedActor.setAttribute(Globals.particleService.getColorAttrib(), new Vector4f((float)this.color.x,(float)this.color.y,(float)this.color.z,1.0f));
+
+            //when written to buffer, will be written in order w, x, y, z
+            //but gpu will fetch in order x, y, z, w
+            instancedActor.setAttribute(Globals.particleService.getTextureAttrib(), new Vector4f(
+                particleTextureAtlas.getNDCDimension(),
+                particleTextureAtlas.getNDCCoordX(textureIndex),
+                particleTextureAtlas.getNDCCoordY(textureIndex),
+                particleTextureAtlas.getNDCDimension()
+            ));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderUtils.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderUtils.java
index 213c9818..3823f00f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderUtils.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class RenderUtils {
         
         
         
-        
+        particleMesh.setMaterial(new Material(AssetDataStrings.TEXTURE_PARTICLE));
         
         
         
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/TextureAtlas.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/TextureAtlas.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd620daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/TextureAtlas.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package electrosphere.renderer.texture;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * An atlas of texture path -> coordinates on provided texture
+ */
+public class TextureAtlas {
+    
+
+     //A map of texture path -> coordinates in the atlas texture for its texture
+    Map<String,Integer> pathCoordMap = new HashMap<String,Integer>();
+
+
+    //the actual texture
+    Texture specular;
+
+    //the normal texture
+    Texture normal;
+
+    //the width in pixels of a single texture in the atlas
+    public static final int ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM = 64;
+    //the width in pixels of the whole atlas texture
+    public static final int ATLAS_DIM = 1024;
+    //number of textures per row in the atlas
+    public static final int ELEMENTS_PER_ROW = ATLAS_DIM / ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM;
+
+    /**
+     * Puts an entry in the path-coord map to map a texture path to a position
+     * @param path the texture's path
+     * @param coord the coordinate in the map
+     */
+    public void putPathCoord(String path, int coord){
+        pathCoordMap.put(path,coord);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the specular
+     * @param specular the specular
+     */
+    public void setSpecular(Texture specular){
+        this.specular = specular;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the normal
+     * @param normal the normal
+     */
+    public void setNormal(Texture normal){
+        this.normal = normal;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the atlas specular
+     * @return the atlas specular
+     */
+    public Texture getSpecular(){
+        return specular;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the atlas normal
+     * @return the atlas normal
+     */
+    public Texture getNormal(){
+        return normal;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the index in the atlas of a provided texture path
+     * @param texturePath The path to the texture you want the index of
+     * @return the index in the atlas of the texture at the provided texture path
+     */
+    public int getTextureIndex(String texturePath){
+        return pathCoordMap.containsKey(texturePath) ? pathCoordMap.get(texturePath) : -1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the NDC dimensions of an image in the atlas
+     * @return The NDC dimension
+     */
+    public float getNDCDimension(){
+        return ATLAS_ELEMENT_DIM / (float)ATLAS_DIM;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the NDC x coordinate of an index in the atlas
+     * @param i The index
+     * @return The NDC x coordinate
+     */
+    public float getNDCCoordX(int i){
+        return (i % ELEMENTS_PER_ROW) * this.getNDCDimension();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the NDC y coordinate of an index in the atlas
+     * @param i The index
+     * @return The NDC y coordinate
+     */
+    public float getNDCCoordY(int i){
+        return (i / ELEMENTS_PER_ROW) * this.getNDCDimension();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/FileUtils.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/FileUtils.java
index af21ea7b..dfbba734 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -177,6 +177,17 @@ public class FileUtils {
         File targetFile = new File("./assets" + sanitizedFilePath);
         return targetFile;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a cache file
+     * @param pathName The relative path in the cache folder
+     * @return The file
+     */
+    public static File getCacheFile(String pathName){
+        String sanitizedFilePath = sanitizeFilePath(pathName);
+        File targetFile = new File("./.cache" + sanitizedFilePath);
+        return targetFile;
+    }
     
     /**
      * Gets a save file