Made some progress on the refactoring but I need to start getting serious and not reworking this code to death.

texture.hpp

@@ -5,35 +5,37 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <memory>
+
+struct SpriteTexture {
+  std::shared_ptr<sf::Sprite> sprite = nullptr;
+  std::shared_ptr<sf::Texture> texture = nullptr;
+};
 
 struct Sprite {
   double x;
   double y;
-  int texture;
-  sf::Sprite *sprite = nullptr;
-  sf::Texture *sprite_texture = nullptr;
+  SpriteTexture sprite;
   double elevation=0;
   int uDiv=1;
   int vDiv=1;
 };
 
-struct SpriteTexture {
-  sf::Sprite *sprite = nullptr;
-  sf::Texture *sprite_texture = nullptr;
-};
-
 struct TexturePack {
   int NUM_SPRITES=1;
 
   std::vector<sf::Image> images;
   std::vector<Sprite> sprites;
-  std::unordered_map<std::string, SpriteTexture> sprite_sheets;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, SpriteTexture> sprite_textures;
   sf::Image floor;
   sf::Image ceiling;
   SpriteTexture sword;
 
   void load_textures();
+  void load_sprites();
   sf::Image load_image(std::string filename);
   Sprite& get_sprite(size_t sprite_num);
   const uint32_t* get_texture(size_t num);
+  // this needs to go into a map place
+  void position_sprite(double x, double y, std::string name);
 };