diff --git a/assets/config.json b/assets/config.json
index f521e8b..c8b2b91 100644
--- a/assets/config.json
+++ b/assets/config.json
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
     {"path": "assets/hands/hands_sword_attack.png",
       "frame_width": 900,
       "frame_height": 600
+    },
+    "test_background":
+    {"path": "assets/scenes/test_background.png",
+      "frame_width": 1920,
+      "frame_height": 1080
     }
   },
   "worldgen": {
diff --git a/assets/scenes.json b/assets/scenes.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6c03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/scenes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "NEXT_LEVEL": {
+    "components": [
+      {"_type": "AnimatedScene",
+        "layout": [
+          "[=text]"
+        ],
+        "background": "test_background",
+        "actors": [
+        ],
+        "fixtures": [
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/assets/scenes/test_background.png b/assets/scenes/test_background.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3af780a
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/scenes/test_background.png differ
diff --git a/src/constants.hpp b/src/constants.hpp
index 43d4adf..d2a772c 100644
--- a/src/constants.hpp
+++ b/src/constants.hpp
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ constexpr int INITIAL_MAP_H = 21;
 constexpr float DEFAULT_ROTATE=0.5f;
 
 // for the panels/renderer
-constexpr wchar_t BG_TILE = L'█';
-constexpr wchar_t UI_BASE_CHAR = L'█';
-constexpr int BG_BOX_OFFSET=5;
-constexpr const char *FONT_FILE_NAME="assets/text.otf";
+constexpr const char *FONT_FILE_NAME="assets/text.ttf";
 
 constexpr std::array<std::wstring, 8> COMPASS{
     // L"E", L"SE", L"S", L"SW", L"W", L"NW", L"N", L"NE"
diff --git a/src/game/components.hpp b/src/game/components.hpp
index c90eac5..d81b67d 100644
--- a/src/game/components.hpp
+++ b/src/game/components.hpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ namespace components {
     settings::Config items;
     settings::Config tiles;
     settings::Config devices;
+    settings::Config scenes;
   };
 
   struct Personality {
diff --git a/src/game/level.cpp b/src/game/level.cpp
index 5f2992f..2b6f02b 100644
--- a/src/game/level.cpp
+++ b/src/game/level.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ namespace GameDB {
         settings::get("items"),
         settings::get("tiles"),
         settings::get("devices"),
+        settings::get("scenes"),
     });
   }
 }