diff --git a/lib/ui/element.lua b/lib/ui/element.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a46b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ui/element.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require "lib.utils.vec3"
+--- Stateful UI element
+--- @class Element
+--- @field state table
+--- @field update fun(self: Element, dt: number) called each logical frame, alters self.state
+--- @field draw fun(self: Element) uses self.state to draw, should not alter anything
+--- @field origin Vec3
+--- @field size Vec3
+--- @field parent Element | nil
+--- @field child Element | nil
+local Element = {}
+Element.__index = Element
+
+Element.state = {}
+function Element:update(dt)
+    local parent = self.parent
+    if not parent then return end
+
+    self.origin = self.origin or parent.origin
+    self.size = self.size or parent.size
+end
+
+function Element:draw() end
+
+--- Recursive depth-first traversal.
+--- If `visit` returns false, traversal is stopped early.
+--- @param visit fun(el: Element): boolean|nil
+--- @return boolean
+function Element:traverse(visit)
+    local cont = visit(self)
+    if not cont then return false end
+    if not self.child then return false end
+    self.child.parent = self
+    return not not self.child:traverse(visit)
+end
+
+--- template constructor
+--- @param data {state: table, update: fun(dt: number), draw: fun(), [any]: any}
+--- @return Element
+function Element.new(data)
+    return setmetatable(data, Element)
+end
+
+return Element
diff --git a/lib/ui/widgets.lua b/lib/ui/widgets.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..084e569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ui/widgets.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+require "lib.utils.vec3"
+local baseElement = require "lib.ui.element"
+
+local W = {}
+--- @alias Alignment "topLeft" | "topCenter" | "topRight" | "centerLeft" | "center" | "centerRight" | "bottomLeft" | "bottomCenter" | "bottomRight"
+--- @type {[Alignment]: Vec3}
+local alignments = {
+    topLeft = Vec3 { 0, 0 },
+    topCenter = Vec3 { 0.5, 0 },
+    topRight = Vec3 { 1, 0 },
+    centerLeft = Vec3 { 0, 0.5 },
+    center = Vec3 { 0.5, 0.5 },
+    centerRight = Vec3 { 1, 0.5 },
+    bottomLeft = Vec3 { 0, 1 },
+    bottomCenter = Vec3 { 0.5, 1 },
+    bottomRight = Vec3 { 1, 1 }
+}
+
+
+--- @class UIRoot : Element
+local Root = {}
+setmetatable(Root, { __index = baseElement })
+
+function Root.new(data)
+    return setmetatable(data, { __index = Root })
+end
+
+function Root:update(dt)
+    self.size = Vec3 { love.graphics.getWidth(), love.graphics.getHeight() }
+end
+
+W.Root = Root.new
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+--- @class Align : Element
+--- @field alignment Alignment
+local Align = {}
+setmetatable(Align, { __index = baseElement })
+
+function Align.new(data)
+    data.alignment = data.alignment or "center"
+    return setmetatable(data, { __index = Align })
+end
+
+function Align:update(dt)
+    local parent = self.parent --[[@as Element]]
+    local shift = alignments[self.alignment]
+    self.origin = Vec3 { parent.size.x * shift.x, parent.size.y * shift.y }
+end
+
+W.Align = Align.new
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+--- @class Rectangle : Element
+--- @field color number[]
+local Rectangle = {}
+setmetatable(Rectangle, { __index = baseElement })
+
+function Rectangle.new(data)
+    return setmetatable(data, { __index = Rectangle })
+end
+
+function Rectangle:draw()
+    love.graphics.setColor(self.color or { 1, 1, 1 })
+    love.graphics.rectangle("fill", self.origin.x - self.size.x / 2, self.origin.y - self.size.y / 2, self.size.x,
+        self.size.y)
+end
+
+W.Rectangle = Rectangle.new
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+return W
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 8d29dc6..53dcbcb 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 -- CameraLoader = require 'lib/camera'
 
+local ui = require "lib.ui.widgets"
 local character = require "lib/character/character"
 require "lib/tree"
 
 
-
 function love.conf(t)
     t.console = true
 end
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ function love.load()
         end
     end
 
+    Widgets = ui.Root {
+        child = ui.Align {
+            alignment = "bottomCenter",
+            child = ui.Rectangle {
+                size = Vec3 { 100, 100 },
+                color = { 0, 0, 1 }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     -- PlayerFaction.characters = { Hero1, Hero2 }
     love.window.setMode(1080, 720, { resizable = true, msaa = 4, vsync = true })
 end
@@ -35,6 +45,11 @@ function love.update(dt)
     Tree.panning:update(dt)
     Tree.level:update(dt)
     Tree.controls:cache()
+
+    Widgets:traverse(function(el)
+        el:update(dt)
+        return true
+    end)
     local t2 = love.timer.getTime()
     lt = string.format("%.3f", (t2 - t1) * 1000)
 end
@@ -81,11 +96,17 @@ function love.draw()
         love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1)
     end
 
-
-
     Tree.level:draw()
     Tree.level.camera:detach()
 
+    Widgets:traverse(
+        function(el)
+            el:draw()
+            return true
+        end
+    )
+    love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1)
+
     local stats = "fps: " .. love.timer.getFPS() .. " lt: " .. lt .. " dt: " .. dt
     love.graphics.print(stats, 10, 10)