diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c21a4f0..20fd895 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ __pycache__
 *.o
 *.chr
 
+# Don't get your hopes up
 /hopesup/*.sms
 /hopesup/*.sym
+/hopesup/obj/something/
diff --git a/hopesup/makefile b/hopesup/makefile
index a72aa02..91f3143 100644
--- a/hopesup/makefile
+++ b/hopesup/makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 title:=hopesup
 version:=wip
 objlist:= \
-  init main ppuclear pads vwfdraw
+  init main ppuclear pads vwfdraw vwf7_cp144p
 
 objdir:=obj/something
 srcdir:=src
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ $(objdir)/%.pb16: tools/pb16.py $(objdir)/%
 	$(PY) $^ $@
 $(objdir)/%.iu: tools/incruniq.py $(objdir)/%.2b
 	$(PY) $^ $@
+$(objdir)/vwf7_cp144p.asm: tools/vwfbuild.py ../tilesets/vwf7_cp144p.png
+	$(PY) $^ $@
 
 # LUT generation
 
diff --git a/hopesup/obj/something/objlist b/hopesup/obj/something/objlist
deleted file mode 100644
index bb7626e..0000000
--- a/hopesup/obj/something/objlist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[objects]
-obj/something/init.o
-obj/something/main.o
-obj/something/ppuclear.o
-obj/something/pads.o
-obj/something/vwfdraw.o
diff --git a/hopesup/src/floormodel.asm b/hopesup/src/floormodel.asm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6405ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hopesup/src/floormodel.asm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.include "src/sms.inc"
diff --git a/hopesup/src/floorvram.asm b/hopesup/src/floorvram.asm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6405ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hopesup/src/floorvram.asm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.include "src/sms.inc"
diff --git a/hopesup/src/main.asm b/hopesup/src/main.asm
index 175579c..162e854 100644
--- a/hopesup/src/main.asm
+++ b/hopesup/src/main.asm
@@ -124,39 +124,39 @@ draw_bg:
   ; Clear the pattern table
   vdp_seek_tile 0
   ld a, $55
-  ld d, 32/32
+  ld d, 40/8
   call vmemset_256d
 
   ; Clear nametable and SAT
   call vdp_clear_nt
-  
-  vdp_seek_xy 15, 11
-  ld a, 16
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  ld a, 0
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  ld a, 17
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  ld a, 0
-  out [VDPDATA], a
+
+  ; load vwfcanvas
+  vdp_seek_xy 8, 11
+  ld c, 16
+  ld b, c
+  @loop:
+    ld a, c
+    inc c
+    out [VDPDATA], a
+    xor a
+    out [VDPDATA], a
+    djnz @loop
+
+  call vwfClearBuf
+  ld hl, hello_msg
+  ld b, 4
+  call vwfPuts  
+
   vdp_seek_tile 16
-  ld a, $20
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  xor a
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  ld a, $10
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  xor a
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  out [VDPDATA], a
-  
+  ld hl, lineImgBuf
+  ld d, 1
+  call load_1bpp_font
+
   ret
 
 PaletteData:
-  drgb $FF0000, $555555, $AAAAAA, $FFFFFF
+  drgb $AAAAAA, $000000
 PaletteDataEnd:
-
+hello_msg:
+  .db "Nothing to see; move along", 0
 .ends
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hopesup/src/vwfdraw.asm b/hopesup/src/vwfdraw.asm
index 8240038..5ddef22 100644
--- a/hopesup/src/vwfdraw.asm
+++ b/hopesup/src/vwfdraw.asm
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ vwfPutTile_rowloop:
 
 ;;
 ; Draws the tile for glyph A at horizontal position B
-vwfPutTile::
+vwfPutTile:
 
   ; Calculate address of glyph
   ld h,0
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ vwfPutTile::
 ; Write glyphs for the 8-bit-encoded characters string at (hl) to
 ; X position B in the VWF buffer
 ; @return HL pointer to the first character not drawn
-vwfPuts::
+vwfPuts:
 @chloop:
   ; Load character, stopping at control character
   ld a,[hl]
-  inc a
+  inc hl
   cp 32
   jr c,@decret
 
@@ -162,5 +162,17 @@ vwfPuts::
   dec hl
   ret
 
+;;
+; Clears the line image.
+; @return B = 0; HL = lineImgBuf + lineImgBufLen
+vwfClearBuf:
+  ld hl,lineImgBuf
+  ld b,lineImgBufLen
+  xor a
+.loop:
+  ld [hl],a
+  inc l
+  djnz .loop
+  ret
 
 .ends
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hopesup/tools/vwfbuild.py b/hopesup/tools/vwfbuild.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dd11b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hopesup/tools/vwfbuild.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import with_statement
+from PIL import Image
+import sys
+
+def rgbasm_bytearray(s):
+    s = ['  .db ' + ','.join("%3d" % ch for ch in s[i:i + 16])
+         for i in range(0, len(s), 16)]
+    return '\n'.join(s)
+
+def vwfcvt(filename, tileHt=8):
+    im = Image.open(filename)
+    pixels = im.load()
+    (w, h) = im.size
+    (xparentColor, sepColor) = im.getextrema()
+    widths = bytearray()
+    tiledata = bytearray()
+    for yt in range(0, h, tileHt):
+        for xt in range(0, w, 8):
+            # step 1: find the glyph width
+            tilew = 8
+            for x in range(8):
+                if pixels[x + xt, yt] == sepColor:
+                    tilew = x
+                    break
+            # step 2: encode the pixels
+            widths.append(tilew)
+            for y in range(tileHt):
+                rowdata = 0
+                for x in range(8):
+                    pxhere = pixels[x + xt, y + yt]
+                    pxhere = 0 if pxhere in (xparentColor, sepColor) else 1
+                    rowdata = (rowdata << 1) | pxhere
+                tiledata.append(rowdata)
+    return (widths, tiledata)
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    import sys
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = sys.argv
+    if len(argv) > 1 and argv[1] == '--help':
+        print("usage: %s font.png font.asm" % argv[0])
+        return
+    if len(argv) != 3:
+        print("wrong number of options; try %s --help" % argv[0], file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+        
+    (widths, tiledata) = vwfcvt(argv[1])
+    out = ["; Generated by vwfbuild",
+           '.include "src/sms.inc"',
+           '.section "vwfChrData" align 8  ; glyph height = 8',
+           'vwfChrData:',
+           rgbasm_bytearray(tiledata),
+           "vwfChrWidths:",
+           rgbasm_bytearray(widths),
+           '.ends',
+           '']
+    with open(argv[2], 'w') as outfp:
+        outfp.write('\n'.join(out))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if 'idlelib' in sys.modules:
+        main(['vwfbuild', '../../tilesets/vwf7_cp144p.png', '../obj/something/vwf7.asm'])
+    else:
+        main()