diff --git a/src/conf.lua b/src/conf.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c208411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conf.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+love.conf = function(t)
+  t.window = {
+    width = 960,
+    height = 540,
+  }
+end
diff --git a/src/lib/utility.lua b/src/lib/utility.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0e18cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utility.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,626 @@
+math.randomseed(os.time())
+
+local utility
+
+if package.config:sub(1, 1) == "\\" then
+  utility = {
+    OS = "Windows",
+    path_separator = "\\",
+    temp_directory = "C:\\Windows\\Temp\\",
+    commands = {
+      recursive_remove = "rmdir /s /q ",
+      list = "dir /w /b ",
+      which = "where ",
+      move = "move ",
+      silence_output = " >nul 2>nul",
+      silence_errors = " 2>nul",
+    },
+  }
+else
+  utility = {
+    OS = "Linux",
+    path_separator = "/",
+    temp_directory = "/tmp/",
+    commands = {
+      recursive_remove = "rm -r ",
+      list = "ls -1a ",
+      which = "which ",
+      move = "mv ",
+      silence_output = " >/dev/null 2>/dev/null",
+      silence_errors = " 2>/dev/null",
+    },
+  }
+end
+
+utility.version = "1.6.0-from-llm-tricks"
+-- WARNING: This will return "./" if the original script is called locally instead of with an absolute path!
+if arg[0] ~= nil then
+  utility.path = (arg[0]:match("@?(.*/)") or arg[0]:match("@?(.*\\)")) -- inspired by discussion in https://stackoverflow.com/q/6380820
+else
+  utility.path = "./"
+end
+
+
+
+local function standard_library_addition(tab, name, func)
+  if tab[name] then
+    print("WARNING: " .. tab .. "." .. name .. " was defined by another library. lua-utility may encounter errors due to a differing implementation.")
+  else
+    tab[name] = func
+  end
+end
+
+
+
+-- trim6 from Lua users wiki (best all-round pure Lua performance)
+standard_library_addition(string, "trim", function(s)
+  return s:match'^()%s*$' and '' or s:match'^%s*(.*%S)'
+end)
+
+standard_library_addition(string, "enquote", function(s)
+  return "\"" .. s:gsub("\"", "\\\"") .. "\""
+end)
+
+standard_library_addition(string, "gsplit", function(s, delimiter)
+  local function escape_special_characters(s)
+    local special_characters = "[()%%.[^$%]*+%-?]"
+    if s == nil then return end
+    return (s:gsub(special_characters, "%%%1"))
+  end
+
+  delimiter = delimiter or ","
+  if s:sub(-#delimiter) ~= delimiter then s = s .. delimiter end
+  return s:gmatch("(.-)" .. escape_special_characters(delimiter))
+end)
+
+standard_library_addition(string, "split", function(s, delimiter)
+  local result = {}
+  for item in s:gsplit(delimiter) do
+    result[#result + 1] = item
+  end
+  return result
+end)
+
+utility.leftpad = function(text, length, character)
+  return string.rep(character or " ", length - #(tostring(text))) .. text
+end
+
+
+
+utility.require = function(...)
+  -- if libraries adjacent to this one aren't already loadable, make sure they are!
+  if not package.path:find(utility.path, 1, true) then
+    package.path = utility.path .. "?.lua;" .. package.path
+  end
+  return require(...)
+end
+
+-- errors if specified program isn't in the path
+local _required_program_cache = {}
+utility.required_program = function(name)
+  if _required_program_cache[name] then
+    return true
+  end
+  if os.execute(utility.commands.which .. tostring(name) .. utility.commands.silence_output) == 0 then
+    _required_program_cache[name] = true
+  else
+    error("\n\n" .. tostring(name) .. " must be installed and in the path\n")
+  end
+end
+
+
+
+-- always uses outputting to a temporary file to guarantee safety
+utility.capture_safe = function(command, get_status)
+  local file_name = utility.tmp_file_name()
+  command = command .. " > " .. file_name
+  if get_status then
+    command = command .. "\necho $? >> " .. file_name
+  end
+  os.execute(command)
+
+  local file = io.open(file_name, "r")
+  local output = file:read("*all")
+  file:close()
+  os.execute("rm " .. file_name)
+
+  if get_status then
+    local start, finish = output:find("\n.-\n$")
+    return tonumber(output:sub(start + 1, finish - 1)), output:sub(1, start)
+  end
+
+  return output
+end
+-- WARNING DEPRECATED
+utility.capture = function(...)
+  print("WARNING: Use utility.capture_safe or utility.capture_unsafe. This function will be removed.")
+  return utility.capture_safe(...)
+end
+
+-- can hang indefinitely; not always available
+utility.capture_unsafe = function(command)
+  if io.popen then
+    local file = assert(io.popen(command, 'r'))
+    local output = assert(file:read('*all'))
+    file:close()
+    return output
+  else
+    print("WARNING: io.popen not available, using a temporary file to receive output from:\n", command)
+    return utility.capture_safe(command)
+  end
+end
+
+
+
+-- modified from my fork of lume
+utility.uuid = function()
+  local fn = function(x)
+    local r = math.random(16) - 1
+    r = (x == "x") and (r + 1) or (r % 4) + 9
+    return ("0123456789abcdef"):sub(r, r)
+  end
+  return (("xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"):gsub("[xy]", fn))
+end
+
+utility.tmp_file_name = function()
+  return utility.temp_directory .. utility.uuid()
+end
+
+
+
+-- while I could replace this with a better implementation, I'm used to how it works and I might break existing scripts
+utility.make_safe_file_name = function(file_name)
+  file_name = file_name:gsub("[%\"%:%\\%!%@%#%$%%%^%*%=%{%}%|%;%<%>%?%/]", "") -- everything except the &
+  file_name = file_name:gsub(" %&", ",")   -- replacing & with a comma works for 99% of things
+  file_name = file_name:gsub("%&", ",")    -- replacing & with a comma works for 99% of things
+  file_name = file_name:gsub("[%s+]", " ") -- more than one space in succession should be a single space
+  return file_name
+end
+
+utility.split_path_components = function(file_path)
+  local path, name, extension = string.match(file_path, "(.-)([^\\/]-%.?([^%.\\/]*))$")
+  if name == extension then
+    extension = nil
+  end
+  return path, name, extension
+end
+
+-- wrapper around io.open to prevent leaving a file handle open accidentally
+-- throws errors instead of returning them
+--   usage: utility.open(file_name, mode, function(file_handle) --[[ your code ]] end)
+--       or utility.open(file_name, mode)(function(file_handle) --[[ your code ]] end)
+utility.open = function(file_name, mode, func)
+  local file, err = io.open(file_name, mode)
+  if not file then error(err) end
+  if func then
+    local success, result = pcall(function() return func(file) end)
+    file:close()
+    if not success then error(result) end
+    return result
+  else
+    return function(fn)
+      local success, result = pcall(function() return fn(file) end)
+      file:close()
+      if not success then
+        error(result)
+      end
+      return result
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+-- run a function on each file name in a directory
+--   example list items: utility.list(".", print)  OR  utility.list(".")(print)
+utility.list = function(path, func)
+  local command = utility.commands.list
+  if path then
+    command = command .. path:enquote()
+  end
+
+  local output = utility.capture_safe(command)
+
+  local run = function(fn)
+    for line in output:gmatch("[^\r\n]+") do -- thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/32847589
+      if not ((line == ".") or (line == "..")) then
+        fn(line)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  if func then
+    run(func)
+  else
+    return run
+  end
+end
+-- WARNING DEPRECATED
+utility.ls = function(...)
+  print("WARNING: Use utility.list. This function will be removed.")
+  return utility.list(...)
+end
+
+local tree
+tree = function(path, options, fn)
+  if type(options) == "function" then
+    fn = options
+    options = {}
+  end
+
+  utility.list(path or ".", function(path_name)
+    if options.blacklist and options.blacklist[path_name] then return end
+    if options.whitelist and (not options.whitelist[path_name]) then return end
+
+    if utility.is_file(path_name) then
+      if options.extension_blacklist or options.extension_whitelist then
+        local _, _, extension = utility.split_path_components(path_name)
+        if options.extension_blacklist and options.extension_blacklist[extension] then return end
+        if options.extension_whitelist and (not options.extension_whitelist[extension]) then return end
+      end
+
+      fn(path_name)
+    else
+      tree(path .. utility.path_separator .. path_name, options, fn)
+    end
+  end)
+end
+utility.tree = function(path, options, fn)
+  tree(path, options, function(path_name)
+    if path_name:find(path) == 1 then
+      fn(path_name)
+    else
+      fn(path .. utility.path_separator .. path_name)
+    end
+  end)
+end
+
+utility.read_file = function(file_name)
+  return utility.open(file_name, "r", function(file)
+    return file:read("*all")
+  end)
+end
+
+utility.write_file = function(file_name, ...)
+  local text = table.concat{...}
+  return utility.open(file_name, "w", function(file)
+    file:write(text)
+    -- file:write("\n") -- I need to make sure /I/ handle this instead of trying to automate it
+  end)
+end
+
+utility.path_exists = function(file_name)
+  local file = io.open(file_name, "r")
+  if file then file:close() return true else return false end
+end
+-- WARNING DEPRECATED
+utility.file_exists = function(...)
+  print("WARNING: Use utility.path_exists instead, or utility.is_file to check for a file existing.")
+  return utility.path_exists(...)
+end
+
+utility.is_file = function(file_name)
+  local file = io.open(file_name, "r")
+  if file then
+    file:close()
+    file = io.open(file_name, "a")
+    if file then
+      file:close()
+      return true
+    end
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+utility.file_size = function(file_path)
+  return utility.open(file_path, "rb", function(file) return file:seek("end") end)
+end
+
+utility.sha512sum = function(file_path)
+  local sha512sum
+  if (utility.OS == "Linux") or (utility.OS == "macOS") then
+    sha512sum = utility.capture_safe("shasum -U -a 512 " .. file_path:enquote())
+  elseif utility.OS == "Windows" then
+    error("utility.sha512sum() not implemented for Windows.")
+  end
+  return sha512sum:sub(1, 128)
+end
+
+
+
+utility.escape_quotes_and_escapes = function(input)
+  -- the order of these commands is important and must be preserved
+  input = input:gsub("\\", "\\\\")
+  input = input:gsub("\"", "\\\"")
+  return input
+end
+
+
+
+-- only use for brief loads/saves, as this will block until a lock can be established
+-- returns a UUID that can be checked on release to make sure unforeseen errors did not occur
+utility.get_lock = function(file_path)
+  local lock_obtained, lock_uuid, lock_file_path = false, utility.uuid(), file_path .. ".lock"
+  repeat
+    if not utility.is_file(lock_file_path) then
+      pcall(function()
+        utility.open(lock_file_path, "w", function(file)
+          file:write(lock_uuid)
+        end)
+        utility.open(lock_file_path, "r", function(file)
+          if file:read("*all") == lock_uuid then
+            lock_obtained = true
+          end
+        end)
+      end)
+    end
+    if not lock_obtained then
+      print("Trying to obtain file lock: " .. lock_file_path)
+      os.execute("sleep 1")
+    end
+  until lock_obtained
+  return lock_uuid
+end
+
+-- specifying lock_uuid is optional, to error if a conflict occurred despite the lock (should not be possible)
+utility.release_lock = function(file_path, lock_uuid)
+  local lock_file_path = file_path .. ".lock"
+  if lock_uuid then
+    utility.open(lock_file_path, "r", function(file)
+      if not (file:read("*all") == lock_uuid) then
+        error("\n\n Lock UUID changed while lock was obtained. Data loss may have occurred. \n\n")
+      end
+    end)
+  end
+  os.execute("rm " .. lock_file_path:enquote())
+end
+
+
+
+local config_path = utility.path .. "config.json"
+local config, config_lock
+utility.get_config = function(skip_lock)
+  if not config then
+    if utility.is_file(config_path) then
+      if not skip_lock then
+        config_lock = utility.get_lock(config_path)
+      end
+      utility.open(config_path, "r", function(config_file)
+        local json = utility.require("dkjson")
+        config = json.decode(config_file:read("*all"))
+      end)
+    else
+      config = {}
+    end
+  end
+  return config
+end
+
+utility.save_config = function()
+  if config then
+    if not config_lock then
+      print("Warning: A config lock file was not established.")
+    end
+    utility.open(config_path, "w", function(config_file)
+      local json = utility.require("dkjson")
+      config_file:write(json.encode(config, { indent = true }))
+    end)
+    if config_lock then
+      utility.release_lock(config_path, config_lock)
+    end
+  else
+    error("utility config not loaded")
+  end
+end
+
+utility.get_config_with_defaults = function(defaults)
+  local config = utility.get_config()
+
+  local loop, changes_made
+  loop = function(config_level, default_level)
+    for k,v in pairs(default_level) do
+      if not config_level[k] then
+        config_level[k] = v
+        changes_made = true
+      elseif type(v) == "table" then
+        loop(config_level[k], v)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  loop(config, defaults)
+
+  if changes_made then
+    utility.save_config()
+  else
+    utility.release_lock(config_path)
+  end
+
+  return config
+end
+
+
+
+local data_file_locations = {}
+utility.load_data = function(file_path)
+  local data = utility.open(file_path, "r", function(data_file)
+    local json = utility.require("dkjson")
+    return json.decode(data_file:read("*all"))
+  end)
+  data_file_locations[data] = file_path
+  return data
+end
+
+utility.save_data = function(data, file_path)
+  local keys, loop = {}
+  loop = function(tab)
+    if type(tab) == "table" then
+      for k,v in pairs(tab) do
+        if not (type(k) == "number") then
+          keys[k] = true
+        end
+        loop(v)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  loop(data)
+  local order = {}
+  for k in pairs(keys) do order[#order + 1] = k end
+  table.sort(order)
+
+  file_path = file_path or data_file_locations[data]
+  assert(file_path, "The object must have been loaded by utility.load_data or you must pass a path as the second argument.")
+  utility.open(file_path, "w", function(data_file)
+    local json = utility.require("dkjson")
+    data_file:write(json.encode(data, { indent = true, keyorder = order, }))
+    data_file:write("\n")
+  end)
+end
+
+
+
+utility.deepcopy = function(tab)
+  local copy
+  if type(tab) == "table" then
+    copy = {}
+    for key, value in next, tab, nil do
+      copy[utility.deepcopy(key)] = utility.deepcopy(value)
+    end
+    setmetatable(copy, utility.deepcopy(getmetatable(tab)))
+  else
+    copy = tab
+  end
+  return copy
+end
+
+utility.enumerate = function(list)
+  local result = {}
+  for _, value in ipairs(list) do
+    result[value] = { name = value }
+  end
+  return result
+end
+
+local _
+_, utility.inspect = pcall(function() return utility.require("inspect") end)
+if _ then
+  utility.print_table = function(tab)
+    print(utility.inspect(tab))
+  end
+else
+  utility.inspect = nil
+  -- much simpler (and worse) print_table as fallback
+  utility.print_table = function(tab, depth)
+    depth = depth or 0
+    if type(tab) == "table" then
+      for k, v in pairs(tab) do
+        print(string.rep("  ", depth) .. tostring(k) .. ":")
+        if type(v) == "table" then
+          utility.print_table(v, depth + 1)
+        else
+          print(string.rep("  ", depth + 1) .. tostring(v))
+        end
+      end
+    else
+      print(string.rep("  ", depth) .. tostring(tab))
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+utility.list_reverse = function(tab)
+  for i = 1, math.floor(#tab/2) do
+    tab[i], tab[#tab-i+1] = tab[#tab-i+1], tab[i]
+  end
+end
+
+
+
+-- a super common need I'm encountering is wanting content from a URL without side effects
+utility.curl_read = function(download_url, curl_options)
+  utility.required_program("curl")
+  local tmp_file_name = utility.tmp_file_name()
+  local command = "curl "
+  if curl_options then
+    command = command .. curl_options .. " "
+  end
+  os.execute(command .. download_url:enquote() .. " > " .. tmp_file_name)
+  local file_contents
+  utility.open(tmp_file_name, "r", function(file)
+    file_contents = file:read("*all")
+  end)
+  return file_contents
+end
+
+
+
+utility.llm_prompt = function(text, model, stabilize)
+  utility.required_program("ollama")
+
+  -- if stabilize == nil then stabilize = true end -- I may switch this back to defaulting on
+  if type(text) == "table" then text = table.concat(text, "\n") end
+
+  local config = utility.get_config("read-only")
+  model = model or (config.ollama and config.ollama.default_model) or "gemma4:12b-mlx"
+
+  local tmp_file_name = utility.tmp_file_name()
+  utility.open(tmp_file_name, "w", function(file)
+    file:write(text)
+  end)
+
+  -- word wrap fucks up usability of output in other things badly
+  local output = utility.capture_safe("cat " .. tmp_file_name:enquote() .. " | ollama run " .. model .. " --nowordwrap")
+  -- in previous testing, this improved system stability at the cost of speed by ensuring memory was not overtaxed by repeated calls to an LLM
+  if stabilize then os.execute("ollama stop " .. model) end
+
+  os.execute("rm " .. tmp_file_name)
+  assert(output, "ollama failed to generate output")
+
+  local strip_reasoning = function(text)
+    local reasoning_lines = {}
+    local tab = text:split("\n")
+    table.remove(tab, 1) -- remove "Thinking..."
+
+    while true do
+      local done = tab[1] == "...done thinking."
+      local line = table.remove(tab, 1)
+      if done then
+        table.remove(tab, 1) -- remove blank line after reasoning
+        return table.concat(tab, "\n"), table.concat(reasoning_lines, "\n")
+      elseif #tab < 1 then
+        return text -- can only be reached if theere was no reasoning output
+      else
+        reasoning_lines[#reasoning_lines + 1] = line
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  output = output:sub(1, -2) -- strip extra newline from utility.capture_safe
+  return strip_reasoning(output) -- this returns the text AND reasoning
+end
+
+
+
+-- additionally returns total and count
+utility.mean = function(object)
+  local total, count = 0, 0
+  for _, value in pairs(object) do
+    total = total + value
+    count = count + 1
+  end
+  return total / count, total, count
+end
+
+-- additionally returns total
+utility.median = function(object)
+  local tab = {}
+  for _, value in pairs(object) do
+    tab[#tab + 1] = value
+  end
+  table.sort(tab)
+  return tab[math.floor(#tab / 2)], #tab
+end
+
+
+
+if (utility.OS == "Linux") and (utility.capture_safe("uname"):find("Darwin") == 1) then
+  utility.OS = "macOS"
+end
+
+return utility
diff --git a/src/main.lua b/src/main.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e06725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+local utility = require "lib.utility"
+
+local progress_bar_metatable = {
+  __index = {
+    font = love.graphics.newFont(18), -- TODO customizable
+    set_progress = function(self, progress_percentage)
+      self.progress_percentage = progress_percentage
+    end,
+    set_text = function(self, new_text)
+      self.text = new_text
+    end,
+    draw = function(self)
+      local cyan = {0, 0.5, 0.5, 1} -- TODO make customizable; consider percentage range colors
+      love.graphics.setColor(cyan)
+      love.graphics.rectangle("fill", self.x_position, self.y_position, self.total_width * self.progress_percentage, self.total_height)
+
+      local text_color = {1, 1, 1, 1} -- TODO customizable; default auto contrast with background color
+      love.graphics.setColor(text_color)
+
+      if self.text then
+        local font_height = self.font:getHeight()
+        local buffer_width = 8 -- TODO this should not be hardcoded
+        love.graphics.setFont(self.font)
+        love.graphics.print(self.text, self.x_position + buffer_width, self.y_position + self.total_height / 2 - font_height / 2)
+      end
+    end,
+  }
+}
+
+local new_progress_bar = function(x_position, y_position, total_width, total_height, progress_percentage)
+  return setmetatable({
+    x_position = x_position,
+    y_position = y_position,
+    total_width = total_width,
+    total_height = total_height,
+    progress_percentage = progress_percentage or 0,
+  }, progress_bar_metatable)
+end
+
+-- test progress_bar
+local window_width, window_height = love.graphics.getDimensions()
+local progress_bar_height = 30 -- TODO should not be hardcoded
+local test = new_progress_bar(0, window_height - progress_bar_height, window_width, progress_bar_height)
+test:set_text("This is a test text string of significant length. It exists to test printing over a progress bar.")
+test:set_progress(math.random())
+
+love.draw = function()
+  test:draw()
+end
+
+love.keypressed = function(key)
+  if key == "escape" then
+    -- TODO save any remaining log
+    love.event.quit()
+  end
+end