diff --git a/src/components/LevelSprite.tsx b/src/components/LevelSprite.tsx
index c0aac02..ff20c3a 100644
--- a/src/components/LevelSprite.tsx
+++ b/src/components/LevelSprite.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-import React, { Suspense } from "react";
+import React, { Suspense, useMemo, useState, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { useFrame, useLoader, useThree } from "react-three-fiber";
 import * as THREE from "three";
 import movie from "../static/sprites/movie.png";
+import movieActive from "../static/sprites/movie_active.png";
 import touko from "../static/sprites/touko.png";
+import toukoActive from "../static/sprites/touko_active.png";
 import s from "../static/sprites/s.png";
+import sActive from "../static/sprites/s_active.png";
 import copland from "../static/sprites/copland.png";
+import coplandActive from "../static/sprites/copland_active.png";
+import { SpriteMaterial } from "three";
+import { act } from "react-dom/test-utils";
 
 type LevelSpriteConstructorProps = {
   sprite: string;
@@ -14,10 +20,11 @@ type LevelSpriteConstructorProps = {
 };
 
 type SpriteToPath = {
-  [key: string]: string;
+  [key: string]: [string, string];
 };
 
 const LevelSprite = (props: LevelSpriteConstructorProps) => {
+  const [test, setTest] = useState(1.0);
   // the game only has a couple of sprites that it displays in the hub
   // dynamically importnig them would be worse for performance,
   // so we import all of them here and then use this function to
@@ -25,17 +32,54 @@ const LevelSprite = (props: LevelSpriteConstructorProps) => {
   // (yes, imbad at naming them)
   const spriteToPath = (sprite: string) => {
     return ({
-      movie: movie,
-      touko: touko,
-      s: s,
-      copland: copland,
+      movie: [movie, movieActive],
+      touko: [touko, toukoActive],
+      s: [s, sActive],
+      copland: [copland, coplandActive],
     } as SpriteToPath)[sprite];
   };
 
-  const spriteTexture: any = useLoader(
-    THREE.TextureLoader,
-    spriteToPath(props.sprite)
-  );
+  const materialRef = useRef();
+
+  const spriteSheet = spriteToPath(props.sprite);
+
+  const nonActiveTexture: any = useLoader(THREE.TextureLoader, spriteSheet[0]);
+  const activeTexture: any = useLoader(THREE.TextureLoader, spriteSheet[1]);
+
+  const uniforms = {
+    texture1: { type: "t", value: nonActiveTexture },
+    texture2: { type: "t", value: activeTexture },
+    alphaVal: { value: test },
+  };
+
+  const vertexShader = `
+    varying vec2 vUv;
+
+    void main() {
+      vUv = uv;
+      gl_Position = projectionMatrix * modelViewMatrix * vec4(position,1.0);
+    }
+  `;
+
+  const fragmentShader = `
+    uniform sampler2D texture1;
+    uniform sampler2D texture2;
+    uniform float alphaVal;
+
+    varying vec2 vUv;
+
+    void main() {
+        vec4 tex1 = texture2D (texture1, vUv);
+        vec4 tex2 = texture2D (texture2, vUv);
+        vec3 mixCol  = mix(tex1.rgb / tex1.a, tex2.rgb / tex2.a, alphaVal);
+        gl_FragColor = vec4(mixCol.rgb, 1.0);
+        gl_FragColor.a = max(tex1.a, tex2.a); 
+    }
+  `;
+
+  useFrame(() => {
+    (materialRef.current! as any).uniforms.alphaVal = test;
+  });
 
   return (
     <mesh
@@ -44,11 +88,15 @@ const LevelSprite = (props: LevelSpriteConstructorProps) => {
       rotation={props.rotation}
     >
       <planeBufferGeometry attach="geometry" />
-      <meshStandardMaterial
-        side={THREE.DoubleSide}
+      <shaderMaterial
+        ref={materialRef}
         attach="material"
-        map={spriteTexture}
+        uniforms={uniforms}
+        fragmentShader={fragmentShader}
+        vertexShader={vertexShader}
+        side={THREE.DoubleSide}
         transparent={true}
+        uniformsNeedUpdate={true}
       />
     </mesh>
   );