diff --git a/assets/shader/test.hlsl b/assets/shader/common.hlsl
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/shader/test.hlsl
rename to assets/shader/common.hlsl
diff --git a/assets/shader/test.pipeline b/assets/shader/static_object.pipeline
similarity index 94%
rename from assets/shader/test.pipeline
rename to assets/shader/static_object.pipeline
index bc11e0d..4f4d6df 100644
--- a/assets/shader/test.pipeline
+++ b/assets/shader/static_object.pipeline
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ optimization speed;
 
 vertex {
 	vk BEGIN
-#include "test.hlsl"
+#include "common.hlsl"
 
 struct VSInput
 {
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ PSOutput PsMain(void) {
 	return output;
 }
 	END
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a8caf5c..3826576 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ runtime_lib = library('rt',
   'src/runtime/file_tab.c',
   'src/runtime/fsutils.c',
   'src/runtime/gfx_main.c',
+  'src/runtime/gfx_object_renderer.c',
   'src/runtime/hashing.c',
   'src/runtime/init.c',
   'src/runtime/jobs.c',
@@ -176,11 +177,12 @@ if vk_dep.found()
   vk_renderer_lib = library('rtvk',
     # Project Sources
     'src/renderer/vk/gpu.h',
+    'src/renderer/vk/pipelines.h',
     'src/renderer/vk/swapchain.h',
 
     'src/renderer/vk/init.c',
-    'src/renderer/vk/swapchain.c',
     'src/renderer/vk/pipelines.c',
+    'src/renderer/vk/swapchain.c',
 
     # Contrib Sources
     'contrib/volk/volk.h',
diff --git a/src/renderer/vk/gpu.h b/src/renderer/vk/gpu.h
index e2ca349..e0d6c90 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vk/gpu.h
+++ b/src/renderer/vk/gpu.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
     VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingProperties descriptor_indexing_props;
     VkPhysicalDeviceProperties phys_device_props;
+    VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures descriptor_indexing_features;
+    VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures phys_device_features;
 } rt_vk_gpu;
 
 #ifndef RT_VK_DONT_DEFINE_GPU_GLOBAL
diff --git a/src/renderer/vk/init.c b/src/renderer/vk/init.c
index 5a65a06..170eac3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vk/init.c
+++ b/src/renderer/vk/init.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ static rt_queue_indices RetrieveQueueIndices(VkPhysicalDevice phys_dev, VkSurfac
 static bool CheckDeviceExtensionSupported(VkPhysicalDevice phys_dev) {
     const char *required_extensions[] = {
         VK_KHR_SWAPCHAIN_EXTENSION_NAME,
+        VK_KHR_DYNAMIC_RENDERING_EXTENSION_NAME,
     };
 
     uint32_t extension_count;
@@ -266,6 +267,11 @@ static bool CheckDeviceExtensionSupported(VkPhysicalDevice phys_dev) {
         }
         if (!found) {
             supported = false;
+            VkPhysicalDeviceProperties props;
+            vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties(phys_dev, &props);
+            rtLog("Device %s does not support the required extension %s",
+                  props.deviceName,
+                  required_extensions[i]);
             goto out;
         }
     }
@@ -294,6 +300,15 @@ static rt_result ChoosePhysicalDevice(void) {
     uint32_t highscore  = 0;
     uint32_t best_index = phys_device_count;
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < phys_device_count; ++i) {
+        VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures descriptor_indexing_features = {
+            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_FEATURES,
+        };
+        VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 features = {
+            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2,
+            .pNext = &descriptor_indexing_features,
+        };
+        vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2(phys_devices[i], &features);
+
         VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingProperties descriptor_indexing_props = {
             .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_PROPERTIES,
             .pNext = NULL,
@@ -312,6 +327,11 @@ static rt_result ChoosePhysicalDevice(void) {
             indices.graphics == UINT32_MAX)
             continue;
 
+        /* Check for bindless support */
+        if (!descriptor_indexing_features.runtimeDescriptorArray ||
+            !descriptor_indexing_features.descriptorBindingPartiallyBound)
+            continue;
+
         uint32_t score = 0;
 
         if (props.properties.deviceType == VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_DISCRETE_GPU)
@@ -338,7 +358,8 @@ static rt_result ChoosePhysicalDevice(void) {
         }
     }
     if (best_index < phys_device_count) {
-        g_gpu.phys_device                                                      = phys_devices[0];
+        g_gpu.phys_device = phys_devices[best_index];
+
         VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingProperties descriptor_indexing_props = {
             .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_PROPERTIES,
             .pNext = NULL,
@@ -347,9 +368,20 @@ static rt_result ChoosePhysicalDevice(void) {
             .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2,
             .pNext = &descriptor_indexing_props,
         };
-        vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties2(phys_devices[0], &props);
-        g_gpu.phys_device_props         = props.properties;
-        g_gpu.descriptor_indexing_props = descriptor_indexing_props;
+        VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures descriptor_indexing_features = {
+            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_FEATURES,
+        };
+        VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 features = {
+            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2,
+            .pNext = &descriptor_indexing_features,
+        };
+        vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2(phys_devices[best_index], &features);
+        vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties2(phys_devices[best_index], &props);
+
+        g_gpu.phys_device_props            = props.properties;
+        g_gpu.descriptor_indexing_props    = descriptor_indexing_props;
+        g_gpu.phys_device_features         = features.features;
+        g_gpu.descriptor_indexing_features = descriptor_indexing_features;
     }
     free(phys_devices);
 
@@ -400,8 +432,20 @@ static rt_result CreateDevice(void) {
         queue_info[distinct_queue_count].pQueuePriorities = &priority;
     }
 
+    VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures indexing_features = {
+        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_FEATURES,
+    };
+    VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 features = {.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2,
+                                          .pNext = &indexing_features};
+    vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2(g_gpu.phys_device, &features);
+
+    RT_ASSERT(indexing_features.runtimeDescriptorArray &&
+                  indexing_features.descriptorBindingPartiallyBound,
+              "We require a device that supports bindless vulkan.");
+
     VkDeviceCreateInfo device_info = {
         .sType                   = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO,
+        .pNext                   = &features,
         .enabledExtensionCount   = RT_ARRAY_COUNT(extensions),
         .ppEnabledExtensionNames = extensions,
         .pQueueCreateInfos       = queue_info,
diff --git a/src/renderer/vk/pipelines.c b/src/renderer/vk/pipelines.c
index e2df7df..bea16df 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vk/pipelines.c
+++ b/src/renderer/vk/pipelines.c
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-#include "runtime/renderer_api.h"
 #include "runtime/config.h"
 #include "runtime/handles.h"
+#include "runtime/mem_arena.h"
+#include "runtime/renderer_api.h"
+#include "runtime/resources.h"
 #include "runtime/threading.h"
 
 #include "gpu.h"
 #include "pipelines.h"
 
-#include <volk/volk.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <volk/volk.h>
 
 RT_CVAR_I(r_VkMaxPipelineCount, "Maximum number of pipeline objects. Default: 1024", 1024);
 
@@ -21,6 +23,71 @@ static rt_pipeline_slot *_pipelines;
 static rt_pipeline_slot *_first_free;
 static rt_rwlock _lock;
 
+static void DestroyPipeline(rt_pipeline_slot *slot) {
+    if (slot->pipeline.pipeline) {
+        vkDestroyPipeline(g_gpu.device, slot->pipeline.pipeline, g_gpu.alloc_cb);
+    }
+    slot->next_free = _first_free;
+    _first_free     = slot;
+}
+
+static VkShaderModule CreateShaderModuleFromResource(rt_resource_id rid) {
+    if (rid == RT_INVALID_RESOURCE_ID)
+        return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+    rt_resource *resource = NULL;
+    size_t size           = rtGetResourceSize(rid);
+    if (size == 0)
+        return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+
+    rt_temp_arena temp = rtGetTemporaryArena(NULL, 0);
+    if (!temp.arena)
+        return VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+
+    VkShaderModule module = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+    resource = rtArenaPush(temp.arena, size);
+    if (!resource) {
+        rtLog("VK", "Failed to allocate temporary memory for retrieving a shader resource");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (rtGetResource(rid, resource) != RT_SUCCESS) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    if (resource->type != RT_RESOURCE_SHADER) {
+        rtLog("VK", "Attempted to create a shader module from a non-shader resource %llx", rid);
+        goto out;
+    }
+    rt_shader_info *info = resource->data;
+    if (!info) {
+        rtLog("VK", "Shader resource %llx has no attached shader_info", rid);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    VkShaderModuleCreateInfo module_info = {.sType    = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_MODULE_CREATE_INFO,
+                                            .pCode    = rtResolveRelptr(&info->bytecode),
+                                            .codeSize = info->bytecode_length};
+    if (vkCreateShaderModule(g_gpu.device, &module_info, g_gpu.alloc_cb, &module) != VK_SUCCESS) {
+        rtLog("VK", "Failed to create the shader module from resource %llx", rid);
+        goto out;
+    }
+out:
+    rtReturnTemporaryArena(temp);
+    return module;
+}
+
+static bool CreateComputePipeline(VkShaderModule compute_shader,
+                                  const rt_pipeline_info *info,
+                                  rt_pipeline_slot *slot) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+static bool CreateGraphicsPipeline(VkShaderModule vertex_shader,
+                                   VkShaderModule fragment_shader,
+                                   const rt_pipeline_info *info,
+                                   rt_pipeline_slot *slot) {
+    return false;
+}
+
 rt_result InitPipelineManagement(void) {
     rt_create_rwlock_result lock_res = rtCreateRWLock();
     if (!lock_res.ok)
@@ -40,14 +107,6 @@ rt_result InitPipelineManagement(void) {
     return RT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-static void DestroyPipeline(rt_pipeline_slot *slot) {
-    if (slot->pipeline.pipeline) {
-        vkDestroyPipeline(g_gpu.device, slot->pipeline.pipeline, g_gpu.alloc_cb);
-    }
-    slot->next_free = _first_free;
-    _first_free     = slot;
-}
-
 void ShutdownPipelineManagement(void) {
     for (int i = 1; i < r_VkMaxPipelineCount.i; ++i) {
         DestroyPipeline(&_pipelines[i]);
@@ -67,13 +126,35 @@ rt_pipeline_handle RT_RENDERER_API_FN(CompilePipeline)(const rt_pipeline_info *i
     }
     rt_pipeline_slot *slot = _first_free;
     _first_free            = slot->next_free;
-    slot->version = (slot->version + 1) & RT_GFX_HANDLE_MAX_VERSION;
-    rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
+    slot->version          = (slot->version + 1) & RT_GFX_HANDLE_MAX_VERSION;
 
     /* No other thread that calls compile gets the same slot.
      * Another thread accessing the slot via GetPipeline would get a version mismatch.
      * The same holds for DestroyPipeline
      */
+    rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
+
+    VkShaderModule vertex_shader   = CreateShaderModuleFromResource(info->vertex_shader);
+    VkShaderModule fragment_shader = CreateShaderModuleFromResource(info->fragment_shader);
+    VkShaderModule compute_shader  = CreateShaderModuleFromResource(info->compute_shader);
+
+    RT_UNUSED(vertex_shader);
+    RT_UNUSED(fragment_shader);
+    RT_UNUSED(compute_shader);
+
+    bool create_success = false;
+    if (compute_shader) {
+        create_success = CreateComputePipeline(compute_shader, info, slot);
+    } else if (vertex_shader && fragment_shader) {
+        create_success = CreateGraphicsPipeline(vertex_shader, fragment_shader, info, slot);
+    } else {
+        rtLog("VK", "Invalid combination of shaders in pipeline info.");
+    }
+
+    if (create_success) {
+        handle.version = slot->version;
+        handle.index   = (uint32_t)(slot - _pipelines);
+    }
 
     return handle;
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/app.c b/src/runtime/app.c
index a550c0f..b65160a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/app.c
+++ b/src/runtime/app.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ rtWin32Entry(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PWSTR pCmdLine, int n
     }
 
     rt_renderer_init_info renderer_info = {.hWnd = wnd, .hInstance = hInstance};
-    if (!rtInitGFX(&renderer_info)) {
+    if (rtInitGFX(&renderer_info) != RT_SUCCESS) {
         rtReportError("GFX", "Init failed.");
         return 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_cache.c b/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_cache.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d6d462..0000000
--- a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_cache.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,379 +0,0 @@
-#include "assets.h"
-#include "asset_dependencies.h"
-#include "aio.h"
-#include "buffer_manager.h"
-#include "config.h"
-#include "threading.h"
-#include "uidtab.h"
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-RT_CVAR_I(rt_AssetCacheSize, "Number of asset cache entries. Default: 1024.", 1024);
-
-/* asset_loading.c */
-extern rt_result DecompressAsset(void *compressed_buffer,
-                                 size_t compressed_buffer_size,
-                                 void **p_decompressed,
-                                 size_t *p_decompressed_size);
-
-typedef enum {
-    CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_FREE,
-    CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADING,
-    CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADED,
-} rt_asset_cache_entry_state;
-
-typedef struct rt_asset_cache_entry_s {
-    rt_asset_cache_entry_state state;
-    rt_aio_handle load;
-    void *buffer;
-    size_t size;
-    int refcount;
-
-    /* Reclaim list */
-    struct rt_asset_cache_entry_s *prev_reclaim;
-    struct rt_asset_cache_entry_s *next_reclaim;
-} rt_asset_cache_entry;
-
-static rt_uid *_uids;
-static rt_asset_cache_entry *_entries;
-static rt_asset_cache_entry *_first_reclaim;
-static rt_asset_cache_entry *_last_reclaim;
-
-/* Locked as writer when modifiying entries, as reader when searching */
-static rt_rwlock _lock;
-
-rt_result InitAssetCache(void) {
-    _entries = calloc((size_t)rt_AssetCacheSize.i, sizeof(rt_asset_cache_entry));
-    if (!_entries) {
-        return RT_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED;
-    }
-    _uids = calloc((size_t)rt_AssetCacheSize.i, sizeof(rt_uid));
-    if (!_uids) {
-        free(_entries);
-        return RT_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED;
-    }
-    rt_create_rwlock_result lock_res = rtCreateRWLock();
-    if (!lock_res.ok) {
-        free(_entries);
-        free(_uids);
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-    _lock = lock_res.lock;
-    return RT_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-void ShutdownAssetCache(void) {
-    free(_entries);
-    free(_uids);
-    rtDestroyRWLock(&_lock);
-    _first_reclaim = NULL;
-    _last_reclaim  = NULL;
-}
-
-static void ReleaseEntry(rt_asset_cache_entry *entry) {
-    if (entry->load != RT_AIO_INVALID_HANDLE) {
-        rtWaitForAIOCompletion(entry->load);
-        rtReleaseAIO(entry->load);
-        entry->load = RT_AIO_INVALID_HANDLE;
-    }
-    rtReleaseBuffer(entry->buffer, entry->size);
-    entry->buffer       = NULL;
-    entry->size         = 0;
-    entry->next_reclaim = NULL;
-    entry->prev_reclaim = NULL;
-}
-
-static void GarbageCollect(void) {
-    rtLockWrite(&_lock);
-    rt_asset_cache_entry *entry = _first_reclaim;
-    while (entry) {
-        assert(entry->refcount == 0);
-        rt_asset_cache_entry *next = entry->next_reclaim;
-        if (entry->state == CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADED) {
-            ReleaseEntry(entry);
-            _first_reclaim = next;
-        }
-        entry          = next;
-    }
-    rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-}
-
-static rt_asset_cache_entry *GetEntry(rt_uid uid) {
-    /* Hash lookup */
-    unsigned int mod = (unsigned int)rt_AssetCacheSize.i - 1;
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (unsigned int)rt_AssetCacheSize.i; ++i) {
-        unsigned int slot = (uid + i) & mod;
-        if (_uids[slot] == uid) {
-            return &_entries[slot];
-        } else if (_uids[slot] == RT_INVALID_UID) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-
-static bool IsAssetLoaded(rt_uid uid) {
-    const rt_asset_cache_entry *entry = GetEntry(uid);
-    if (entry)
-        return entry->state == CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADED ||
-               entry->state == CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADING;
-    else
-        return false;
-}
-
-static int InsertEntry(rt_uid uid) {
-    unsigned int mod = (unsigned int)rt_AssetCacheSize.i - 1;
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (unsigned int)rt_AssetCacheSize.i; ++i) {
-        unsigned int slot = (uid + i) & mod;
-        if (_uids[slot] == 0) {
-            return (int)slot;
-        }
-    }
-    return -1;
-}
-static rt_result InsertAndLoadAssets(const rt_uid *uids, size_t count) {
-    rt_load_batch batch = {.num_loads = 0};
-
-    rt_result res = RT_SUCCESS;
-
-    count = (count < RT_LOAD_BATCH_MAX_SIZE) ? count : RT_LOAD_BATCH_MAX_SIZE;
-    rt_asset_cache_entry *load_entries[RT_LOAD_BATCH_MAX_SIZE];
-
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-        rtLockRead(&_lock);
-        bool needs_load = !IsAssetLoaded(uids[i]);
-        rtUnlockRead(&_lock);
-
-        if (!needs_load)
-            continue;
-
-        rtLockWrite(&_lock);
-        /* It's possible that another thread loaded the asset in the meantime */
-        if (!IsAssetLoaded(uids[i])) {
-            const rt_uid_data *data = rtGetUIDData(uids[i]);
-            if (!data) {
-                rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-                rtLog("ASSET_CACHE", "Failed to get uid data for uid %u", uids[i]);
-                res = RT_UNKNOWN_ASSET;
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            void *compressed_data = rtAllocBuffer(data->size);
-            if (!compressed_data) {
-                /* Try again after garbage collection */
-                rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-                GarbageCollect();
-                compressed_data = rtAllocBuffer(data->size);
-                if (!compressed_data) {
-                    rtLog("ASSET_CACHE",
-                          "Failed to allocate intermediate buffer for uid %u",
-                          uids[i]);
-                    res = RT_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                rtLockWrite(&_lock);
-            }
-
-            int slot = InsertEntry(uids[i]);
-            if (slot == -1) {
-                rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-                rtLog("ASSET_CACHE", "Failed to insert new entry for uid %u", uids[i]);
-                res = RT_ASSET_CACHE_FULL;
-                break;
-            }
-            
-            rt_asset_cache_entry *entry = &_entries[slot];
-            load_entries[batch.num_loads] = entry;
-
-            /* We set the refcount to 0, but don't insert the entry
-             * into the reclaim list, to ensure that its buffer does not get freed
-             * while the load still executes. Setting the refcount to 0 ensures
-             * that the count is correct, once the asset is accessed the first time. */
-            entry->state        = CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADING;
-            entry->refcount     = 0;
-            entry->buffer       = compressed_data;
-            entry->size         = data->size;
-            entry->next_reclaim = NULL;
-            entry->prev_reclaim = NULL;
-            entry->load         = RT_AIO_INVALID_HANDLE;
-
-            batch.loads[batch.num_loads].file      = data->pkg_file;
-            batch.loads[batch.num_loads].num_bytes = data->size;
-            batch.loads[batch.num_loads].offset    = data->offset;
-            batch.loads[batch.num_loads].dest      = compressed_data;
-            ++batch.num_loads;
-        }
-    }
-    rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-
-    /* Dispatch the load */
-    rt_aio_handle handles[RT_LOAD_BATCH_MAX_SIZE];
-    if ((res = rtSubmitLoadBatch(&batch, handles)) != RT_SUCCESS) {
-        rtLog("ASSET_CACHE", "Failed to submit %u asset loads.", batch.num_loads);
-        return res;
-    }
-
-    /* Set the aio handles of the inserted entries */
-    rtLockWrite(&_lock);
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < batch.num_loads; ++i) {
-        load_entries[batch.num_loads]->load = handles[i];
-    }
-    rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-
-    return res;
-}
-
-static bool DecompressEntry(rt_uid uid, rt_asset_cache_entry *entry) {
-    rtReleaseAIO(entry->load);
-    entry->load = RT_AIO_INVALID_HANDLE;
-
-    void *decompressed_buffer;
-    size_t decompressed_size;
-    rt_result dec_res =
-        DecompressAsset(entry->buffer, entry->size, &decompressed_buffer, &decompressed_size);
-    if (dec_res == RT_SUCCESS) {
-        rtReleaseBuffer(entry->buffer, entry->size);
-        entry->buffer = decompressed_buffer;
-        entry->size   = decompressed_size;
-        entry->state  = CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADED;
-        return true;
-    } else if (dec_res == RT_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED) {
-        GarbageCollect();
-        /* Try again */
-        if (DecompressAsset(entry->buffer, entry->size, &decompressed_buffer, &decompressed_size) ==
-            RT_SUCCESS) {
-            rtReleaseBuffer(entry->buffer, entry->size);
-            entry->buffer = decompressed_buffer;
-            entry->size   = decompressed_size;
-            entry->state  = CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADED;
-            return true;
-        }
-        /* Don't do anything yet. We might be able to to do this later, once some
-         * buffers become free. */
-        rtLog("ASSET_CACHE", "Failed to decompress asset %u", uid);
-        return false;
-    } else {
-        rtLog("ASSET_CACHE", "Failed to decompress asset %u", uid);
-        ReleaseEntry(entry);
-
-        ptrdiff_t idx = entry - _entries;
-        _uids[idx]    = RT_INVALID_UID;
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-static void CheckCompletedLoads(const rt_uid *uids, size_t count) {
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-        rtLockRead(&_lock);
-        volatile rt_asset_cache_entry *entry = (volatile rt_asset_cache_entry *)GetEntry(uids[i]);
-        if (!entry) {
-            rtUnlockRead(&_lock);
-            rtLog("ASSET_CACHE", "Passed unknown uid %u to CheckCompletedLoads()", uids[i]);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (entry->state != CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADING) {
-            rtUnlockRead(&_lock);
-            continue;
-        }
-        bool load_finished = rtGetAIOState(entry->load) == RT_AIO_STATE_FINISHED;
-        rtUnlockRead(&_lock);
-       
-        if (load_finished) {
-            rtLockWrite(&_lock);
-            /* Ensure that no-one else handled this */
-            if (entry->state == CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADING) {
-                DecompressEntry(uids[i], (rt_asset_cache_entry *)entry);
-            }
-            rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT rt_get_asset_result rtGetAsset(rt_uid uid) {
-    rt_get_asset_result result = {
-        .result = RT_SUCCESS,
-    };
-
-    rtLockRead(&_lock);
-    bool needs_load = !IsAssetLoaded(uid);
-    rtUnlockRead(&_lock);
-
-    if (needs_load) {
-        rt_uid load_uids[RT_LOAD_BATCH_MAX_SIZE];
-        size_t load_count = 1;
-        load_uids[0]      = uid;
-
-        rt_asset_dependency_list deps = rtGetAssetDependencies(uid);
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < deps.count && i < RT_LOAD_BATCH_MAX_SIZE - 1; ++i) {
-            load_uids[i + 1] = deps.dependencies[i];
-            ++load_count;
-        }
-
-        result.result = InsertAndLoadAssets(load_uids, load_count);
-        if (result.result == RT_SUCCESS) {
-            CheckCompletedLoads(load_uids, load_count);
-        }
-    }
-
-    rtLockWrite(&_lock);
-    rt_asset_cache_entry *entry = GetEntry(uid);
-    if (entry) {
-        if (entry->state == CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADED) {
-            ++entry->refcount;
-            result.data = entry->buffer;
-            result.size = entry->size;
-        } else if (entry->state == CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADING) {
-            if (entry->state == CACHE_ENTRY_STATE_LOADING) {
-                assert(entry->load != RT_AIO_INVALID_HANDLE);
-                ++entry->refcount;
-                if (rtWaitForAIOCompletion(entry->load) == RT_AIO_STATE_FINISHED) {
-                    if (DecompressEntry(uid, entry)) {
-                        result.data = entry->buffer;
-                        result.size = entry->size;
-                    } else {
-                        result.result = RT_LOAD_FAILED;
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    ReleaseEntry(entry);
-                    rtLog("ASSET_CACHE", "Failed to load asset %u", uid);
-                    result.result = RT_LOAD_FAILED;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /* Remove from the reclaim list */
-        if (_first_reclaim == entry)
-            _first_reclaim = entry->next_reclaim;
-        if (_last_reclaim == entry)
-            _last_reclaim = entry->prev_reclaim;
-        if (entry->next_reclaim)
-            entry->next_reclaim->prev_reclaim = entry->prev_reclaim;
-        if (entry->prev_reclaim)
-            entry->prev_reclaim->next_reclaim = entry->next_reclaim;
-    }
-    rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-
-    return result;
-}
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT void rtReleaseAsset(rt_uid uid) {
-    rtLockWrite(&_lock);
-    rt_asset_cache_entry *entry = GetEntry(uid);
-    if (entry && entry->refcount > 0) {
-        --entry->refcount;
-        if (entry->refcount == 0) {
-            /* add to the reclaim list */
-            if (_last_reclaim)
-                _last_reclaim->next_reclaim = entry;
-            if (!_first_reclaim)
-                _first_reclaim = entry;
-            entry->prev_reclaim = _last_reclaim;
-            entry->next_reclaim = NULL;
-            _last_reclaim       = entry;
-        }
-    }
-    rtUnlockWrite(&_lock);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_dependencies.c b/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_dependencies.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8307acb..0000000
--- a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_dependencies.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-#define RT_DEFINE_DEPENDENCY_FILE_STRUCTURES
-#include "asset_dependencies.h"
-
-#include "aio.h"
-#include "buffer_manager.h"
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-typedef struct {
-    uint32_t begin;
-    uint32_t count;
-} rt_dep_list;
-
-typedef struct {
-    rt_uid *uids;
-    rt_dep_list *lists;
-    uint32_t capacity;
-} rt_dep_map;
-
-static rt_dep_map _map;
-static rt_uid *_list_mem;
-
-rt_result LoadAssetDependencies(void) {
-    rt_dependency_file_header header;
-    rt_file_id fid = rtAddFile("data/deps.bin");
-
-    if (rtSubmitSingleLoadSync((rt_file_load){.dest      = &header,
-                                              .num_bytes = sizeof(header),
-                                              .offset    = 0,
-                                              .file      = fid}) != RT_AIO_STATE_FINISHED) {
-        rtReportError("core", "Failed to load deps.bin");
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-    void *buffer = rtAllocBuffer(header.data_size);
-    if (rtSubmitSingleLoadSync((rt_file_load){.dest      = buffer,
-                                              .num_bytes = header.data_size,
-                                              .offset    = sizeof(header),
-                                              .file      = fid}) != RT_AIO_STATE_FINISHED) {
-        rtReportError("core", "Failed to load deps.bin");
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    /* We know the exact number of list entries */
-    uint64_t total_list_entries =
-        (header.data_size - header.num_lists * sizeof(rt_dependency_file_list_header)) /
-        sizeof(rt_uid);
-    _list_mem = malloc(total_list_entries * sizeof(rt_uid));
-    if (!_list_mem) {
-        rtReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
-        rtReportError("core", "Failed to allocate dependency list storage.");
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    _map.capacity = rtNextPowerOfTwo32(header.num_lists);
-    _map.uids     = calloc(_map.capacity, sizeof(rt_uid));
-    if (!_map.uids) {
-        free(_list_mem);
-        rtReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
-        rtReportError("core", "Failed to allocate dependency list storage.");
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    _map.lists = calloc(_map.capacity, sizeof(rt_dep_list));
-    if (!_map.uids) {
-        free(_list_mem);
-        free(_map.uids);
-        rtReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
-        rtReportError("core", "Failed to allocate dependency list storage.");
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    uint32_t storage_at = 0;
-
-    rt_dependency_file_list_header *list = buffer;
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < header.num_lists; ++i) {
-        const rt_uid *entries = (rt_uid *)(list + 1);
-
-        /* Validate the checksum */
-        XXH64_hash_t file_hash = XXH64_hashFromCanonical(&list->checksum);
-        XXH64_hash_t calc_hash = XXH3_64bits(entries, sizeof(rt_uid) * list->num_entries);
-        if (file_hash != calc_hash) {
-            rtReportError("core", "Checksum mismatch in list %u", i);
-            rtReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
-            return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        /* Store the list */
-        memcpy(_list_mem + storage_at, entries, sizeof(rt_uid) * list->num_entries);
-        bool inserted = false;
-        for (uint32_t j = 0; j < _map.capacity; ++j) {
-            uint32_t slot = (list->uid + j) % _map.capacity;
-            if (_map.uids[slot] == RT_INVALID_UID) {
-                _map.uids[slot] = list->uid;
-                _map.lists[slot].begin = storage_at;
-                _map.lists[slot].count = list->num_entries;
-                inserted = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        storage_at += list->num_entries;
-        assert(inserted);
-        assert(storage_at <= total_list_entries);
-
-        list = (rt_dependency_file_list_header *)(entries + list->num_entries);
-    }
-
-    rtReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
-
-    return RT_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-void ReleaseAssetDependencies(void) {
-    free(_list_mem);
-    free(_map.uids);
-    free(_map.lists);
-}
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT rt_asset_dependency_list rtGetAssetDependencies(rt_uid asset) {
-    rt_asset_dependency_list result = {
-        .dependencies = NULL,
-        .count        = 0,
-    };
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < _map.capacity; ++i) {
-        uint32_t slot = (asset + i) % _map.capacity;
-        if (_map.uids[slot] == asset) {
-            result.dependencies = &_list_mem[_map.lists[slot].begin];
-            result.count        = _map.lists[slot].count;
-            break;
-        } else if (_map.uids[slot] == RT_INVALID_UID) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return result;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_dependencies.h b/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_dependencies.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e531dd..0000000
--- a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_dependencies.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef RT_ASSET_DEPENDENCIES_H
-#define RT_ASSET_DEPENDENCIES_H
-
-#include "assets.h"
-
-#ifdef RT_DEFINE_DEPENDENCY_FILE_STRUCTURES
-
-#include "xxhash/xxhash.h"
-
-#pragma pack(push, 1)
-typedef struct {
-    uint64_t data_size;
-    uint32_t num_lists;
-} rt_dependency_file_header;
-
-typedef struct {
-    rt_uid uid;
-    uint32_t num_entries;
-    XXH64_canonical_t checksum;
-} rt_dependency_file_list_header;
-
-#pragma pack(pop)
-
-#endif
-
-typedef struct {
-    const rt_uid *dependencies;
-    uint32_t count;
-} rt_asset_dependency_list;
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT rt_asset_dependency_list rtGetAssetDependencies(rt_uid asset);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_loading.c b/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_loading.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 293ceb6..0000000
--- a/src/runtime/assetbak/asset_loading.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#include "assets.h"
-#include "uidtab.h"
-#include "aio.h"
-#include "buffer_manager.h"
-
-#define RT_DEFINE_PACKAGE_FILE_STRUCTURES
-#include "packages.h"
-
-#include "lz4/lz4.h"
-
-rt_result DecompressAsset(void *compressed_buffer,
-                          size_t compressed_buffer_size,
-                          void **p_decompressed,
-                          size_t *p_decompressed_size) {
-
-    const rt_package_asset_header *header = compressed_buffer;
-
-    size_t compressed_size       = (compressed_buffer_size) - sizeof(*header);
-    XXH64_hash_t calculated_hash = XXH3_64bits((header + 1), compressed_size);
-    XXH64_hash_t file_hash       = XXH64_hashFromCanonical(&header->checksum);
-    if (calculated_hash != file_hash) {
-        rtLog("core", "Checksum mismatch for asset");
-        return RT_LOAD_FAILED;
-    }
-
-    size_t size               = (size_t)header->decompressed_size;
-    void *decompressed_buffer = rtAllocBuffer(size);
-    if (!decompressed_buffer) {
-        return RT_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED;
-    }
-
-    if (LZ4_decompress_safe((const char *)(header + 1),
-                            (char *)decompressed_buffer,
-                            (int)compressed_size,
-                            (int)size) < 0) {
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    *p_decompressed      = decompressed_buffer;
-    *p_decompressed_size = size;
-    return RT_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT rt_result rtLoadAssetDirect(rt_uid uid, void **p_buffer, size_t *p_size) {
-    const rt_uid_data *data = rtGetUIDData(uid);
-    if (!data)
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ASSET;
-
-    void *compressed_buffer = rtAllocBuffer(data->size);
-    if (!compressed_buffer) {
-        return RT_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED;
-    }
-
-    if (rtSubmitSingleLoadSync((rt_file_load) {
-            .file      = data->pkg_file,
-            .offset    = data->offset,
-            .num_bytes = data->size,
-            .dest      = compressed_buffer,
-        }) != RT_AIO_STATE_FINISHED) {
-        rtReleaseBuffer(compressed_buffer, data->size);
-        return RT_LOAD_FAILED;
-    }
-    
-    void *decompressed_buffer;
-    size_t decompressed_size;
-    rt_result res = DecompressAsset(compressed_buffer, data->size, &decompressed_buffer, &decompressed_size);
-
-    rtReleaseBuffer(compressed_buffer, data->size);
-    *p_buffer = decompressed_buffer;
-    *p_size   = decompressed_size;
-
-    return res;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/assetbak/assets.h b/src/runtime/assetbak/assets.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8466768..0000000
--- a/src/runtime/assetbak/assets.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef RT_ASSETS_H
-#define RT_ASSETS_H
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-
-#include "runtime.h"
-
-/* Unique identifier for an asset. */
-typedef uint32_t rt_uid;
-
-#define RT_INVALID_UID 0
-
-/* Used to identify renderer backend dependent assets. */
-enum {
-    RT_INVALID_RENDERER_BACKEND_CODE = 0,
-    RT_RENDERER_BACKEND_CODE_VK      = 1,
-
-    RT_RENDERER_BACKEND_CODE_ONE_PAST_LAST,
-};
-typedef uint8_t rt_renderer_backend_code;
-
-enum {
-    RT_UNKNOWN_ASSET = RT_CUSTOM_ERROR_START,
-    RT_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED,
-    RT_LOAD_FAILED,
-    RT_ASSET_CACHE_FULL,
-};
-
-/* Load an asset without using the cache */
-RT_DLLEXPORT rt_result rtLoadAssetDirect(rt_uid uid, void **buffer, size_t *size);
-
-typedef struct {
-    void *data;
-    size_t size;
-    rt_result result;
-} rt_get_asset_result;
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT rt_get_asset_result rtGetAsset(rt_uid uid);
-
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/assetbak/uidtab.c b/src/runtime/assetbak/uidtab.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a26d685..0000000
--- a/src/runtime/assetbak/uidtab.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-#define RT_DEFINE_UIDTAB_FILE_STRUCTURES
-#include "uidtab.h"
-#include "aio.h"
-
-#include "xxhash/xxhash.h"
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-typedef struct {
-    rt_uid *uids;
-    rt_uid_data *data;
-    uint32_t slots;
-} rt_uidtab;
-
-static rt_uidtab _tab;
-
-rt_result LoadUIDTable(void) {
-    /* We use stdio here, because we cannot load any asset in parallel to this.
-     * This is because the uidtab is what tells us which assets exist.
-     */
-    FILE *f = fopen("data/uidtab.bin", "rb");
-    if (!f)
-        return RT_LOAD_FAILED;
-
-    rt_uidtab_header header;
-    if (fread(&header, sizeof(header), 1, f) != 1) {
-        fclose(f);
-        return RT_LOAD_FAILED;
-    }
-
-    /* TODO(Kevin): For some reason, the checksum calculation causes
-     *  Memory access errors .
-    XXH3_state_t *checksum = XXH3_createState();
-    if (!checksum) {
-        fclose(f);
-        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-    */
-
-    _tab.slots = rtNextPowerOfTwo32(header.num_entries * 2);
-    void *mem  = malloc((sizeof(rt_uid) + sizeof(rt_uid_data)) * _tab.slots);
-    if (!mem) {
-        fclose(f);
-        _tab.slots = 0;
-        return RT_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-    }
-    _tab.uids = mem;
-    _tab.data = (rt_uid_data *)(_tab.uids + _tab.slots);
-    memset(mem, 0, (sizeof(rt_uid) + sizeof(rt_uid_data)) * _tab.slots);
-
-    uint32_t mod = _tab.slots - 1; 
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < header.num_entries; ++i) {
-        rt_uidtab_entry entry;
-        if (fread(&entry, sizeof(entry), 1, f) != 1) {
-            free(mem);
-            _tab.slots = 0;
-            fclose(f);
-            return RT_LOAD_FAILED;
-        }
-        //XXH3_64bits_update(checksum, &entry, sizeof(entry));
-
-        /* Insert into hashtable */
-        bool inserted = false;
-        for (uint32_t j = 0; j < _tab.slots; ++j) {
-            uint32_t at = (entry.uid + j) & mod;
-            if (_tab.uids[at] == RT_INVALID_UID) {
-                _tab.uids[at] = entry.uid;
-                _tab.data[at].pkg_file = entry.file;
-                _tab.data[at].size     = entry.size;
-                _tab.data[at].offset   = entry.offset;
-                
-                inserted = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (!inserted) {
-            rtReportError("core",
-                          "Failed to insert an entry into the uid table. This should not happen.");
-            fclose(f);
-            free(mem);
-            _tab.slots = 0;
-            return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
-    fclose(f);
-
-    /*
-    XXH64_hash_t checksum_hash = XXH3_64bits_digest(checksum);
-    XXH64_hash_t file_hash     = XXH64_hashFromCanonical(&header.checksum);
-    XXH3_freeState(checksum);
-
-    if (checksum_hash != file_hash) {
-        rtLog("core",
-              "WARNING: uidtab.bin checksum does not match calculated checksum of loaded entries.");
-    }
-    */
-    
-    return RT_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-void ReleaseUIDTable(void) {
-    free(_tab.uids);
-    _tab.slots = 0;
-}
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT const rt_uid_data *rtGetUIDData(rt_uid uid) {
-    uint32_t mod = _tab.slots - 1;
-    for (uint32_t j = 0; j < _tab.slots; ++j) {
-        uint32_t at = (uid + j) & mod;
-        if (_tab.uids[at] == uid) {
-            return &_tab.data[at];
-        } else if (_tab.uids[at] == RT_INVALID_UID) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return NULL;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/assetbak/uidtab.h b/src/runtime/assetbak/uidtab.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4202fe4..0000000
--- a/src/runtime/assetbak/uidtab.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef RT_UIDTAB_H
-#define RT_UIDTAB_H
-
-#include "runtime.h"
-#include "file_tab.h"
-#include "assets.h"
-#include "xxhash/xxhash.h"
-
-#ifdef RT_DEFINE_UIDTAB_FILE_STRUCTURES
-#pragma pack(push, 1)
-typedef struct {
-    XXH64_canonical_t checksum;
-    uint32_t num_entries;
-} rt_uidtab_header;
-#pragma pack(pop)
-
-#pragma pack(push, 1)
-typedef struct {
-    rt_file_id file;
-    uint64_t offset;
-    uint64_t size;
-    rt_uid uid;
-} rt_uidtab_entry;
-#pragma pack(pop)
-#endif
-
-/* Data associated with an uid */
-typedef struct {
-    rt_file_id pkg_file;
-    uint64_t offset;
-    uint64_t size;
-} rt_uid_data;
-
-RT_DLLEXPORT const rt_uid_data *rtGetUIDData(rt_uid uid);
-
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/gfx.h b/src/runtime/gfx.h
index fe58b49..47556fc 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gfx.h
+++ b/src/runtime/gfx.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "runtime.h"
+#include "resources.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -23,39 +24,10 @@ typedef struct rt_renderer_init_info_s rt_renderer_init_info;
 
 RT_DLLEXPORT void rtRegisterRendererCVars(void);
 
-RT_DLLEXPORT bool rtInitGFX(rt_renderer_init_info *renderer_info);
+RT_DLLEXPORT rt_result rtInitGFX(rt_renderer_init_info *renderer_info);
 
 RT_DLLEXPORT void rtShutdownGFX(void);
 
-/* Handles backend objects */
-
-#define RT_GFX_HANDLE_MAX_VERSION 255
-
-typedef struct {
-    uint32_t version : 8;
-    uint32_t index : 24;
-} rt_pipeline_handle;
-
-/* Attributes are used to bind buffers (or textures) to symbolic values.
- * For example, an attribute might be bound to "CELL_GRID", which would be
- * replaced with the (at the time of the invoke) grid buffer of the current
- * world cell.
- */
-
-typedef enum {
-    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_UNDEFINED,
-
-    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_MATERIAL_ALBEDO,
-    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_MATERIAL_NORMAL,
-
-    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_count
-} rt_attribute_value;
-
-typedef struct {
-    uint32_t index;
-    rt_attribute_value value;
-} rt_attribute_binding;
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/runtime/gfx_main.c b/src/runtime/gfx_main.c
index 4efe783..ccd7f53 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gfx_main.c
+++ b/src/runtime/gfx_main.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ static bool _renderer_loaded = false;
 
 RT_CVAR_S(rt_Renderer, "Select the render backend. Available options: [vk], Default: vk", "vk");
 
+extern rt_result InitObjectRenderer(void);
+extern void ShutdownObjectRenderer(void);
+
 #ifdef RT_STATIC_LIB
 extern void RT_RENDERER_API_FN(RegisterCVars)(void);
 extern rt_result RT_RENDERER_API_FN(Init)(const rt_renderer_init_info *);
@@ -59,11 +62,11 @@ static bool LoadRenderer(void) {
     }
 #undef RETRIEVE_SYMBOL
 #else
-    g_renderer.RegisterCVars           = &rtRenRegisterCVars;
-    g_renderer.Init                    = &rtRenInit;
-    g_renderer.Shutdown                = &rtRenShutdown;
-    g_renderer.CompilePipeline         = &rtRenCompilePipeline;
-    g_renderer.DestroyPipeline         = &rtRenDestroyPipeline;
+    g_renderer.RegisterCVars   = &rtRenRegisterCVars;
+    g_renderer.Init            = &rtRenInit;
+    g_renderer.Shutdown        = &rtRenShutdown;
+    g_renderer.CompilePipeline = &rtRenCompilePipeline;
+    g_renderer.DestroyPipeline = &rtRenDestroyPipeline;
 #endif
     return true;
 }
@@ -77,19 +80,24 @@ RT_DLLEXPORT void rtRegisterRendererCVars(void) {
     g_renderer.RegisterCVars();
 }
 
-RT_DLLEXPORT bool rtInitGFX(rt_renderer_init_info *renderer_info) {
+RT_DLLEXPORT rt_result rtInitGFX(rt_renderer_init_info *renderer_info) {
     if (!_renderer_loaded) {
         if (!LoadRenderer())
-            return false;
+            return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
         g_renderer.RegisterCVars();
     }
 
     if (g_renderer.Init(renderer_info) != RT_SUCCESS)
-        return false;
+        return RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
 
-    return true;
+    rt_result result = RT_SUCCESS;
+    if ((result = InitObjectRenderer()) != RT_SUCCESS)
+        return result;
+
+    return RT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 RT_DLLEXPORT void rtShutdownGFX(void) {
+    ShutdownObjectRenderer();
     g_renderer.Shutdown();
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/gfx_object_renderer.c b/src/runtime/gfx_object_renderer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af9c196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/gfx_object_renderer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include "renderer_api.h"
+#include "mem_arena.h"
+#include "handles.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    rt_pipeline_handle pipeline;
+} rt_object_renderer;
+
+static rt_object_renderer _object_renderer;
+
+#define PIPELINE_ID 0xdee414bba9b4f5bdLL
+
+rt_result InitObjectRenderer(void) {
+    rt_result result = RT_SUCCESS;
+    rt_temp_arena temp = rtGetTemporaryArena(NULL, 0);
+    if (!temp.arena) {
+        result = RT_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /* Init the pipeline */
+    size_t pipeline_size = rtGetResourceSize(PIPELINE_ID);
+    if (pipeline_size == 0) {
+        rtReportError("GFX", "Failed to determine size of object pipeline %llx", PIPELINE_ID);
+        result = RT_INVALID_VALUE;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    rt_resource *pipeline_resource = rtArenaPush(temp.arena, pipeline_size);
+    if (!pipeline_resource) {
+        rtReportError("GFX", "Failed to allocate memory for object pipeline %llx", PIPELINE_ID);
+        result = RT_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    result = rtGetResource(PIPELINE_ID, pipeline_resource);
+    if (result != RT_SUCCESS) {
+        rtReportError("GFX", "Failed to load the object pipeline %llx", PIPELINE_ID);
+        goto out;
+    }
+    rt_pipeline_info *info = pipeline_resource->data;
+    if (!info) {
+        rtReportError("GFX", "Malformed object pipeline %llx (missing pipeline_info)", PIPELINE_ID);
+        result = RT_INVALID_VALUE;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    _object_renderer.pipeline = g_renderer.CompilePipeline(info);
+    if (!RT_IS_HANDLE_VALID(_object_renderer.pipeline)) {
+        rtReportError("GFX", "Failed to compile the object pipeline %llx", PIPELINE_ID);
+        result = RT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+out:
+    rtReturnTemporaryArena(temp);
+    return result;
+}
+
+void ShutdownObjectRenderer(void) {
+    g_renderer.DestroyPipeline(_object_renderer.pipeline);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/mem_arena.c b/src/runtime/mem_arena.c
index 7d57a4e..d2d2102 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mem_arena.c
+++ b/src/runtime/mem_arena.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ RT_DLLEXPORT rt_create_arena_result rtCreateArena(void *memory, size_t size) {
 }
 
 RT_DLLEXPORT void *rtArenaPush(rt_arena *arena, size_t n) {
+    if (n == 0)
+        return NULL;
     n = ALIGN(n);
     if (arena->at + n > arena->size)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/src/runtime/renderer_api.h b/src/runtime/renderer_api.h
index b15246d..3df38cf 100644
--- a/src/runtime/renderer_api.h
+++ b/src/runtime/renderer_api.h
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ typedef struct {
     uint16_t storage_binding_count;
 } rt_pipeline_info;
 
+/* Attributes are used to bind buffers (or textures) to symbolic values.
+ * For example, an attribute might be bound to "CELL_GRID", which would be
+ * replaced with the (at the time of the invoke) grid buffer of the current
+ * world cell.
+ */
+
+typedef enum {
+    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_UNDEFINED,
+
+    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_MATERIAL_ALBEDO,
+    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_MATERIAL_NORMAL,
+
+    RT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_count
+} rt_attribute_value;
+
+typedef struct {
+    uint32_t index;
+    rt_attribute_value value;
+} rt_attribute_binding;
+
 typedef enum {
     RT_SHADER_TYPE_INVALID,
     RT_SHADER_TYPE_VULKAN,
@@ -66,6 +86,16 @@ typedef struct {
     size_t bytecode_length;
 } rt_shader_info;
 
+
+/* Handles for backend objects */
+
+#define RT_GFX_HANDLE_MAX_VERSION 255
+
+typedef struct {
+    uint32_t version : 8;
+    uint32_t index : 24;
+} rt_pipeline_handle;
+
 typedef void rt_register_renderer_cvars_fn(void);
 typedef rt_result rt_init_renderer_fn(const rt_renderer_init_info *info);
 typedef void rt_shutdown_renderer_fn(void);