diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f6ce8fa0c4..42b1c59916 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ glsl-to-spirv = "0.1"
 zerocopy = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.7"
-rand = "0.7.2"
\ No newline at end of file
+rand = "0.7.2"
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/simple.rs b/examples/simple.rs
index 5f3a4ed8b4..3beaaa5c07 100644
--- a/examples/simple.rs
+++ b/examples/simple.rs
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ fn build_spawner_system(world: &mut World) -> Box<dyn Schedulable> {
         mesh_storage.get_named("cube").unwrap()
     };
 
-    let duration = 10000.0;
+    let duration = 0.5;
     let mut elapsed = duration;
-    let batch_size = 5;
+    let batch_size = 100;
 
     SystemBuilder::new("Spawner")
         .read_resource::<Time>()
diff --git a/src/application.rs b/src/application.rs
index 990c5c7ce0..91ada36135 100644
--- a/src/application.rs
+++ b/src/application.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use winit::{
 use zerocopy::AsBytes;
 use legion::prelude::*;
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::mem;
 
 use wgpu::{Surface, Device, Queue, SwapChain, SwapChainDescriptor};
@@ -27,37 +25,14 @@ pub struct Application
     pub swap_chain: SwapChain,
     pub swap_chain_descriptor: SwapChainDescriptor,
     pub scheduler: SystemScheduler<ApplicationStage>,
+    pub render_resources: RenderResources,
     pub render_passes: Vec<Box<dyn Pass>>,
 }
 
 impl Application {
-    pub const MAX_LIGHTS: usize = 10;
-
     fn add_default_passes(&mut self) {
-        let light_uniform_size =
-        (Self::MAX_LIGHTS * mem::size_of::<LightRaw>()) as wgpu::BufferAddress;
-
-        let local_bind_group_layout =
-            Rc::new(self.device.create_bind_group_layout(&wgpu::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
-                bindings: &[wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
-                    binding: 0,
-                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::VERTEX | wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
-                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::UniformBuffer { dynamic: false },
-                }],
-            }));
-
-        let light_uniform_buffer = Arc::new(UniformBuffer {
-            buffer: self.device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
-                size: light_uniform_size,
-                usage: wgpu::BufferUsage::UNIFORM
-                    | wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_SRC
-                    | wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_DST,
-            }),
-            size: light_uniform_size,
-        });
-
         let vertex_size = mem::size_of::<Vertex>();
-        let vb_desc = wgpu::VertexBufferDescriptor {
+        let vertex_buffer_descriptor = wgpu::VertexBufferDescriptor {
             stride: vertex_size as wgpu::BufferAddress,
             step_mode: wgpu::InputStepMode::Vertex,
             attributes: &[
@@ -74,9 +49,11 @@ impl Application {
             ],
         };
 
-        let shadow_pass = ShadowPass::new(&mut self.device, &mut self.world, light_uniform_buffer.clone(), vb_desc.clone(), local_bind_group_layout.clone(), Self::MAX_LIGHTS as u32);
-        let forward_pass = ForwardPass::new(&mut self.device, &self.world, light_uniform_buffer.clone(), &shadow_pass, vb_desc, &local_bind_group_layout, &self.swap_chain_descriptor);
-        self.render_passes.push(Box::new(shadow_pass));
+        // let shadow_pass = ShadowPass::new(&mut self.device, &mut self.world, &self.render_resources, vertex_buffer_descriptor.clone());
+        // let forward_shadow_pass = ForwardShadowPass::new(&mut self.device, &self.world, &self.render_resources, &shadow_pass, vertex_buffer_descriptor.clone(), &self.swap_chain_descriptor);
+        let forward_pass = ForwardPass::new(&mut self.device, &self.world, &self.render_resources, vertex_buffer_descriptor, &self.swap_chain_descriptor);
+        // self.render_passes.push(Box::new(shadow_pass));
+        // self.render_passes.push(Box::new(forward_shadow_pass));
         self.render_passes.push(Box::new(forward_pass));
     }
 
@@ -154,18 +131,44 @@ impl Application {
             );
         }
 
+        self.render_resources.update_lights(&self.device, &mut encoder, &mut self.world);
+
+        for mut material in <Write<Material>>::query().iter(&mut self.world) {
+            if let None = material.bind_group {
+                let material_uniform_size = mem::size_of::<MaterialUniforms>() as wgpu::BufferAddress;
+                let uniform_buf = self.device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
+                    size: material_uniform_size,
+                    usage: wgpu::BufferUsage::UNIFORM | wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_DST,
+                });
+
+                let bind_group = self.device.create_bind_group(&wgpu::BindGroupDescriptor {
+                    layout: &self.render_resources.local_bind_group_layout,
+                    bindings: &[wgpu::Binding {
+                        binding: 0,
+                        resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Buffer {
+                            buffer: &uniform_buf,
+                            range: 0 .. material_uniform_size,
+                        },
+                    }],
+                });
+
+                material.bind_group = Some(bind_group);
+                material.uniform_buf = Some(uniform_buf);
+            }
+        }
+
         let temp_buf = temp_buf_data.finish();
         
         for pass in self.render_passes.iter_mut() {
-            pass.render(&mut self.device, &mut frame, &mut encoder, &mut self.world);
+            pass.render(&mut self.device, &mut frame, &mut encoder, &mut self.world, &self.render_resources);
         }
 
         // TODO: this should happen before rendering
-        for (i, (entity, _)) in entities.iter(&mut self.world).enumerate() {
+        for (i, (material, _)) in entities.iter(&mut self.world).enumerate() {
             encoder.copy_buffer_to_buffer(
                 &temp_buf,
                 (i * size) as wgpu::BufferAddress,
-                entity.uniform_buf.as_ref().unwrap(),
+                material.uniform_buf.as_ref().unwrap(),
                 0,
                 size as wgpu::BufferAddress,
             );
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ impl Application {
         )
         .unwrap();
     
-        let (device, queue) = adapter.request_device(&wgpu::DeviceDescriptor {
+        let (mut device, queue) = adapter.request_device(&wgpu::DeviceDescriptor {
             extensions: wgpu::Extensions {
                 anisotropic_filtering: false,
             },
@@ -217,6 +220,8 @@ impl Application {
         
         world.resources.insert(Time::new());
 
+        let render_resources = RenderResources::new(&mut device, 10);
+
         log::info!("Initializing the example...");
         let mut app = Application {
             universe,
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ impl Application {
             queue,
             swap_chain,
             swap_chain_descriptor,
+            render_resources,
             scheduler: system_scheduler,
             render_passes: Vec::new(),
         };
diff --git a/src/render/forward/forward.frag b/src/render/forward/forward.frag
index fdd587ae6d..3fecd3efd0 100644
--- a/src/render/forward/forward.frag
+++ b/src/render/forward/forward.frag
@@ -20,28 +20,12 @@ layout(set = 0, binding = 0) uniform Globals {
 layout(set = 0, binding = 1) uniform Lights {
     Light u_Lights[MAX_LIGHTS];
 };
-layout(set = 0, binding = 2) uniform texture2DArray t_Shadow;
-layout(set = 0, binding = 3) uniform samplerShadow s_Shadow;
 
 layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform Entity {
     mat4 u_World;
     vec4 u_Color;
 };
 
-float fetch_shadow(int light_id, vec4 homogeneous_coords) {
-    if (homogeneous_coords.w <= 0.0) {
-        return 1.0;
-    }
-    // compute texture coordinates for shadow lookup
-    vec4 light_local = vec4(
-        (homogeneous_coords.xy/homogeneous_coords.w + 1.0) / 2.0,
-        light_id,
-        homogeneous_coords.z / homogeneous_coords.w
-    );
-    // do the lookup, using HW PCF and comparison
-    return texture(sampler2DArrayShadow(t_Shadow, s_Shadow), light_local);
-}
-
 void main() {
     vec3 normal = normalize(v_Normal);
     vec3 ambient = vec3(0.05, 0.05, 0.05);
@@ -49,13 +33,11 @@ void main() {
     vec3 color = ambient;
     for (int i=0; i<int(u_NumLights.x) && i<MAX_LIGHTS; ++i) {
         Light light = u_Lights[i];
-        // project into the light space
-        float shadow = fetch_shadow(i, light.proj * v_Position);
         // compute Lambertian diffuse term
         vec3 light_dir = normalize(light.pos.xyz - v_Position.xyz);
         float diffuse = max(0.0, dot(normal, light_dir));
         // add light contribution
-        color += shadow * diffuse * light.color.xyz;
+        color += diffuse * light.color.xyz;
     }
     // multiply the light by material color
     o_Target = vec4(color, 1.0) * u_Color;
diff --git a/src/render/forward/mod.rs b/src/render/forward/mod.rs
index 4c0cd9e013..a498291033 100644
--- a/src/render/forward/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/forward/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use crate::{render::*, asset::*, render::mesh::*, math};
 use legion::prelude::*;
-use std::{mem, sync::Arc};
+use std::mem;
 use zerocopy::{AsBytes, FromBytes};
-use wgpu::{Buffer, CommandEncoder, Device, BindGroupLayout, VertexBufferDescriptor, SwapChainDescriptor, SwapChainOutput};
+use wgpu::{Buffer, CommandEncoder, Device, VertexBufferDescriptor, SwapChainDescriptor, SwapChainOutput};
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, AsBytes, FromBytes)]
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ pub struct ForwardPass {
     pub pipeline: wgpu::RenderPipeline,
     pub bind_group: wgpu::BindGroup,
     pub forward_uniform_buffer: wgpu::Buffer,
-    pub light_uniform_buffer: Arc::<UniformBuffer>,
     pub depth_texture: wgpu::TextureView,
 }
 
 impl Pass for ForwardPass {
-    fn render(&mut self, device: &Device, frame: &SwapChainOutput, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World) { 
+    fn render(&mut self, device: &Device, frame: &SwapChainOutput, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World, _: &RenderResources) { 
         let mut mesh_query = <(Read<Material>, Read<Handle<Mesh>>)>::query();
         let mut pass = encoder.begin_render_pass(&wgpu::RenderPassDescriptor {
             color_attachments: &[wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor {
@@ -49,15 +48,29 @@ impl Pass for ForwardPass {
         pass.set_bind_group(0, &self.bind_group, &[]);
 
         let mut mesh_storage = world.resources.get_mut::<AssetStorage<Mesh, MeshType>>().unwrap();
+        let mut last_mesh_id = None;
         for (entity, mesh) in mesh_query.iter_immutable(world) {
-            if let Some(mesh_asset) = mesh_storage.get(*mesh.id.read().unwrap()) {
-                mesh_asset.setup_buffers(device);
-                pass.set_bind_group(1, entity.bind_group.as_ref().unwrap(), &[]);
-                pass.set_index_buffer(mesh_asset.index_buffer.as_ref().unwrap(), 0);
-                pass.set_vertex_buffers(0, &[(&mesh_asset.vertex_buffer.as_ref().unwrap(), 0)]);
-                pass.draw_indexed(0 .. mesh_asset.indices.len() as u32, 0, 0 .. 1);
+            let current_mesh_id = *mesh.id.read().unwrap();
 
+            let mut should_load_mesh = last_mesh_id == None;
+            if let Some(last) = last_mesh_id {
+                should_load_mesh = last != current_mesh_id;
+            }
+
+            if should_load_mesh {
+                if let Some(mesh_asset) = mesh_storage.get(*mesh.id.read().unwrap()) {
+                    mesh_asset.setup_buffers(device);
+                    pass.set_index_buffer(mesh_asset.index_buffer.as_ref().unwrap(), 0);
+                    pass.set_vertex_buffers(0, &[(&mesh_asset.vertex_buffer.as_ref().unwrap(), 0)]);
+                };
+            }
+
+            if let Some(ref mesh_asset) = mesh_storage.get(*mesh.id.read().unwrap()) {
+                pass.set_bind_group(1, entity.bind_group.as_ref().unwrap(), &[]);
+                pass.draw_indexed(0 .. mesh_asset.indices.len() as u32, 0, 0 .. 1);
             };
+
+            last_mesh_id = Some(current_mesh_id); 
         }
     }
     
@@ -72,8 +85,8 @@ impl Pass for ForwardPass {
 
 impl ForwardPass {
     pub const DEPTH_FORMAT: wgpu::TextureFormat = wgpu::TextureFormat::Depth32Float;
-    
-    pub fn new(device: &Device, world: &World, light_uniform_buffer: Arc::<UniformBuffer>, shadow_pass: &shadow::ShadowPass, vertex_buffer_descriptor: VertexBufferDescriptor, local_bind_group_layout: &BindGroupLayout, swap_chain_descriptor: &SwapChainDescriptor) -> ForwardPass {
+ 
+    pub fn new(device: &Device, world: &World, render_resources: &RenderResources, vertex_buffer_descriptor: VertexBufferDescriptor, swap_chain_descriptor: &SwapChainDescriptor) -> Self {
         let vs_bytes = shader::load_glsl(
             include_str!("forward.vert"),
             shader::ShaderStage::Vertex,
@@ -95,20 +108,7 @@ impl ForwardPass {
                     binding: 1, // lights
                     visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::VERTEX | wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
                     ty: wgpu::BindingType::UniformBuffer { dynamic: false },
-                },
-                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
-                    binding: 2,
-                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
-                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::SampledTexture {
-                        multisampled: false,
-                        dimension: wgpu::TextureViewDimension::D2Array,
-                    },
-                },
-                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
-                    binding: 3,
-                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
-                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::Sampler,
-                },
+                }
             ],
         });
 
@@ -138,24 +138,15 @@ impl ForwardPass {
                 wgpu::Binding {
                     binding: 1,
                     resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Buffer {
-                        buffer: &light_uniform_buffer.buffer,
-                        range: 0 .. light_uniform_buffer.size,
+                        buffer: &render_resources.light_uniform_buffer.buffer,
+                        range: 0 .. render_resources.light_uniform_buffer.size,
                     },
-                },
-                wgpu::Binding {
-                    binding: 2,
-                    resource: wgpu::BindingResource::TextureView(&shadow_pass.shadow_view),
-                },
-                wgpu::Binding {
-                    binding: 3,
-                    resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Sampler(&shadow_pass.shadow_sampler),
-                },
+                }
             ],
         });
 
-
         let pipeline_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(&wgpu::PipelineLayoutDescriptor {
-            bind_group_layouts: &[&bind_group_layout, local_bind_group_layout],
+            bind_group_layouts: &[&bind_group_layout, &render_resources.local_bind_group_layout],
         });
 
         let vs_module = device.create_shader_module(&vs_bytes);
@@ -207,11 +198,10 @@ impl ForwardPass {
             pipeline,
             bind_group,
             forward_uniform_buffer,
-            light_uniform_buffer,
             depth_texture: Self::get_depth_texture(device, swap_chain_descriptor)
         }
     }
-
+    
     fn get_depth_texture(device: &Device, swap_chain_descriptor: &SwapChainDescriptor) -> wgpu::TextureView {
         let texture = device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
             size: wgpu::Extent3d {
diff --git a/src/render/forward_shadow/forward_shadow.frag b/src/render/forward_shadow/forward_shadow.frag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdd587ae6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render/forward_shadow/forward_shadow.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#version 450
+
+const int MAX_LIGHTS = 10;
+
+layout(location = 0) in vec3 v_Normal;
+layout(location = 1) in vec4 v_Position;
+
+layout(location = 0) out vec4 o_Target;
+
+struct Light {
+    mat4 proj;
+    vec4 pos;
+    vec4 color;
+};
+
+layout(set = 0, binding = 0) uniform Globals {
+    mat4 u_ViewProj;
+    uvec4 u_NumLights;
+};
+layout(set = 0, binding = 1) uniform Lights {
+    Light u_Lights[MAX_LIGHTS];
+};
+layout(set = 0, binding = 2) uniform texture2DArray t_Shadow;
+layout(set = 0, binding = 3) uniform samplerShadow s_Shadow;
+
+layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform Entity {
+    mat4 u_World;
+    vec4 u_Color;
+};
+
+float fetch_shadow(int light_id, vec4 homogeneous_coords) {
+    if (homogeneous_coords.w <= 0.0) {
+        return 1.0;
+    }
+    // compute texture coordinates for shadow lookup
+    vec4 light_local = vec4(
+        (homogeneous_coords.xy/homogeneous_coords.w + 1.0) / 2.0,
+        light_id,
+        homogeneous_coords.z / homogeneous_coords.w
+    );
+    // do the lookup, using HW PCF and comparison
+    return texture(sampler2DArrayShadow(t_Shadow, s_Shadow), light_local);
+}
+
+void main() {
+    vec3 normal = normalize(v_Normal);
+    vec3 ambient = vec3(0.05, 0.05, 0.05);
+    // accumulate color
+    vec3 color = ambient;
+    for (int i=0; i<int(u_NumLights.x) && i<MAX_LIGHTS; ++i) {
+        Light light = u_Lights[i];
+        // project into the light space
+        float shadow = fetch_shadow(i, light.proj * v_Position);
+        // compute Lambertian diffuse term
+        vec3 light_dir = normalize(light.pos.xyz - v_Position.xyz);
+        float diffuse = max(0.0, dot(normal, light_dir));
+        // add light contribution
+        color += shadow * diffuse * light.color.xyz;
+    }
+    // multiply the light by material color
+    o_Target = vec4(color, 1.0) * u_Color;
+}
diff --git a/src/render/forward_shadow/forward_shadow.vert b/src/render/forward_shadow/forward_shadow.vert
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cada407c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render/forward_shadow/forward_shadow.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#version 450
+
+layout(location = 0) in vec4 a_Pos;
+layout(location = 1) in vec4 a_Normal;
+
+layout(location = 0) out vec3 v_Normal;
+layout(location = 1) out vec4 v_Position;
+
+layout(set = 0, binding = 0) uniform Globals {
+    mat4 u_ViewProj;
+    uvec4 u_NumLights;
+};
+layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform Entity {
+    mat4 u_World;
+    vec4 u_Color;
+};
+
+void main() {
+    v_Normal = mat3(u_World) * vec3(a_Normal.xyz);
+    v_Position = u_World * vec4(a_Pos);
+    gl_Position = u_ViewProj * v_Position;
+}
diff --git a/src/render/forward_shadow/mod.rs b/src/render/forward_shadow/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20a658257c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render/forward_shadow/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+use crate::{render::*, asset::*, render::mesh::*, math};
+use legion::prelude::*;
+use std::mem;
+use zerocopy::{AsBytes, FromBytes};
+use wgpu::{Buffer, CommandEncoder, Device, VertexBufferDescriptor, SwapChainDescriptor, SwapChainOutput};
+
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, AsBytes, FromBytes)]
+pub struct ForwardUniforms {
+    pub proj: [[f32; 4]; 4],
+    pub num_lights: [u32; 4],
+}
+
+pub struct ForwardShadowPass {
+    pub pipeline: wgpu::RenderPipeline,
+    pub bind_group: wgpu::BindGroup,
+    pub forward_uniform_buffer: wgpu::Buffer,
+    pub depth_texture: wgpu::TextureView,
+}
+
+impl Pass for ForwardShadowPass {
+    fn render(&mut self, device: &Device, frame: &SwapChainOutput, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World, _: &RenderResources) { 
+        let mut mesh_query = <(Read<Material>, Read<Handle<Mesh>>)>::query();
+        let mut pass = encoder.begin_render_pass(&wgpu::RenderPassDescriptor {
+            color_attachments: &[wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor {
+                attachment: &frame.view,
+                resolve_target: None,
+                load_op: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear,
+                store_op: wgpu::StoreOp::Store,
+                clear_color: wgpu::Color {
+                    r: 0.3,
+                    g: 0.4,
+                    b: 0.5,
+                    a: 1.0,
+                },
+            }],
+            depth_stencil_attachment: Some(wgpu::RenderPassDepthStencilAttachmentDescriptor {
+                attachment: &self.depth_texture,
+                depth_load_op: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear,
+                depth_store_op: wgpu::StoreOp::Store,
+                stencil_load_op: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear,
+                stencil_store_op: wgpu::StoreOp::Store,
+                clear_depth: 1.0,
+                clear_stencil: 0,
+            }),
+        });
+        pass.set_pipeline(&self.pipeline);
+        pass.set_bind_group(0, &self.bind_group, &[]);
+
+        let mut mesh_storage = world.resources.get_mut::<AssetStorage<Mesh, MeshType>>().unwrap();
+        for (entity, mesh) in mesh_query.iter_immutable(world) {
+            if let Some(mesh_asset) = mesh_storage.get(*mesh.id.read().unwrap()) {
+                mesh_asset.setup_buffers(device);
+                pass.set_bind_group(1, entity.bind_group.as_ref().unwrap(), &[]);
+                pass.set_index_buffer(mesh_asset.index_buffer.as_ref().unwrap(), 0);
+                pass.set_vertex_buffers(0, &[(&mesh_asset.vertex_buffer.as_ref().unwrap(), 0)]);
+                pass.draw_indexed(0 .. mesh_asset.indices.len() as u32, 0, 0 .. 1);
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    
+    fn resize(&mut self, device: &Device, frame: &SwapChainDescriptor) {
+        self.depth_texture = Self::get_depth_texture(device, frame);
+    }
+
+    fn get_camera_uniform_buffer(&self) -> Option<&Buffer> { 
+        Some(&self.forward_uniform_buffer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ForwardShadowPass {
+    pub const DEPTH_FORMAT: wgpu::TextureFormat = wgpu::TextureFormat::Depth32Float;
+    
+    pub fn new(device: &Device, world: &World, render_resources: &RenderResources, shadow_pass: &shadow::ShadowPass, vertex_buffer_descriptor: VertexBufferDescriptor, swap_chain_descriptor: &SwapChainDescriptor) -> Self {
+        let vs_bytes = shader::load_glsl(
+            include_str!("forward_shadow.vert"),
+            shader::ShaderStage::Vertex,
+        );
+        let fs_bytes = shader::load_glsl(
+            include_str!("forward_shadow.frag"),
+            shader::ShaderStage::Fragment,
+        );
+
+        let bind_group_layout =
+        device.create_bind_group_layout(&wgpu::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
+            bindings: &[
+                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
+                    binding: 0, // global
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::VERTEX | wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::UniformBuffer { dynamic: false },
+                },
+                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
+                    binding: 1, // lights
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::VERTEX | wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::UniformBuffer { dynamic: false },
+                },
+                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
+                    binding: 2,
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::SampledTexture {
+                        multisampled: false,
+                        dimension: wgpu::TextureViewDimension::D2Array,
+                    },
+                },
+                wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
+                    binding: 3,
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::Sampler,
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+
+        let light_count = <Read<Light>>::query().iter_immutable(world).count();
+        let forward_uniforms = ForwardUniforms {
+            proj: math::Mat4::identity().to_cols_array_2d(),
+            num_lights: [light_count as u32, 0, 0, 0],
+        };
+
+        let uniform_size = mem::size_of::<ForwardUniforms>() as wgpu::BufferAddress;
+        let forward_uniform_buffer = device.create_buffer_with_data(
+            forward_uniforms.as_bytes(),
+            wgpu::BufferUsage::UNIFORM | wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_DST,
+        );
+
+        // Create bind group
+        let bind_group = device.create_bind_group(&wgpu::BindGroupDescriptor {
+            layout: &bind_group_layout,
+            bindings: &[
+                wgpu::Binding {
+                    binding: 0,
+                    resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Buffer {
+                        buffer: &forward_uniform_buffer,
+                        range: 0 .. uniform_size,
+                    },
+                },
+                wgpu::Binding {
+                    binding: 1,
+                    resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Buffer {
+                        buffer: &render_resources.light_uniform_buffer.buffer,
+                        range: 0 .. render_resources.light_uniform_buffer.size,
+                    },
+                },
+                wgpu::Binding {
+                    binding: 2,
+                    resource: wgpu::BindingResource::TextureView(&shadow_pass.shadow_view),
+                },
+                wgpu::Binding {
+                    binding: 3,
+                    resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Sampler(&shadow_pass.shadow_sampler),
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+
+
+        let pipeline_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(&wgpu::PipelineLayoutDescriptor {
+            bind_group_layouts: &[&bind_group_layout, &render_resources.local_bind_group_layout],
+        });
+
+        let vs_module = device.create_shader_module(&vs_bytes);
+        let fs_module = device.create_shader_module(&fs_bytes);
+
+        let pipeline = device.create_render_pipeline(&wgpu::RenderPipelineDescriptor {
+            layout: &pipeline_layout,
+            vertex_stage: wgpu::ProgrammableStageDescriptor {
+                module: &vs_module,
+                entry_point: "main",
+            },
+            fragment_stage: Some(wgpu::ProgrammableStageDescriptor {
+                module: &fs_module,
+                entry_point: "main",
+            }),
+            rasterization_state: Some(wgpu::RasterizationStateDescriptor {
+                front_face: wgpu::FrontFace::Ccw,
+                cull_mode: wgpu::CullMode::Back,
+                depth_bias: 0,
+                depth_bias_slope_scale: 0.0,
+                depth_bias_clamp: 0.0,
+            }),
+            primitive_topology: wgpu::PrimitiveTopology::TriangleList,
+            color_states: &[
+                wgpu::ColorStateDescriptor {
+                    format: swap_chain_descriptor.format,
+                    color_blend: wgpu::BlendDescriptor::REPLACE,
+                    alpha_blend: wgpu::BlendDescriptor::REPLACE,
+                    write_mask: wgpu::ColorWrite::ALL,
+                },
+            ],
+            depth_stencil_state: Some(wgpu::DepthStencilStateDescriptor {
+                format: Self::DEPTH_FORMAT,
+                depth_write_enabled: true,
+                depth_compare: wgpu::CompareFunction::Less,
+                stencil_front: wgpu::StencilStateFaceDescriptor::IGNORE,
+                stencil_back: wgpu::StencilStateFaceDescriptor::IGNORE,
+                stencil_read_mask: 0,
+                stencil_write_mask: 0,
+            }),
+            index_format: wgpu::IndexFormat::Uint16,
+            vertex_buffers: &[vertex_buffer_descriptor],
+            sample_count: 1,
+            sample_mask: !0,
+            alpha_to_coverage_enabled: false,
+        });
+
+        ForwardShadowPass {
+            pipeline,
+            bind_group,
+            forward_uniform_buffer,
+            depth_texture: Self::get_depth_texture(device, swap_chain_descriptor)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_depth_texture(device: &Device, swap_chain_descriptor: &SwapChainDescriptor) -> wgpu::TextureView {
+        let texture = device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
+            size: wgpu::Extent3d {
+                width: swap_chain_descriptor.width,
+                height: swap_chain_descriptor.height,
+                depth: 1,
+            },
+            array_layer_count: 1,
+            mip_level_count: 1,
+            sample_count: 1,
+            dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
+            format: Self::DEPTH_FORMAT,
+            usage: wgpu::TextureUsage::OUTPUT_ATTACHMENT,
+        });
+
+        texture.create_default_view()
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/render/mod.rs b/src/render/mod.rs
index 3009599242..f391e4fc77 100644
--- a/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ pub mod camera;
 pub mod shader;
 pub mod mesh;
 mod forward;
+mod forward_shadow;
 mod shadow;
 mod light;
 mod pass;
 mod material;
+mod render_resources;
 
+pub use forward_shadow::{ForwardShadowPass};
 pub use forward::{ForwardPass, ForwardUniforms};
 pub use shadow::ShadowPass;
 pub use light::*;
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ pub use pass::*;
 pub use material::*;
 pub use mesh::*;
 pub use camera::*;
+pub use render_resources::RenderResources;
 
 pub struct UniformBuffer {
     pub buffer: wgpu::Buffer,
diff --git a/src/render/pass.rs b/src/render/pass.rs
index 071ad8a608..139796c543 100644
--- a/src/render/pass.rs
+++ b/src/render/pass.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use legion::world::World;
 use wgpu::{Buffer, CommandEncoder, Device, SwapChainDescriptor, SwapChainOutput};
+use crate::render::RenderResources;
 
 pub trait Pass {
-    fn render(&mut self, device: &Device, frame: &SwapChainOutput, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World);
+    fn render(&mut self, device: &Device, frame: &SwapChainOutput, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World, render_resources: &RenderResources);
     fn resize(&mut self, device: &Device, frame: &SwapChainDescriptor);
     fn get_camera_uniform_buffer(&self) -> Option<&Buffer>;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/render/render_resources.rs b/src/render/render_resources.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dc9d410f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render/render_resources.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+use crate::{render::*, LocalToWorld, Translation};
+
+use legion::prelude::*;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::mem;
+use zerocopy::AsBytes;
+
+use wgpu::{BindGroupLayout, CommandEncoder, Device};
+
+pub struct RenderResources {
+    pub local_bind_group_layout: Rc<BindGroupLayout>,
+    pub light_uniform_buffer: Arc<UniformBuffer>,
+    pub lights_are_dirty: bool,
+    pub max_lights: usize,
+}
+
+impl RenderResources {
+    pub fn new(device: &mut Device, max_lights: usize) -> RenderResources {
+        let light_uniform_size =
+        (max_lights * mem::size_of::<LightRaw>()) as wgpu::BufferAddress;
+
+        let local_bind_group_layout =
+            Rc::new(device.create_bind_group_layout(&wgpu::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
+                bindings: &[wgpu::BindGroupLayoutBinding {
+                    binding: 0,
+                    visibility: wgpu::ShaderStage::VERTEX | wgpu::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
+                    ty: wgpu::BindingType::UniformBuffer { dynamic: false },
+                }],
+            }));
+
+        let light_uniform_buffer = Arc::new(UniformBuffer {
+            buffer: device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
+                size: light_uniform_size,
+                usage: wgpu::BufferUsage::UNIFORM
+                    | wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_SRC
+                    | wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_DST,
+            }),
+            size: light_uniform_size,
+        });
+
+        RenderResources {
+            local_bind_group_layout,
+            light_uniform_buffer,
+            lights_are_dirty: true,
+            max_lights
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn update_lights(&mut self, device: &Device, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World) {
+        if self.lights_are_dirty {
+            let mut light_query = <(Read<Light>, Read<LocalToWorld>, Read<Translation>)>::query();
+            let light_count = light_query.iter(world).count();
+
+            self.lights_are_dirty = false;
+            let size = mem::size_of::<LightRaw>();
+            let total_size = size * light_count;
+            let temp_buf_data =
+                device.create_buffer_mapped(total_size, wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_SRC);
+            for ((light, local_to_world, translation), slot) in light_query
+                .iter(world)
+                .zip(temp_buf_data.data.chunks_exact_mut(size))
+            {
+                slot.copy_from_slice(LightRaw::from(&light, &local_to_world.0, &translation).as_bytes());
+            }
+            encoder.copy_buffer_to_buffer(
+                &temp_buf_data.finish(),
+                0,
+                &self.light_uniform_buffer.buffer,
+                0,
+                total_size as wgpu::BufferAddress,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/render/shadow/mod.rs b/src/render/shadow/mod.rs
index 66d7fa1853..bf4c2988e1 100644
--- a/src/render/shadow/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/shadow/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{render::*, asset::*, LocalToWorld, Translation};
-use wgpu::{BindGroupLayout, Buffer, CommandEncoder, Device, VertexBufferDescriptor, SwapChainOutput, SwapChainDescriptor};
+use wgpu::{Buffer, CommandEncoder, Device, VertexBufferDescriptor, SwapChainOutput, SwapChainDescriptor};
 use legion::prelude::*;
-use zerocopy::AsBytes;
-use std::{mem, sync::Arc, rc::Rc};
+use std::mem;
 
 pub struct ShadowPass {
     pub pipeline: wgpu::RenderPipeline,
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ pub struct ShadowPass {
     pub shadow_texture: wgpu::Texture,
     pub shadow_view: wgpu::TextureView,
     pub shadow_sampler: wgpu::Sampler,
-    pub local_bind_group_layout: Rc<BindGroupLayout>,
-    pub light_uniform_buffer: Arc::<UniformBuffer>,
     pub lights_are_dirty: bool,
 }
 
@@ -22,55 +19,9 @@ pub struct ShadowUniforms {
 }
 
 impl Pass for ShadowPass {
-    fn render(&mut self, device: &Device, _: &SwapChainOutput, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World) {
+    fn render(&mut self, device: &Device, _: &SwapChainOutput, encoder: &mut CommandEncoder, world: &mut World, render_resources: &RenderResources) {
         let mut light_query = <(Read<Light>, Read<LocalToWorld>, Read<Translation>)>::query();
         let mut mesh_query = <(Read<Material>, Read<Handle<Mesh>>)>::query();
-        let light_count = light_query.iter(world).count();
-
-        if self.lights_are_dirty {
-            self.lights_are_dirty = false;
-            let size = mem::size_of::<LightRaw>();
-            let total_size = size * light_count;
-            let temp_buf_data =
-                device.create_buffer_mapped(total_size, wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_SRC);
-            for ((light, local_to_world, translation), slot) in light_query
-                .iter(world)
-                .zip(temp_buf_data.data.chunks_exact_mut(size))
-            {
-                slot.copy_from_slice(LightRaw::from(&light, &local_to_world.0, &translation).as_bytes());
-            }
-            encoder.copy_buffer_to_buffer(
-                &temp_buf_data.finish(),
-                0,
-                &self.light_uniform_buffer.buffer,
-                0,
-                total_size as wgpu::BufferAddress,
-            );
-        }
-
-        for mut material in <Write<Material>>::query().iter(world) {
-            if let None = material.bind_group {
-                let entity_uniform_size = mem::size_of::<MaterialUniforms>() as wgpu::BufferAddress;
-                let uniform_buf = device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
-                    size: entity_uniform_size,
-                    usage: wgpu::BufferUsage::UNIFORM | wgpu::BufferUsage::COPY_DST,
-                });
-
-                let bind_group = device.create_bind_group(&wgpu::BindGroupDescriptor {
-                    layout: &self.local_bind_group_layout,
-                    bindings: &[wgpu::Binding {
-                        binding: 0,
-                        resource: wgpu::BindingResource::Buffer {
-                            buffer: &uniform_buf,
-                            range: 0 .. entity_uniform_size,
-                        },
-                    }],
-                });
-
-                material.bind_group = Some(bind_group);
-                material.uniform_buf = Some(uniform_buf);
-            }
-        }
 
         for (i, (mut light, _)) in <(Write<Light>, Read<LocalToWorld>)>::query().iter(world).enumerate() {
             if let None = light.target_view {
@@ -90,7 +41,7 @@ impl Pass for ShadowPass {
             // The light uniform buffer already has the projection,
             // let's just copy it over to the shadow uniform buffer.
             encoder.copy_buffer_to_buffer(
-                &self.light_uniform_buffer.buffer,
+                &render_resources.light_uniform_buffer.buffer,
                 (i * mem::size_of::<LightRaw>()) as wgpu::BufferAddress,
                 &self.uniform_buf,
                 0,
@@ -139,7 +90,7 @@ impl ShadowPass {
         depth: 1,
     };
 
-    pub fn new(device: &Device, _: &World, light_uniform_buffer: Arc::<UniformBuffer>, vertex_buffer_descriptor: VertexBufferDescriptor, local_bind_group_layout: Rc<BindGroupLayout>, max_lights: u32) -> ShadowPass {
+    pub fn new(device: &Device, _: &World, render_resources: &RenderResources, vertex_buffer_descriptor: VertexBufferDescriptor) -> ShadowPass {
         // Create pipeline layout
         let bind_group_layout =
             device.create_bind_group_layout(&wgpu::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
@@ -150,7 +101,7 @@ impl ShadowPass {
                 }],
             });
         let pipeline_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(&wgpu::PipelineLayoutDescriptor {
-            bind_group_layouts: &[&bind_group_layout, &local_bind_group_layout],
+            bind_group_layouts: &[&bind_group_layout, &render_resources.local_bind_group_layout],
         });
 
         let uniform_size = mem::size_of::<ShadowUniforms>() as wgpu::BufferAddress;
@@ -173,7 +124,7 @@ impl ShadowPass {
 
         let shadow_texture = device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
             size: Self::SHADOW_SIZE,
-            array_layer_count: max_lights,
+            array_layer_count: render_resources.max_lights as u32,
             mip_level_count: 1,
             sample_count: 1,
             dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
@@ -246,8 +197,6 @@ impl ShadowPass {
             shadow_texture,
             shadow_view,
             shadow_sampler,
-            light_uniform_buffer,
-            local_bind_group_layout,
             lights_are_dirty: true,
         }
     }