diff --git a/scenes/room/room.gd b/scenes/room/room.gd
index 7fe02ce..07ebbc1 100644
--- a/scenes/room/room.gd
+++ b/scenes/room/room.gd
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class_name Room extends Node2D
 
 @onready var camera: RoomCamera = $RoomCamera
 @onready var director: StateMachine = $RoomDirector
+@onready var wall_layer: TileMapLayer = $WallTileMapLayer
+@onready var floor_layer: TileMapLayer = $WallTileMapLayer/FloorTileMapLayer
 
 # TODO: better alternative to preloading as i add functionality?
 # https://theduriel.github.io/Godot/Do-not-use---Preload
diff --git a/scenes/room/room.tscn b/scenes/room/room.tscn
index 3e661d1..d928ba7 100644
--- a/scenes/room/room.tscn
+++ b/scenes/room/room.tscn
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ metadata/_custom_type_script = "uid://hjm43hb4os07"
 [node name="RoomCamera" type="Camera2D" parent="."]
 editor_draw_screen = false
 script = ExtResource("3_y1kpu")
+
+[node name="WallTileMapLayer" type="TileMapLayer" parent="."]
+y_sort_enabled = true
+
+[node name="FloorTileMapLayer" type="TileMapLayer" parent="WallTileMapLayer"]
+z_index = -1