diff --git a/kubi/shaders/gui/progressbar.frag b/kubi/shaders/gui/progressbar.frag
deleted file mode 100644
index e598692..0000000
--- a/kubi/shaders/gui/progressbar.frag
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#version 300 es
-
-precision highp float;
-
-in vec2 v_uv;
-out vec4 out_color;
-uniform float progress;
-uniform vec4 color;
-uniform vec4 bg_color;
-
-void main() {
-  if (v_uv.x <= progress) {
-    out_color = color;
-  } else {
-    out_color = bg_color;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/kubi/shaders/gui/progressbar.vert b/kubi/shaders/gui/progressbar.vert
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b43f0c..0000000
--- a/kubi/shaders/gui/progressbar.vert
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#version 300 es
-
-in vec2 position;
-out vec2 v_uv;
-uniform mat4 ui_view;
-uniform mat3 transform;
-
-void main() {
-  v_uv = position;
-  vec2 transformed = (transform * vec3(position, 1.)).xy;
-  gl_Position = ui_view * vec4(transformed, 0., 1.);
-}
diff --git a/kubi/src/prefabs.rs b/kubi/src/assets.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from kubi/src/prefabs.rs
rename to kubi/src/assets.rs
index f44598c..6a75a51 100644
--- a/kubi/src/prefabs.rs
+++ b/kubi/src/assets.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::rendering::Renderer;
 mod texture;
 mod shaders;
 
-use texture::load_texture2darray_prefab;
+use texture::load_asset_texture_array;
 use shaders::include_shader_prefab;
 
 pub trait AssetPaths {
@@ -57,11 +57,7 @@ pub fn load_prefabs(
 ) {
   log::info!("Loading textures...");
   storages.add_unique_non_send_sync(BlockTexturesPrefab(
-    load_texture2darray_prefab::<BlockTexture, _>(
-      "blocks".into(), 
-      &renderer.display,
-      MipmapsOption::AutoGeneratedMipmaps
-    )
+    load_asset_texture_array::<BlockTexture>("blocks".into(), &renderer)
   ));
 
   log::info!("Compiling shaders...");
@@ -81,13 +77,5 @@ pub fn load_prefabs(
       &renderer.display
     )
   ));
-  storages.add_unique_non_send_sync(ProgressbarShaderPrefab(
-    include_shader_prefab!(
-      "gui/progressbar",
-      "../shaders/gui/progressbar.vert",
-      "../shaders/gui/progressbar.frag",
-      &renderer.display
-    )
-  ));
   renderer.display.release_shader_compiler();
 }
diff --git a/kubi/src/prefabs/shaders.rs b/kubi/src/assets/shaders.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from kubi/src/prefabs/shaders.rs
rename to kubi/src/assets/shaders.rs
diff --git a/kubi/src/assets/texture.rs b/kubi/src/assets/texture.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33cf932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubi/src/assets/texture.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+use glam::UVec2;
+use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+use std::{path::PathBuf, io::BufReader, sync::Mutex, num::NonZeroU32};
+use crate::{filesystem::open_asset, rendering::Renderer};
+use super::AssetPaths;
+
+pub fn load_asset_texture_array<
+  T: AssetPaths + IntoEnumIterator,
+>(
+  directory: PathBuf,
+  renderer: &Renderer,
+) -> wgpu::Texture {
+  log::info!("started loading texture array from: \"{}\"", directory.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap());
+  
+  //Load raw images
+  let (texture_data, texture_dimensions): (Vec<Vec<u8>>, UVec2) = {
+    //Image dimensions
+    //Mutex is required to ensure exact size, without extra temporary allocations
+    let img_dim: Mutex<Option<(NonZeroU32, NonZeroU32)>> = Mutex::new(None);
+
+    //Get image file names into a Vec (because par_iter can't be called directly on IntoEnumIterator::iter())
+    let file_names: Vec<&'static str> = T::iter().map(|x| x.file_name()).collect();
+
+    //Load data in parallel
+    let raw_images: Vec<Vec<u8>> = file_names.par_iter().map(|&file_name| {
+      log::info!("loading texture \"{file_name}\"...");
+
+      //Get path to the image and open the file
+      let reader = {
+        let path = directory.join(file_name);
+        BufReader::new(open_asset(&path).expect("Failed to open texture file"))
+      };
+
+      //Load and parse image data
+      let image = image::load(
+        reader,
+        image::ImageFormat::Png
+      ).unwrap().to_rgba8();
+
+      //Get image dimensions
+      let dimensions = image.dimensions();
+      let dim_nonzero = (
+        NonZeroU32::new(dimensions.0).expect("image dimensions must be non-zero"),
+        NonZeroU32::new(dimensions.1).expect("image dimensions must be non-zero")
+      );
+
+      //Ensure same size (skip if poisoned)
+      if !img_dim.is_poisoned() {
+        let img_dim = img_dim.lock().unwrap();
+        if let Some(current_size) = img_dim.replace(dim_nonzero) {
+          assert!(dim_nonzero == current_size, "image dimensions do not match");
+        }
+      }
+
+      image.into_raw()
+    }).collect();
+    
+    //Lock for the final time and retrieve the dimensions
+    let img_dim = img_dim.lock().unwrap().expect("No images were loaded").clone();
+    let img_dim_vec = UVec2::new(img_dim.0.get(), img_dim.1.get());
+
+    (raw_images, img_dim_vec)
+  };
+
+  //Flatten the texture data
+  let texture_data_flat = texture_data.concat();
+  
+  log::info!("done loading texture files, uploading to the gpu");
+
+  let texture_extent = wgpu::Extent3d {
+    width: texture_dimensions.x,
+    height: texture_dimensions.y,
+    depth_or_array_layers: texture_data.len() as u32,
+  };
+
+  //Create a wgpu texture
+  let texture_handle = renderer.device.create_texture(
+    &wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
+      size: texture_extent,
+      mip_level_count: 1,
+      sample_count: 1,
+      dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2, ///XXX: is this supposed to be D2 for array tex.?
+      format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8UnormSrgb,
+      usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING | wgpu::TextureUsages::COPY_DST,
+      label: Some("diffuse_texture"),
+      view_formats: &[],
+    }
+  );
+
+  //Upload texture data
+  renderer.queue.write_texture(
+    wgpu::ImageCopyTexture {
+      texture: &texture_handle,
+      mip_level: 0,
+      origin: wgpu::Origin3d::ZERO,
+      aspect: wgpu::TextureAspect::All,
+    },
+    &texture_data_flat,
+    wgpu::ImageDataLayout {
+      offset: 0,
+      bytes_per_row: Some(4 * texture_dimensions.x),
+      rows_per_image: Some(texture_dimensions.y),
+    },
+    texture_extent,
+  );
+
+  texture_handle
+}
diff --git a/kubi/src/gui/progressbar.rs b/kubi/src/gui/progressbar.rs
index 8d155cf..af04b45 100644
--- a/kubi/src/gui/progressbar.rs
+++ b/kubi/src/gui/progressbar.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use shipyard::{UniqueView, UniqueViewMut, NonSendSync, View, Component, IntoIter, IntoWithId, Get, track};
 use crate::{
-  prefabs::ProgressbarShaderPrefab,
+  assets::ProgressbarShaderPrefab,
   rendering::{
     RenderTarget,
     primitives::rect::RectPrimitive
diff --git a/kubi/src/lib.rs b/kubi/src/lib.rs
index ea235d4..db6c077 100644
--- a/kubi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kubi/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub use kubi_shared::transform;
 pub(crate) mod rendering;
 pub(crate) mod world;
 pub(crate) mod player;
-pub(crate) mod prefabs;
+pub(crate) mod assets;
 pub(crate) mod settings;
 pub(crate) mod camera;
 pub(crate) mod events;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ use world::{
   tasks::ChunkTaskManager,
 };
 use player::{spawn_player, MainPlayer};
-use prefabs::load_prefabs;
+use assets::load_prefabs;
 use settings::{load_settings, GameSettings};
 use camera::compute_cameras;
 use events::{
diff --git a/kubi/src/prefabs/texture.rs b/kubi/src/prefabs/texture.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6107ffc..0000000
--- a/kubi/src/prefabs/texture.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
-use rayon::prelude::*;
-use std::{path::PathBuf, io::BufReader};
-use crate::filesystem::open_asset;
-use super::AssetPaths;
-
-pub fn load_texture2darray_prefab<
-  T: AssetPaths + IntoEnumIterator, 
-  E: Facade
->(
-  directory: PathBuf, 
-  facade: &E,
-  mipmaps: MipmapsOption,
-) -> SrgbTexture2dArray {
-  log::info!("started loading {}", directory.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap());
-  //Load raw images
-  let tex_files: Vec<&'static str> = T::iter().map(|x| x.file_name()).collect();
-  let raw_images: Vec<RawImage2d<u8>> = tex_files.par_iter().map(|&file_name| {
-    log::info!("loading texture {}", file_name);
-    //Get path to the image and open the file
-    let reader = {
-      let path = directory.join(file_name);
-      BufReader::new(open_asset(&path).expect("Failed to open texture file"))
-    };
-    //Parse image data
-    let (image_data, dimensions) = {
-      let image = image::load(
-        reader,
-        image::ImageFormat::Png
-      ).unwrap().to_rgba8();
-      let dimensions = image.dimensions();
-      (image.into_raw(), dimensions)
-    };
-    //Create a glium RawImage
-    RawImage2d::from_raw_rgba_reversed(
-      &image_data, 
-      dimensions
-    )
-  }).collect();
-  log::info!("done loading texture files, uploading to the gpu");
-  //Upload images to the GPU
-  SrgbTexture2dArray::with_mipmaps(facade, raw_images, mipmaps)
-    .expect("Failed to upload texture array to GPU")
-}
diff --git a/kubi/src/rendering/entities.rs b/kubi/src/rendering/entities.rs
index d408c8c..0bdebde 100644
--- a/kubi/src/rendering/entities.rs
+++ b/kubi/src/rendering/entities.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use shipyard::{NonSendSync, UniqueViewMut, UniqueView, View, IntoIter, IntoWithId};
 use kubi_shared::{entity::Entity, transform::Transform};
 use crate::{
-  prefabs::ColoredShaderPrefab,
+  assets::ColoredShaderPrefab,
   camera::Camera,
   settings::GameSettings
 };
diff --git a/kubi/src/rendering/selection_box.rs b/kubi/src/rendering/selection_box.rs
index c6e8586..a96992b 100644
--- a/kubi/src/rendering/selection_box.rs
+++ b/kubi/src/rendering/selection_box.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use glium::{
 use crate::{
   world::raycast::LookingAtBlock, 
   camera::Camera, 
-  prefabs::ColoredShaderPrefab
+  assets::ColoredShaderPrefab
 };
 use super::{
   RenderTarget, 
diff --git a/kubi/src/rendering/world.rs b/kubi/src/rendering/world.rs
index 29227c5..ff58252 100644
--- a/kubi/src/rendering/world.rs
+++ b/kubi/src/rendering/world.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
   camera::Camera,
   player::MainPlayer,
   transform::Transform,
-  prefabs::{
+  assets::{
     ChunkShaderPrefab,
     BlockTexturesPrefab, 
     ColoredShaderPrefab,