diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/Tile.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/Tile.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17b9e1a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/Tile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//
+// $Id: Tile.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile;
+
+import java.awt.Image;
+
+/**
+ * A tile represents a single square in a single layer in a scene.
+ */
+public class Tile
+{
+    public Image img;  // the tile image
+    public short tsid; // the tile set identifier
+    public short tid;  // the tile identifier within the set
+
+    // height and width of a tile image in pixels
+    public static final int HEIGHT = 16;
+    public static final int WIDTH = 32;
+
+    // halved values of tile width/height in pixels for use in common
+    // tile-dimension-related calculations
+    public static final int HALF_HEIGHT = HEIGHT / 2;
+    public static final int HALF_WIDTH = WIDTH / 2;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a new tile with the specified identifiers.  Intended
+     * only for use by the TileManager.  Do not use this method.
+     *
+     * @see com.threerings.cocktail.miso.TileManager#getTile
+     */
+    public Tile (short tsid, short tid)
+    {
+	this.tsid = tsid;
+	this.tid = tid;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a new tile with the specified identifiers.  Intended
+     * only for use by the TileManager.  Do not use this method.
+     *
+     * @see com.threerings.cocktail.miso.TileManager#getTile
+     */
+    public Tile (int tsid, int tid)
+    {
+	this.tsid = (short) tsid;
+	this.tid = (short) tid;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b43f466d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//
+// $Id: TileManager.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile;
+
+import com.samskivert.util.IntMap;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.ImageObserver;
+
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a simplified interface for retrieving tile objects from
+ * various tilesets, by name or identifier, and manages caching of
+ * tiles and related resources as appropriate.
+ */
+public class TileManager implements ImageObserver
+{
+    public TileManager (TileSetManager tsmgr)
+    {
+	_tsmgr = tsmgr;
+    }
+    
+    public Tile getTile (String setName, String tileName)
+    {
+	return new Tile(0, 0);
+    }
+
+    public Tile getTile (short tsid, short tid)
+    {
+	// the fully unique tile id is the conjoined tile set and tile id
+	int utid = tsid << 16 | tid;
+
+	// look the tile up in our hash
+	Tile tile = (Tile) _tiles.get(utid);
+	if (tile == null) {
+
+	    // retrieve the tileset containing the tile
+	    TileSet tset = _tsmgr.getTileSet(tsid);
+
+	    // retrieve the tile image from the tileset
+	    tile = new Tile(tsid, tid);
+	    tile.img = tset.getTileImage(tid, this);
+	    _tiles.put(utid, tile);
+	}
+
+	return tile;
+    }
+
+    public void registerObserver (ImageObserver obs)
+    {
+	if (_observers == null) _observers = new Vector();
+	_observers.addElement(obs);
+    }
+
+    public boolean imageUpdate (Image img, int infoflags, int x, int y, 
+				int width, int height)
+    {
+	int size = _observers.size();
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < size; ii++) {
+	    ImageObserver obs = (ImageObserver)_observers.elementAt(ii);
+	    obs.imageUpdate(img, infoflags, x, y, width, height);
+	}
+
+	return true;
+    }
+
+    // mapping from (tsid << 16 | tid) to tile objects
+    protected IntMap _tiles = new IntMap();
+
+    // mapping from tileset ids to tileset objects
+    protected IntMap _tilesets = new IntMap();
+
+    // registered tile image observers
+    protected Vector _observers;
+
+    // our tile set manager
+    protected TileSetManager _tsmgr;
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSet.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSet.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f24f8163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+//
+// $Id: TileSet.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile;
+
+import com.threerings.cocktail.miso.Log;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.miso.media.ImageManager;
+
+import com.samskivert.util.Config;
+
+import java.awt.Image;
+import java.awt.image.*;
+
+/**
+ * A tileset stores information on a single logical set of tiles.  It
+ * provides a clean interface for the TileManager to retrieve
+ * individual tile images from a particular tile in the tileset.
+ *
+ * The width of each tile in every tileset is a constant Tile.WIDTH in
+ * pixels.  The tile count in each row can vary.  The height of the
+ * tiles in each row can also vary.  This information is obtained from
+ * the config object.
+ *
+ * Tiles are retrieved from the tile set by the TileManager, and are
+ * referenced by their tile id (essentially the tile number, assuming
+ * the tile at the top-left of the image is tile id 0 and tiles are
+ * numbered left to right, top to bottom, in ascending order.
+ *
+ * @see com.threerings.cocktail.miso.TileManager
+ */
+public class TileSet
+{
+    public TileSet (Config config, int tsid)
+    {
+	_tsid = tsid;
+
+	// get the tileset name
+	_name = config.getValue(PREFIX + CONF_NAME, (String)null);
+
+	// get the tile image file name
+	_file = config.getValue(PREFIX + CONF_FILE, (String)null);
+
+	// get the row height and tile count for each row
+	_rowHeight = config.getValue(PREFIX + CONF_ROWHEIGHT, (int[])null);
+	_tileCount = config.getValue(PREFIX + CONF_TILECOUNT, (int[])null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the image corresponding to the specified tile id within
+     * this tile set.
+     */
+    public Image getTileImage (int tid, ImageObserver obs)
+    {
+	// load the full tile image if we don't already have it
+	if (_imgTiles == null) {
+	    _imgTiles = ImageManager.getImage(_file, obs);
+	}
+
+	// find the row number containing the sought-after tile
+	int ridx, tcount, ty, tx;
+	ridx = tcount = ty = tx = 0;
+	while ((tcount += _tileCount[ridx]) < tid) {
+	    ty += _rowHeight[ridx++];
+	}
+
+	// determine the horizontal index of this tile in the row
+	int xidx = tid - (tcount - _tileCount[ridx]);
+	tx = Tile.WIDTH * xidx;
+
+	Log.info("Retrieving tile image [tid=" + tid + ", ridx=" +
+		 ridx + ", xidx=" + xidx + ", tx=" + tx +
+		 ", ty=" + ty + "].");
+
+	// retrieve the appropriate image chunk from the full image
+	CropImageFilter crop =
+	    new CropImageFilter(tx, ty, Tile.WIDTH, _rowHeight[ridx]);
+
+	FilteredImageSource prod =
+	    new FilteredImageSource(_imgTiles.getSource(), crop);
+
+	Image img = ImageManager.tk.createImage(prod);
+	ImageManager.tk.prepareImage(img, -1, -1, obs);
+
+	return img;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a string representation of the tileset information.
+     */
+    public String toString ()
+    {
+	StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+
+	buf.append("[name=").append(_name);
+	buf.append(", file=").append(_file);
+	buf.append(", tsid=").append(_tsid);
+
+	buf.append(", rowheight={");
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < _rowHeight.length; ii++) {
+	    if (ii > 0) buf.append(",");
+	    buf.append(_rowHeight[ii]);
+	}
+
+	buf.append("}, tilecount={");
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < _tileCount.length; ii++) {
+	    if (ii > 0) buf.append(",");
+	    buf.append(_tileCount[ii]);
+	}
+
+	return buf.append("}]").toString();
+    }
+
+    protected static final String PREFIX = "tileset.";
+
+    protected static final String CONF_FILE = "file";
+    protected static final String CONF_NAME = "name";
+    protected static final String CONF_ROWHEIGHT = "rowheight";
+    protected static final String CONF_TILECOUNT = "tilecount";
+
+    protected String _name;      // the tileset name
+    protected String _file;      // the file containing the tile images
+    protected int _tsid;         // the tileset unique identifier
+    protected int _rowHeight[];  // the height of each row in pixels
+    protected int _tileCount[];  // the number of tiles in each row
+
+    protected Image _imgTiles;
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSetManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSetManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85e323f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/TileSetManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//
+// $Id: TileSetManager.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile;
+
+public interface TileSetManager
+{
+    public TileSet getTileSet (int tsid);
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/Log.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/Log.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7abf7d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/Log.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//
+// $Id: Log.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso;
+
+/**
+ * A placeholder class that contains a reference to the log object used by
+ * the Spine package.
+ */
+public class Log
+{
+    public static com.samskivert.util.Log log =
+	new com.samskivert.util.Log("miso");
+
+    /** Convenience function. */
+    public static void debug (String message)
+    {
+	log.debug(message);
+    }
+
+    /** Convenience function. */
+    public static void info (String message)
+    {
+	log.info(message);
+    }
+
+    /** Convenience function. */
+    public static void warning (String message)
+    {
+	log.warning(message);
+    }
+
+    /** Convenience function. */
+    public static void logStackTrace (Throwable t)
+    {
+	log.logStackTrace(com.samskivert.util.Log.WARNING, t);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/CompiledSceneManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/CompiledSceneManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1e7cb8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/CompiledSceneManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+// $Id: CompiledSceneManager.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.scene;
+
+public class CompiledSceneManager implements SceneManager
+{
+    // context, rsrc mgr, loads compiled scene files via rsrc mgr
+    public Scene getScene (String name)
+    {
+	// TBD
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    public Scene getScene (int sid)
+    {
+	// TBD
+	return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/DisplayMisoSceneImpl.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/DisplayMisoSceneImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa1c6084c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/DisplayMisoSceneImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+//
+// $Id: DisplayMisoSceneImpl.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.scene;
+
+import com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile.Tile;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile.TileManager;
+
+import java.awt.Point;
+import java.io.*;
+
+/**
+ * A scene represents the data model corresponding to a single screen
+ * for game play.  For instance, one scene might display a portion of
+ * a street with several buildings scattered about on the periphery.
+ */
+public class Scene
+{
+    public Tile tiles[][][];  // the tiles comprising the scene
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a new Scene object initialized to a default state.
+     */
+    public Scene (TileManager tmgr)
+    {
+	_tmgr = tmgr;
+
+	_name = DEF_SCENE_NAME;
+	_sid = 0;
+	_version = VERSION;
+
+	tiles = new Tile[TILE_WIDTH][TILE_HEIGHT][NUM_LAYERS];
+
+	Tile tile = _tmgr.getTile(DEF_TILESET_NAME, DEF_TILE_NAME);
+	for (int xx = 0; xx < TILE_WIDTH; xx++) {
+	    for (int yy = 0; yy < TILE_HEIGHT; yy++) {
+		for (int ii = 0; ii < NUM_LAYERS; ii++) {
+		    if (ii == LAYER_BASE) {
+			tiles[xx][yy][ii] = tile;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
+	_file = null;
+    }
+
+    public File getFile ()
+    {
+	return _file;
+    }
+
+    public void setFile (File file)
+    {
+	_file = file;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the number of actual (non-null) tiles present in the
+     * specified tile layer for this scene.
+     */
+    public int getNumLayerTiles (int lnum)
+    {
+	if (lnum == LAYER_BASE) return TILE_WIDTH * TILE_HEIGHT;
+
+	int numTiles = 0;
+
+	for (int xx = 0; xx < TILE_WIDTH; xx++) {
+	    for (int yy = 0; yy < TILE_HEIGHT; yy++) {
+		if (tiles[xx][yy] != null) numTiles++;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	return numTiles;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Populate the scene object by reading the contents from the given
+     * input stream.
+     */
+    public void readFrom (InputStream in) throws IOException
+    {
+	DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(in);
+
+	// read scene header information
+	_name    = dis.readUTF();
+	_sid     = dis.readShort();
+	_version = dis.readShort();
+
+	// make sure we can understand the file format
+	if (_version < 0 || _version > VERSION) {
+	    throw new IOException("Can't understand scene file format " +
+				  " [version=" + _version + "]");
+	}
+
+	// allocate full tile array.  null tiles denote tiles in absentia.
+	tiles = new Tile[TILE_WIDTH][TILE_HEIGHT][NUM_LAYERS];
+
+	// read all tiles for the base layer
+	for (int xx = 0; xx < TILE_WIDTH; xx++) {
+	    for (int yy = 0; yy < TILE_HEIGHT; yy++) {
+		// read tile details
+		short tsid = dis.readShort();
+		short tid = dis.readShort();
+
+		// retrieve tile from tile manager
+		tiles[xx][yy][LAYER_BASE] = _tmgr.getTile(tsid, tid);
+	    }
+	}
+
+	// read tiles for each of the subsequent layers
+	for (int lnum = 1; lnum < NUM_LAYERS; lnum++) {
+	    // read the number of tiles in this layer
+	    int numTiles = dis.readShort();
+
+	    for (int ii = 0; ii < numTiles; ii++) {
+		// read tile details
+		short tsid = dis.readShort();
+		short tid = dis.readShort();
+		byte tx = dis.readByte();
+		byte ty = dis.readByte();
+
+		// retrieve tile from tile manager
+		tiles[tx][ty][lnum] = _tmgr.getTile(tsid, tid);
+	    }
+	}
+	
+	// read hotspot points
+	short numSpots = dis.readShort();
+	_hotspots = new Point[numSpots];
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < numSpots; ii++) {
+	    _hotspots[ii] = new Point();
+	    _hotspots[ii].x = dis.readByte();
+	    _hotspots[ii].y = dis.readByte();
+	}
+
+	// read exit points
+	short numExits = dis.readShort();
+	_exits = new ExitPoint[numExits];
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < numExits; ii++) {
+	    _exits[ii] = new ExitPoint();
+	    _exits[ii].x = dis.readByte();
+	    _exits[ii].y = dis.readByte();
+	    _exits[ii].sid = dis.readShort();
+	}
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write this scene object to the specified output stream.
+     */
+    public void writeTo (OutputStream out) throws IOException
+    {
+	DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(out);
+
+	// write scene header information
+	dos.writeUTF(_name);
+	dos.writeShort(_sid);
+	dos.writeShort(_version);
+
+	// write tiles for the base layer
+	for (int xx = 0; xx < TILE_WIDTH; xx++) {
+	    for (int yy = 0; yy < TILE_HEIGHT; yy++) {
+		Tile tile = tiles[xx][yy][LAYER_BASE];
+		dos.writeShort(tile.tsid);
+		dos.writeShort(tile.tid);
+	    }
+	}
+
+	// write tiles for each of the subsequent layers
+	for (int lnum = 1; lnum < NUM_LAYERS; lnum++) {
+	    // write the number of tiles in this layer
+	    dos.writeShort(getNumLayerTiles(lnum));
+
+	    for (int xx = 0; xx < TILE_WIDTH; xx++) {
+		for (int yy = 0; yy < TILE_HEIGHT; yy++) {
+		    Tile tile = tiles[xx][yy][lnum];
+		    if (tile != null) {
+			dos.writeShort(tile.tsid);
+			dos.writeShort(tile.tid);
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
+	// write hotspot points
+	int numSpots = (_hotspots == null) ? 0 : _hotspots.length;
+	dos.writeShort(numSpots);
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < numSpots; ii++) {
+	    dos.writeByte(_hotspots[ii].x);
+	    dos.writeByte(_hotspots[ii].y);
+	}
+	
+	// write exit points
+	int numExits = (_exits == null) ? 0 : _exits.length;
+	dos.writeShort(numExits);
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < numExits; ii++) {
+	    dos.writeByte(_exits[ii].x);
+	    dos.writeByte(_exits[ii].y);
+	    dos.writeByte(_exits[ii].sid);
+	}
+    }
+
+    // the latest scene file format version number
+    protected static final short VERSION = 1;
+
+    // scene width/height in tiles
+    protected static final int TILE_WIDTH = 20;
+    protected static final int TILE_HEIGHT = 40;
+
+    // layer identifiers and total number of layers
+    protected static final int LAYER_BASE = 0;
+    protected static final int LAYER_OBJECT = 1;
+    protected static final int NUM_LAYERS = 2;
+
+    protected static final String DEF_SCENE_NAME = "Untitled Scene";
+
+    protected static final String DEF_TILESET_NAME = "ground";
+    protected static final String DEF_TILE_NAME = "dirt";
+
+    protected String _name;        // the scene name
+    protected short _sid;          // the unique scene id
+    protected short _version;      // file format version
+    protected Point _hotspots[];   // hot spot zone points
+    protected ExitPoint _exits[];  // exit points to different scenes
+
+    protected File _file;  // the file last associated with this scene
+
+    protected TileManager _tmgr;
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/EditableSceneManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/EditableSceneManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30c1f33d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/EditableSceneManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//
+// $Id: EditableSceneManager.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.scene;
+
+public class EditableSceneManager implements SceneManager
+{
+    public Scene getScene (String name)
+    {
+	// TBD
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    public Scene getScene (int sid)
+    {
+	// TBD
+	return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/ExitPoint.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/ExitPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01e16e003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/ExitPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//
+// $Id: ExitPoint.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.scene;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a point in a scene that leads to a different scene.
+ */
+public class ExitPoint
+{
+    byte x, y;   // coordinates for this exit point
+    short sid;   // scene id this exit transitions to
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/IsoSceneView.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/IsoSceneView.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ded7bec44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/IsoSceneView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+//
+// $Id: IsoSceneView.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.scene;
+
+import com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile.Tile;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile.TileManager;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+/**
+ * The IsoSceneView provides an isometric graphics view of a
+ * particular scene.
+ */
+public class IsoSceneView implements SceneView
+{
+    public IsoSceneView (TileManager tmgr)
+    {
+	_tmgr = tmgr;
+	
+	_viewX = 0;
+	_viewY = 0;
+
+	_bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, DEF_BOUNDS_WIDTH, DEF_BOUNDS_HEIGHT);
+    }
+
+    public void paint (Graphics g)
+    {
+
+	_offGraphics.setColor(Color.white);
+	_offGraphics.fillRect(0, 0, _bounds.width, _bounds.height);
+
+	renderScene(_offGraphics, _viewX, _viewY);
+
+	g.drawImage(_offImage, 0, 0, null);
+    }
+
+    protected void renderScene (Graphics g, int x, int y)
+    {
+	int mapX = x / Tile.HALF_WIDTH;
+	int xOff = x & (Tile.HALF_WIDTH - 1);
+
+	int mapY = y / Tile.HEIGHT;
+	int yOff = y & Tile.HEIGHT - 1;
+
+	int xa   = xOff - yOff;
+	int ya   = (xOff >> 1) + (yOff >> 1);
+
+	int mx = mapX;
+	int my = mapY;
+
+	int screenY = OFF_Y + (Tile.HALF_HEIGHT - ya);
+
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < Scene.TILE_HEIGHT; ii++) {
+	    int tx = mx;
+	    int ty = my;
+
+	    int screenX = OFF_X + (Tile.HALF_WIDTH - xa);
+
+	    int length = Scene.TILE_WIDTH;
+	    if ((ii & 1) == 1) {
+		length++;
+		screenX -= Tile.HALF_WIDTH;
+	    }
+
+	    for (int j = 0; j < length; j++) {
+		// TODO: draw layers L1+.
+		Tile tile = _scene.tiles[tx][ty][Scene.LAYER_BASE];
+
+		g.drawImage(tile.img, screenX, screenY, null);
+
+		screenX += Tile.WIDTH;
+
+		if ((tx += 1) > Scene.TILE_WIDTH - 1) tx = 0;
+		if ((ty -= 1) < 0) ty = Scene.TILE_HEIGHT - 1;
+	    }
+
+	    screenY += Tile.HALF_HEIGHT;
+
+	    if ((ii & 1) == 1) {
+		if ((mx += 1) > Scene.TILE_WIDTH - 1) mx = 0;
+	    } else {
+		if ((my += 1) > Scene.TILE_HEIGHT - 1) my = 0;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    public void setScene (Scene scene)
+    {
+	_scene = scene;
+    }
+    
+    public void setTarget (Component target)
+    {
+	_offImage = target.createImage(_bounds.width, _bounds.height);
+	_offGraphics = _offImage.getGraphics();
+    }
+
+    protected static final int OFF_X = -Tile.WIDTH;
+    protected static final int OFF_Y = 0;
+
+    protected static final int DEF_BOUNDS_WIDTH = 600;
+    protected static final int DEF_BOUNDS_HEIGHT = 600;
+
+    protected Rectangle _bounds;
+
+    protected int       _viewX, _viewY;
+
+    protected Graphics  _offGraphics;
+    protected Image     _offImage;
+
+    protected Scene _scene;
+
+    protected TileManager _tmgr;
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90ebdd730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//
+// $Id: SceneManager.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.scene;
+
+/**
+ * Manages the various scenes that are displayed during the game and
+ * provides simplified retrieval and caching facilities.
+ */
+public interface SceneManager
+{
+    public Scene getScene (String name);
+
+    public Scene getScene (int sid);
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneView.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneView.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..326b41822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//
+// $Id: SceneView.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.scene;
+
+import java.awt.Component;
+import java.awt.Graphics;
+
+/**
+ * An interface to be implemented by classes that provide a view of a
+ * given scene by drawing the scene contents onto a particular GUI
+ * component.
+ */
+public interface SceneView
+{
+    /**
+     * Render the scene to the given graphics context.
+     */
+    public void paint (Graphics g);
+
+    /**
+     * Set the scene that we're rendering.
+     */
+    public void setScene (Scene scene);
+    
+    /**
+     * Set the target component to which we're rendering.
+     */
+    public void setTarget (Component target);
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/media/ImageManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/media/ImageManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d17e6d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/media/ImageManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//
+// $Id: ImageManager.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.media;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.ImageObserver;
+
+public class ImageManager
+{
+    public static Image getImage (String fname, ImageObserver obs)
+    {
+	Image img = tk.getImage(fname);
+	tk.prepareImage(img, -1, -1, obs);
+	return img;
+    }
+
+    public static Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/media/StripImage.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/media/StripImage.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15a4c2727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/media/StripImage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+//
+// $Id: StripImage.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.media;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.*;
+
+/**
+ * StripImage facilitates cutting an image up into individual frames.
+ */
+public class StripImage
+{
+    public StripImage (Image img, int frameWidth, int frameHeight,
+		       int framesPerRow, int numFrames)
+    {
+	_img = img;
+	_frameWidth = frameWidth;
+	_frameHeight = frameHeight;
+	_framesPerRow = framesPerRow;
+	_numFrames = numFrames;
+    }
+
+    public Image getFrame (int idx, ImageObserver obs)
+    {
+	int frameX = (idx % _framesPerRow) * _frameWidth;
+	int frameY = (idx / _framesPerRow) * _frameHeight;
+	CropImageFilter crop = 
+	    new CropImageFilter(frameX, frameY, _frameWidth, _frameHeight);
+
+	FilteredImageSource prod = 
+	    new FilteredImageSource(_img.getSource(), crop);
+
+	Image img = ImageManager.tk.createImage(prod);
+	ImageManager.tk.prepareImage(img, -1, -1, obs);
+
+	return img;
+    }
+
+    public Image[] getAllFrames (ImageObserver obs)
+    {
+	Image allImgs[] = new Image[_numFrames];
+
+	for (int ii = 0; ii < _numFrames; ii++) {
+	    allImgs[ii] = getFrame(ii, obs);
+	}
+
+	return allImgs;
+    }
+
+    protected Image _img;
+    protected int _frameWidth, _frameHeight;
+    protected int _framesPerRow, _numFrames;
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/tile/CompiledTileSetManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/tile/CompiledTileSetManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ca56a458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/tile/CompiledTileSetManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//
+// $Id: CompiledTileSetManager.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.tile;
+
+public class CompiledTileSetManager implements TileSetManager
+{
+    public TileSet getTileSet (int tsid)
+    {
+	// TBD
+	return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/util/SwingUtil.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/util/SwingUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4835548ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/util/SwingUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//
+// $Id: SwingUtil.java,v 1.1 2001/07/12 22:38:03 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.miso.util;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+public class SwingUtil
+{
+    public static void centerFrame (Frame frame)
+    {
+        Toolkit tk = frame.getToolkit();
+        Dimension ss = tk.getScreenSize();
+        int width = frame.getWidth(), height = frame.getHeight();
+        frame.setBounds((ss.width-width)/2, (ss.height-height)/2,
+                        width, height);
+    }
+}