diff --git a/build.bat b/build.bat
index c38f006..69aa6b2 100644
--- a/build.bat
+++ b/build.bat
@@ -1,14 +1,71 @@
 @echo off
 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 
-set vulkan_include=C:\VulkanSDK\1.4.304.1\Include
+:: parse arguments
+for %%a in (%*) do set "%%a=1"
+if not "%msvc%"=="1" if not "%clang%"=="1"      set clang=1
+if not "%release%"=="1"                         set debug=1
+if "%debug%"=="1"                               set release=0 && echo [debug mode]
+if "%release%"=="1"                             set debug=0   && echo [release mode]
+if "%clang%"=="1"                               set msvc=0    && echo [clang compiler]
+if "%msvc%"=="1"                                set clang=0   && echo [msvc compiler]
+if not "%directx%"=="1" if not "%vulkan%"=="1"  set vulkan=1  
+if "%vulkan%"=="1"                              set directx=0 && echo [vulkan backend]
+if "%directx%"=="1"                             set vulkan=0  && echo [directx backend]
+if "%~1"==""                                    echo [default build, building debug] && set debug=1
+
+if "%msvc%"=="1" (
+  echo [error: msvc currently unsupported]
+  exit /b 1
+)
+
+if "%vulkan%"=="1" echo test
+if "%vulkan%"=="1" set clang_renderer_flag=-DSTG_VULKAN_RENDERER
+
+set vulkan_include=C:\VulkanSDK\1.4.304.1\Include 
+
+set out_name=Gears.exe
+
+echo %clang_renderer_flag%
+
+set clang_out=-o
+set clang_compiler=clang
+set clang_include=-I..\src\ -I..\external\ -I%vulkan_include%
+set clang_src=..\src\entry_windows.c .\vma.o
+set clang_link=-luser32 -lkernel32 -lGdi32
+set clang_common=-fuse-ld=lld-link %clang_include% %clang_link% %clang_renderer_flag% --target=x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -ferror-limit=50 -std=c99 -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -Xclang -flto-visibility-public-std -Wno-unknown-warning-option -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-unused-function -Wno-writable-strings -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-local-typedef -Wno-deprecated-register -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-microsoft-enum-forward-reference -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-single-bit-bitfield-constant-conversion -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types -Wno-initializer-overrides -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers -Wno-for-loop-analysis
+set clang_debug=%clang_compiler% %clang_src% -g -O0 -DBUILD_DEBUG=1 %clang_common%
+set clang_release=%clang_compiler% %clang_src% -O2 %clang_common%
+
+set vma_obj=vma.obj
+set clang_vma_compiler=clang++
+set clang_vma_include=-I..\external\vma\
+set clang_vma_common=%clang_vma_include% -Wl --target=x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -fuse-ld=lld-link -Wno-everything -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -c -std=c++20 -I%vulkan_include%
+set clang_vma_debug=%clang_vma_compiler% ..\external\vma\vma.cpp -g -O0 %clang_vma_common%
+set clang_vma_release=%clang_vma_compiler% -O2 %clang_vma_common%
+
+if "%clang%"=="1" set compile_debug=%clang_debug%
+if "%clang%"=="1" set compile_release=%clang_release%
+if "%clang%"=="1" set compile_vma_debug=%clang_vma_debug%
+if "%clang%"=="1" set compile_vma_release=%clang_vma_release%
+if "%clang%"=="1" set out=%clang_out%
+
+if "%debug%"=="1"   set compile=%compile_debug%
+if "%debug%"=="1"   set compile_vma=%compile_vma_debug%
+if "%release%"=="1" set compile=%compile_release%
+if "%release%"=="1" set compile_vma=%compile_vma_release%
+
 set linker_flags=-incremental:no -opt:ref User32.lib kernel32.lib
 set vma_src=..\external\vma\vma.cpp
 set game_src=..\src\entry_windows.c
 set vma_obj=.\vma.obj
 
-mkdir build
+if not exist ".\build" mkdir build
 pushd build
-cl /DEBUG /c /I ..\external\vma /I %vulkan_include% /EHsc ..\external\vma\vma.cpp
-cl /DEBUG /I ..\external /I %vulkan_include% -DBUILD_DEBUG -DSTG_VULKAN_RENDERER ..\src\entry_windows.c %vma_obj% /link %linker_flags%
+echo vma
+%compile_vma%
+echo game
+echo %compile%
+%compile%
+
 popd
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index e071432..1b509c6 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ glsl_stage_comp="-fshader-stage=comp"
 glsl_out="-o./shaders/glsl/"
 
 
-clang_common="${include_flags} -g -Xclang -flto-visibility-public-std -Wno-unknown-warning-option -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-unused-function -Wno-writable-strings -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-local-typedef -Wno-deprecated-register -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-single-bit-bitfield-constant-conversion -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types -Wno-initializer-overrides -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers -Wno-for-loop-analysis -DVMA_STATIC_VULKAN_FUNCTIONS=0"
+clang_common="${include_flags} -Xclang -flto-visibility-public-std -Wno-unknown-warning-option -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-unused-function -Wno-writable-strings -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-local-typedef -Wno-deprecated-register -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-single-bit-bitfield-constant-conversion -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types -Wno-initializer-overrides -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers -Wno-for-loop-analysis"
 clang_debug="$compiler -g -O0 -DBUILD_DEBUG=1 ${clang_common} ${auto_compile_flags}"
-clang_release="$compiler -g -O2 ${clang_common} ${auto_compile_flags}"
+clang_release="$compiler -O2 ${clang_common} ${auto_compile_flags}"
 clang_link="-lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl -l:libvma.a"
 clang_out="-o"
 
-gcc_common="${include_flags} -std=c99 -fuse-ld=mold -g -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-unused-function -Wno-attributes -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-local-typedef -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -Dstrdup=_strdup -Dgnu_printf=printf -DVMA_STATIC_VULKAN_FUNCTIONS=0"
+gcc_common="${include_flags} -std=c99 -fuse-ld=mold -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-unused-function -Wno-attributes -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-local-typedef -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -Dstrdup=_strdup -Dgnu_printf=printf"
 gcc_debug="$compiler -g -O0 -DBUILD_DEBUG=1 ${gcc_common} ${auto_compile_flags}"
-gcc_release="$compiler -g -O2 ${gcc_common} ${auto_compile_flags}"
+gcc_release="$compiler -O2 ${gcc_common} ${auto_compile_flags}"
 gcc_link="-lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl -l:libvma.a -lstdc++"
 gcc_out="-o"
 
diff --git a/external/vma/vma.cpp b/external/vma/vma.cpp
index 442fd26..7d0e814 100644
--- a/external/vma/vma.cpp
+++ b/external/vma/vma.cpp
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@
 #define VMA_STATIC_VULKAN_FUNCTIONS 0
 #define VMA_DYNAMIC_VULKAN_FUNCTIONS 1
 #define VMA_VULKAN_VERSION 1003000
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+#define VK_USE_PLATFORM_XCB_KHR
+#elif _WIN32
+#define VK_USE_PLATFORM_WIN32_KHR
+#else
+#error not yet implemented
+#endif
+
 #include "vk_mem_alloc.h"
diff --git a/src/arena.c b/src/arena.c
index e1b804e..14790cc 100644
--- a/src/arena.c
+++ b/src/arena.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static Arena *CreateArena(rawptr buffer, isize length)
 
 static rawptr ArenaAllocAlign(Arena *arena, isize size, isize align)
 {
-	rawptr ptr;
+	rawptr ptr = NULL;
 
 	uintptr curr_ptr = (uintptr)arena->buffer + (uintptr)arena->pos;
 	uintptr offset = AlignPow2(curr_ptr, align);
diff --git a/src/platform_windows.c b/src/platform_windows.c
index e3b2e8b..3bb9f09 100644
--- a/src/platform_windows.c
+++ b/src/platform_windows.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND window, UINT message, WPARAM w_param, LPARAM l_
 				Printfln("Window resizing");
 				win32_window.w = LOWORD(l_param);
 				win32_window.h = HIWORD(l_param);
-				//SetRenderResolution(win32_window.w, win32_window.h);
+				SetRenderResolution(win32_window.w, win32_window.h);
 			}	break;
 		case WM_DESTROY: // TODO(MA): Probably handle these separately but for now, they're together
 		case WM_CLOSE:
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ b32 _CreateWindow()
 			0,
 			window_class.lpszClassName,
 			"Video Game",
-			(WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW ^ WS_THICKFRAME)|WS_VISIBLE,
+			WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW|WS_VISIBLE,
 			CW_USEDEFAULT,
 			CW_USEDEFAULT,
 			CW_USEDEFAULT,
diff --git a/src/render_vulkan.c b/src/render_vulkan.c
index 31460a3..8c44fbb 100644
--- a/src/render_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/render_vulkan.c
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ b32 _BeginFrame()
 
 	if (success)
 	{
+		VkImage curr_img = renderer.vk.sc.imgs[renderer.frame_state.img_ix];
+
+		VkImageSubresourceRange clear_range = {
+			.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT,
+			.baseMipLevel = 0,
+			.levelCount = VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS,
+			.baseArrayLayer = 0,
+			.layerCount = VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS,
+		};
+		VkClearColorValue clear_value = { { 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f } };
+		TransitionImageLayout(cmd, renderer.vk.sc.imgs[renderer.frame_state.img_ix], VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL);
+		vkCmdClearColorImage(cmd, renderer.vk.sc.imgs[renderer.frame_state.img_ix], VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL, &clear_value, 1, &clear_range);
+
 		TransitionImage(cmd, &renderer.vk.sc.draw_img, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL);
 		TransitionImage(cmd, &renderer.vk.sc.depth_img, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL);
 
@@ -197,7 +210,6 @@ b32 _FinishFrame()
 	vkCmdEndRendering(cmd);
 
 	TransitionImage(cmd, &renderer.vk.sc.draw_img, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL);
-	TransitionImageLayout(cmd, curr_img, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL);
 
 	VkExtent2D extent = {
 		.width = renderer.vk.sc.extent.width,
@@ -621,7 +633,7 @@ device_info.queueCreateInfoCount = count;
 		}
 		else 
 		{
-Assert(InitVkDeviceFunctions(), "Failed to initialize device functions");
+			Assert(InitVkDeviceFunctions(), "Failed to initialize device functions");
 			vkGetDeviceQueue(renderer.vk.device, queues->graphics, 0, &queues->graphics_queue);
 			vkGetDeviceQueue(renderer.vk.device, queues->transfer, 0, &queues->transfer_queue);
 			success = true;
@@ -745,6 +757,7 @@ static b32 InitVkDeviceFunctions() {
 	INIT_DEV_FN(vkQueuePresentKHR);
 	INIT_DEV_FN(vkCmdDraw);
 	INIT_DEV_FN(vkDeviceWaitIdle);
+	INIT_DEV_FN(vkCmdClearColorImage);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1368,7 +1381,7 @@ const char *VkResultStr(VkResult result)
 	} 
 }
 
-static VkBool32 DebugCallback(
+static VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 DebugCallback(
 	VkDebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT			message_severity,
 	VkDebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagsEXT							message_type,
 	const VkDebugUtilsMessengerCallbackDataEXT	*pCallbackData,
diff --git a/src/render_vulkan.h b/src/render_vulkan.h
index ed20f40..e7f58cc 100644
--- a/src/render_vulkan.h
+++ b/src/render_vulkan.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ VK_DECLARE(vkDestroyShaderModule);
 VK_DECLARE(vkQueuePresentKHR);
 VK_DECLARE(vkCmdDraw);
 VK_DECLARE(vkDeviceWaitIdle);
+VK_DECLARE(vkCmdClearColorImage);
 
 // Vulkan Functions END
 
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 // Debug
 static b32 VLayersSupported();
-static VkBool32 DebugCallback(
+static VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 DebugCallback(
 	VkDebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT			message_severity,
 	VkDebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagsEXT							message_types,
 	const VkDebugUtilsMessengerCallbackDataEXT	*pCallbackData,
@@ -369,5 +370,5 @@ void _DestroyRenderer();
 static b32 _BeginFrame();
 static void _DrawTriangle();
 static b32 _FinishFrame();
-static void _SetRenderSize(u32 x, u32 y);
+static void _SetRenderResolution(u32 x, u32 y);
 
diff --git a/src/vulkan_config.c b/src/vulkan_config.c
index b65b602..e680c2e 100644
--- a/src/vulkan_config.c
+++ b/src/vulkan_config.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debug_msg_info = {
 	.messageType = VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_GENERAL_BIT_EXT |
 								 VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_VALIDATION_BIT_EXT |
 								 VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_BIT_EXT,
-	.pfnUserCallback = DebugCallback,
+	.pfnUserCallback = (PFN_vkDebugUtilsMessengerCallbackEXT)DebugCallback,
 };
 #endif