diff --git a/src/components/snake/canvas.ts b/src/components/snake/canvas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67c2005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/snake/canvas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Engine, Vec2, vec2 } from './game-engine';
+
+const BOARD_SIZE = 600; // px
+const SQUARE_SIZE = 30; // px
+
+export default function runCanvas(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) {
+    const engine = new Engine(canvas);
+
+    const snake = [vec2(1, 1), vec2(2, 1)];
+    const apple = vec2(8, 8);
+
+    function clearCanvas() {
+        engine.rect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    }
+    function drawSquare(pos: Vec2) {
+        engine.rect(pos.x * SQUARE_SIZE, pos.y * SQUARE_SIZE, SQUARE_SIZE, SQUARE_SIZE);
+    }
+
+    function render() {
+        engine.setFillStyle('#333333');
+        clearCanvas();
+
+        engine.setFillStyle('#277edb');
+        for (const square of snake) {
+            drawSquare(square);
+        }
+
+        engine.setFillStyle('#e01851');
+        drawSquare(apple);
+    }
+
+    engine.run(render);
+}
diff --git a/src/components/snake/game-engine.ts b/src/components/snake/game-engine.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..000f578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/snake/game-engine.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+export const TAU = 6.283185307179586;
+
+export class Vec2 {
+    x: number;
+    y: number;
+
+    constructor(x: number, y: number) {
+        this.x = x;
+        this.y = y;
+    }
+
+    str() {
+        return `<${this.x}, ${this.y}>`;
+    }
+
+    eq(o: Vec2) {
+        return this.x === o.x && this.y === o.y;
+    }
+
+    add(o: Vec2) {
+        return new Vec2(this.x + o.x, this.y + o.y);
+    }
+
+    sub(o: Vec2) {
+        return new Vec2(this.x - o.x, this.y - o.y);
+    }
+
+    mul(scalar: number) {
+        return new Vec2(this.x * scalar, this.y * scalar);
+    }
+
+    div(scalar: number) {
+        return new Vec2(this.x / scalar, this.y / scalar);
+    }
+
+    length() {
+        return Math.sqrt(this.x * this.x + this.y * this.y);
+    }
+
+    norm() {
+        const length = this.length();
+        return new Vec2(this.x / length, this.y / length);
+    }
+
+    static dot(a: Vec2, b: Vec2) {
+        return a.x * b.x + a.y * b.y;
+    }
+
+    // magnitude of 3d cross product's z-term
+    static crossMag(a: Vec2, b: Vec2) {
+        return a.x * b.y - a.y * b.x;
+    }
+
+    // returns the angle needed to rotate a to b about the origin
+    static angle(a: Vec2, b: Vec2) {
+        const an = a.norm();
+        const bn = b.norm();
+
+        const cos = Vec2.dot(an, bn);
+        const sin = Vec2.crossMag(an, bn);
+
+        const theta = Math.atan2(sin, cos);
+        return theta;
+    }
+}
+
+export function vec2(x: number, y: number) {
+    return new Vec2(x, y);
+}
+
+export class Engine {
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D;
+
+    camera = vec2(0, 0);
+
+    constructor(canvasElement: HTMLCanvasElement) {
+        const ctx = canvasElement.getContext('2d');
+        if (ctx === null) throw Error('unable to get 2d canvas context');
+        this.ctx = ctx;
+    }
+
+    setFillStyle(style: string) {
+        this.ctx.fillStyle = style;
+    }
+
+    rect(x: number, y: number, w: number, h: number) {
+        const c = this.camera;
+        this.ctx.fillRect(x - c.x, y - c.y, w, h);
+    }
+
+    run(render: () => void) {
+        function loop() {
+            render();
+            window.requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+        }
+        loop();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/snake/index.tsx b/src/components/snake/index.tsx
index 4ec612c..e2d087a 100644
--- a/src/components/snake/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/snake/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { FC, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { FC, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import './index.scss';
+import runCanvas from './canvas';
 
 const BOARD_SIZE = 600; // px
 const SQUARE_SIZE = 30; // px
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ const SnakePage: FC = () => {
             const move = moves[dir];
             const nextSquare = { x: head.x + move.x, y: head.y + move.y };
             const newSnake = [...snake.slice(1), nextSquare];
-            console.log({ snake, newSnake });
             setSnake(newSnake);
         },
         [snake],
@@ -90,8 +90,16 @@ const SnakePage: FC = () => {
         ),
         [apple],
     );
+
+    const boardRef = useRef(null);
+    useLayoutEffect(() => {
+        if (boardRef.current === null) throw Error('boardRef.current is null');
+        runCanvas(boardRef.current);
+    }, []);
+
     return (
         <div id="snake">
+            <canvas id="board" ref={boardRef} width={BOARD_SIZE} height={BOARD_SIZE} />
             <svg id="board" width={BOARD_SIZE} height={BOARD_SIZE}>
                 {snakeElements}
                 {appleElement}