diff --git a/src/engine/components/Component.ts b/src/engine/components/Component.ts
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+export abstract class Component {
+  public readonly name: string;
+
+  constructor(name: string) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/components/ComponentNames.ts b/src/engine/components/ComponentNames.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/components/ComponentNames.ts
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+export namespace ComponentNames {
+  export const Sprite = "Sprite";
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/components/index.ts b/src/engine/components/index.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/components/index.ts
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+export * from "./Component";
+export * from "./ComponentNames";
diff --git a/src/engine/entities/Entity.ts b/src/engine/entities/Entity.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/entities/Entity.ts
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+import { type Component } from "../components";
+
+const randomId = () => (Math.random() * 1_000_000_000).toString();
+
+export abstract class Entity {
+  public id: string;
+  public components: Map<string, Component>;
+  public name: string;
+
+  constructor(name: string, id: string = randomId()) {
+    this.name = name;
+    this.id = id;
+    this.components = new Map();
+  }
+
+  public addComponent(component: Component) {
+    this.components.set(component.name, component);
+  }
+
+  public getComponent<T extends Component>(name: string): T {
+    if (!this.hasComponent(name)) {
+      throw new Error("Entity does not have component " + name);
+    }
+    return this.components.get(name) as T;
+  }
+
+  public getComponents(): Component[] {
+    return Array.from(this.components.values());
+  }
+
+  public hasComponent(name: string): boolean {
+    return this.components.has(name);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/entities/EntityNames.ts b/src/engine/entities/EntityNames.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/entities/EntityNames.ts
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+export namespace EntityNames {
+  export const Player = "Player";
+  export const Wall = "Wall";
+  export const Ball = "Ball";
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/entities/index.ts b/src/engine/entities/index.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/entities/index.ts
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+export * from "./Entity";
+export * from "./EntityNames";
diff --git a/src/engine/index.ts b/src/engine/index.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/index.ts
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+import { Entity } from "./entities";
+import { System } from "./systems";
+
+export class Game {
+  private systemOrder: string[];
+
+  private running: boolean;
+  private lastTimeStamp: number;
+
+  public entities: Map<string, Entity>;
+  public systems: Map<string, System>;
+  public componentEntities: Map<string, Set<string>>;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.lastTimeStamp = performance.now();
+    this.running = false;
+    this.systemOrder = [];
+    this.systems = new Map();
+    this.entities = new Map();
+    this.componentEntities = new Map();
+  }
+
+  public start() {
+    this.lastTimeStamp = performance.now();
+    this.running = true;
+  }
+
+  public addEntity(entity: Entity) {
+    this.entities.set(entity.id, entity);
+  }
+
+  public getEntity(id: string): Entity | undefined {
+    return this.entities.get(id);
+  }
+
+  public removeEntity(id: string) {
+    this.entities.delete(id);
+  }
+
+  public forEachEntityWithComponent(
+    componentName: string,
+    callback: (entity: Entity) => void,
+  ) {
+    this.componentEntities.get(componentName)?.forEach((entityId) => {
+      const entity = this.getEntity(entityId);
+      if (!entity) return;
+
+      callback(entity);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public addSystem(system: System) {
+    if (!this.systemOrder.includes(system.name)) {
+      this.systemOrder.push(system.name);
+    }
+    this.systems.set(system.name, system);
+  }
+
+  public getSystem<T>(name: string): T {
+    return this.systems.get(name) as unknown as T;
+  }
+
+  public doGameLoop(timeStamp: number) {
+    if (!this.running) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const dt = timeStamp - this.lastTimeStamp;
+    this.lastTimeStamp = timeStamp;
+
+    // rebuild the Component -> { Entity } map
+    this.componentEntities.clear();
+    this.entities.forEach((entity) =>
+      entity.getComponents().forEach((component) => {
+        if (!this.componentEntities.has(component.name)) {
+          this.componentEntities.set(
+            component.name,
+            new Set<string>([entity.id]),
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+        this.componentEntities.get(component.name)?.add(entity.id);
+      }),
+    );
+
+    this.systemOrder.forEach((systemName) => {
+      this.systems.get(systemName)?.update(dt, this);
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/systems/System.ts b/src/engine/systems/System.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/systems/System.ts
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+import { Game } from "..";
+
+export abstract class System {
+  public readonly name: string;
+
+  constructor(name: string) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  abstract update(dt: number, game: Game): void;
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/systems/SystemNames.ts b/src/engine/systems/SystemNames.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/systems/SystemNames.ts
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+export namespace SystemNames {
+  export const Render = "Render";
+  export const Physics = "Physics";
+  export const Input = "Input";
+  export const Collision = "Collision";
+  export const WallBounds = "WallBounds";
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/systems/index.ts b/src/engine/systems/index.ts
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+++ b/src/engine/systems/index.ts
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+export * from "./SystemNames";
+export * from "./System";