diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0bc85d..2242fad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## todo
 
-- deploy to github pages
-- add infro page
-- generate starting shpe on the gpu
+- add info page
+- generate starting shape on the gpu
 - add cancer
+- graceful error messages when no support
+- settings page
diff --git a/src/game-loop/game-loop-settings.ts b/src/game-loop/game-loop-settings.ts
index de3189a..9f1cd1e 100644
--- a/src/game-loop/game-loop-settings.ts
+++ b/src/game-loop/game-loop-settings.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 export interface GameLoopSettings {
   agentCount: number;
-  startingRadius: number;
-
   renderSpeed: number;
   simulatedDelayMs: number;
 }
diff --git a/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts b/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts
index 5f20596..91aadb8 100644
--- a/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts
+++ b/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { AgentGenerationPipeline } from '../pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-generation-pipeline';
 import { AgentPipeline } from '../pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline';
+import { spawnAgents } from '../pipelines/agents/spawn-agents';
 import { BrushPipeline } from '../pipelines/brush/brush-pipeline';
 import { CommonState } from '../pipelines/common-state/common-state';
 import { CopyPipeline } from '../pipelines/copy/copy-pipeline';
@@ -8,7 +10,6 @@ import { settings } from '../settings';
 import { DeltaTimeCalculator } from '../utils/delta-time-calculator';
 import { ResizableTexture } from '../utils/graphics/resizable-texture';
 import { sleep } from '../utils/sleep';
-import { spawnAgents } from './spawn-agents';
 
 import { vec2 } from 'gl-matrix';
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export default class GameLoop {
   private readonly trailMapB: ResizableTexture;
   private readonly commonState: CommonState;
   private readonly copyPipeline: CopyPipeline;
+  private readonly agentGenerationPipeline: AgentGenerationPipeline;
   private readonly agentPipeline: AgentPipeline;
   private readonly renderPipeline: RenderPipeline;
   private readonly brushPipeline: BrushPipeline;
@@ -48,18 +50,25 @@ export default class GameLoop {
     this.resize();
 
     this.commonState = new CommonState(this.device);
+    this.commonState.setParameters(this.canvasSize, 0, 0);
+
     this.copyPipeline = new CopyPipeline(this.device);
+
+    this.agentGenerationPipeline = new AgentGenerationPipeline(
+      this.device,
+      this.commonState
+    );
+
     this.agentPipeline = new AgentPipeline(
       this.device,
-      spawnAgents(this.canvasSize, settings.agentCount),
-      this.commonState
+      this.commonState,
+      this.agentGenerationPipeline.generateAgents(settings.agentCount)
     );
     this.brushPipeline = new BrushPipeline(this.device, this.commonState);
     this.diffusionPipeline = new DiffusionPipeline(this.device, this.commonState);
     this.renderPipeline = new RenderPipeline(context, this.device, this.commonState);
 
     window.addEventListener('resize', this.resize.bind(this));
-
     canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', this.onSwipe.bind(this));
     canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', (e) => {
       this.brushPipeline.clearSwipes();
@@ -90,7 +99,6 @@ export default class GameLoop {
   }
 
   private resize() {
-    const devicePixelRatio = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
     this.canvas.width = this.canvas.clientWidth * this.devicePixelRatio;
     this.canvas.height = this.canvas.clientHeight * this.devicePixelRatio;
   }
diff --git a/src/game-loop/spawn-agents.ts b/src/game-loop/spawn-agents.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7420a3b..0000000
--- a/src/game-loop/spawn-agents.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import { Agent } from '../pipelines/agents/agent';
-import { settings } from '../settings';
-import { Random } from '../utils/random';
-
-import { vec2 } from 'gl-matrix';
-
-export const spawnAgents = (canvasSize: vec2, agentCount: number): Array<Agent> => {
-  const minSize = Math.min(...canvasSize);
-  const center = vec2.scale(vec2.create(), canvasSize, 0.5);
-
-  return new Array(agentCount).fill(0).map(() => {
-    const radius = Random.randomBetween(0, minSize * settings.startingRadius);
-    const angle = Random.randomBetween(0, Math.PI * 2);
-
-    const delta = vec2.fromValues(Math.cos(angle) * radius, Math.sin(angle) * radius);
-
-    const position = vec2.add(vec2.create(), center, delta);
-
-    return {
-      position,
-      angle: angle + Math.PI,
-      species: 0,
-      timeToLive: Random.randomBetween(10, 15000),
-    };
-  });
-};
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-generation-pipeline.ts b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-generation-pipeline.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1433cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-generation-pipeline.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import random from '../../../utils/graphics/random.wgsl';
+import { smartCompile } from '../../../utils/graphics/smart-compile';
+import { CommonState } from '../../common-state/common-state';
+import { AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES, Agent } from '../agent';
+import shader from './agent-generation.wgsl';
+import agentSchema from './agent-schema.wgsl';
+
+export class AgentGenerationPipeline {
+  private static readonly WORKGROUP_SIZE = 64;
+
+  private readonly bindGroupLayout: GPUBindGroupLayout;
+  private readonly pipeline: GPUComputePipeline;
+
+  private bindGroup?: GPUBindGroup;
+
+  public constructor(
+    private readonly device: GPUDevice,
+    private readonly commonState: CommonState
+  ) {
+    this.bindGroupLayout = device.createBindGroupLayout({
+      entries: [
+        {
+          binding: 1,
+          visibility: GPUShaderStage.COMPUTE,
+          buffer: {
+            type: 'storage',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    this.pipeline = device.createComputePipeline({
+      layout: device.createPipelineLayout({
+        bindGroupLayouts: [commonState.bindGroupLayout, this.bindGroupLayout],
+      }),
+      compute: {
+        module: smartCompile(device, CommonState.shaderCode, random, agentSchema, shader),
+        entryPoint: 'main',
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  public generateAgents(agentCount: number): GPUBuffer {
+    if (agentCount <= 0 || agentCount != Math.floor(agentCount)) {
+      throw new Error('Agent count must be a positive integer');
+    }
+
+    const agentsBuffer = this.device.createBuffer({
+      size: agentCount * AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES,
+      usage: GPUBufferUsage.STORAGE,
+    });
+
+    this.bindGroup = this.device.createBindGroup({
+      layout: this.bindGroupLayout,
+      entries: [
+        {
+          binding: 1,
+          resource: {
+            buffer: agentsBuffer,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const commandEncoder = this.device.createCommandEncoder();
+
+    const passEncoder = commandEncoder.beginComputePass();
+    passEncoder.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
+    this.commonState.execute(passEncoder);
+    passEncoder.setBindGroup(1, this.bindGroup);
+    passEncoder.dispatchWorkgroups(
+      Math.ceil(agentCount / AgentGenerationPipeline.WORKGROUP_SIZE)
+    );
+    passEncoder.end();
+
+    this.device.queue.submit([commandEncoder.finish()]);
+    return agentsBuffer;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-generation.wgsl b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-generation.wgsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69ceac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-generation.wgsl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+@compute @workgroup_size(64)
+fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) global_id: vec3<u32>) {
+  let id = global_id.x;
+
+  if (id >= arrayLength(&agents)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let position = vec2(
+    hash(id) * state.size.x,
+    hash(id * id) * state.size.y,
+  );
+
+  let center = state.size / 2.0;
+
+  let direction = position - center;
+  let angle = atan2(direction.y, direction.x);
+
+  agents[id] = Agent(
+    position,
+    angle,
+    0,
+    1000000,
+    0
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-schema.wgsl b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-schema.wgsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2663ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-generation/agent-schema.wgsl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+struct Agent {
+  position: vec2<f32>,
+  angle: f32,
+  species: f32,
+  timeToLive: f32,
+  timeToLive2: f32,
+}
+
+@group(1) @binding(1) var<storage, read_write> agents: array<Agent>;
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts
index 5096ec1..bdfa1ba 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import random from '../../utils/graphics/random.wgsl';
 import { smartCompile } from '../../utils/graphics/smart-compile';
 import { CommonState } from '../common-state/common-state';
 import { AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES, Agent } from './agent';
+import agentSchme from './agent-generation/agent-schema.wgsl';
 import { AgentSettings } from './agent-settings';
 import shader from './agent.wgsl';
 
@@ -11,7 +13,6 @@ export class AgentPipeline {
   private readonly bindGroupLayout: GPUBindGroupLayout;
   private readonly pipeline: GPUComputePipeline;
   private readonly uniforms: GPUBuffer;
-  private readonly agentsBuffer: GPUBuffer;
 
   private bindGroup?: GPUBindGroup;
   private previousTrailMapIn?: GPUTextureView;
@@ -19,13 +20,9 @@ export class AgentPipeline {
 
   public constructor(
     private readonly device: GPUDevice,
-    agents: Array<Agent>,
-    private readonly commonState: CommonState
+    private readonly commonState: CommonState,
+    private readonly agentsBuffer: GPUBuffer
   ) {
-    if (agents.length === 0) {
-      throw new Error('No agents provided');
-    }
-
     this.bindGroupLayout = device.createBindGroupLayout(AgentPipeline.bindGroupLayout);
 
     this.pipeline = device.createComputePipeline({
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ export class AgentPipeline {
         bindGroupLayouts: [commonState.bindGroupLayout, this.bindGroupLayout],
       }),
       compute: {
-        module: smartCompile(device, CommonState.shaderCode, shader),
+        module: smartCompile(device, CommonState.shaderCode, random, agentSchme, shader),
         entryPoint: 'main',
       },
     });
@@ -42,23 +39,6 @@ export class AgentPipeline {
       size: AgentPipeline.UNIFORM_COUNT * Float32Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT,
       usage: GPUBufferUsage.UNIFORM | GPUBufferUsage.COPY_DST,
     });
-
-    this.agentsBuffer = device.createBuffer({
-      size: agents.length * AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES,
-      usage: GPUBufferUsage.STORAGE,
-      mappedAtCreation: true,
-    });
-
-    new Float32Array(this.agentsBuffer.getMappedRange()).set(
-      agents.flatMap((agent) => [
-        ...agent.position,
-        agent.angle,
-        0, // padding
-        agent.species,
-        agent.timeToLive,
-      ])
-    );
-    this.agentsBuffer.unmap();
   }
 
   public setParameters({
@@ -81,25 +61,6 @@ export class AgentPipeline {
     );
   }
 
-  public executeRenderPass(
-    commandEncoder: GPUCommandEncoder,
-    trailMapIn: GPUTextureView,
-    trailMapOut: GPUTextureView
-  ) {
-    this.ensureBindGroupExists(trailMapIn, trailMapOut);
-
-    const passEncoder = commandEncoder.beginComputePass();
-    passEncoder.setPipeline(this.pipeline);
-    this.commonState.execute(passEncoder);
-    passEncoder.setBindGroup(1, this.bindGroup);
-    passEncoder.dispatchWorkgroups(
-      Math.ceil(
-        this.agentsBuffer.size / AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES / AgentPipeline.WORKGROUP_SIZE
-      )
-    );
-    passEncoder.end();
-  }
-
   public execute(
     commandEncoder: GPUCommandEncoder,
     trailMapIn: GPUTextureView,
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl b/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl
index c063fb9..eaab47e 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-struct Agent {
-  position: vec2<f32>,
-  angle: f32,
-  species: f32,
-  timeToLive: f32
-}
-
 struct Settings {
   brushTrailWeight: f32,
   moveRate: f32,
@@ -14,7 +7,6 @@ struct Settings {
 };
 
 @group(1) @binding(0) var<uniform> settings: Settings;
-@group(1) @binding(1) var<storage, read_write> agents: array<Agent>;
 @group(1) @binding(2) var trailMapIn: texture_2d<f32>;
 @group(1) @binding(3) var trailMapOut: texture_storage_2d<rgba16float, write>;
 
@@ -28,31 +20,31 @@ fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) global_id: vec3<u32>) {
 
   var agent = agents[id];
 
-  if (agent.timeToLive <= 0.) {
-    // agent.position = vec2(
-    //   random_with_seed(agent.position, f32(id) + state.time),
-    //   random_with_seed(agent.position, f32(id) + state.time + 12),
-    // );
-    // agent.angle = random_with_seed(vec2(agent.angle), f32(id) + state.time);
-    // agent.species = 1;
-    // agent.timeToLive = 1000;
-    // agents[id] = agent;
-    // return;
-  }
+  // if (agent.timeToLive <= 0.) {
+  //   agent.position = vec2(
+  //     random_with_seed(agent.position, f32(id) + state.time),
+  //     random_with_seed(agent.position, f32(id) + state.time + 12),
+  //   );
+  //   agent.angle = random_with_seed(vec2(agent.angle), f32(id) + state.time);
+  //   agent.species = 1;
+  //   agent.timeToLive = 1000;
+  //   agents[id] = agent;
+  //   return;
+  // }
 
-  let random = random_with_seed(agent.position, f32(id) + state.time);
+  let random = hash(id + u32(state.time * 16732.0));
   let trailCurrent = textureLoad(trailMapIn, vec2<i32>(agent.position), 0);
 
-  var weight: f32;
-  if(agent.species == 0) {
-    weight = trailCurrent.r - trailCurrent.g;
-  } else {
-    weight = trailCurrent.g - trailCurrent.r;
-  }
-  if (weight < 0) {
-    agent.timeToLive = 0;
-    return;
-  }
+  // var weight: f32;
+  // if(agent.species == 0) {
+  //   weight = trailCurrent.r - trailCurrent.g;
+  // } else {
+  //   weight = trailCurrent.g - trailCurrent.r;
+  // }
+  // if (weight < 0) {
+  //   agent.timeToLive = 0;
+  //   return;
+  // }
 
   
   let trailForward = sense(agent.position, agent.angle, settings.sensorOffset, 0);
@@ -111,7 +103,3 @@ fn sense(agentPosition: vec2<f32>, agentAngle: f32, sensorOffset: f32, sensorOff
   let sensorPosition = vec2<i32>(agentPosition + sensorDirection * sensorOffset);
   return textureLoad(trailMapIn, sensorPosition, 0); 
 }
-
-fn random_with_seed(uv: vec2<f32>, seed: f32) -> f32 {
-  return fract(sin(dot(uv, vec2(12.9898 + seed, 78.233 + seed)))* 43758.5453123 + seed);
-}
diff --git a/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl b/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl
index 063bcdf..7371f7e 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl
+++ b/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl
@@ -12,37 +12,29 @@ struct Settings {
 @fragment
 fn fragment(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
   var current = textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv);
-
-  let neighbours: vec4<f32> = (
-      textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + vec2<f32>(0, 1) / state.size)
-    + textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + vec2<f32>(0, -1) / state.size)
-    + textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + vec2<f32>(-1, 0) / state.size)
-    + textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + vec2<f32>(1, 0) / state.size)
-  ) / 4;
-
-
-    var change = vec4<f32>(0);
-    for (var x: i32 = -1; x <= 1; x++) {
-      for (var y: i32 = -1; y <= 1; y++) {
-        if (x != 0 || y != 0) {
-          let offset = vec2(f32(x), f32(y));
-          let neighbour = textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + offset / state.size);
-          let random = textureSample(noise, noiseSampler, uv + offset / state.size * 0.5).r;
-          
-          let difference = neighbour - current;
-          change += vec4(
-            length(neighbour.rgb) * pow(random, settings.diffusionRateTrails) * difference.rgb,
-            min(1.0, length(neighbour.a)) * pow(random, settings.diffusionRateBrush) * difference.a
-          );
-        }
+  var change = vec4<f32>(0);
+  for (var x: i32 = -1; x <= 1; x++) {
+    for (var y: i32 = -1; y <= 1; y++) {
+      if (x != 0 || y != 0) {
+        let offset = vec2(f32(x), f32(y));
+        let neighbour = textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + offset / state.size);
+        let random = textureSample(noise, noiseSampler, uv + offset / state.size * 0.5).r;
+        
+        let difference = clamp(neighbour - current, vec4(0), vec4(1));
+        change += vec4(
+          length(neighbour.rgb) * pow(random, settings.diffusionRateTrails) * difference.rgb,
+          min(1.0, length(neighbour.a)) * pow(random, settings.diffusionRateBrush) * difference.a
+        );
       }
     }
-    current += change / 4;
+  }
+
+  current += change / 4;
 
   let decayed = vec4(
     current.rgb * settings.decayRateTrails,
     current.a * settings.decayRateBrush
   );
  
-  return clamp(decayed, vec4(0), vec4(1));
+  return decayed;
 }
diff --git a/src/pipelines/render/render-pipeline.ts b/src/pipelines/render/render-pipeline.ts
index 3c38e9a..d3bed53 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/render/render-pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipelines/render/render-pipeline.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { RenderSettings } from './render-settings';
 import shader from './render.wgsl';
 
 export class RenderPipeline {
-  private static readonly UNIFORM_COUNT = 12;
+  private static readonly UNIFORM_COUNT = 13;
 
   private readonly bindGroupLayout: GPUBindGroupLayout;
   private readonly pipeline: GPURenderPipeline;
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ export class RenderPipeline {
     });
   }
 
-  public setParameters({ brushColor, speciesColorA, speciesColorB }: RenderSettings) {
+  public setParameters({
+    brushColor,
+    speciesColorA,
+    speciesColorB,
+    clarity,
+  }: RenderSettings) {
     this.device.queue.writeBuffer(
       this.uniforms,
       0,
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ export class RenderPipeline {
         ...speciesColorA,
         0, //padding
         ...speciesColorB,
-        0, //padding
+        clarity,
       ])
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/pipelines/render/render-settings.ts b/src/pipelines/render/render-settings.ts
index 99ff690..8774148 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/render/render-settings.ts
+++ b/src/pipelines/render/render-settings.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export interface RenderSettings {
   brushColor: vec3;
   speciesColorA: vec3;
   speciesColorB: vec3;
+  clarity: number;
 }
diff --git a/src/pipelines/render/render.wgsl b/src/pipelines/render/render.wgsl
index 9fcd9d2..1506fdc 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/render/render.wgsl
+++ b/src/pipelines/render/render.wgsl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ struct Settings {
   brushColor: vec3<f32>,
   speciesColorA: vec3<f32>,
   speciesColorB: vec3<f32>,
+  clarity: f32,
 };
 
 @group(1) @binding(0) var<uniform> settings: Settings;
@@ -13,19 +14,17 @@ fn fragment(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
   let traces = textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv);
   let random = textureSample(noise, noiseSampler, uv);
 
+  let backgroundColor = vec3(0.9) + 0.075 * random.r;
+
   let speciesAStrength = traces.r;
   let speciesBStrength = traces.g;
   let brushStrength = traces.a;
 
   let rgbColor = sqrt(vec3(
-    settings.speciesColorA * clamp(speciesAStrength, 0, 1) +
-    settings.speciesColorB * clamp(speciesBStrength, 0, 1) +
+    settings.speciesColorA * clamp(pow(speciesAStrength, settings.clarity), 0, 1) +
+    settings.speciesColorB * clamp(pow(speciesBStrength, settings.clarity), 0, 1) +
     settings.brushColor * brushStrength
   ));
 
-
-  let bg = vec3(0.9) + 0.075 * random.r;
-  
-  
-  return vec4(bg - rgbColor, 1);
+  return vec4(backgroundColor - rgbColor, 1);
 }
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index f2ed019..761575c 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ export const settings: GameLoopSettings &
   BrushSettings &
   DiffusionSettings &
   RenderSettings = {
-  agentCount: 1_000_000,
-  startingRadius: 0.15,
+  agentCount: 4_000_000,
 
   renderSpeed: 1,
   simulatedDelayMs: 0,
@@ -34,12 +33,13 @@ export const settings: GameLoopSettings &
   sensorOffsetAngle: 30,
   sensorOffsetDistance: 60,
 
-  diffusionRateTrails: 4,
+  diffusionRateTrails: 0.4, // inverse
   decayRateTrails: 0.9,
-  diffusionRateBrush: 4,
+  diffusionRateBrush: 4, // inverse
   decayRateBrush: 0.98,
 
   brushColor: palette.blue,
   speciesColorA: palette.yellow,
   speciesColorB: palette.purple,
+  clarity: 3,
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/graphics/random.wgsl b/src/utils/graphics/random.wgsl
index 8d7f78d..e182c16 100644
--- a/src/utils/graphics/random.wgsl
+++ b/src/utils/graphics/random.wgsl
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@ fn random_with_seed(uv: vec2<f32>, seed: f32) -> f32 {
 fn random(uv: vec2<f32>) -> f32 {
   return fract(sin(dot(uv, vec2(12.9898, 78.233)))* 43758.5453123);
 }
+
+fn hash(state0 : u32) -> f32 {
+  var state : u32 = state0;
+  state = state ^ 2747636419u;
+  state = state * 2654435769u;
+  state = state ^ (state >> 16u);
+  state = state * 2654435769u;
+  state = state ^ (state >> 16u);
+  state = state * 2654435769u;
+  return f32(state) / 4294967295.0;
+}