diff --git a/assets/scripts/gameplay/lejana.toy b/assets/scripts/gameplay/lejana.toy
index 091b93c..b364696 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/gameplay/lejana.toy
+++ b/assets/scripts/gameplay/lejana.toy
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var inputY: int = 0;
 
 var direction: int = null; //BUGFIX: animation not looping properly
 var enableMovementCounter: int = 30 * 3; //BUGFIX: freeze while drones reach their starting spot
-
+var attackCounter: int = 0;
 
 //polyfills - animating different cycles on one image 
 var stepCount: int = 0;
@@ -106,26 +106,9 @@ fn onStep(node: opaque) {
 		enableMovementCounter--;
 		return;
 	}
-
+	
 	//process input when aligned to a grid
 	if (realX / TILE_WIDTH == gridX && realY / TILE_HEIGHT == gridY && motionX == 0 && motionY == 0) {
-		//disallow wall phasing
-		if (inputX != 0 && parent.callNodeFn("getCollisionAt", gridX + inputX, gridY) != true) {
-			inputX = 0;
-		}
-
-		if (inputY != 0 && parent.callNodeFn("getCollisionAt", gridX, gridY + inputY) != true) {
-			inputY = 0;
-		}
-
-		//disallow diagonal movement
-		if (abs(inputX) != 0) {
-			gridX += inputX;
-		}
-		else {
-			gridY += inputY;
-		}
-
 		//facing
 		if (inputY > 0) {
 			node.faceDown();
@@ -143,21 +126,58 @@ fn onStep(node: opaque) {
 			node.faceLeft();
 		}
 
+		//disallow wall phasing
+		if (inputX != 0 && parent.callNodeFn("getCollisionAt", gridX + inputX, gridY) != true) {
+			inputX = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (inputY != 0 && parent.callNodeFn("getCollisionAt", gridX, gridY + inputY) != true) {
+			inputY = 0;
+		}
+
+		//disallow diagonal movement
+		if (abs(inputX) != 0) {
+			gridX += inputX;
+		}
+		else {
+			gridY += inputY;
+		}
+
 		//trigger the world
 		if (inputX != 0 || inputY != 0) {
 			parent.callNodeFn("runAI");
 		}
 	}
 
-	//animation
-	if (motionX == 0 && motionY == 0 && inputX == 0 && inputY == 0) {
-		stepCount = 0;
-		node.setCurrentNodeFrame(0);
+	//animation - standing still
+	if (attackCounter == 0 && stepCount == 0) {
+		//move to standing state
+		if (node.getNodeRectY() != 0) {
+			node.setNodeRect(direction * 32 * 4, 0, 32, 32);
+			node.setNodeFrames(4);
+		}
 	}
 
+	//animation - attacking
+	if (attackCounter > 0 && stepCount == 0) {
+		//move to attacking state
+		if (node.getNodeRectY() != 32) {
+			node.setNodeRect(direction * 32 * 4, 32, 32, 32);
+			node.setNodeFrames(3);
+		}
+	}
+
+	//actually animate
 	if (++stepCount >= 5) {
+		if (motionX == 0 && motionY == 0 && inputX == 0 && inputY == 0) {
+			stepCount = 0;
+		}
+		
+		if (attackCounter > 0) {
+			attackCounter--;
+		}
+
 		node.incrementCurrentNodeFrame();
-		stepCount = 0;
 	}
 
 	//calc movement
@@ -183,6 +203,16 @@ fn customOnDraw(node: opaque, parentX: int, parentY: int) {
 
 //event functions
 fn onKeyDown(node: opaque, event: string) {
+	//initial freeze
+	if (enableMovementCounter > 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (event == "character_attack" && inputX == 0 && inputY == 0) {
+		attackCounter = 2;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (event == "character_up") {
 		inputY -= 1;
 		return;
diff --git a/assets/scripts/init.toy b/assets/scripts/init.toy
index e7377a2..76db406 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/init.toy
+++ b/assets/scripts/init.toy
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 	mapInputEventToKeyUp("character_down",  "down"); //event, keysym
 	mapInputEventToKeyUp("character_right", "right"); //event, keysym
 
+	mapInputEventToKeyDown("character_attack", "space"); //event, keysym
 
 	//TODO: escape to kill the game
 
diff --git a/assets/sprites/lejana-mask.png b/assets/sprites/lejana-mask.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d5e7a4
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/sprites/lejana-mask.png differ
diff --git a/assets/sprites/lejana.png b/assets/sprites/lejana.png
index 0fcc02a..d7a21ac 100644
Binary files a/assets/sprites/lejana.png and b/assets/sprites/lejana.png differ
diff --git a/box/lib_node.c b/box/lib_node.c
index 6f2b980..3293468 100644
--- a/box/lib_node.c
+++ b/box/lib_node.c
@@ -488,6 +488,138 @@ static int nativeSetNodeRect(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_LiteralArray* arg
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int nativeGetNodeRectX(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_LiteralArray* arguments) {
+	if (arguments->count != 1) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect number of arguments passed to getNodeRectX\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//extract the arguments
+	Toy_Literal nodeLiteral = Toy_popLiteralArray(arguments);
+
+	Toy_Literal nodeIdn = nodeLiteral;
+	if (TOY_IS_IDENTIFIER(nodeLiteral) && Toy_parseIdentifierToValue(interpreter, &nodeLiteral)) {
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeIdn);
+	}
+
+	//check argument types
+	if (!TOY_IS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral)) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect argument type passed to getNodeRectX\n");
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//actually get
+	Box_EngineNode* node = (Box_EngineNode*)TOY_AS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_Literal resultLiteral = TOY_TO_INTEGER_LITERAL(node->rect.x);
+	Toy_pushLiteralArray(&interpreter->stack, resultLiteral);
+
+	//cleanup
+	Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_freeLiteral(resultLiteral);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int nativeGetNodeRectY(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_LiteralArray* arguments) {
+	if (arguments->count != 1) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect number of arguments passed to getNodeRectY\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//extract the arguments
+	Toy_Literal nodeLiteral = Toy_popLiteralArray(arguments);
+
+	Toy_Literal nodeIdn = nodeLiteral;
+	if (TOY_IS_IDENTIFIER(nodeLiteral) && Toy_parseIdentifierToValue(interpreter, &nodeLiteral)) {
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeIdn);
+	}
+
+	//check argument types
+	if (!TOY_IS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral)) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect argument type passed to getNodeRectY\n");
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//actually get
+	Box_EngineNode* node = (Box_EngineNode*)TOY_AS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_Literal resultLiteral = TOY_TO_INTEGER_LITERAL(node->rect.y);
+	Toy_pushLiteralArray(&interpreter->stack, resultLiteral);
+
+	//cleanup
+	Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_freeLiteral(resultLiteral);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int nativeGetNodeRectW(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_LiteralArray* arguments) {
+	if (arguments->count != 1) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect number of arguments passed to getNodeRectW\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//extract the arguments
+	Toy_Literal nodeLiteral = Toy_popLiteralArray(arguments);
+
+	Toy_Literal nodeIdn = nodeLiteral;
+	if (TOY_IS_IDENTIFIER(nodeLiteral) && Toy_parseIdentifierToValue(interpreter, &nodeLiteral)) {
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeIdn);
+	}
+
+	//check argument types
+	if (!TOY_IS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral)) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect argument type passed to getNodeRectW\n");
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//actually get
+	Box_EngineNode* node = (Box_EngineNode*)TOY_AS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_Literal resultLiteral = TOY_TO_INTEGER_LITERAL(node->rect.w);
+	Toy_pushLiteralArray(&interpreter->stack, resultLiteral);
+
+	//cleanup
+	Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_freeLiteral(resultLiteral);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int nativeGetNodeRectH(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_LiteralArray* arguments) {
+	if (arguments->count != 1) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect number of arguments passed to getNodeRectH\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//extract the arguments
+	Toy_Literal nodeLiteral = Toy_popLiteralArray(arguments);
+
+	Toy_Literal nodeIdn = nodeLiteral;
+	if (TOY_IS_IDENTIFIER(nodeLiteral) && Toy_parseIdentifierToValue(interpreter, &nodeLiteral)) {
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeIdn);
+	}
+
+	//check argument types
+	if (!TOY_IS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral)) {
+		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect argument type passed to getNodeRectH\n");
+		Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//actually get
+	Box_EngineNode* node = (Box_EngineNode*)TOY_AS_OPAQUE(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_Literal resultLiteral = TOY_TO_INTEGER_LITERAL(node->rect.h);
+	Toy_pushLiteralArray(&interpreter->stack, resultLiteral);
+
+	//cleanup
+	Toy_freeLiteral(nodeLiteral);
+	Toy_freeLiteral(resultLiteral);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int nativeSetNodeFrames(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_LiteralArray* arguments) {
 	if (arguments->count != 2) {
 		interpreter->errorOutput("Incorrect number of arguments passed to setNodeFrames\n");
@@ -973,7 +1105,10 @@ int Box_hookNode(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_Literal identifier, Toy_Liter
 		{"loadNodeTexture", nativeLoadNodeTexture},
 		{"freeNodeTexture", nativeFreeNodeTexture},
 		{"setNodeRect", nativeSetNodeRect},
-		//get rect
+		{"getNodeRectX", nativeGetNodeRectX},
+		{"getNodeRectY", nativeGetNodeRectY},
+		{"getNodeRectW", nativeGetNodeRectW},
+		{"getNodeRectH", nativeGetNodeRectH},
 		{"setNodeFrames", nativeSetNodeFrames},
 		{"getNodeFrames", nativeGetNodeFrames},
 		{"setCurrentNodeFrame", nativeSetCurrentNodeFrame},