diff --git a/assets/player-stand.png b/assets/player-stand.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc16c4f
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/player-stand.png differ
diff --git a/src/actor.c b/src/actor.c
index 4e51cfa..8db4145 100644
--- a/src/actor.c
+++ b/src/actor.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#include "player.h"
 #include "sdk/oam.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 #define NUM_OAM_ENTRIES 40
 #define TILE_WIDTH 8
 #define FRAMES_PER_ANIM_FRAME 20
+#define PLAYER_ACTOR_IDX 0
 
 static actor_anim_state_t ANIM_TOTAL_FRAMES[] = {2};
 
@@ -20,6 +22,16 @@ static actor_t all_actors[MAX_ACTORS];
 
 static uint8_t actor_load_mob_anim_data(uint8_t mob_id);
 
+actor_t *PLAYER_ACTOR = &all_actors[PLAYER_ACTOR_IDX];
+
+void actor_init(void) {
+    actor_reset();
+
+    PLAYER_ACTOR->active = 1;
+    PLAYER_ACTOR->x = PLAYER.x;
+    PLAYER_ACTOR->y = PLAYER.y;
+}
+
 void actor_reset(void) {
     for (uint8_t i = 0; i < ARRSIZE(mob_ids); ++i) {
         mob_ids[i] = 0xff;
diff --git a/src/actor.h b/src/actor.h
index e9f24f9..4d89446 100644
--- a/src/actor.h
+++ b/src/actor.h
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 #include "mob.h"
 
+typedef enum {
+    DIR_LEFT,
+    DIR_RIGHT,
+} actor_dir_t;
+
 typedef enum {
     ANIM_STAND,
     ANIM_WALK,
@@ -16,7 +21,6 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef struct {
     uint8_t active;
-    uint8_t dirty;
     uint8_t mob_anim_idx;
     actor_anim_state_t anim;
     uint8_t frame_idx;
@@ -65,4 +69,6 @@ void actor_update(void);
  */
 void actor_flush_oam(void);
 
+extern actor_t *PLAYER_ACTOR;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/collision.c b/src/collision.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03dc1d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/collision.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "game.h"
+#include "map.h"
+#include "player.h"
+
+typedef enum {
+    COLLF_WALK = (1 << 0),
+    COLLF_LADDER = (1 << 1),
+    COLLF_PORTAL = (1 << 2),
+} coll_state_t;
+
+uint8_t can_move_to(uint8_t x, uint8_t y) {
+    const uint8_t coll = ((uint8_t*)MAP.collision_ptr)[y * MAP.map_width + x];
+    return coll & COLLF_WALK;
+}
+
+uint8_t get_tile_coord(uint8_t pixel_coord) {
+    uint8_t offset = 0;
+    if (pixel_coord & 0x7) {
+        offset = 8;
+    }
+    return (pixel_coord + offset) >> 3;
+}
+
+uint8_t player_bg_collides(void) {
+    const int8_t map_x = PLAYER.x / 8 + MAP.camera_x;
+    if (map_x < 0 || map_x >= MAP.map_width) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    const int8_t map_y = PLAYER.y / 8 + MAP.camera_y;
+    if (map_y < 0 || map_y >= MAP.map_height) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return !(can_move_to(map_x, map_y) && can_move_to(map_x + 1, map_y) &&
+             can_move_to(map_x, map_y + 1) &&
+             can_move_to(map_x + 1, map_y + 1));
+}
+
+uint8_t player_in_air(void) {
+    const uint8_t x = get_tile_coord(PLAYER.x) + MAP.camera_x;
+    const uint8_t y = get_tile_coord(PLAYER.y) + MAP.camera_y;
+
+    return can_move_to(x, y + 2) && can_move_to(x + 1, y + 2);
+}
diff --git a/src/game.h b/src/game.h
index 1e5d721..f159ba5 100644
--- a/src/game.h
+++ b/src/game.h
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
     (ALLOC_SIZE_FONT + ALLOC_SIZE_PLAYER + ALLOC_SIZE_BACKGROUND + \
      ALLOC_SIZE_ITEMS)
 
-#define TILE_SIZE 16  //!< Size of 1 tile in bytes
+#define TILE_WIDTH 8   //!< Width of 1 tile in pixels
+#define TILE_HEIGHT 8  //!< Height of 1 tile in pixels
+#define TILE_SIZE 16   //!< Size of 1 tile in bytes
 #define VRAM_TILE_PTR(idx) \
     ((void*)(_VRAM +       \
              (idx)*TILE_SIZE))  //!< Compute VRAM pointer for tile section
@@ -74,4 +76,8 @@ void interrupts_disable(void) __preserves_regs(a, b, c, d, e, h, l);
 #define lcd_disable() lcd_off()
 #define lcd_enable() rLCDC = LCDC_ON | LCDC_OBJON | LCDC_BGON | LCDC_BG8000
 
+uint8_t player_bg_collides(void);
+
+uint8_t player_in_air(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/level.c b/src/level.c
index a3cfa08..9786cb1 100644
--- a/src/level.c
+++ b/src/level.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "game.h"
 #include "intro.h"
 #include "map.h"
+#include "player.h"
 #include "sdk/hardware.h"
 #include "sdk/joypad.h"
 #include "sdk/video.h"
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ void level(void) {
 
     while (1) {
         joypad_update();
+        player_update();
+        actor_flush_oam();
 
         HALT();
         rIF = 0;
diff --git a/src/player.c b/src/player.c
index ad7746f..4769eb2 100644
--- a/src/player.c
+++ b/src/player.c
@@ -1,3 +1,55 @@
 #include "player.h"
 
+#include "actor.h"
+#include "game.h"
+#include "sdk/joypad.h"
+
+#define PLAYER_SPEED 2
+#define GRAVITY 0x002e              //!< 0.18
+#define PLAYER_INIT_JUMP_VY 0x0399  //!< 3.6
+#define PLAYER_INIT_FALL_VY 0xff1a  //!< -1.1015625
+#define MAX_VY 0xf900               //!< -7.0
+
 player_t PLAYER;
+
+void player_update(void) {
+    if ((joypad_pressed & PAD_UP) && PLAYER.state != PLAYER_STATE_JUMP) {
+        PLAYER.state = PLAYER_STATE_JUMP;
+        PLAYER.vy = PLAYER_INIT_JUMP_VY;
+    }
+
+    if (PLAYER.state == PLAYER_STATE_JUMP) {
+        PLAYER.vy -= GRAVITY;
+        PLAYER.y -= PLAYER.vy;
+
+        if (player_bg_collides()) {
+            PLAYER.y += PLAYER.vy;
+            if (PLAYER.vy & (1 << 15)) {
+                PLAYER.state = PLAYER_STATE_WALK;
+            }
+            PLAYER.vy = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ((joypad_state & PAD_RIGHT) && PLAYER.x + TILE_WIDTH * 2 > SCRN_X) {
+        PLAYER.dir = DIR_RIGHT;
+        PLAYER.x += PLAYER_SPEED;
+        if (player_bg_collides()) {
+            PLAYER.x -= PLAYER_SPEED;
+        }
+    } else if ((joypad_state & PAD_LEFT) && PLAYER.x > 0) {
+        PLAYER.dir = DIR_LEFT;
+        PLAYER.x -= PLAYER_SPEED;
+        if (player_bg_collides()) {
+            PLAYER.x += PLAYER_SPEED;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (player_in_air() && PLAYER.state != PLAYER_STATE_JUMP) {
+        PLAYER.state = PLAYER_STATE_JUMP;
+        PLAYER.vy = PLAYER_INIT_FALL_VY;
+    }
+
+    PLAYER_ACTOR->x = PLAYER.x;
+    PLAYER_ACTOR->y = PLAYER.y;
+}
diff --git a/src/player.h b/src/player.h
index 76ba0bf..1a96e94 100644
--- a/src/player.h
+++ b/src/player.h
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 
 #define PLAYER_INV_SIZE 32
 
+typedef enum {
+    PLAYER_STATE_STAND,
+    PLAYER_STATE_WALK,
+    PLAYER_STATE_JUMP,
+} player_state_t;
+
 typedef struct {
     uint8_t x;
     uint16_t y;
@@ -16,4 +22,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 extern player_t PLAYER;
 
+void player_update(void);
+
 #endif