diff --git a/Visualiser2/bytesprites/bytesprite.py b/Visualiser2/bytesprites/bytesprite.py
index 5a06095..daed57c 100644
--- a/Visualiser2/bytesprites/bytesprite.py
+++ b/Visualiser2/bytesprites/bytesprite.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ByteSprite(pyg.sprite.Sprite):
     __frame_index: int  # Selects the sprite from the spritesheet to be used. Used for animation
     __config: Config = Config()
 
+    # make sure that all inherited classes constructors only take screen as an parameter
     def __init__(self, screen: pyg.Surface, filename: str, num_of_states: int, colorkey: pyg.Color | None = None,
                  object_type: int = 0, layer: int = 0, top_left: Vector = Vector(0, 0)):
         # Add implementation here for selecting the sprite sheet to use
diff --git a/Visualiser2/main.py b/Visualiser2/main.py
index cc3d2de..d0ff321 100644
--- a/Visualiser2/main.py
+++ b/Visualiser2/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pygame
 
 from Visualiser2.adapter import Adapter
+from Visualiser2.bytesprites.bytesprite import ByteSprite
 from Visualiser2.config import Config
 from Visualiser2.utils.log_reader import logs_to_dict
 from game.utils.vector import Vector
@@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.simple_font = pygame.font.Font(None, 50)
 
         self.tick: int = 0
-        self.bytesprites = pygame.sprite.Group()
+        self.bytesprite_templates = pygame.sprite.Group()
+        self.bytesprite_map: [[[ByteSprite]]] = list()
 
     def load(self):
         self.turn_logs = logs_to_dict()
-        self.bytesprites = self.adapter.populate_bytesprites()
+        self.bytesprite_templates = self.adapter.populate_bytesprites()
 
     def prerender(self):
         self.screen.fill(self.config.BACKGROUND_COLOR)
@@ -38,16 +40,75 @@ def prerender(self):
     def render(self):
         if self.tick % self.config.NUMBER_OF_FRAMES_PER_TURN == 0:
             # NEXT TURN
+            self.recalc_animation(self.turn_logs[f'turn_{self.tick // self.config.NUMBER_OF_FRAMES_PER_TURN + 1:04d}'])
             self.adapter.recalc_animation(
                 self.turn_logs[f'turn_{self.tick // self.config.NUMBER_OF_FRAMES_PER_TURN + 1:04d}'])
         else:
             # NEXT ANIMATION FRAME
+            self.continue_animation()
             self.adapter.continue_animation()
 
         self.adapter.render()
         pygame.display.flip()
         self.tick += 1
 
+    def recalc_animation(self, turn_data: dict) -> None:
+        """
+        Determine what bytesprites are needed at which location and calls logic to determine active spritesheet and render
+        :param turn_data: A dictionary of all the turn data for current turn
+        :return: None
+        """
+        game_map: [[dict]] = turn_data['game_board']['game_map']
+        # Iterate on each row on the game map
+        row: list
+        for y, row in enumerate(game_map):
+            # Add rows to bytesprite_map if needed
+            if len(self.bytesprite_map) < y + 1:
+                self.bytesprite_map.append(list())
+            # Iterate on each tile in the row
+            tile: dict
+            for x, tile in enumerate(row):
+                # Add tiles to row if needed
+                if len(self.bytesprite_map[y]) < x + 1:
+                    self.bytesprite_map[y].append(list())
+                # Render layers on tile
+                temp_tile: dict | None = tile
+                z: int = 0
+                while temp_tile is not None:
+                    # Add layers if needed
+                    if len(self.bytesprite_map[y][x]) < z + 1:
+                        self.bytesprite_map[y][x].append(None)
+
+                    # Create or replace bytesprite at current tile on this current layer
+                    if self.bytesprite_map[y][x][z] is None or self.bytesprite_map[y][x][z].object_type != temp_tile[
+                        'object_type']:
+                        sprite_class: ByteSprite | None = next(t for t in self.bytesprite_templates.sprites() if
+                                                               isinstance(t, ByteSprite) and t.object_type == temp_tile[
+                                                                   'object_type'])
+                        # Check that a bytesprite template exists for current object type
+                        if sprite_class is None:
+                            raise ValueError(
+                                f'Must provide a bytesprite for each object type! Missing object_type: {temp_tile["object_type"]}')
+
+                        # Instantiate a new bytesprite on current layer
+                        self.bytesprite_map[y][x][z] = sprite_class.__class__(self.screen)
+
+                    # Call render logic on bytesprite
+                    self.bytesprite_map[y][x][z].update(temp_tile, z, Vector(y=y, x=x))
+                    # increase iteration
+                    temp_tile = temp_tile.get('occupied_by')
+                    z += 1
+
+                # clean up additional layers
+                while len(self.bytesprite_map[y][x]) > z:
+                    self.bytesprite_map[y][x].pop()
+
+    def continue_animation(self) -> None:
+        row: list
+        tile: list
+        sprite: ByteSprite
+        [[[sprite.set_image_and_render() for sprite in tile] for tile in row] for row in self.bytesprite_map]
+
     def postrender(self):
         self.adapter.clean_up()
         self.clock.tick(self.config.FRAME_RATE)