diff -r c571d4b8879c -r 8f093b1b18bc rust/landgen/src/wavefront_collapse/generator.rs
--- a/rust/landgen/src/wavefront_collapse/generator.rs	Wed Feb 01 11:19:45 2023 +0100
+++ b/rust/landgen/src/wavefront_collapse/generator.rs	Thu Feb 02 08:41:31 2023 +0100
@@ -1,22 +1,53 @@
+use super::tile_image::TileImage;
 use super::wavefront_collapse::WavefrontCollapse;
-use super::tile_image::TileImage;
 use crate::{LandGenerationParameters, LandGenerator};
+use integral_geometry::Size;
+use png::Decoder;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::BufReader;
 
 pub struct WavefrontCollapseLandGenerator {
     wfc: WavefrontCollapse,
-    tiles: Vec<TileImage>,
 }
 
 impl WavefrontCollapseLandGenerator {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             wfc: WavefrontCollapse::default(),
-            tiles: Vec::new()
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn load_template() {
+    pub fn load_template<T: Copy + PartialEq + Default>(&self, parameters: &LandGenerationParameters<T>) -> Vec<TileImage<T>> {
+        let file = File::open("sample.png").expect("file exists");
+        let decoder = Decoder::new(BufReader::new(file));
+        let mut reader = decoder.read_info().unwrap();
+
+        let info = reader.info();
+        let mut tiles_image = vec2d::Vec2D::new(
+            &Size::new(info.width as usize, info.height as usize),
+            parameters.zero,
+        );
+
+        let mut buf = vec![0; reader.output_buffer_size()];
+        let info = reader.next_frame(&mut buf).unwrap();
+        let bytes = &buf[..info.buffer_size()];
 
+        let mut tiles_image_pixels = tiles_image.as_mut_slice().into_iter();
+
+        for line in bytes.chunks_exact(info.line_size) {
+            for value in line.chunks_exact(info.color_type.samples()) {
+                *tiles_image_pixels
+                    .next()
+                    .expect("vec2d size matching image dimensions") =
+                    if value.into_iter().all(|p| *p == 0) {
+                        parameters.zero
+                    } else {
+                        parameters.basic
+                    };
+            }
+        }
+
+        TileImage::<T>::new(tiles_image).split(3, 3)
     }
 }
 
@@ -26,6 +57,23 @@
         parameters: &LandGenerationParameters<T>,
         random_numbers: &mut I,
     ) -> land2d::Land2D<T> {
+        let tiles = self.load_template(parameters);
+
         todo!()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::WavefrontCollapseLandGenerator;
+    use crate::{LandGenerator, LandGenerationParameters};
+    use integral_geometry::Size;
+    use vec2d::Vec2D;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_generation() {
+        let wfc_gen =WavefrontCollapseLandGenerator::new();
+        let landgen_params = LandGenerationParameters::new(0u8, 255u8, 0, true, true);
+        wfc_gen.generate_land(&landgen_params, &mut std::iter::repeat(1u32));
+    }
+}