diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java
index 9c8b490df483b17ae295a4ecfe3f275f4c34990e..3882c1e0910fa85dfd653a439af08406de48d0ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Model.Entity.EntityFactory;
 import de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Model.Entity.EntityType;
 import de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Model.Entity.IEntity;
 import de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Model.Inputs.InputHandler;
+import de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Model.Map.TileManager;
 
 import javafx.animation.AnimationTimer;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
@@ -31,14 +32,42 @@ public class GameSceneController implements Initializable {
     IEntity player;
     IEntity enemy;
 
+    TileManager tileManager;
+
+    //map data
+    String mapString =  "4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 " +
+                        "4 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 " +
+                        "4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 " +
+                        "4 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 " +
+                        "4 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 " +
+                        "4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3";
+    int horizontalTileCount = 18;
+    int verticalTileCount = 18;
+    int diffTileCount = 5;
+
 
     @Override
     public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle resourceBundle) {
         graphicsContext2D = canvas2D.getGraphicsContext2D();
+        graphicsContext2D.setImageSmoothing(false);
 
         player = EntityFactory.createEntity(EntityType.PLAYER, graphicsContext2D, inputHandler);
         enemy = EntityFactory.createEntity(EntityType.ENEMY_PLAYER, graphicsContext2D, inputHandler);
 
+        tileManager = new TileManager(graphicsContext2D, diffTileCount, horizontalTileCount, verticalTileCount, mapString);
+
         AnimationTimer gameLoop = new AnimationTimer() {
             @Override
             public void handle(long l) {
@@ -58,6 +87,7 @@ public class GameSceneController implements Initializable {
     }
 
     private void renderContent(GraphicsContext graphicsContext) {
+        tileManager.renderMap();
         player.renderEntity(graphicsContext);
         enemy.renderEntity(graphicsContext);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Entity/Player.java b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Entity/Player.java
index 838affe1b64f8a582f9b722e102c15b6cf735f92..f3242a2dc72b074b55fe35869a4941d36d141ce2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Entity/Player.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Entity/Player.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Player implements IEntity {
         mapPosX = 10;
         mapPosY = 10;
         boxCollider = new BoundingBox(mapPosX+15,mapPosY+10, playerWidth, playerHeight);
-        playerSpeed = 3;
+        playerSpeed = 5;
         playerDirection = EntityDirection.DOWN;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Map/TileManager.java b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Map/TileManager.java
index 885d23082071f17dea32bac8ec2efcd8eaffefc7..cc320b3a4319b544d2348a7d2cf9ae4b844a6ba1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Map/TileManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/Map/TileManager.java
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ public class TileManager {
     private final ITile[] tileSet;
     private final int[][] tileMap;
 
+    private final int horizontalTileCount;
+    private final int verticalTileCount;
+
     public TileManager(GraphicsContext graphicsContext2D, int diffTileCount,
                        int horizontalTileCount, int verticalTileCount, String mapString) {
         this.graphicsContext2D = graphicsContext2D;
+        this.horizontalTileCount = horizontalTileCount;
+        this.verticalTileCount = verticalTileCount;
 
         tileSet = new BackgroundTile[diffTileCount];
         tileMap = new int[horizontalTileCount][verticalTileCount];
@@ -30,9 +35,15 @@ public class TileManager {
     private void createTiles() {
         try {
             tileSet[0] = TileFactory.createTile(TileType.WALKABLE,
-                    new Image(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/textures/map/mapPlaceholder.png"))));
-            tileSet[1] = TileFactory.createTile(TileType.NON_WALKABLE,
-                    new Image(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/textures/map/stoneExampleTexture.png"))));
+                    new Image(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/textures/map/Grass01.png"))));
+            tileSet[1] = TileFactory.createTile(TileType.WALKABLE,
+                    new Image(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/textures/map/Grass02.png"))));
+            tileSet[2] = TileFactory.createTile(TileType.WALKABLE,
+                    new Image(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/textures/map/Grass04.png"))));
+            tileSet[3] = TileFactory.createTile(TileType.NON_WALKABLE,
+                    new Image(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/textures/map/Stone01.png"))));
+            tileSet[4] = TileFactory.createTile(TileType.NON_WALKABLE,
+                    new Image(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/textures/map/Stone02.png"))));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error(e);
         }
@@ -51,7 +62,7 @@ public class TileManager {
         }
     }
 
-    public void renderMap(int horizontalTileCount, int verticalTileCount) {
+    public void renderMap() {
         int currentTile;
         int scaledTileSize = 48; //todo: later replace "48" with value from gameScene.
         int tilePosX;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/GameScene.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/GameScene.fxml
index f6f5b8cd737838ead77cba00d573bf5bf630dca6..f046db58280a8ea339f035b1879ac8e6e73b8115 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/GameScene.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/GameScene.fxml
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane?>
 
-
-<AnchorPane prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/19" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Controller.GameSceneController">
+<AnchorPane prefHeight="864.0" prefWidth="864.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/19" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Controller.GameSceneController">
    <children>
       <StackPane prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
          <children>
-            <Canvas fx:id="canvas2D" height="400.0" width="600.0" />
+            <Canvas fx:id="canvas2D" height="864.0" width="864.0" />
          </children>
       </StackPane>
    </children>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/map/Grass01.png b/src/main/resources/textures/map/Grass01.png
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/map/Grass02.png b/src/main/resources/textures/map/Grass02.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/map/Grass04.png b/src/main/resources/textures/map/Grass04.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4ce012b5eac6c41488efe96c5f66eb43c28c98ce
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/map/Stone01.png b/src/main/resources/textures/map/Stone01.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/map/Stone02.png b/src/main/resources/textures/map/Stone02.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/map/mapPlaceholder.png b/src/main/resources/textures/map/mapPlaceholder.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/map/stoneExampleTexture.png b/src/main/resources/textures/map/stoneExampleTexture.png
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