diff --git a/src/game/player.rs b/src/game/player.rs
index 4552bb1..123be38 100644
--- a/src/game/player.rs
+++ b/src/game/player.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use bevy::{
 };
 
 use bevy_rapier2d::prelude::*;
+use death::player_death_plugin;
 
 use crate::{AppState, METER};
 
@@ -18,13 +19,18 @@ use super::{
     PLAYER_DEPTH,
 };
 
-mod animation;
+mod camera {
+    use bevy::prelude::*;
 
-#[derive(Event)]
-enum PlayerDeathEvent {
-    Void,
-    EggDied,
+    #[derive(Component)]
+    struct CameraAttached;
 }
+
+mod movement {}
+
+mod animation;
+mod death;
+
 #[derive(Event)]
 struct RespawnPointSetEvent;
 
@@ -62,6 +68,7 @@ pub(super) fn player_plugin(app: &mut App) {
         )
             .in_set(IngameSet),
     )
+    .add_plugins(player_death_plugin)
     .init_resource::<PlayerSpawnOneshot>();
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +82,13 @@ enum PlayerAnimations {
 fn debug_player_pos(query: Query<&Transform, With<Player>>) {
     let trans = query.single();
 }
+
+/// what this system actually does:
+/// - move player
+/// - act as camera controller
+/// - control player animations (fair? i guess??)
+/// - set respawn points?!
+/// - check for player deaths to the void?!?!??
 fn move_player(
     mut commands: Commands,
     kb_input: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
@@ -147,11 +161,11 @@ fn move_player(
             }
         }
 
-        if p_transform.translation.y < -10. * player_coords.block_size {
-            commands.trigger(PlayerDeathEvent::Void);
-            p_transform.translation =
-                Vec2::new(player_coords.x, player_coords.y).extend(PLAYER_DEPTH);
-        }
+        // if p_transform.translation.y < -10. * player_coords.block_size {
+        //     commands.trigger(death::PlayerDeathEvent::Void);
+        //     p_transform.translation =
+        //         Vec2::new(player_coords.x, player_coords.y).extend(PLAYER_DEPTH);
+        // }
         player.last_grounded += 1;
     }
 }
@@ -215,24 +229,11 @@ fn add_player(
             }),
         ))
         .insert(KinematicCharacterController {
-            //translation: todo!(),
-            //custom_shape: todo!(),
             custom_mass: Some(10000.0),
-            //up: todo!(),
             offset: CharacterLength::Absolute(0.01),
             slide: true,
-            //autostep: Some(CharacterAutostep {
-            //    max_height: CharacterLength::Relative(0.1),
-            //    min_width: CharacterLength::Absolute(1.0),
-            //    include_dynamic_bodies: false,
-            //}),
-            //max_slope_climb_angle: todo!(),
-            //min_slope_slide_angle: todo!(),
             apply_impulse_to_dynamic_bodies: true,
             snap_to_ground: Some(CharacterLength::Absolute(0.5)),
-            //filter_flags: todo!(),
-            //filter_groups: todo!(),
-            // normal_nudge_factor: 1.,
             ..Default::default()
         });
 }
diff --git a/src/game/player/death.rs b/src/game/player/death.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87f306d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/game/player/death.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::game::{scene::PlayerCoords, set::IngameSet, PLAYER_DEPTH};
+
+use super::Player;
+
+const VOID_DEATH_Y_THRESHOLD: f32 = -10.;
+
+#[derive(Event)]
+pub(crate) enum PlayerDeathEvent {
+    Void,
+    // this should probably be handled as a game over instead?
+    // do we even keep this in the game? probably?
+    EggDied,
+}
+
+pub fn player_death_plugin(app: &mut App) {
+    app.add_event::<PlayerDeathEvent>()
+        .add_systems(Update, (check_void_death, respawn_player).in_set(IngameSet));
+}
+
+fn check_void_death(
+    mut ev_death: EventWriter<PlayerDeathEvent>,
+    query: Query<&Transform, With<Player>>,
+    // i am currently unsure wtf this actually does
+    // my suspicions:
+    // - store the player respawn point coords
+    // - store the world blocks size, whyever that's not a const???
+    player_coords: Res<PlayerCoords>,
+) {
+    let player_transform = query.single();
+
+    // why multiply with block_size here?
+    if player_transform.translation.y < VOID_DEATH_Y_THRESHOLD * player_coords.block_size {
+        ev_death.send(PlayerDeathEvent::Void);
+    }
+}
+
+fn respawn_player(
+    mut ev_death: EventReader<PlayerDeathEvent>,
+    mut query: Query<&mut Transform, With<Player>>,
+    player_coords: Res<PlayerCoords>,
+) {
+    let mut player_transform = query.single_mut();
+    for ev in ev_death.read() {
+        player_transform.translation =
+            Vec2::new(player_coords.x, player_coords.y).extend(PLAYER_DEPTH);
+    }
+}