diff --git a/assets/actor.png b/assets/actor.png
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diff --git a/assets/chicken.png b/assets/chicken.png
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diff --git a/assets/pot.png b/assets/pot.png
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diff --git a/assets/shard.png b/assets/shard.png
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diff --git a/src/actors/chicken.js b/src/actors/chicken.js
index cc26186..22d916a 100644
--- a/src/actors/chicken.js
+++ b/src/actors/chicken.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function addChicken(k, world, tile) {
   const chicken = k.add([
     ...visual(k, "chicken"),
     k.pos(p),
-    k.area({ collisionIgnore: ["player", "link", "chicken"] }),
+    k.area({ collisionIgnore: ["player", "link", "chicken"], scale: 0.7 }),
     k.body(),
     k.state("idle", ["idle", "chase"]),
     "chicken",
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ export function addChicken(k, world, tile) {
     }
     if (chicken.wanderTarget) {
       const d = world.tc(chicken.wanderTarget).sub(chicken.pos);
-      if (d.len() > 2) chicken.move(d.unit().scale(CHICKEN_SPEED * 0.4));
-      else chicken.wanderTarget = null;
+      if (d.len() > 2) {
+        if (Math.abs(d.x) > 1) chicken.flipX = d.x < 0;
+        chicken.move(d.unit().scale(CHICKEN_SPEED * 0.4));
+      } else chicken.wanderTarget = null;
     }
   });
 
@@ -64,7 +66,10 @@ export function addChicken(k, world, tile) {
       return;
     }
     const d = tgt.pos.sub(chicken.pos);
-    if (d.len() > 2) chicken.move(d.unit().scale(CHICKEN_SPEED));
+    if (d.len() > 2) {
+      if (Math.abs(d.x) > 1) chicken.flipX = d.x < 0;
+      chicken.move(d.unit().scale(CHICKEN_SPEED));
+    }
   });
 
   chicken.onUpdate(() => {
diff --git a/src/actors/player.js b/src/actors/player.js
index 05b9289..550cabb 100644
--- a/src/actors/player.js
+++ b/src/actors/player.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function addPlayer(k, world) {
   const player = k.add([
     ...visual(k, "player"),
     k.pos(p),
-    k.area({ collisionIgnore: ["link", "chicken"] }),
+    k.area({ collisionIgnore: ["link", "chicken"], scale: 0.4 }),
     k.body(), // dynamic body: pushed out of static obstacles/walls
     "player",
   ]);
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index a7ac3da..5edb799 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ k.setGravity(0);
 
 // Actor sprites.
 k.loadSprite("link", "assets/link.png");
+k.loadSprite("grass", "assets/grasss.png");
+k.loadSprite("player", "assets/actor.png");
+k.loadSprite("shard", "assets/shard.png");
+k.loadSprite("chicken", "assets/chicken.png");
 
 // Background music. Browsers block autoplay until the user interacts, so start
 // looping on the first key/click and keep the handle across scene changes.
diff --git a/src/pots.js b/src/pots.js
index 38261ad..71dd5ad 100644
--- a/src/pots.js
+++ b/src/pots.js
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ function spawnShard(k, world, tile) {
   const s = k.add([
     ...visual(k, "shard"),
     k.pos(p.x + jx, p.y + jy),
-    k.area(),
+    k.area({ scale: 0.55 }),
     k.z(p.y),
-    k.rotate(k.rand() * 360),
+    k.rotate((k.rand() - 0.5) * 24), // slight tilt; keep debris upright-ish
     "shard",
   ]);
   return s;
diff --git a/src/sprites.js b/src/sprites.js
index 7ab4fd4..8c63b30 100644
--- a/src/sprites.js
+++ b/src/sprites.js
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ const SPEC = {
 // fall back to the placeholder shapes in SPEC.
 const SPRITES = {
   link: { name: "link", scale: 0.44 },
+  grass: { name: "grass", scale: 1.6 }, // 16px tile -> ~26px clump
+  player: { name: "player", scale: 0.13 }, // 428px art -> ~52px tall
+  shard: { name: "shard", scale: 0.085 }, // 500px debris -> ~26px clump
+  chicken: { name: "chicken", scale: 1.1 },
 };
 
 export function visual(k, kind) {