diff --git a/include/object/entity.hpp b/include/object/entity.hpp
index d7fae92..658833d 100644
--- a/include/object/entity.hpp
+++ b/include/object/entity.hpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ namespace Game::Object {
             std::string mName;
             std::shared_ptr<Game::Renderer::Texture> mTex;
             Transform mTransform;
+            bool mIsFlipped = false; // Whether the texture should be rendered flipped horizontally or not
             bool mIsActive;
             int mZIndex = 0; // For rendering order; higher zIndex renders on top of lower zIndex
             float mTiledScale = 1.f; // Only used if the texture is tiled, to determine how much to scale the texture when rendering (since the entire texture is rendered as a single tile, this is necessary to be able to have different sized tiles)
diff --git a/resources/l3ladja.png b/resources/l3ladja.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bf4595
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diff --git a/src/game/agame/player.cpp b/src/game/agame/player.cpp
index 9a39381..16e376c 100644
--- a/src/game/agame/player.cpp
+++ b/src/game/agame/player.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ namespace Game::AGame {
         int w, h;
         SDL_GetWindowSizeInPixels(Window::Window::getSDLWindowBackend(), &w, &h);
 
+        mTransform.scaleX = 8.f;
+        mTransform.scaleY = 8.f;
+
         mTransform.x -= mTex->getWidth() * mTransform.adjustedScaleX() / 2.f;
         mTransform.y -= mTex->getHeight() * mTransform.adjustedScaleY() / 2.f;
 
@@ -30,10 +33,10 @@ namespace Game::AGame {
         //Object::Camera::getInstance().move(1.f, 0.f);
 
         // Simple movement
-        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_W)) mTransform.y -= mSpeed * deltaTime;
-        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_S)) mTransform.y += mSpeed * deltaTime;
-        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_A)) mTransform.x -= mSpeed * deltaTime;
-        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_D)) mTransform.x += mSpeed * deltaTime;
+        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_W)) { mTransform.y -= mSpeed * deltaTime; }
+        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_S)) { mTransform.y += mSpeed * deltaTime; }
+        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_A)) { mTransform.x -= mSpeed * deltaTime; mIsFlipped = false; }
+        if (Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_D)) { mTransform.x += mSpeed * deltaTime; mIsFlipped = true; }
         mSpeed = Input::isKeyPressed(SDL_SCANCODE_LSHIFT) ? 400.f : 200.f;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 66e4393..b1c5464 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ int main() {
 
     //Object::Transform t1{100.f, 100.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f};
     State::GameState::getInstance().addEntity(std::make_unique<AGame::Background>("BG", std::make_shared<Game::Renderer::Texture>("../resources/bgtest.png", window.getRenderer()->getSDLRenderer()), Object::DEFAULT_TRANSFORM));
-    State::GameState::getInstance().addEntity(std::make_unique<AGame::Player>("Player", std::make_shared<Game::Renderer::Texture>("../resources/missing_texture.png", window.getRenderer()->getSDLRenderer()), Object::DEFAULT_TRANSFORM));
+    State::GameState::getInstance().addEntity(std::make_unique<AGame::Player>("Player", std::make_shared<Game::Renderer::Texture>("../resources/l3ladja.png", window.getRenderer()->getSDLRenderer()), Object::DEFAULT_TRANSFORM));
     //State::GameState::getInstance().addEntity(std::make_unique<AGame::Player>("Player2", std::make_shared<Game::Renderer::Font>("../resources/roboto.ttf", window.getRenderer()->getSDLRenderer(), 128, "Roboto"), t1));
 
     window.run();
diff --git a/src/object/entity.cpp b/src/object/entity.cpp
index b9edb2f..bb7029f 100644
--- a/src/object/entity.cpp
+++ b/src/object/entity.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace Game::Object {
                 &dst,
                 mTransform.rotation,
                 &center,
-                SDL_FLIP_NONE
+                mIsFlipped ? SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL : SDL_FLIP_NONE
             );
         } else {
             // Tiled rendering - render the texture repeatedly to fill the area defined by the entity's transform
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace Game::Object {
                         &dst,
                         mTransform.rotation,
                         nullptr, // No rotation center since each tile is rendered independently
-                        SDL_FLIP_NONE
+                        mIsFlipped ? SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL : SDL_FLIP_NONE
                     );
                     dst.y += dst.h; // Move down for the next tile in the column
                 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/texture.cpp b/src/renderer/texture.cpp
index 47b3abe..fc71349 100644
--- a/src/renderer/texture.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/texture.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ namespace Game::Renderer {
 
         mTex = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer, surf);
         SDL_DestroySurface(surf);
+
+        // Apply a more pixelated scaling mode, since this is a pixel art game and the default linear filtering causes unwanted blurring when textures are scaled up
+        if (mTex && !SDL_SetTextureScaleMode(mTex, SDL_SCALEMODE_NEAREST)) {
+            WARN("Failed to set texture scale mode to NEAREST for '" << mId << "': " << SDL_GetError());
+        }
     }
 
     Texture::Texture(const Texture& other) {