diff --git a/backend/src/errno_shim.hpp b/backend/src/errno_shim.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9646f47..0000000
--- a/backend/src/errno_shim.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include <cerrno>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <format>
-#include <string_view>
-
-namespace mst {
-auto inline errno_shim(std::string_view message) -> std::string
-{
-    return std::format("{} ({})", message, strerror(errno));
-}
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/event_loop.cpp b/backend/src/event_loop.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 70ecc32..0000000
--- a/backend/src/event_loop.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-#include "event_loop.hpp"
-#include "errno_shim.hpp"
-#include "server.hpp"
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <print>
-#include <stdexcept>
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
-#include <utility>
-
-#define CHECK(EXPR)                                                            \
-    do {                                                                       \
-        if (!(EXPR).has_value()) [[unlikely]] {                                \
-            return std::unexpected((EXPR).error());                            \
-        }                                                                      \
-    } while (false)
-
-namespace mst::event {
-auto Event::fd() -> int
-{
-    switch (this->kind) {
-        case mst::event::EventKind::Server: {
-            auto& ref = std::get<std::unique_ptr<mst::Server>>(this->data);
-            return ref->fd();
-            break;
-        }
-        case mst::event::EventKind::Client: {
-            auto& ref = std::get<std::unique_ptr<mst::Client>>(this->data);
-            return ref->fd();
-        }
-        default:
-            std::unreachable();
-    }
-}
-auto Manager::start() -> Result<void>
-{
-    epoll_event events[128] = { };
-    while (true) {
-        auto events_len = ::epoll_wait(this->epoll_fd, events, 128, -1);
-        if (events_len < 0) {
-            return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not poll"));
-        }
-        for (int i = 0; i < events_len; ++i) {
-            auto event = (mst::event::Event*)events[i].data.ptr;
-            switch (event->kind) {
-                case mst::event::EventKind::Server: {
-                    auto& ref
-                        = std::get<std::unique_ptr<mst::Server>>(event->data);
-                    auto res = ref->wake(*this);
-                    CHECK(res);
-                    break;
-                }
-                case mst::event::EventKind::Client: {
-                    auto& ref
-                        = std::get<std::unique_ptr<mst::Client>>(event->data);
-                    auto res = ref->wake();
-                    CHECK(res);
-                    auto do_now = res.value();
-                    if (do_now == Client::lllll::Disconnect) {
-                        CHECK(this->deregister_event(ref->fd()));
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-                default:
-                    std::unreachable();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-auto Manager::register_event(std::unique_ptr<Event> event, int fd)
-    -> Result<void>
-{
-    this->events.emplace_back(std::move(event));
-    auto poll_event = epoll_event { .events = EPOLLIN,
-        .data = { .ptr = events.back().get() } };
-
-    if (::epoll_ctl(this->epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &poll_event) < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not add listener to epoll"));
-    }
-    return { };
-}
-
-auto Manager::deregister_event(int fd) -> Result<void>
-{
-    auto poll_event = epoll_event { .events = EPOLLIN, .data = { } };
-    if (::epoll_ctl(this->epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, &poll_event) < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(
-            errno_shim("could not remove listener to epoll"));
-    }
-    size_t idx = this->events.size();
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < this->events.size(); ++i) {
-        if (this->events[i]->fd() == fd) {
-            idx = i;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (idx == this->events.size()) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("contract broken");
-    }
-
-    this->events.erase(std::find_if(this->events.begin(),
-        this->events.end(),
-        [&](auto& e) { return e->fd() == fd; }));
-
-    return { };
-}
-
-auto Manager::create() -> Result<Manager>
-{
-    auto epoll_fd = ::epoll_create1(0);
-    if (epoll_fd < 0) {
-        std::unexpected(mst::errno_shim("could not create epoll"));
-    }
-
-    return Manager(epoll_fd);
-}
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/event_loop.hpp b/backend/src/event_loop.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 4789f40..0000000
--- a/backend/src/event_loop.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include "errno_shim.hpp"
-#include "result.hpp"
-#include "server.hpp"
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <memory>
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
-#include <utility>
-#include <variant>
-#include <vector>
-
-namespace mst {
-class Server;
-class Client;
-namespace event {
-    enum class EventKind {
-        Server,
-        Client,
-    };
-    class Event {
-    public:
-        Event(std::variant<std::unique_ptr<mst::Server>,
-            std::unique_ptr<mst::Client>> data)
-            : data(std::move(data))
-            , kind(data.index() == 0 ? EventKind::Server : EventKind::Client)
-        {
-        }
-        auto fd() -> int;
-
-        std::variant<std::unique_ptr<mst::Server>, std::unique_ptr<mst::Client>>
-            data;
-        EventKind kind;
-    };
-
-    template <typename Data>
-    static auto make_event(Data&& data) -> std::unique_ptr<Event>
-    {
-        return std::make_unique<Event>(std::make_unique<Data>(std::move(data)));
-    }
-
-    class Manager {
-    public:
-        auto start() -> Result<void>;
-        auto register_event(std::unique_ptr<Event> event, int fd)
-            -> Result<void>;
-        auto deregister_event(int fd) -> Result<void>;
-        static auto create() -> Result<Manager>;
-
-    private:
-        int epoll_fd;
-        std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Event>> events;
-        Manager(int epoll_fd)
-            : epoll_fd(epoll_fd) { };
-    };
-}
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/main.cpp b/backend/src/main.cpp
index 343ae8f..a1d9dcf 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.cpp
+++ b/backend/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-#include "server2.hpp"
-// #include "event_loop.hpp"
 #include "json.hpp"
 #include "mqtt.hpp"
-// #include "server.hpp"
+#include "server2.hpp"
 #include <print>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string_view>
@@ -53,17 +51,6 @@ int main(void)
         }
     });
 
-    // auto mgr = mst::event::Manager::create().value();
-    // auto x = mst::Server::bind(mgr, "0.0.0.0", PORT);
-    // if (!x) {
-    //     std::println("{}", x.error());
-    //     return 1;
-    // }
-    // std::println("starting");
-    // {
-    //     auto x = mgr.start();
-    // }
-
     server.listen();
 
     mqtt_thread.join();
diff --git a/backend/src/server.cpp b/backend/src/server.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 82c8c2f..0000000
--- a/backend/src/server.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#include "server.hpp"
-#include "event_loop.hpp"
-#include <print>
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
-
-namespace mst {
-
-auto Client::wake() -> Result<Client::lllll>
-{
-    uint8_t buffer[128] = { };
-    auto x = this->connection.read(buffer, 128);
-    if (!x) {
-        return std::unexpected(x.error());
-    }
-    auto bytes_read = x.value();
-    if (bytes_read == 0) {
-        return { Client::lllll::Disconnect };
-    }
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < bytes_read; ++i) {
-        std::println("{:c}", buffer[i]);
-    }
-
-    return { Client::lllll::Ok };
-}
-
-auto Server::bind(
-    mst::event::Manager& mgr, const std::string& host, uint16_t port)
-    -> Result<void>
-{
-    auto x = TcpListener::bind(host, port);
-    if (!x) {
-        return std::unexpected(x.error());
-    }
-    auto listener = x.value();
-    auto res
-        = mgr.register_event(event::make_event(Server(listener)), listener.fd);
-    if (!res) {
-        return std::unexpected(res.error());
-    }
-    return { };
-}
-
-auto Server::wake(event::Manager& mgr) -> Result<void>
-{
-    auto x = this->listener.accept();
-    auto connection = x.value();
-
-    auto res = mgr.register_event(
-        event::make_event(mst::Client(*this, connection)), connection.fd);
-
-    if (!res) {
-        return std::unexpected(res.error());
-    }
-    return { };
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/server.hpp b/backend/src/server.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 54af2f7..0000000
--- a/backend/src/server.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "event_loop.hpp"
-#include "tcp.hpp"
-
-namespace mst {
-
-namespace event {
-    class Manager;
-}
-
-class Server {
-public:
-    auto wake(mst::event::Manager& mgr) -> Result<void>;
-    static auto bind(
-        mst::event::Manager& mgr, const std::string& host, uint16_t port)
-        -> Result<void>;
-    auto fd() -> int
-    {
-        return this->listener.fd;
-    };
-
-private:
-    TcpListener listener;
-
-    Server(TcpListener listener)
-        : listener(listener)
-    {
-    }
-};
-
-class Client {
-
-public:
-    enum class lllll {
-        Ok,
-        Disconnect,
-    };
-    auto wake() -> Result<lllll>;
-    auto fd() -> int
-    {
-        return this->connection.fd;
-    };
-
-    Client(Server&, TcpConnection connection)
-        : connection(connection)
-    {
-    }
-
-private:
-    TcpConnection connection;
-};
-
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/tcp.cpp b/backend/src/tcp.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ec053a..0000000
--- a/backend/src/tcp.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#include "tcp.hpp"
-#include "errno_shim.hpp"
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <expected>
-#include <netdb.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-namespace mst {
-
-auto TcpConnection::write(uint8_t* buffer, size_t len) -> Result<size_t>
-{
-    ssize_t bytes_written = ::write(this->fd, buffer, len);
-    if (bytes_written < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not write bytes"));
-    }
-    return bytes_written;
-}
-
-auto TcpConnection::read(uint8_t* buffer, size_t len) -> Result<size_t>
-{
-    ssize_t bytes_read = ::recv(this->fd, buffer, len, 0);
-    if (bytes_read < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not read bytes"));
-    }
-    return bytes_read;
-}
-
-auto TcpListener::bind(const std::string& host, uint16_t port)
-    -> Result<TcpListener>
-{
-    int socket_fd = 0;
-    if ((socket_fd = ::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not get socket"));
-    }
-
-    struct sockaddr_in address = {
-        .sin_family = AF_INET,
-        .sin_port = ::htons(port),
-        .sin_addr = in_addr { .s_addr = ::inet_addr(host.c_str()) },
-        .sin_zero = { },
-    };
-
-    // enable immediate reuse of socket address
-    // see socket(7) about SO_REUSEADDR
-    // > Argument is an integer boolean flag.
-    int reuse_address = true;
-    if (::setsockopt(socket_fd,
-            SOL_SOCKET,
-            SO_REUSEADDR,
-            &reuse_address,
-            sizeof(reuse_address))) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not configure socket"));
-    }
-
-    if (::bind(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&address, sizeof(address)) < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not bind"));
-    }
-
-    if (::listen(socket_fd, 0) < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not listen"));
-    }
-
-    return TcpListener(address, socket_fd);
-}
-
-auto TcpListener::accept() -> Result<TcpConnection>
-{
-    socklen_t size = sizeof(this->address);
-    int client = ::accept(this->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&address, &size);
-    if (client < 0) {
-        return std::unexpected(errno_shim("could not accept"));
-    }
-
-    return TcpConnection(*this, client);
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/tcp.hpp b/backend/src/tcp.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b1ce2ca..0000000
--- a/backend/src/tcp.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "result.hpp"
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-namespace mst {
-
-class TcpListener;
-
-class TcpConnection {
-public:
-    auto write(uint8_t* buffer, size_t len) -> Result<size_t>;
-    auto read(uint8_t* buffer, size_t len) -> Result<size_t>;
-    TcpConnection(TcpListener&, int fd)
-        : fd(fd) { };
-
-    int fd;
-};
-
-class TcpListener {
-
-public:
-    static auto bind(const std::string& host, uint16_t port)
-        -> Result<TcpListener>;
-    auto accept() -> Result<TcpConnection>;
-    int fd;
-
-private:
-    TcpListener(sockaddr_in address, int fd)
-        : fd(fd)
-        , address(address) { };
-    sockaddr_in address;
-};
-}
diff --git a/game/src/event_queue.rs b/game/src/event_queue.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 91e59a4..0000000
--- a/game/src/event_queue.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-use std::collections::VecDeque;
-
-pub enum Event {
-    Skateboard {
-        x: f64,
-        y: f64,
-        z: f64,
-        a: f64,
-        b: f64,
-        c: f64,
-    },
-}
-pub struct EventQueue {
-    queue: VecDeque<Event>,
-}
-
-impl EventQueue {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            queue: VecDeque::new(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn poll(&mut self) -> Option<Event> {
-        self.queue.pop_front()
-    }
-
-    pub fn push(&mut self, event: Event) {
-        self.queue.push_back(event);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/game/src/main.rs b/game/src/main.rs
index b0fe332..4daf519 100644
--- a/game/src/main.rs
+++ b/game/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
 mod engine;
-mod event_queue;
 mod server2;
-pub mod vermiparous;
 
 use core::panic;
 use std::{
@@ -16,9 +14,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use crate::{
     engine::{Color, Key, Renderer, Scene, Shape, V2, V3},
-    event_queue::EventQueue,
     server2::Server2,
-    vermiparous::Server,
 };
 
 struct Skateboard {
@@ -159,12 +155,11 @@ struct Game {
     segments: Vec<Segment>,
     camera_pos: V3,
     next_object_id: u32,
-    event_queue: Arc<Mutex<EventQueue>>,
     keys_pressed: HashSet<Key>,
 }
 
 impl Game {
-    fn new(event_queue: Arc<Mutex<EventQueue>>) -> Self {
+    fn new() -> Self {
         let start_pos = V3(0.0, -0.15, -0.4);
         Self {
             skateboard: Skateboard {
@@ -179,7 +174,6 @@ impl Game {
             camera_pos: V3(0.0, 0.0, -1.0),
             segments: Vec::new(),
             next_object_id: 0,
-            event_queue,
             keys_pressed: HashSet::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -404,8 +398,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     t.join().unwrap();
 
     let mut sdl_io = engine::SdlIo::new()?;
-    let event_queue = Arc::new(Mutex::new(EventQueue::new()));
-    let mut game = Game::new(event_queue.clone());
+    let mut game = Game::new();
     let segments: Vec<Segment> = vec![Segment::new(
         0,
         vec![Obstacle {
diff --git a/game/src/vermiparous.rs b/game/src/vermiparous.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 361ae20..0000000
--- a/game/src/vermiparous.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-use std::{
-    io::{BufRead, BufReader},
-    net::TcpStream,
-    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
-};
-
-use crate::event_queue::{Event, EventQueue};
-
-pub struct Server(TcpStream);
-
-impl Server {
-    pub fn start(mut self, event_queue: Arc<Mutex<EventQueue>>) {
-        loop {
-            let data = match self.read() {
-                Ok(data) => data,
-                Err(err) => {
-                    println!("{}", err);
-                    continue;
-                }
-            };
-            event_queue.lock().unwrap().push(data);
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn bind(addr: &str) -> Self {
-        Server(TcpStream::connect(addr).unwrap())
-    }
-
-    fn get_fallible(data: &[f64], idx: usize) -> Result<f64, String> {
-        data.get(idx)
-            .cloned()
-            .ok_or_else(|| format!("protocol error: {idx}"))
-    }
-
-    pub fn read(&mut self) -> Result<Event, String> {
-        let mut reader = BufReader::new(&mut self.0);
-        let mut data = String::new();
-        reader
-            .read_line(&mut data)
-            .map_err(|err| format!("io error: {err}"))?;
-        let data = data
-            .split(",")
-            .map(|x| x.parse::<f64>())
-            .collect::<Result<Vec<f64>, _>>();
-        let data = data.map_err(|err| format!("protocol error: {err}"))?;
-
-        Ok(Event::Skateboard {
-            x: Self::get_fallible(&data, 0)?,
-            y: Self::get_fallible(&data, 1)?,
-            z: Self::get_fallible(&data, 2)?,
-            a: Self::get_fallible(&data, 3)?,
-            b: Self::get_fallible(&data, 4)?,
-            c: Self::get_fallible(&data, 5)?,
-        })
-    }
-}