diff --git a/ggdt/Cargo.toml b/ggdt/Cargo.toml
index f3a4e6e..8152c3a 100644
--- a/ggdt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ggdt/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ thiserror = "=1.0.30"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 num-traits = "0.2.14"
 bitflags = "1.3"
+flate2 = "1.0.25"
+crc32fast = "1.3.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
 sdl2 = { git = "https://github.com/Rust-SDL2/rust-sdl2/", rev = "819ab438ac971a922d6ee1da558822002d343b4e", features = ["static-link", "bundled", "use-pkgconfig", "unsafe_textures"] }
diff --git a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/mod.rs b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/mod.rs
index c42e4b2..6b5205c 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/mod.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub mod gif;
 pub mod iff;
 pub mod indexed;
 pub mod pcx;
+pub mod png;
 pub mod primitives;
 pub mod rgb;
 
diff --git a/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/png.rs b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/png.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf8fde0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggdt/src/graphics/bitmap/png.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,401 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::hash::Hasher;
+use std::io;
+use std::io::{BufReader, BufWriter, Seek};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::Bitmap;
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::indexed::IndexedBitmap;
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::rgb::RgbaBitmap;
+use crate::graphics::palette::Palette;
+use crate::graphics::Pixel;
+use crate::prelude::{PaletteError, PaletteFormat, to_argb32, to_rgb32};
+use crate::utils::bytes::ReadFixedLengthByteArray;
+
+const PNG_HEADER: [u8; 8] = [0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a];
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum PngError {
+	#[error("Bad or unsupported PNG file: {0}")]
+	BadFile(String),
+
+	#[error("PNG palette data error")]
+	BadPalette(#[from] PaletteError),
+
+	#[error("Unsupported IHDR color format: {0}")]
+	UnsupportedColorType(u8),
+
+	#[error("PNG I/O error")]
+	IOError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum ColorFormat {
+	Grayscale = 0,
+	RGB = 2,
+	IndexedColor = 3,
+	GrayscaleAlpha = 4,
+	RGBA = 6,
+}
+
+impl ColorFormat {
+	pub fn from(value: u8) -> Result<Self, PngError> {
+		use ColorFormat::*;
+		match value {
+			0 => Ok(Grayscale),
+			2 => Ok(RGB),
+			3 => Ok(IndexedColor),
+			4 => Ok(GrayscaleAlpha),
+			6 => Ok(RGBA),
+			_ => Err(PngError::UnsupportedColorType(value)),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+struct ChunkHeader {
+	size: u32,
+	name: [u8; 4],
+}
+
+impl ChunkHeader {
+	pub fn read<T: ReadBytesExt>(reader: &mut T) -> Result<Self, PngError> {
+		Ok(ChunkHeader {
+			size: reader.read_u32::<BigEndian>()?,
+			name: reader.read_bytes()?,
+		})
+	}
+
+	pub fn write<T: WriteBytesExt>(&self, writer: &mut T) -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		writer.write_u32::<BigEndian>(self.size)?;
+		writer.write(&self.name)?;
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+struct ImageHeaderChunk {
+	width: u32,
+	height: u32,
+	bpp: u8,
+	format: ColorFormat,
+	compression: u8,
+	filter: u8,
+	interlace: u8,
+}
+
+impl ImageHeaderChunk {
+	pub fn read<T: ReadBytesExt>(reader: &mut T) -> Result<Self, PngError> {
+		Ok(ImageHeaderChunk {
+			width: reader.read_u32::<BigEndian>()?,
+			height: reader.read_u32::<BigEndian>()?,
+			bpp: reader.read_u8()?,
+			format: ColorFormat::from(reader.read_u8()?)?,
+			compression: reader.read_u8()?,
+			filter: reader.read_u8()?,
+			interlace: reader.read_u8()?,
+		})
+	}
+
+	pub fn write<T: WriteBytesExt>(&self, writer: &mut T) -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		writer.write_u32::<BigEndian>(self.width)?;
+		writer.write_u32::<BigEndian>(self.height)?;
+		writer.write_u8(self.bpp)?;
+		writer.write_u8(self.format as u8)?;
+		writer.write_u8(self.compression)?;
+		writer.write_u8(self.filter)?;
+		writer.write_u8(self.interlace)?;
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
+
+fn read_chunk_data<T: ReadBytesExt>(reader: &mut T, chunk_header: &ChunkHeader) -> Result<Vec<u8>, PngError> {
+	let mut chunk_bytes = vec![0u8; chunk_header.size as usize];
+	reader.read_exact(&mut chunk_bytes)?;
+
+	let mut hasher = crc32fast::Hasher::new();
+	hasher.write(&chunk_header.name);
+	hasher.write(&chunk_bytes);
+	let actual_checksum = hasher.finalize();
+	let expected_checksum = reader.read_u32::<BigEndian>()?;
+	if actual_checksum != expected_checksum {
+		return Err(PngError::BadFile(format!("Chunk checksum verification failed for chunk {:?}", chunk_header)));
+	}
+	Ok(chunk_bytes)
+}
+
+fn find_chunk<T: ReadBytesExt>(reader: &mut T, chunk_name: [u8; 4]) -> Result<ChunkHeader, PngError> {
+	loop {
+		let chunk_header = match ChunkHeader::read(reader) {
+			Ok(chunk_header) => chunk_header,
+			Err(err) => return Err(err),
+		};
+
+		if chunk_header.name == chunk_name {
+			return Ok(chunk_header);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+trait PixelReader<PixelType: Pixel> {
+	fn next_pixel<T: ReadBytesExt>(&mut self, reader: &mut T) -> Result<PixelType, PngError>;
+}
+
+struct PixelDecoder<PixelType: Pixel> {
+	bitmap: Bitmap<PixelType>,
+	header: ImageHeaderChunk,
+	palette: Option<Palette>,
+	x: u32,
+	y: u32,
+	filter: u8,
+	num_pixels_read: usize,
+}
+
+impl PixelReader<u8> for PixelDecoder<u8> {
+	fn next_pixel<T: ReadBytesExt>(&mut self, reader: &mut T) -> Result<u8, PngError> {
+		match self.header.format {
+			ColorFormat::IndexedColor => {
+				Ok(reader.read_u8()?)
+			}
+			_ => return Err(PngError::BadFile(format!("Unsupported color format: {:?}", self.header.format))),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl PixelReader<u32> for PixelDecoder<u32> {
+	fn next_pixel<T: ReadBytesExt>(&mut self, reader: &mut T) -> Result<u32, PngError> {
+		match self.header.format {
+			ColorFormat::IndexedColor => {
+				let color = reader.read_u8()?;
+				if let Some(palette) = &self.palette {
+					Ok(palette[color])
+				} else {
+					return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("No palette to map indexed-color format pixels to RGBA format destination")));
+				}
+			}
+			ColorFormat::RGB => {
+				let r = reader.read_u8()?;
+				let g = reader.read_u8()?;
+				let b = reader.read_u8()?;
+				Ok(to_rgb32(r, g, b))
+			}
+			ColorFormat::RGBA => {
+				let r = reader.read_u8()?;
+				let g = reader.read_u8()?;
+				let b = reader.read_u8()?;
+				let a = reader.read_u8()?;
+				Ok(to_argb32(a, r, g, b))
+			}
+			_ => return Err(PngError::BadFile(format!("Unsupported color format: {:?}", self.header.format))),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl<PixelType> PixelDecoder<PixelType>
+where
+	Self: PixelReader<PixelType>,
+	PixelType: Pixel
+{
+	pub fn new(header: ImageHeaderChunk, palette: Option<Palette>) -> Self {
+		PixelDecoder {
+			bitmap: Bitmap::internal_new(header.width, header.height).unwrap(),
+			header,
+			palette,
+			x: 0,
+			y: 0,
+			filter: 0,
+			num_pixels_read: 0,
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn decode(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		let mut decoder = flate2::read::ZlibDecoder::new(data);
+
+		while self.y < self.bitmap.height {
+			while self.x < self.bitmap.width {
+				if self.x == 0 {
+					self.filter = decoder.read_u8()?;
+				}
+
+				// TODO: handle filters
+
+				let pixel = self.next_pixel(&mut decoder)?;
+				// TODO: we can make this a bit more efficient ...
+				unsafe { self.bitmap.set_pixel_unchecked(self.x as i32, self.y as i32, pixel); }
+				self.num_pixels_read += 1;
+
+				self.x += 1;
+			}
+			self.x = 0;
+			self.y += 1;
+		}
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	pub fn finalize(self) -> Result<(Bitmap<PixelType>, Option<Palette>), PngError> {
+		if self.num_pixels_read != self.bitmap.pixels.len() {
+			return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("PNG file did not contain enough pixel data for the full image. Possibly corrupt or truncated?")));
+		} else {
+			Ok((self.bitmap, self.palette))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+fn load_png_bytes<Reader, PixelType>(
+	reader: &mut Reader
+) -> Result<(Bitmap<PixelType>, Option<Palette>), PngError>
+where
+	Reader: ReadBytesExt + Seek,
+	PixelType: Pixel,
+	PixelDecoder<PixelType>: PixelReader<PixelType>
+{
+	let header: [u8; 8] = reader.read_bytes()?;
+	if header != PNG_HEADER {
+		return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("Unexpected 8-byte header, probably not a PNG file")));
+	}
+
+	// get the IHDR chunk first
+
+	let chunk_header = match find_chunk(reader, *b"IHDR") {
+		Ok(header) => header,
+		Err(PngError::IOError(io_error)) if io_error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
+			return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("No IHDR chunk found, probably not a PNG file")));
+		}
+		Err(err) => return Err(err),
+	};
+	let chunk_bytes = read_chunk_data(reader, &chunk_header)?;
+	let ihdr = ImageHeaderChunk::read(&mut chunk_bytes.as_slice())?;
+
+	// file format validations based on the limited subset of PNGs we will be supporting
+
+	if ihdr.bpp != 8 {
+		return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("Unsupported color bit depth.")));
+	}
+	if ihdr.format != ColorFormat::IndexedColor
+		&& ihdr.format != ColorFormat::RGB
+		&& ihdr.format != ColorFormat::RGBA {
+		return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("Unsupported pixel color format.")));
+	}
+	if ihdr.compression != 0 {
+		return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("Unsupported compression method.")));
+	}
+	if ihdr.filter != 0 {
+		return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("Unsupported filter method.")));
+	}
+	if ihdr.interlace != 0 {
+		return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("Interlaced images are not supported.")));
+	}
+
+	// if this is an indexed-color PNG, we expect to find a PLTE chunk next (or at least before the IDAT chunks)
+
+	let palette = if ihdr.format == ColorFormat::IndexedColor {
+		let chunk_header = match find_chunk(reader, *b"PLTE") {
+			Ok(header) => header,
+			Err(PngError::IOError(io_error)) if io_error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
+				return Err(PngError::BadFile(String::from("No PLTE chunk found in an indexed-color PNG")));
+			}
+			Err(err) => return Err(err),
+		};
+
+		let chunk_bytes = read_chunk_data(reader, &chunk_header)?;
+		let num_colors = (chunk_header.size / 3) as usize;
+		Some(Palette::load_num_colors_from_bytes(
+			&mut chunk_bytes.as_slice(),
+			PaletteFormat::Normal,
+			num_colors,
+		)?)
+	} else {
+		None
+	};
+
+	// now we're just looking for IDAT chunks. keep reading these chunks only, ignoring all others.
+	// TODO: some way to read and decompress this data on the fly, without needing to read it all in?
+	//       it looks like chunk boundaries just arbitrarily cut off the deflate stream (that is, each
+	//       chunk is not a separate deflate stream with just more data). so we'd need some deflate
+	//       decompressor that can stream its input (compressed) byte stream too ...
+
+	let mut pixel_decoder = PixelDecoder::new(ihdr, palette);
+	let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+	loop {
+		let chunk_header = match find_chunk(reader, *b"IDAT") {
+			Ok(header) => header,
+			Err(PngError::IOError(io_error)) if io_error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => break,
+			Err(err) => return Err(err),
+		};
+
+		buffer.append(&mut read_chunk_data(reader, &chunk_header)?);
+	}
+
+	pixel_decoder.decode(&buffer)?;
+	Ok(pixel_decoder.finalize()?)
+}
+
+impl IndexedBitmap {
+	pub fn load_png_bytes<T: ReadBytesExt + Seek>(
+		reader: &mut T,
+	) -> Result<(IndexedBitmap, Option<Palette>), PngError> {
+		load_png_bytes(reader)
+	}
+
+	pub fn load_png_file(path: &Path) -> Result<(IndexedBitmap, Option<Palette>), PngError> {
+		let f = File::open(path)?;
+		let mut reader = BufReader::new(f);
+		Self::load_png_bytes(&mut reader)
+	}
+
+	pub fn to_png_bytes<T: WriteBytesExt>(
+		&self,
+		writer: &mut T,
+		palette: &Palette,
+	) -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		todo!()
+	}
+
+	pub fn to_png_file(&self, path: &Path, palette: &Palette) -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		let f = File::create(path)?;
+		let mut writer = BufWriter::new(f);
+		self.to_png_bytes(&mut writer, palette)
+	}
+}
+
+impl RgbaBitmap {
+	pub fn load_png_bytes<T: ReadBytesExt + Seek>(
+		reader: &mut T,
+	) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Option<Palette>), PngError> {
+		load_png_bytes(reader)
+	}
+
+	pub fn load_png_file(path: &Path) -> Result<(RgbaBitmap, Option<Palette>), PngError> {
+		let f = File::open(path)?;
+		let mut reader = BufReader::new(f);
+		Self::load_png_bytes(&mut reader)
+	}
+
+	pub fn to_png_bytes<T: WriteBytesExt>(
+		&self,
+		writer: &mut T,
+	) -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		todo!()
+	}
+
+	pub fn to_png_file(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		let f = File::create(path)?;
+		let mut writer = BufWriter::new(f);
+		self.to_png_bytes(&mut writer)
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod tests {
+	use super::*;
+
+	#[test]
+	pub fn foo() -> Result<(), PngError> {
+		let _ = IndexedBitmap::load_png_file(Path::new("./test-assets/test_indexed.png"))?;
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/ggdt/src/graphics/prelude.rs b/ggdt/src/graphics/prelude.rs
index 23d558c..5c3eb96 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/graphics/prelude.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/graphics/prelude.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub use crate::graphics::{
 			primitives::*,
 		},
 		pcx::*,
+		png::*,
 		primitives::*,
 		rgb::{
 			*,
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