diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index f25020b..c6770d3 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -2,14 +2,82 @@
 module Main where
 
 import Control.Applicative
-import Data.ByteString as B
-import Data.ByteString.Char8 as B8
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B8
 
 import Data.Attoparsec
 
 import Scene.Parser
+import Scene.Types
+
+findCamera :: [ObjectParser] -> Either String Camera
+findCamera []     = Left "No camera found"
+findCamera (a:as) = case a of
+                    OpC c -> return c
+                    _ -> findCamera as
+
+findDepth :: [ObjectParser] -> Either String RecursionDepth
+findDepth []     = Left "No recursion depth defined"
+findDepth (a:as) = case a of
+                    OpR r -> return r
+                    _ -> findDepth as
+
+findAmbience :: [ObjectParser] -> Either String Ambience
+findAmbience []     = Left "No ambience light defined"
+findAmbience (a:as) = case a of
+                    OpA am -> return am
+                    _ -> findAmbience as
+
+findBackground :: [ObjectParser] -> Either String Background
+findBackground []     = Left "No background color defined"
+findBackground (a:as) = case a of
+                    OpB b -> return b
+                    _ -> findBackground as
+
+filterLights :: [ObjectParser] -> [Light]
+filterLights []     = []
+filterLights (a:as) = case a of
+                      OpL l -> l:filterLights as
+                      _ -> filterLights as
+
+filterObjects :: [ObjectParser] -> [Collidable]
+filterObjects []     = []
+filterObjects (a:as) = case a of
+                      OpS s -> S s:filterObjects as
+                      OpM m -> M m:filterObjects as
+                      OpP p -> P p:filterObjects as
+                      _ -> filterObjects as
+
+validateScene :: [ObjectParser] -> Either String Scene
+validateScene obs = do
+            cam <- findCamera obs
+            depth <- findDepth obs
+            amb <- findAmbience obs
+            back <- findBackground obs
+            lights <- return $ filterLights obs
+            objects <- return $ filterObjects obs
+            return $ Scene
+                   { ambientLight = amb
+                   , sceneCamera = cam
+                   , sceneRecursions = depth
+                   , sceneBackground = back
+                   , sceneLights = lights
+                   , sceneObjects = objects
+                   }
+
+render :: Scene -> IO ()
+render s = putStrLn "rendering currently not implemented"
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
     f <- B.readFile "scenes/test.sce"
-    print $ parseScene f
+    rawScene <- return $ parseScene f
+    case rawScene of
+        Left error -> putStrLn $ "error Parsing: " ++ error
+        Right raw -> do
+            scene <- return $ validateScene raw
+            case scene of
+                Left error -> putStrLn $ "Error: " ++ error
+                Right s -> do
+                    print s
+                    render s