diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f64639..1b4c266 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 CMakeCache.txt
 CMakeFiles/
 bin/
+Game
 lib/
 Makefile
 cmake_install.cmake
 compile_commands.json
+# ignore CPM package manager file
+cmake/CPM*.cmake
 # FastNoise2 extra build files
 CPM_modules/
 NoiseTool.ini
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3e4f130..7a79fb5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "data/game-models"]
 	path = data/game-models
 	url = https://git.warwicknew.xyz/game-models/
-[submodule "deps/FastNoise2"]
-	path = deps/FastNoise2
-	url = https://github.com/Auburn/FastNoise2.git
-	branch = 1001d76
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bd7a1b7..c2b0515 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,15 +27,68 @@ find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
 find_package(GLM REQUIRED)
 
 # Model loading
-find_package(assimp REQUIRED)
-if (assimp_VERSION VERSION_LESS "5.1")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Assimp ${assimp_VERSION} out of date, Assimp 5.1.0 or newer is required!")
+#find_package(assimp REQUIRED)
+#if (assimp_VERSION VERSION_LESS "5.1")
+#    message(FATAL_ERROR "Assimp ${assimp_VERSION} out of date, Assimp 5.1.0 or newer is required!")
+#endif()
+set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION 0.38.1)
+set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/CPM_${CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION}.cmake")
+if(NOT (EXISTS ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}))
+  message(STATUS "Downloading CPM.cmake")
+  file(DOWNLOAD
+    https://github.com/TheLartians/CPM.cmake/releases/download/v${CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION}/CPM.cmake
+    ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
+  )
 endif()
+include(${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION})
+set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
+
+#CPMAddPackage(
+#  NAME SDL2_image
+#  VERSION 2.0.5
+#  URL https://libsdl.org/projects/old/SDL_image/release/SDL2_image-2.0.5.zip
+#)
+#CPMAddPackage(
+#  NAME SDL2
+#  VERSION 2.0.12
+#  URL https://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.12.zip
+#)
+#if (SDL2_ADDED)
+#  add_library(SDL2::SDL2 ALIAS SDL2)
+#endif()
+
+#CPMAddPackage(
+#  NAME GLM
+#  VERSION 0.9.9.8
+#  GITHUB_REPOSITORY "g-truc/glm"
+#  GIT_TAG "0.9.9.8"
+#)
+#
+#
+#CPMAddPackage(
+#  NAME GLEW
+#  VERSION 2.2.0
+#  GITHUB_REPOSITORY "nigels-com/glew"
+#  GIT_TAG "glew-2.2.0"
+#)
+
+CPMAddPackage(
+  NAME assimp
+  VERSION 5.2.5
+  GITHUB_REPOSITORY "assimp/assimp"
+  GIT_TAG "v5.2.5"
+)
 
 # Build FastNoise2 Library
-set(FASTNOISE2_NOISETOOL ON CACHE BOOL "Build Noise Tool" FORCE)
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Build Noise Tool Dynamic Library" FORCE)
-add_subdirectory(deps/FastNoise2)
+#set(FASTNOISE2_NOISETOOL ON CACHE BOOL "Build Noise Tool" FORCE)
+#set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Build Noise Tool Dynamic Library" FORCE)
+##add_subdirectory(deps/FastNoise2)
+#CPMAddPackage(
+#  NAME FastNoise2
+#  VERSION 0.9.7
+#  GITHUB_REPOSITORY "Auburn/FastNoise2"
+#  GIT_TAG "v0.9.2-alpha"
+#)
 
 include_directories(
     ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
@@ -51,5 +104,5 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
     ${SDL2_IMAGE_LIBRARIES}
     ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
     ${GLEW_LIBRARIES}
-    ${ASSIMP_LIBRARIES}
-    FastNoise)
+    assimp::assimp
+    )
diff --git a/deps/FastNoise2 b/deps/FastNoise2
deleted file mode 160000
index 73c6e58..0000000
--- a/deps/FastNoise2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 73c6e582052275cd073ebae7790f8874b9c194ba