diff --git a/js/enemy.mjs b/js/enemy.mjs
index 6b88744..ad30e3e 100644
--- a/js/enemy.mjs
+++ b/js/enemy.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import * as entity from "./entity.mjs";
 import { register_tick } from "./tick.mjs";
 import * as behaviours from "./behaviours/main.mjs";
+import * as Entity from "./entity.mjs";
+
+import * as Event from "./event.mjs";
 
 
 
@@ -47,6 +50,26 @@ export function add (enemy) {
 	enemies.push(enemy);
 }
 
-export function remove_all () {
+function remove_all () {
 	enemies.splice(0, enemies.length);
 }
+
+Event.listen("level/unload", _ => {
+	remove_all();
+});
+
+Event.listen("level/load/enemy", enemies => {
+	for (const data of enemies) {
+		const {pos, size} = data;
+		const enemy = create(pos[0], pos[1], size[0], size[1]);
+
+		set_behaviour(enemy, data.behaviour);
+
+		const meta = Entity.get_meta(enemy);
+		for (const [key, value] of data.meta) {
+			meta.set(key, value);
+		}
+
+		add(enemy);
+	}
+})
diff --git a/js/event.mjs b/js/event.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20b44bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/event.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const registered_listeners = new Map();
+
+export function trigger (event_name, data) {
+	for (const callback of listeners(event_name)) {
+		callback(data);
+	}
+}
+
+export function listen (event_name, callback) {
+	listeners(event_name).push(callback);
+	// to find an event later, for deletion or other things.
+	return [event_name, listeners(event_name).length - 1];
+}
+
+// makes a callback function stop being used to listen to an event, and returns that callback function.
+export function ignore (listener_id) {
+	const [event_name, index] = listener_id;
+	return listeners(event_name).splice(index, 1)[0];
+}
+
+function listeners (event_name) {
+	if (!registered_listeners.has(event_name))
+		registered_listeners.set(event_name, []);
+
+	return registered_listeners.get(event_name);
+}
+
+
+
+export function attach_listener (target, event_name, callback) {
+	return listen(event_name, data => {
+		if (data.target === target) {
+			callback(data);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+export function create_alias (event_name, alias) {
+	// note that aliases are one-directional; `event_name` isn't triggered when `alias` is.
+	return listen(event_name, data => trigger(alias, data));
+}
+
+export function create_group (group_name, members) {
+	// TODO: return list of event id:s so groups can be `ignore`:d.
+	for (const event_name of members) {
+		create_alias(event_name, group_name);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/js/level.mjs b/js/level.mjs
index 5be8845..37350bf 100644
--- a/js/level.mjs
+++ b/js/level.mjs
@@ -1,33 +1,27 @@
 import * as Entity from "./entity.mjs";
-import * as Enemy from "./enemy.mjs";
-import * as Player from "./player.mjs";
 import * as Levels from "./levels/main.mjs";
 
+import * as Event from "./event.mjs";
 
 
-const current = Levels.get_level(1);
 
-export function load (data) {
-	Enemy.remove_all();
-	Player.set_pos(0, 0);
+let last_loaded;
 
-	const {enemies} = current;
+export function load (name) {
+	last_loaded = name;
 
-	for (const data of enemies) {
-		const {pos, size} = data;
-		const enemy = Enemy.create(pos[0], pos[1], size[0], size[1]);
+	Event.trigger("level/unload");
 
-		Enemy.set_behaviour(enemy, data.behaviour);
+	const level = Levels.get_level(name);
 
-		const meta = Entity.get_meta(enemy);
-		for (const [key, value] of data.meta) {
-			meta.set(key, value);
-		}
-
-		Enemy.add(enemy);
-	}
+	Event.trigger("level/load/player", level.player);
+	Event.trigger("level/load/enemy", level.enemies);
 }
 
 export function restart () {
-	load();
+	load(last_loaded);
 }
+
+Event.listen("level/restart", data => {
+	restart();
+});
diff --git a/js/main.mjs b/js/main.mjs
index 3c92ec3..352c6c4 100644
--- a/js/main.mjs
+++ b/js/main.mjs
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ function main () {
 	requestAnimationFrame(main);
 }
 
-level.load();
+level.load(1);
 
 main();
diff --git a/js/player.mjs b/js/player.mjs
index 4f5449b..ba2cddb 100644
--- a/js/player.mjs
+++ b/js/player.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import * as Entity from "./entity.mjs";
 import * as Input from "./input.mjs";
 import { register_tick } from "./tick.mjs";
 import * as Enemy from "./enemy.mjs";
-// import * as level from "./level.mjs";
+
+import * as Event from "./event.mjs";
+import { underride } from "./underride.mjs";
 
 
 
@@ -24,12 +26,8 @@ function tick_player (deltatime) {
 	const enemies = Enemy.get_all();
 	for (const e of enemies) {
 		if (Entity.touches(player, e)) {
-			// here it should just tell other code that the player touched enemy;
-			// the player code shouldn't know what to do in that situation.
-			// in the meantime we simply refresh the page. it's hacky and won't last for long,
-			// but for now it works.
-			// level.restart();
-			location.reload();
+			Event.trigger("level/restart");
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -39,3 +37,20 @@ export function set_pos (x, y) {
 }
 
 register_tick(tick_player);
+
+Event.listen("level/unload", _ => {
+	Entity.set_visible(player, false);
+});
+
+Event.listen("level/load/player", (data = {}) => {
+	data = underride(data, {
+		pos: {
+			x: 0,
+			y: 0,
+		},
+	});
+
+	Entity.set_pos(player, data.pos.x, data.pos.y);
+
+	Entity.set_visible(player, true);
+});