diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2d00d1e..4801b23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ pitch_shift = "1.0.0"
 linked_hash_set = "0.1.4"
 linked-hash-map = "0.5.6"
 convert_case = "0.6.0"
-roxmltree = "0.18.0"
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+roxmltree = "0.18.0"
+regex = "1.9.5"
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diff --git a/src/reskit/cli/evaluator.rs b/src/reskit/cli/evaluator.rs
index 1330b70..2d1a854 100644
--- a/src/reskit/cli/evaluator.rs
+++ b/src/reskit/cli/evaluator.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{error::Error, fs::File, io::Write, path::Path};
 use clap::Parser;
-use crate::reskit::{tileset, soundtrack::{formats::dmf::DmfModule, engines::echo::engine::{EchoFormat, EchoArtifact}}, utility::{print_good, print_error}, level::converter::get_tiled_tilemap};
+use crate::reskit::{tileset, soundtrack::{formats::dmf::DmfModule, engines::echo::engine::{EchoFormat, EchoArtifact}}, utility::{print_good, print_error, print_info}, level::converter::get_tiled_tilemap};
 use super::settings::{Args, Tools, TileOutputFormat, TileOrder};
 
 pub fn run_command() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn run_command() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         }
         Tools::Level { input_file, output_directory, console, tile_size } => {
             let tiled_file = get_tiled_tilemap( &input_file )?;
-
+            print_info( &format!( "{:#?}", tiled_file ) );
             print_good( "file opened without errors" );
             print_error( "unimplemented" );
         }
diff --git a/src/reskit/level/converter.rs b/src/reskit/level/converter.rs
index 7d3ebd4..0a44134 100644
--- a/src/reskit/level/converter.rs
+++ b/src/reskit/level/converter.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
 use std::{error::Error, fs::read_to_string};
 use image::DynamicImage;
 use roxmltree::Node;
-
 use crate::reskit::utility::print_warning;
+use super::ecs;
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct TiledTilemap {
     tileset: TiledTileset,
     layers: Vec<Layer>,
+    ecs: Vec<ecs::Entity>,
     width: usize,
     height: usize,
     tile_width: usize,
     tile_height: usize
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct TiledTileset {
     image: DynamicImage
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum SystemPlane {
     MdPlaneA,
     MdPlaneB
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Layer {
     Tile {
         system_plane: SystemPlane,
@@ -165,10 +170,19 @@ pub fn get_tiled_tilemap( path: &str ) -> Result<TiledTilemap, Box<dyn Error>> {
             print_warning( "tile map has no \"collision\" layer: this probably is not what you want" );
         }
 
+        // Get the entity-component system
+        let object_group = map.descendants().find( | node | node.tag_name() == "objectgroup".into() );
+        let ecs = if let Some( object_group ) = object_group {
+            ecs::get_ecs( object_group )?
+        } else {
+            Vec::new()
+        };
+
         Ok(
             TiledTilemap {
                 tileset: TiledTileset { image },
                 layers,
+                ecs,
                 width,
                 height,
                 tile_width,
diff --git a/src/reskit/level/ecs.rs b/src/reskit/level/ecs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dc5de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reskit/level/ecs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use std::{error::Error, collections::HashMap};
+use regex::Regex;
+use roxmltree::Node;
+use crate::reskit::utility::print_warning;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Entity {
+    pub components: HashMap<String, Component>
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Component {
+    pub attributes: HashMap<String, String>
+}
+
+pub fn get_ecs( object_group: Node ) -> Result<Vec<Entity>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut entities: Vec<Entity> = Vec::new();
+
+    let objects: Vec<Node> = object_group.descendants().filter( | node | node.tag_name() == "object".into() ).collect();
+    for object in objects {
+        let object_id = object.attribute( "id" ).ok_or( "invalid file: no id attribute set on object" )?;
+        let object_name = object.attribute( "name" ).unwrap_or( "<no name>" );
+        let object_name = format!( "({}, ID: {})", object_id, object_name );
+
+        let mut entity: Entity = Entity {
+            components: HashMap::new()
+        };
+
+        // Get attributes for implicit `position` component
+        let x = object.attribute( "x" ).ok_or( "invalid file: position property not present on object" )?;
+        let y = object.attribute( "y" ).ok_or( "invalid file: position property not present on object" )?;
+        let width = object.attribute( "width" ).ok_or( "invalid file: position property not present on object" )?;
+        let height = object.attribute( "height" ).ok_or( "invalid file: position property not present on object" )?;
+
+        entity.components.insert(
+            format!( "position" ),
+            Component {
+                attributes: HashMap::from( [
+                    ( format!( "x" ),      x.to_owned() ),
+                    ( format!( "y" ),      y.to_owned() ),
+                    ( format!( "width" ),  width.to_owned() ),
+                    ( format!( "height" ), height.to_owned() )
+                ] )
+            }
+        );
+
+        let properties = object.descendants().find( | node | node.tag_name() == "properties".into() ).ok_or( "invalid file: no properties in object" )?;
+        let properties = properties.descendants().filter( | node | node.tag_name() == "property".into() && node.attribute( "name" ).unwrap_or( "" ).starts_with( "reskit-component" ) );
+        for component_property in properties {
+            let name = component_property.attribute( "name" ).ok_or( "internal error: name attribute expected" )?;
+            let prop_type = component_property.attribute( "type" ).unwrap_or( "string" );
+            let value = component_property.attribute( "value" );
+
+            if let Some( value ) = value {
+                // Set up regex to remove individual parts
+                let regex = Regex::new( r#"reskit-component\[([a-z0-9_]+)\](\.[a-z0-9_]*)?"# )?;
+                if let Some( captures ) = regex.captures( name ) {
+                    let component_name = captures.get( 1 ).ok_or( "internal error: regex did not match properly" )?.as_str();
+                    let attribute_name = captures.get( 2 );
+
+                    if let Some( attribute_name ) = attribute_name {
+                        // Setting is a component attribute setting ("value" is the setting)
+                        let attribute_name = attribute_name.as_str().replace( ".", "" );
+                        if let Some( component ) = entity.components.get_mut( component_name ) {
+                            component.attributes.insert( attribute_name, value.to_owned() );
+                        } else {
+                            return Err( format!( "in object {}: undefined component in reskit-component definition \"{}\"", object_name, name ) )?;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // Setting is a component definition
+                        if prop_type != "bool" {
+                            print_warning( &format!( "in object {}: non-bool type reskit-component definition \"{}\". ignoring...", object_name, name ) );
+                        } else {
+                            if value == "true" {
+                                if entity.components.contains_key( component_name ) {
+                                    print_warning( &format!( "in object {}: duplicate reskit-component definition \"{}\". ignoring...", object_name, name ) );
+                                } else {
+                                    entity.components.insert(
+                                        component_name.to_owned(),
+                                        Component { attributes: HashMap::new() }
+                                    );
+                                }
+                            } else {
+                                print_warning( &format!( "in object {}: reskit-component definition \"{}\" is set to false. ignoring...", object_name, name ) );
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    print_warning( &format!( "in object {}: invalid format for reskit-component attribute \"{}\". ignoring...", object_name, name ) );
+                }
+            } else {
+                print_warning( &format!( "in object {}: no value for reskit-component attribute \"{}\". ignoring...", object_name, name ) );
+            }
+        }
+
+        entities.push( entity );
+    }
+
+    Ok( entities )
+}
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diff --git a/src/reskit/level/mod.rs b/src/reskit/level/mod.rs
index 9c6a24e..4f42881 100644
--- a/src/reskit/level/mod.rs
+++ b/src/reskit/level/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod converter;
+pub mod ecs;
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