diff --git a/Debug/CharIterator.cs b/Debug/CharIterator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..124cfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/CharIterator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
+
+internal sealed class CharIterator : Iterator<char>
+{
+    public CharIterator(string str) : base(str.ToCharArray())
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    public CharIterator(char[] chars) : base(chars)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    public override char MoveNext()
+    {
+        char c = base.MoveNext();
+        if (c == '\n')
+        {
+            Line++;
+            Column = 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Column++;
+        }
+        return c;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Debug/DebugConsole.cs b/Debug/DebugConsole.cs
index 585582f..b0ae227 100644
--- a/Debug/DebugConsole.cs
+++ b/Debug/DebugConsole.cs
@@ -2,21 +2,97 @@ using Godot;
 
 namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
 
-public partial class DebugConsole : Node
+public sealed partial class DebugConsole : Control
 {
-    public void SetProp(
-        Utils.World world,
-        string entityName,
-        string property,
-        string value)
+    private Node _context;
+    public Node Context
     {
-        var ent = world.CurrentMap.Entities.GetNodeOrNull(entityName);
-        if (ent is not null)
+        get => _context;
+        private set
         {
-            ent.Set(property, value);
+            if (value is not null)
+            {
+                _context = value;
+                if (_entry is not null)
+                {
+                    _entry.PlaceholderText = "Enter Godot expression from " +
+                        _context.GetPath();
+                    GetParent<Window>().Title = "Supa Developer Console: " +
+                        _context.GetPath();
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
+    private Entry _entry;
+
+    private RichTextLabel _output;
+
+    private Node ctx => Context;
+
+    public override void _Ready()
+    {
+        _entry = GetNode<Entry>("%Entry");
+        _output = GetNode<RichTextLabel>("%Output");
+        Context = Utils.World.Instance;
+
+        _entry.ConsoleInput += (string input) =>
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Execute(input);
+            }
+            catch (InterpreterException ex)
+            {
+                _output.Text += ex.Message + '\n';
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    enum PathType
+    {
+        Node,
+        Property
+    };
+
+    public Variant From(NodePath path)
+    {
+        CharIterator iterator = new(path);
+        Variant variant = Context ?? this;
+        foreach (var subpath in NodePathParser.ParseNodePath(iterator))
+        {
+            if (variant.VariantType == Variant.Type.Object)
+            {
+                if (variant.AsGodotObject() is Node n)
+                {
+                    if (subpath.Type == NodePathTokenType.Node)
+                    {
+                        if (subpath.Path != "")
+                        {
+                            variant = n.GetNode(subpath.Path);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        variant = n.GetIndexed(subpath.Path);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return variant;
+    }
+
+    public void SetProp(NodePath path, Variant value)
+    {
+        var node = GetNode(path.GetAsPropertyPath());
+        //var ent = CurrentMap.Entities.GetNodeOrNull(entityName);
+        //if (ent is not null)
+        //{
+        //    ent.Set(property, value);
+        //}
+    }
+
     public string CallMethod(
         Utils.World world,
         string entityName,
@@ -31,4 +107,54 @@ public partial class DebugConsole : Node
         }
         return "";
     }
+
+    public void Print(string text)
+    {
+        GD.Print(text);
+    }
+
+    public void Execute(string str)
+    {
+        str = Sanitizer.Sanitize(str);
+        string inputMirror = $"[b]{Context.GetPath()}:[/b] {str}";
+        _output.Text += inputMirror + "\n";
+        var context = Context;
+
+        Godot.Expression exp = new();
+
+        string[] reserved = { "from", "set_context", "context" };
+        Godot.Collections.Array reservedMap = new();
+        reservedMap.Add(new Callable(this, MethodName.From));
+        reservedMap.Add(new Callable(this, MethodName.SetContext));
+        reservedMap.Add(Context);
+
+        var err = exp.Parse(str, reserved);
+        if (err != Error.Ok)
+        {
+            throw new InterpreterException(
+                "Error occurred while parsing Godot.Expression: \n" +
+                exp.GetErrorText(),
+                0, 0);
+        }
+
+        Variant result = exp.Execute(reservedMap, context);
+        if (exp.HasExecuteFailed())
+        {
+            throw new InterpreterException(
+                "Error occurred while evaluating Godot.Expression: \n" +
+                exp.GetErrorText(),
+                0, 0);
+        }
+
+        // send result to output
+        if (result.VariantType != Variant.Type.Nil)
+        {
+            _output.Text += result + "\n";
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void SetContext(Node node)
+    {
+        Context = node;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Debug/Entry.cs b/Debug/Entry.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..323bee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/Entry.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using Godot;
+
+namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
+
+public partial class Entry : LineEdit
+{
+    [Signal]
+    public delegate void ConsoleInputEventHandler(string input);
+
+    public override void _Ready()
+    {
+        GuiInput += OnGuiInput;
+    }
+
+    public void OnGuiInput(InputEvent @event)
+    {
+        if (@event is InputEventKey key)
+        {
+            if (key.KeyLabel == Key.Enter && !key.Pressed)
+            {
+                EmitSignal(SignalName.ConsoleInput, Text);
+
+                if (!key.CtrlPressed)
+                {
+                    Text = "";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Debug/Iterator.cs b/Debug/Iterator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e258f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/Iterator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
+
+public class Iterator<T> where T : struct
+{
+    public int Line { get; protected set; } = 1;
+
+    public int Column { get; protected set; } = 0;
+
+    public int Index { get; protected set; } = -1;
+
+    protected List<T> _elements;
+
+    public Iterator(T[] elements)
+    {
+        _elements = new List<T>(elements);
+    }
+
+    public Iterator(List<T> elements)
+    {
+        _elements = new List<T>(elements);
+    }
+
+    public T GetNext(int offset = 0)
+    {
+        if (Index + offset + 1 < _elements.Count)
+        {
+            return _elements[Index + offset + 1];
+        }
+
+        return default;
+    }
+
+    public virtual T MoveNext()
+    {
+        T next = GetNext();
+        Index++;
+        return next;
+    }
+
+    public virtual void MoveBack()
+    {
+        Index--;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Debug/NodePathParser.cs b/Debug/NodePathParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d37725c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/NodePathParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using Godot;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
+
+internal static class NodePathParser
+{
+    internal static IEnumerable<NodePathToken> ParseNodePath(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        // Some/Node/Path:And:Property/More/Paths
+        // ->
+        // Some/Node/Path (Node)
+        // :And:Property  (Property)
+        // More/Paths     (Node)
+
+        NodePathTokenType curType = NodePathTokenType.Node;
+        string path = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char curChar = iterator.MoveNext();
+
+            if (curChar == ':')
+            {
+                // if we have been parsing a nodepath, yield a nodepath
+                if (curType == NodePathTokenType.Node)
+                {
+                    if (path.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        yield return new NodePathToken(path, curType);
+                        path = "";
+                        curType = NodePathTokenType.Property;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    path += curChar;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (curChar == '/')
+            {
+                // if we have been parsing property, yield a property
+                if (curType == NodePathTokenType.Property)
+                {
+                    yield return new NodePathToken(path, curType);
+                    path = "";
+                    curType = NodePathTokenType.Node;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    path += curChar;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                path += curChar;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // reached the end
+        if (path.Length > 0)
+        {
+            yield return new NodePathToken(path, curType);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Debug/NodePathToken.cs b/Debug/NodePathToken.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5b0a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/NodePathToken.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using Godot;
+
+public enum NodePathTokenType
+{
+    Node,
+    Property
+}
+
+public struct NodePathToken
+{
+    public NodePath Path { get; set; }
+
+    public NodePathTokenType Type { get; set; }
+
+    public NodePathToken(NodePath path, NodePathTokenType type)
+    {
+        Path = path;
+        Type = type;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Debug/Sanitizer.cs b/Debug/Sanitizer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4741ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/Sanitizer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+using Godot;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
+
+public static class Sanitizer
+{
+    private static Regex _nonAlphanum = new("[^a-zA-Z0-9_]");
+
+    private static Regex _nonNodeName = new("[^a-zA-Z0-9_\\-\\/]");
+
+    private static string ScanString(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        string ret = "";
+
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.MoveNext();
+
+            if (c == '"')
+            {
+                return ret;
+            }
+            else if (c == '\\')
+            {
+                char escape = iterator.MoveNext();
+
+                switch (escape)
+                {
+                    case 'n':
+                        ret += '\n';
+                        break;
+                    case 't':
+                        ret += '\t';
+                        break;
+                    case '\0':
+                        throw new InterpreterException("Unexpected EOL",
+                            iterator.Line, iterator.Column); default:
+                        ret += escape;
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            ret += c;
+        }
+        throw new InterpreterException("Unexpected EOL, expected '\"'",
+            iterator.Line, iterator.Column);
+    }
+
+    private static string ScanNodePath(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        string ret = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.MoveNext();
+
+            if (c == '"')
+            {
+                return ScanString(iterator);
+            }
+            else if (_nonNodeName.IsMatch(c.ToString()))
+            {
+                iterator.MoveBack();
+                return ret;
+            }
+
+            ret += c;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    private static string ScanUntilOrEOL(CharIterator iterator, char delim)
+    {
+        string ret = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.GetNext();
+            if (c == delim)
+            {
+                return ret;
+            }
+            ret += c;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    private static string ScanGlobalCommand(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        string ret = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.MoveNext();
+            if (_nonAlphanum.IsMatch(c.ToString()))
+            {
+                iterator.MoveBack();
+                return ret;
+            }
+            ret += c;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public static string Sanitize(string input)
+    {
+        CharIterator iterator = new(input);
+        string ret = "";
+
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.MoveNext();
+
+            if (c == '$')
+            {
+                string nodePath = ScanNodePath(iterator);
+                ret += $"from.call(\"{nodePath}\")";
+            }
+            else if (c == '"')
+            {
+                string str = ScanString(iterator);
+                ret += $"\"{str}\"";
+            }
+            else if (c == '\\')
+            {
+                // \global -> global.call
+                string command = ScanGlobalCommand(iterator);
+                ret += $"{command}.call";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                ret += c;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Debug/Token.cs b/Debug/Token.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a52e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/Token.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
+
+public enum TokenType
+{
+    None,
+    Identifier,
+    String,
+    GodotExpression,
+    Command,
+    End
+};
+
+public struct Token
+{
+    public TokenType Type { get; set; }
+
+    public string Value { get; set; }
+
+    public int Line { get; set; }
+
+    public int Column { get; set; }
+
+    public Token(TokenType type, string value, int line, int col)
+    {
+        Type = type;
+        Value = value;
+        Line = line;
+        Column = col;
+    }
+
+    public bool CompareTypeValue(Token token)
+    {
+        return Type == token.Type && Value == token.Value;
+    }
+
+    public override bool Equals(object obj)
+    {
+        return base.Equals(obj);
+    }
+
+    public override int GetHashCode()
+    {
+        return base.GetHashCode();
+    }
+
+    public static bool operator ==(Token left, Token right) => left.Equals(right);
+
+    public static bool operator !=(Token left, Token right) => !left.Equals(right);
+}
diff --git a/Debug/Tokenizer.cs b/Debug/Tokenizer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dcfd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debug/Tokenizer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace SupaLidlGame.Debug;
+
+internal sealed class Tokenizer
+{
+    private static readonly HashSet<char> WHITESPACE = new HashSet<char> { ' ', '\n' };
+
+    private static string ScanString(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        string ret = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.MoveNext();
+
+            if (c == '"')
+            {
+                return ret;
+            }
+            else if (c == '\\')
+            {
+                char escape = iterator.MoveNext();
+
+                switch (escape)
+                {
+                    case 'n':
+                        ret += '\n';
+                        break;
+                    case 't':
+                        ret += '\t';
+                        break;
+                    case '\0':
+                        throw new InterpreterException("Unexpected EOL",
+                            iterator.Line, iterator.Column);
+                    default:
+                        ret += escape;
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            ret += c;
+        }
+        throw new InterpreterException("Unexpected EOL, expected '\"'",
+            iterator.Line, iterator.Column);
+    }
+
+    private static string ScanNodePath(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        string ret = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.GetNext();
+
+            if (c == '"')
+            {
+                ret += ScanString(iterator);
+            }
+            else if (WHITESPACE.Contains(c))
+            {
+                return ret;
+            }
+
+            ret += c;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /*
+    private static string ScanUntil(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+
+    }
+    */
+
+    private static string ScanExpression(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        int level = 0;
+        string exp = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.GetNext();
+
+            if (c == '(')
+            {
+                level++;
+            }
+            else if (c == ')')
+            {
+                level--;
+            }
+
+            if (level < 0)
+            {
+                return exp;
+            }
+
+            exp += c;
+        }
+        return exp;
+    }
+
+    private static string ScanUntilOrEOL(CharIterator iterator, char delim)
+    {
+        string ret = "";
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char c = iterator.GetNext();
+            if (c == delim)
+            {
+                return ret;
+            }
+            ret += c;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public static IEnumerable<Token> Tokenize(CharIterator iterator)
+    {
+        System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print("hi");
+        while (iterator.GetNext() != '\0')
+        {
+            char curChar = iterator.MoveNext();
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print(curChar.ToString());
+
+            int line = iterator.Line;
+            int col = iterator.Column;
+
+            if (WHITESPACE.Contains(curChar))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            else if (curChar == '\\')
+            {
+                string command = ScanUntilOrEOL(iterator, ' ');
+                if (command == "")
+                {
+                    throw new InterpreterException(
+                        "Expected a command name",
+                        iterator.Line,
+                        iterator.Column);
+                }
+                yield return new Token(TokenType.Command,
+                    command,
+                    line,
+                    col);
+            }
+            else if (curChar == '(')
+            {
+                string exp = ScanExpression(iterator);
+                yield return new Token(TokenType.GodotExpression,
+                    exp,
+                    line,
+                    col);
+            }
+            else if (curChar == '"')
+            {
+                yield return new Token(TokenType.String,
+                    ScanString(iterator),
+                    line,
+                    col);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // parse this as expression
+                string exp = ScanUntilOrEOL(iterator, ' ');
+                yield return new Token(TokenType.GodotExpression,
+                    exp,
+                    line,
+                    col);
+            }
+            /*
+            else if (curChar == '$')
+            {
+                yield return new Token(TokenType.NodePath,
+                    ScanNodePath(iterator),
+                    line,
+                    col);
+            }
+            */
+        }
+        yield return new Token(TokenType.End, "",
+            iterator.Line, iterator.Column);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/Exceptions/InterpreterException.cs b/Exceptions/InterpreterException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..244fa00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Exceptions/InterpreterException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace SupaLidlGame;
+
+public class InterpreterException : System.Exception
+{
+    public int Line { get; set; }
+    public int Column { get; set; }
+
+    public InterpreterException(string msg, int line, int column) : base(msg)
+    {
+        Line = line;
+        Column = column;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Extensions/Node.cs b/Extensions/Node.cs
index 34f47b6..757d6ee 100644
--- a/Extensions/Node.cs
+++ b/Extensions/Node.cs
@@ -4,28 +4,6 @@ namespace SupaLidlGame.Extensions;
 
 public static class NodeExtensions
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Iterates through each ancestor until it finds an ancestor of type
-    /// <c>T</c>
-    /// </summary>
-    [System.Obsolete]
-    public static T GetAncestorDeprecated<T>(this Node node) where T : Node
-    {
-        Node parent;
-
-        while ((parent = node.GetParent()) != null)
-        {
-            if (parent is T t)
-            {
-                return t;
-            }
-
-            node = parent;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// A version <c>GetNode</c> that returns null rather than cause an
     /// exception if the node is not found or is not the same type.
diff --git a/UI/Base.tscn b/UI/Base.tscn
index bb363a1..fadda34 100644
--- a/UI/Base.tscn
+++ b/UI/Base.tscn
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ stretch = true
 stretch_shrink = 3
 
 [node name="UIViewport" type="SubViewport" parent="SubViewportContainer"]
+disable_3d = true
 transparent_bg = true
 handle_input_locally = false
 size = Vector2i(640, 360)
diff --git a/UI/Debug/DebugUI.tscn b/UI/Debug/DebugUI.tscn
index cf880c7..1d347f7 100644
--- a/UI/Debug/DebugUI.tscn
+++ b/UI/Debug/DebugUI.tscn
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-[gd_scene format=3 uid="uid://be8bc4eivsg4s"]
+[gd_scene load_steps=3 format=3 uid="uid://be8bc4eivsg4s"]
+
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://Debug/DebugConsole.cs" id="1_3fw5a"]
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://Debug/Entry.cs" id="2_kdlsh"]
 
 [node name="DebugUI" type="Control"]
 layout_mode = 3
@@ -8,11 +11,47 @@ anchor_bottom = 1.0
 grow_horizontal = 2
 grow_vertical = 2
 
-[node name="VBoxContainer" type="VBoxContainer" parent="."]
-layout_mode = 1
-anchors_preset = 12
-anchor_top = 1.0
+[node name="Window" type="Window" parent="."]
+disable_3d = true
+gui_embed_subwindows = true
+title = "Supa Developer Console"
+position = Vector2i(32, 32)
+size = Vector2i(1280, 720)
+always_on_top = true
+
+[node name="DebugConsole" type="Control" parent="Window"]
+layout_mode = 3
+anchors_preset = 15
 anchor_right = 1.0
 anchor_bottom = 1.0
 grow_horizontal = 2
-grow_vertical = 0
+grow_vertical = 2
+script = ExtResource("1_3fw5a")
+
+[node name="VBoxContainer" type="VBoxContainer" parent="Window/DebugConsole"]
+layout_mode = 1
+anchors_preset = 15
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+grow_horizontal = 2
+grow_vertical = 2
+
+[node name="Output" type="RichTextLabel" parent="Window/DebugConsole/VBoxContainer"]
+unique_name_in_owner = true
+layout_mode = 2
+size_flags_vertical = 3
+theme_override_font_sizes/normal_font_size = 24
+theme_override_font_sizes/bold_font_size = 24
+bbcode_enabled = true
+text = "[b]/root/World:[/b] \\echo :CurrentPlayer:Health
+100
+"
+scroll_following = true
+
+[node name="Entry" type="LineEdit" parent="Window/DebugConsole/VBoxContainer"]
+unique_name_in_owner = true
+layout_mode = 2
+theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 24
+placeholder_text = "Enter a GDScript expression or \\command..."
+draw_control_chars = true
+script = ExtResource("2_kdlsh")
diff --git a/project.godot b/project.godot
index c4a8c1b..0fd601d 100644
--- a/project.godot
+++ b/project.godot
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ EventBus="*res://Events/EventBus.cs"
 BaseUI="*res://UI/Base.tscn"
 World="*res://Scenes/Level.tscn"
 AudioManager="*res://Audio/AudioManager.cs"
-DebugConsole="*res://Debug/DebugConsole.cs"
 Panku="*res://addons/panku_console/console.tscn"
+DebugUi="*res://UI/Debug/DebugUI.tscn"
 
 [dialogue_manager]