diff --git a/lua/random_player.lua b/lua/random_player.lua
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..134290e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/random_player.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#! /usr/bin/lua
+
+-- use socket to communicate with the server directly
+ttrts = require "ttrts"
+
+-- usage text
+local USAGE = [[
+NAME
+	random_player.lua
+
+USAGE
+	random_player.lua --host=HOSTNAME
+
+SUMMARY
+	Random ttrts player using lua Connects directly to ttrts server
+
+OPTIONS
+	HOSTNAME - host to connect to
+]]
+
+-- [[ Get our options and set up state ]]
+local opts = ttrts.getopt(arg, "host")
+
+-- if no host or host not set
+if not opts.host or opts.host == true then 
+	print(USAGE) return
+end
+
+-- [[ Connect to the host ]]
+print( "Connecting to " .. opts.host )
+local player, name = ttrts.ConnectToHost(opts.host)
+
+print( "Player: " .. player )
+print( "Name: " .. name )
+
+--[[ Main Loop ]]
+while true do
+
+	-- Grab the current gamestate
+	local gamestate = ttrts.GetStateFromHost()
+
+	print("TURN " .. gamestate.turn )
+
+	-- get the orders
+	local orders = ttrts.GetRandomOrders( player, gamestate )
+
+	-- send the orders
+	ttrts.SendOrdersToHost( orders )
+
+end
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diff --git a/perl/randomPlayer.pl b/perl/randomPlayer.pl
index b24beb8..a8362aa 100755
--- a/perl/randomPlayer.pl
+++ b/perl/randomPlayer.pl
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Term::ANSIColor;
 
-# From http://perlmaven.com/how-to-create-a-perl-module-for-code-reuse
-# expect ttrts perl module in cwd
-use File::Basename qw(dirname);
-use Cwd  qw(abs_path);
-use lib dirname(abs_path($0)); 
+our $VERBOSE = $ENV{"VERBOSE"};
 
 # Use our ttrts perl library
+# located within the main https://github.com/mdiluz/ttrts repository
 use ttrts;
 
 our $usage_text=<<TEXT;
@@ -62,24 +59,24 @@ printf("Launching with player %i\n",$player);
 while ( 1 )
 {
 	# Wait for turn file
-	our $turnFile = GetTurnFile($turn);
+	our $turnFile = GetTurnFileName($turn);
 
 	# Wait for the turn file
-	printf("Waiting for %s\n", $turnFile);
+	$VERBOSE and printf("Waiting for %s\n", $turnFile);
 	WaitForFile $turnFile;
 
 	# Read in the game state from turnFile
-	my @units = GetUnitsForTurn($turnFile);
-	my ($gameName,$gameX,$gameY) = GetHeaderForTurn($turnFile);
+	my @units = GetUnitStringsFromFile($turnFile);
+	my ($major,$minor,$patch,$gameName,$gameX,$gameY) = GetGameInfoFromFile($turnFile);
 
 	# Get units on my player
-	my @myUnits = getUnitsOnPlayer($player,@units);
+	my @myUnits = GetPlayerUnits($player,@units);
 
 	# Generate some commands
 	my $commands = OrderEverythingRandom(@myUnits);
 
 	# At this point, print the game map
-	PrintGameMap($gameX,$gameY,@units);
+	PrintGameMapForTurn($turn);
 
 	if( scalar(@units) == 0 )
 	{
@@ -96,6 +93,7 @@ while ( 1 )
 		printf "Game over, you lose!\n";
 		exit 0;
 	}
+	# TODO: Detect lack of possible movement
 
 	OutputCommandsFile $turn,$player,$commands;
 
diff --git a/perl/ttrts.pm b/perl/ttrts.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 8acdf17..0000000
--- a/perl/ttrts.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,204 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-our $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_major = 0;
-our $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_minor = 2;
-
-# Get information about a unit from it's descriptor
-sub getUnit
-{
-	return ($_[0] =~ /UNIT:(\d+) pl:(\d+) vs:([^ ]+) dr:([^ ]+) ps:\[(\d+),(\d+)\]/);
-}
-
-# Get the units from a turn file
-sub GetUnitsForTurn
-{
-	my $turnFile = shift;
-
-	# Open the turn file
-	open (my $TURNHANDLE, '<', $turnFile) or die "Could not open '$turnFile' $!";
-	
-	# Skip the header information
-	my $num = 0;
-	while( !( <$TURNHANDLE> =~ /~~~~/ ) )
-	{
-		$num++;
-		$num > 20 and die "gamestate file did not reach ~~~~ line within 10 lines";
-	} 
-
-	my @units;
-	while( my $unitLine = <$TURNHANDLE> )
-	{
-		chomp $unitLine;
-		if( !($unitLine eq "END") )
-		{
-			push(@units,$unitLine);
-		}
-	}
-
-	close $TURNHANDLE;
-
-	return @units;
-}
-
-# Check version numbers against ttrts.pm version
-sub checkVersion
-{
-	my $version_major = shift;
-	my $version_minor = shift;
-	if( ($version_major != $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_major) 
-	or  ($version_minor != $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_minor) ) 
-	{
-		printf "ttrts.pm version does not match with this ttrts version\n";
-		die "ttrts.pm = v$ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_minor.$ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_major ttrts = v$version_major.$version_minor";
-	}
-}
-
-# Get information from the header for this turn
-sub GetHeaderForTurn
-{
-	my $turnFile = shift;
-
-	# Open the turn file
-	open (my $TURNHANDLE, '<', $turnFile) or die "Could not open '$turnFile' $!";
-	
-	# Pull in the header information
-	my $headerLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
-	chomp $headerLine;
-	my $nameLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
-	chomp $nameLine;
-	my $sizeLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
-	chomp $sizeLine;
-	my $turnLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
-	chomp $turnLine;
-
-	my ($version_major,$version_minor) = ( $headerLine =~ /==== ttrts v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.\d+ ====/ );
-	checkVersion $version_major,$version_minor;
-
-	my ($gameName) = ( $nameLine =~ /NAME:(.+)/ );
-	my ($gameX,$gameY) = ( $sizeLine =~ /SIZE:\[(\d+),(\d+)\]/ );
-
-	close $TURNHANDLE;
-
-	return ($gameName,$gameX,$gameY);
-}
-
-# Get units from a specific player
-sub getUnitsOnPlayer
-{
-	my $thePlayer = shift;
-	my @allUnits = @_;
-	my @myUnits;
-
-	for my $unit (@allUnits)
-	{
-		my ($unitplayer) = $unit =~ /pl:(\d+)/;
-		if ( $unitplayer == $thePlayer )
-		{
-			push(@myUnits,$unit);
-		}
-	}
-
-	return @myUnits;
-}
-
-sub GetTurnFile
-{
-	my $turn = shift;
-	my $turnFile = "Turn_TURN.txt";
-	$turnFile =~ s/TURN/$turn/;
-	return $turnFile;
-}
-
-sub GetCommandFile
-{
-	my $turn = shift;
-	my $player = shift;
-	my $cmdFileName = "Player_PLAYER_Turn_TURN.txt";
-	$cmdFileName =~ s/TURN/$turn/;
-	$cmdFileName =~ s/PLAYER/$player/;
-	return $cmdFileName;
-}
-
-# Output the commands file
-sub OutputCommandsFile
-{
-	my $turn = shift;
-	my $player = shift;
-	my $commands = shift;
-
-	# Get output file
-	our $cmdFileName = GetCommandFile($turn,$player);
-
-	if (! -e $cmdFileName)
-	{
-		open(my $cmdFile, '>', $cmdFileName) or die "Couldn't open '$cmdFileName' $!";
-		print $cmdFile $commands;
-		print $cmdFile "END";
-		close $cmdFile;
-
-		printf "Outputted $cmdFileName\n";
-		printf "$commands";
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		open(my $cmdFile, '<', $cmdFileName) or die "Couldn't open '$cmdFileName' $!";
-		my $old_commands = do { <$cmdFile> };
-
-		printf "Replaying $cmdFileName\n";
-		printf "$old_commands";
-	}
-}
-
-# Print a game map
-sub PrintGameMap
-{	
-	my $gameX = shift;
-	my $gameY = shift;
-	my @units = @_;
-
-	my @map;
-
-	# Fill with blanks
-	for my $x (0 .. $gameX-1)
-	{
-		for my $y (0 .. $gameY-1)
-		{
-			$map[$x][$y] = "-";
-		}
-	}
-
-	# Fill with units
-	for my $unit (@units)
-	{
-		my ($id,$pl,$vs,$dr,$psx,$psy) = getUnit($unit);
-
-		$pl += 31;
-		$vs = "\e[".$pl."m".$vs."\e[0m";
-
-		$map[$psx][$psy] = $vs;
-	}
-
-	# Print whole map bottom left is 0,0
-	for my $y ( reverse 0 .. $gameY-1 )
-	{
-		for my $x (0 .. $gameX-1)
-		{
-			printf($map[$x][$y]);
-		}
-		printf("\n");
-	}
-}
-
-# Wait for a file to exist
-sub WaitForFile
-{
-	my $file = $_[0];
-	while( ! -e $file )
-	{
-		select(undef, undef, undef, 0.01); 
-	}
-}
-
-return 1;
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