diff --git a/examples/simple.rs b/examples/simple.rs
index 04c2ed5d70..90d8d6db90 100644
--- a/examples/simple.rs
+++ b/examples/simple.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut scheduler = SystemScheduler::<ApplicationStage>::new();
 
     let cube = Mesh::load(MeshType::Cube);
-    let plane = Mesh::load(MeshType::Plane{ size: 25 });
+    let plane = Mesh::load(MeshType::Plane{ size: 24.5 });
     let mut mesh_storage = AssetStorage::<Mesh, MeshType>::new();
 
     let _cube_handle = mesh_storage.add(cube, "cube");
diff --git a/src/application.rs b/src/application.rs
index 45c73e7c7d..990c5c7ce0 100644
--- a/src/application.rs
+++ b/src/application.rs
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ impl Application {
             step_mode: wgpu::InputStepMode::Vertex,
             attributes: &[
                 wgpu::VertexAttributeDescriptor {
-                    format: wgpu::VertexFormat::Char4,
+                    format: wgpu::VertexFormat::Float4,
                     offset: 0,
                     shader_location: 0,
                 },
                 wgpu::VertexAttributeDescriptor {
-                    format: wgpu::VertexFormat::Char4,
-                    offset: 4 * 1,
+                    format: wgpu::VertexFormat::Float4,
+                    offset: 4 * 4,
                     shader_location: 1,
                 },
             ],
diff --git a/src/render/forward/forward.vert b/src/render/forward/forward.vert
index 5e02939393..4cada407c1 100644
--- a/src/render/forward/forward.vert
+++ b/src/render/forward/forward.vert
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #version 450
 
-layout(location = 0) in ivec4 a_Pos;
-layout(location = 1) in ivec4 a_Normal;
+layout(location = 0) in vec4 a_Pos;
+layout(location = 1) in vec4 a_Normal;
 
 layout(location = 0) out vec3 v_Normal;
 layout(location = 1) out vec4 v_Position;
diff --git a/src/render/mesh.rs b/src/render/mesh.rs
index 02f2856ccb..be902a248a 100644
--- a/src/render/mesh.rs
+++ b/src/render/mesh.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use zerocopy::AsBytes;
 pub enum MeshType {
     Cube,
     Plane {
-        size: i8
+        size: f32
     }
 }
 
@@ -44,45 +44,38 @@ impl Asset<MeshType> for Mesh {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn vertex(pos: [i8; 3], nor: [i8; 3]) -> Vertex {
-    Vertex {
-        pos: [pos[0], pos[1], pos[2], 1],
-        normal: [nor[0], nor[1], nor[2], 0],
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn create_cube() -> (Vec<Vertex>, Vec<u16>) {
     let vertex_data = [
         // top (0, 0, 1)
-        vertex([-1, -1, 1], [0, 0, 1]),
-        vertex([1, -1, 1], [0, 0, 1]),
-        vertex([1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1]),
-        vertex([-1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1]),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, -1, 1], [0, 0, 1])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, -1, 1], [0, 0, 1])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1])),
         // bottom (0, 0, -1)
-        vertex([-1, 1, -1], [0, 0, -1]),
-        vertex([1, 1, -1], [0, 0, -1]),
-        vertex([1, -1, -1], [0, 0, -1]),
-        vertex([-1, -1, -1], [0, 0, -1]),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, 1, -1], [0, 0, -1])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, 1, -1], [0, 0, -1])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, -1, -1], [0, 0, -1])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, -1, -1], [0, 0, -1])),
         // right (1, 0, 0)
-        vertex([1, -1, -1], [1, 0, 0]),
-        vertex([1, 1, -1], [1, 0, 0]),
-        vertex([1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 0]),
-        vertex([1, -1, 1], [1, 0, 0]),
+        Vertex::from(([1, -1, -1], [1, 0, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, 1, -1], [1, 0, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, -1, 1], [1, 0, 0])),
         // left (-1, 0, 0)
-        vertex([-1, -1, 1], [-1, 0, 0]),
-        vertex([-1, 1, 1], [-1, 0, 0]),
-        vertex([-1, 1, -1], [-1, 0, 0]),
-        vertex([-1, -1, -1], [-1, 0, 0]),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, -1, 1], [-1, 0, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, 1, 1], [-1, 0, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, 1, -1], [-1, 0, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, -1, -1], [-1, 0, 0])),
         // front (0, 1, 0)
-        vertex([1, 1, -1], [0, 1, 0]),
-        vertex([-1, 1, -1], [0, 1, 0]),
-        vertex([-1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0]),
-        vertex([1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0]),
+        Vertex::from(([1, 1, -1], [0, 1, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, 1, -1], [0, 1, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0])),
         // back (0, -1, 0)
-        vertex([1, -1, 1], [0, -1, 0]),
-        vertex([-1, -1, 1], [0, -1, 0]),
-        vertex([-1, -1, -1], [0, -1, 0]),
-        vertex([1, -1, -1], [0, -1, 0]),
+        Vertex::from(([1, -1, 1], [0, -1, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, -1, 1], [0, -1, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-1, -1, -1], [0, -1, 0])),
+        Vertex::from(([1, -1, -1], [0, -1, 0])),
     ];
 
     let index_data: &[u16] = &[
@@ -97,12 +90,12 @@ pub fn create_cube() -> (Vec<Vertex>, Vec<u16>) {
     (vertex_data.to_vec(), index_data.to_vec())
 }
 
-pub fn create_plane(size: i8) -> (Vec<Vertex>, Vec<u16>) {
+pub fn create_plane(size: f32) -> (Vec<Vertex>, Vec<u16>) {
     let vertex_data = [
-        vertex([size, -size, 0], [0, 0, 1]),
-        vertex([size, size, 0], [0, 0, 1]),
-        vertex([-size, -size, 0], [0, 0, 1]),
-        vertex([-size, size, 0], [0, 0, 1]),
+        Vertex::from(([size, -size, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 1.0])),
+        Vertex::from(([size, size, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 1.0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-size, -size, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 1.0])),
+        Vertex::from(([-size, size, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 1.0])),
     ];
 
     let index_data: &[u16] = &[0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3];
diff --git a/src/render/shadow/shadow.vert b/src/render/shadow/shadow.vert
index e4426b7455..c4c41455c8 100644
--- a/src/render/shadow/shadow.vert
+++ b/src/render/shadow/shadow.vert
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #version 450
 
-layout(location = 0) in ivec4 a_Pos;
+layout(location = 0) in vec4 a_Pos;
 
 layout(set = 0, binding = 0) uniform Globals {
     mat4 u_ViewProj;
diff --git a/src/vertex.rs b/src/vertex.rs
index 963b7bb783..f5eda43b12 100644
--- a/src/vertex.rs
+++ b/src/vertex.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,45 @@
 use zerocopy::{AsBytes, FromBytes};
+use std::convert::From;
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, AsBytes, FromBytes)]
 pub struct Vertex {
-    pub pos: [i8; 4],
-    pub normal: [i8; 4],
+    pub position: [f32; 4],
+    pub normal: [f32; 4],
+}
+
+impl From<([f32; 4], [f32; 4])> for Vertex {
+    fn from((position, normal): ([f32; 4], [f32; 4])) -> Self { 
+        Vertex {
+            position: position,
+            normal: normal,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<([f32; 3], [f32; 3])> for Vertex {
+    fn from((position, normal): ([f32; 3], [f32; 3])) -> Self { 
+        Vertex {
+            position: [position[0] as f32, position[1] as f32, position[2] as f32, 1.0],
+            normal: [normal[0] as f32, normal[1] as f32, normal[2] as f32, 0.0],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<([i8; 4], [i8; 4])> for Vertex {
+    fn from((position, normal): ([i8; 4], [i8; 4])) -> Self { 
+        Vertex {
+            position: [position[0] as f32, position[1] as f32, position[2] as f32, position[3] as f32],
+            normal: [normal[0] as f32, normal[1] as f32, normal[2] as f32, normal[3] as f32],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<([i8; 3], [i8; 3])> for Vertex {
+    fn from((position, normal): ([i8; 3], [i8; 3])) -> Self { 
+        Vertex {
+            position: [position[0] as f32, position[1] as f32, position[2] as f32, 1.0],
+            normal: [normal[0] as f32, normal[1] as f32, normal[2] as f32, 0.0],
+        }
+    }
 }
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