diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/TraceryBridgeEngine.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/TraceryBridgeEngine.cs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/TraceryBridgeEngine.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+
+using Encompass;
+using TraceryNet;
+
+using isometricparkfna.Messages;
+using isometricparkfna.Components;
+
+namespace isometricparkfna.Engines
+{
+
+    [Receives(typeof(SetTextVariableMessage))]
+    public class TraceryBridgeEngine : Engine
+    {
+	    public Grammar grammar;
+
+        public TraceryBridgeEngine(Grammar grammar)
+        {
+		this.grammar = grammar;
+        }
+
+
+        public override void Update(double dt)
+        {
+		foreach (ref readonly var message in ReadMessages<SetTextVariableMessage>())
+		{
+			string variableString  = "#";
+                    variableString += String.Format("[{0}:{1}]", message.variable, message.value);
+		    variableString += "vars# ";
+		    Logging.Spy(new {var_string = variableString});
+		    var result = grammar.Flatten(variableString);
+		}
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Messages/SetTextVariableMessage.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Messages/SetTextVariableMessage.cs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Messages/SetTextVariableMessage.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+using Encompass;
+
+namespace isometricparkfna.Messages
+{
+
+
+    public struct SetTextVariableMessage : IMessage
+    {
+	    public string variable;
+	    public string value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
             this.DateTime = new DateTime(START_YEAR, START_MONTH, START_DAY);
 
             this.map = new CellMap(width, height);
-            this.money = 100000;
+            this.money = 100000M;
             this.millisecondsPerAdvance = millisecondsPerAdvance;
 
             this.paused = true;