diff --git a/updatedshmup.p8 b/updatedshmup.p8
index f43382e..6310360 100644
--- a/updatedshmup.p8
+++ b/updatedshmup.p8
@@ -469,6 +469,13 @@ function parser:val(_, ...)
  return ret
 end
 
+function parser:bind(_, fn, ...)
+ local f = self[fn]
+ return function()
+  f(...)
+ end
+end
+
 -->8
 --ship behavior
 
@@ -958,6 +965,24 @@ end
 -->8
 -- example level
 
+level_parser = parser.new{}
+mknew(level_parser)
+
+function level_parser:parse_level(lvl)
+ local ret = {}
+  self:parse_into(lvl, 
+   function(row)
+    if (#row < 2 or type(row[1] ~= "number")) return
+    local idx = row[1]
+    local x = ret[idx] or {}
+    for j=2,#row do
+     add(x, row[j])
+    end
+    ret[idx]=x
+   end)
+ return ret
+end
+
 function spawn_rnd_x(typ)
  s = typ.new{
   x = rnd(104),