diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df154d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.build
+*~
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index c039a4e..26c9bf4 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -6,4 +6,25 @@ copyright_year   = 2011
 
 version = 0.001
 
-[@Basic]
+[GatherDir]
+[PruneCruft]
+[ManifestSkip]
+[MetaYAML]
+[MetaJSON]
+[License]
+[Readme]
+[ExtraTests]
+[PodCoverageTests]
+[PodSyntaxTests]
+[ExecDir]
+[ShareDir]
+[MakeMaker]
+;[=inc::HailoMakeMaker / HailoMakeMaker]
+;[=inc::BuildUpskirt ]
+[ReadmeFromPod]
+[Manifest]
+[TestRelease]
+[ConfirmRelease]
+[UploadToCPAN]
+[PkgVersion]
+[@Git]
diff --git a/lib/POE/Component/Minecraft.pm b/lib/POE/Component/Minecraft.pm
index 55a220c..274c51d 100644
--- a/lib/POE/Component/Minecraft.pm
+++ b/lib/POE/Component/Minecraft.pm
@@ -2,4 +2,141 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 package POE::Component::Minecraft;
 
+# ABSTRACT: Implements login and hooks for interacting with Minecraft
+
+use POE;
+use POE::Component::Client::TCP;
+use POE::Component::Client::HTTP;
+use HTTP::Request;
+
+our $client_version = 12; # current launcher version as of October 23rd 2011, package variable to allow monkey patching to new required versions
+
+sub new {
+  my $class = shift;
+  my $self = bless { }, $class;
+
+  my %opts = (username => undef,
+              password => undef,
+              server => "minecraft.net",
+              port => 25565,
+              alias => "Minecraft",
+
+              _session => undef,
+              _http => undef,
+              _tcp => undef,
+             );
+
+  if (@_ > 1) { # do we have more than one argument left?
+    %opts = @_; # we're given a hash if so
+  } elsif (@_ == 1) { # exactly one, must be a hashref
+    %opts = %$_[0];
+  }
+  $alias = "resolver" unless $alias;
+
+  $self->{_session} = POE::Session->create(
+    object_states => [
+      $self => {
+        _start       => "_poe_start",
+        login => "_poe_login",
+        login_response => "_poe_login_response",
+      },
+    ],
+  );
+
+  $self->{_http} = POE::Component::Client::HTTP->spawn(
+    Agent     => 'Minecraft Bot 2387',   # defaults to something long
+    Alias     => 'ua',                  # defaults to 'weeble'
+    From      => 'simcop2387@simcop2387.info',  # defaults to undef (no header)
+    Timeout   => 60,                    # defaults to 180 seconds
+    FollowRedirects => 2,               # defaults to 0 (off)
+  );
+
+  return $self;
+}
+
+sub _poe_start {
+  my $self = $_[OBJECT];
+  $_[KERNEL]->alias_set("$_[OBJECT]");
+}
+
+sub _poe_login {
+  my $self = $_[OBJECT];
+
+  my $to = $self->{_http}->ID();
+  my $req = HTTP::Request->new(POST => 'https://login.minecraft.net/');
+
+  $req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
+  $req->content('user='.$self->{username}.'&password='.$self->{password}.'&version='.$client_version);
+  
+  $poe_kernel->post($to, 'request', 'login_response', $req);
+}
+
+sub _poe_login_response {
+  my $self = $_[OBJECT];
+  my ($req, $res) = @_[ARG0, ARG1];
+
+  if ($res->is_success)
+  {
+    print $res->content, "\n";
+    @{$self}{qw/game_version download_ticket username_case session_id/} = split /:/, $res->content;
+
+    $poe_kernel->post($_[SESSION], "connect");
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    # i should have some way of giving this back to the user of the module, probably through the callback
+
+    # $cb->(LOGIN_FAILED, $res->status_line)
+    print $res->status_line, "\n";
+  }
+}
+
+sub _poe_connect {
+  my $self = $_[OBJECT];
+
+  die "Not going to actually connect!"
+}
+
+# strict object methods, these are directly called by the user of the module
+
+sub login {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $cb = shift;
+
+  $self->{_login_cb} = $cb; # save login callback
+
+  if (defined($self->{username}) && defined($self->{password}) &&
+      defined($self->{server}) && defined($self->{port})) {
+    $poe_kernel->call($_[SESSION], login);
+  } else {
+    die "No Server or credentials";
+  }
+}
+
+# ACCESORS
+
+sub credentials {
+  my ($self, $username, $password) = @_;
+  $self->{username} = $username if (defined($username));
+  $self->{password} = $password if (defined($password));
+
+  return [$self->{username}, $self->{password}]; # send them back so that this is an accessor also
+}
+
+sub server {
+  my ($self, $server) = @_;
+
+  $self->{server} = $server if (defined $server);
+
+  return $self->{server};
+}
+
+sub port {
+  my ($self, $port) = @_;
+
+  $self->{port} = $port if defined($port);
+
+  return $self->{port};
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/test.pl b/test.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b40881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use POE qw/Component::Minecraft/;
+
+my $username = $ARGV[0];
+my $password = $ARGV[1];
+
+my $mc = POE::Component::Minecraft->new({
+  username => $username,
+  password => $password,
+  server   => "mythmaster",
+});
+
+  POE::Session->create(
+    inline_states => {
+      _start => sub {
+        $mc->login(sub {print "woo!\n"})
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+POE::Kernel->run();
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