diff --git a/include/ui/draw_images.h b/include/ui/draw_images.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69cef56a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ui/draw_images.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef DRAW_IMAGES_H
+#define DRAW_IMAGES_H
+
+#include "game-state/room.h"
+
+/* draw_room_gui
+ * Draws a room based on its room id for the split screen in chiventure
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *    - width: integer that defines the width of the split screen
+ *    - height: integer that defines the height of the split screen
+ *    - pos_x: integer that defines the x-coordinate of the center of the image
+ *    - pos_y: integer that defines the x-coordinate of the center of the image
+ *    - filepath: string that contains the filepath to the directory containing the images
+ *    - curr_room: room_t that defines the current room the player is in
+ *
+ * No value is returned
+ */
+void draw_room_gui(int width, int height, int pos_x, int pos_y, char *filepath, room_t *curr_room);
+
+/* draw_map
+ * Draws the map in the top left corner of the split screen that updates the center room
+ * when the player moves rooms
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *    - width: integer that defines the width of the split screen
+ *    - height: integer that defines the height of the split screen
+ *    - curr_room: room_t that defines the current room the player is in
+ *
+ * No value is returned
+ */
+void draw_map(int width, int height, room_t *curr_room);
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt
index 24531dddbf..eb95ef75d4 100644
--- a/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ add_library(ui
             src/print_functions.c
             src/ui.c
             src/ui_ctx.c
-            src/window.c)
+            src/window.c
+            src/draw_images.c)
 
 if (raylib_FOUND)
     target_sources(ui PRIVATE src/gui.c)
diff --git a/src/ui/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ui/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 0104e7cfca..a8c115abeb 100644
--- a/src/ui/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ui/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if (raylib_FOUND)
     add_executable(split_screen_example
                    split_screen_example.c)
     add_executable(split_screen_map_example
-                   split_screen_map_example.c)
+                   split_screen_map_example.c)              
     add_executable(gui_sample_game
                    gui_sample_game.c)               
 
diff --git a/src/ui/examples/gui_sample_game.c b/src/ui/examples/gui_sample_game.c
index ff56b1af8d..491110e17b 100644
--- a/src/ui/examples/gui_sample_game.c
+++ b/src/ui/examples/gui_sample_game.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "raylib.h"
 #include "game-state/game.h"
 #include "game-state/room.h"
+#include "ui/draw_images.h"
 
 
 chiventure_ctx_t *create_sample_ctx()
@@ -134,27 +135,10 @@ int main() {
         int height = SCREEN_HEIGHT/2;
         int pos_x = SCREEN_WIDTH/4;
         int pos_y = SCREEN_HEIGHT/10;
+        room_t *curr_room = ctx->game->curr_room;
+        char *filepath = strdup("../../../../src/ui/examples/");
         
-        /* Loading just one image is a temporary solution
-         In the future, we will use a more generic path so that we can load
-         game-specific images */
-        char filename[100] = "../../../../src/ui/examples/";
-
-        strcat(filename, ctx->game->curr_room->room_id);
-
-      	strcat(filename, ".png");
-
-        Image room = LoadImage(filename);   
-
-        ImageResize(&room, width, height);
-            
-        /* Image converted to texture, uploaded to GPU memory (VRAM) */    
-        Texture2D texture = LoadTextureFromImage(room);
-        
-        /* Once image has been converted to texture and uploaded to VRAM, it can be unloaded from RAM */
-        UnloadImage(room);   
-        
-        DrawTexture(texture, pos_x, pos_y, WHITE);
+        draw_room_gui(width, height, pos_x, pos_y, filepath, curr_room);
 
         DrawRectangleRec(textBox, WHITE);
         DrawRectangle(POS_ZERO, SCREEN_HEIGHT - heightbuf2, SCREEN_WIDTH, rectHeight, WHITE);
@@ -180,117 +164,10 @@ int main() {
         Font test = GetFontDefault();
         DrawTextRec(test, output_text, output, fontSize, fontSpacing, true, BLACK);
 
-        int map_width, map_height, map_room_width, map_room_height, map_topX, map_topY, ball_rad;
-        map_width = height / 2;
-        map_height = width / 5;
-        map_room_width = map_width / 3;
-        map_room_height = map_height / 3;
-        map_topX = 5;
-        map_topY = 5;   
-        ball_rad = map_room_width / 10;
-        room_t *curr_room = ctx->game->curr_room;
-        
-        Color colors[8];
-
-        colors[0] = RED;
-        colors[1] = PINK;
-        colors[2] = PURPLE;
-        colors[3] = BLUE;
-        colors[4] = YELLOW;
-        colors[5] = GREEN;
-        colors[6] = ORANGE;
-        colors[7] = DARKGREEN;
-        
-        // map background
-        DrawRectangle(map_topX, map_topY, map_width, map_height, BLACK);
-        
-        int posX = map_topX + map_width/2 - map_room_width/2;
-        int posY = map_topY + map_height/2 - map_room_height/2;
-        // current room
-        DrawRectangle(posX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[0]);
-
-        //draw surrounding rooms around current room
-        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "EAST") != NULL)
-        {   
-            int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
-            DrawRectangle(tempX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[1]);
-
-            room_t *east = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "EAST");
-            // draw rooms above and below the room that is east of the current room
-            // northeast and southeast rooms to the current room
-            if (find_room_from_dir(east, "NORTH") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[5]);
-            }
-            if (find_room_from_dir(east, "SOUTH") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[6]);
-            }
-
-        }
-        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "WEST") != NULL)
-        {
-            int tempX = posX - map_room_width;
-            DrawRectangle(tempX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[2]);
-
-            room_t *west = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "WEST");
-            // draw rooms above and below the room that is west of the current room
-            // northwest and southwest rooms to the current room
-            if (find_room_from_dir(west, "NORTH") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[7]);
-            }
-            if (find_room_from_dir(west, "SOUTH") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[8]);
-            }
-        }
-        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "SOUTH") != NULL)
-        {
-            int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
-            DrawRectangle(posX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[3]);
-
-            room_t *south = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "SOUTH");
-            // draw rooms next to the room that is south of the current room
-            // southeast and southwest rooms to the current room
-            if (find_room_from_dir(south, "EAST") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[6]);
-            }
-            if (find_room_from_dir(south, "WEST") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempX = posX - map_room_width;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[8]);
-            }
-        }
-        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "NORTH") != NULL)
-        {
-            int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
-            DrawRectangle(posX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[4]);
-
-            room_t *north = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "NORTH");
-            // draw rooms next to the room that is north of the current room
-            // northeast and northwest rooms to the current room
-            if (find_room_from_dir(north, "WEST") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[7]);
-            }
-            if (find_room_from_dir(north, "EAST") != NULL)
-            {
-                int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
-                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[5]);
-            }
-        }
+        /* Drawing the Map for the upper half of the split screen */
+     
+        draw_map(width, height, curr_room);
         
-        //draws player position as ball in the middle of map screen and inside current room
-        DrawCircle(map_topX + map_width/2, map_topY + map_height/2, ball_rad, WHITE);
-
         EndDrawing();
     }
     
diff --git a/src/ui/src/draw_images.c b/src/ui/src/draw_images.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bdb14af0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/src/draw_images.c
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "raylib.h"
+#include "ui/draw_images.h"
+
+
+#define MAX_FILENAME_LEN (100)
+
+/* See draw_images.h for documentation */
+void draw_room_gui(int width, int height, int pos_x, int pos_y, char *filepath, room_t *curr_room)
+{
+
+    
+    char *image_filename = calloc(100, sizeof(char));
+    sprintf(image_filename, "%s%s.%s", filepath, curr_room->room_id, "png");
+
+    Image room = LoadImage(filepath);   
+        
+    ImageResize(&room, width, height);
+
+    /* Image converted to texture, uploaded to GPU memory (VRAM) */
+    Texture2D texture = LoadTextureFromImage(room);
+    
+    /* Once image has been converted to texture and uploaded to VRAM, it can be unloaded from RAM */
+    UnloadImage(room);   
+
+    DrawTexture(texture, pos_x, pos_y, WHITE);
+}
+
+/* See draw_images.h for documentation */
+void draw_map(int width, int height, room_t *curr_room)
+{
+    int map_width, map_height, map_room_width, map_room_height, map_topX, map_topY, ball_rad;
+    map_width = height / 2;
+    map_height = width / 5;
+    map_room_width = map_width / 3;
+    map_room_height = map_height / 3;
+    map_topX = 5;
+    map_topY = 5;
+    ball_rad = map_room_width / 10;
+
+    Color colors[8];
+
+    colors[0] = RED;
+    colors[1] = PINK;
+    colors[2] = PURPLE;
+    colors[3] = BLUE;
+    colors[4] = YELLOW;
+    colors[5] = GREEN;
+    colors[6] = ORANGE;
+    colors[7] = DARKGREEN;
+
+    /* map background */
+    DrawRectangle(map_topX, map_topY, map_width, map_height, BLACK);
+
+    int posX = map_topX + map_width / 2 - map_room_width / 2;
+    int posY = map_topY + map_height / 2 - map_room_height / 2;
+    
+    /* draw current room */
+    DrawRectangle(posX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[0]);
+
+    /* draw surrounding rooms around current room */
+    if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "EAST") != NULL)
+    {
+        int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+        DrawRectangle(tempX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[1]);
+
+        room_t *east = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "EAST");
+        /* draw rooms above and below the room that is east of the current room
+        northeast and southeast rooms to the current room */
+        if (find_room_from_dir(east, "NORTH") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[5]);
+        }
+        if (find_room_from_dir(east, "SOUTH") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[6]);
+        }
+    }
+    if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "WEST") != NULL)
+    {
+        int tempX = posX - map_room_width;
+        DrawRectangle(tempX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[2]);
+
+        room_t *west = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "WEST");
+        /* draw rooms above and below the room that is west of the current room
+        northwest and southwest rooms to the current room */
+        if (find_room_from_dir(west, "NORTH") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[7]);
+        }
+        if (find_room_from_dir(west, "SOUTH") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[8]);
+        }
+    }
+    if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "SOUTH") != NULL)
+    {
+        int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
+        DrawRectangle(posX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[3]);
+
+        room_t *south = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "SOUTH");
+        /* draw rooms next to the room that is south of the current room
+        southeast and southwest rooms to the current room */
+        if (find_room_from_dir(south, "EAST") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[6]);
+        }
+        if (find_room_from_dir(south, "WEST") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempX = posX - map_room_width;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[8]);
+        }
+    }
+    if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "NORTH") != NULL)
+    {
+        int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
+        DrawRectangle(posX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[4]);
+
+        room_t *north = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "NORTH");
+        /* draw rooms next to the room that is north of the current room
+        northeast and northwest rooms to the current room */
+        if (find_room_from_dir(north, "WEST") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[7]);
+        }
+        if (find_room_from_dir(north, "EAST") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[5]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* draws player position as ball in the middle of map screen and inside current room */
+    DrawCircle(map_topX + map_width / 2, map_topY + map_height / 2, ball_rad, WHITE);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/ui/src/gui.c b/src/ui/src/gui.c
index 41ca1fdb49..09501ffcf0 100644
--- a/src/ui/src/gui.c
+++ b/src/ui/src/gui.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "action_management/actionmanagement.h"
 #include "ui/gui.h"
 #include "raylib.h"
+#include "ui/draw_images.h"
 
 
 void run_gui(chiventure_ctx_t *ctx)
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ void run_gui(chiventure_ctx_t *ctx)
             while (key > 0) {
                 /* NOTE: Only allow keys in range [32..125}
                 as these are the printable characters */
-                if ((key >= 0) && (key <= 127) && (letterCount < MAX_INPUT_CHARS))
+                if ((key >= 32) && (key <= 125) && (letterCount < MAX_INPUT_CHARS))
                 {
                     name[letterCount] = (char)key;
                     letterCount++;
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@ void run_gui(chiventure_ctx_t *ctx)
         /* Loading just one image is a temporary solution
          In the future, we will use a more generic path so that we can load
          game-specific images */
-        Image room = LoadImage("../src/ui/src/chiventure.png");   
-            
+        Image room = LoadImage("../src/ui/src/chiventure.png");      
+
         ImageResize(&room, width, height);
             
         /* Image converted to texture, uploaded to GPU memory (VRAM) */    
@@ -148,9 +149,122 @@ void run_gui(chiventure_ctx_t *ctx)
         Font test = GetFontDefault();
         DrawTextRec(test, output_text, output, fontSize, fontSpacing, true, BLACK);
 
+
+        /* Start drawing map */
+        int map_width, map_height, map_room_width, map_room_height, map_topX, map_topY, ball_rad;
+        map_width = height / 2;
+        map_height = width / 5;
+        map_room_width = map_width / 3;
+        map_room_height = map_height / 3;
+        map_topX = 5;
+        map_topY = 5;   
+        ball_rad = map_room_width / 10;
+        room_t *curr_room = ctx->game->curr_room;
+        
+        Color colors[8];
+
+        colors[0] = RED;
+        colors[1] = PINK;
+        colors[2] = PURPLE;
+        colors[3] = BLUE;
+        colors[4] = YELLOW;
+        colors[5] = GREEN;
+        colors[6] = ORANGE;
+        colors[7] = DARKGREEN;
+        
+        /* map background */
+        DrawRectangle(map_topX, map_topY, map_width, map_height, BLACK);
+        
+        int posX = map_topX + map_width/2 - map_room_width/2;
+        int posY = map_topY + map_height/2 - map_room_height/2;
+        /* draw current room */
+        DrawRectangle(posX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[0]);
+
+        /* draw surrounding rooms around current room */
+        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "EAST") != NULL)
+        {   
+            int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[1]);
+
+            room_t *east = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "EAST");
+            /* draw rooms above and below the room that is east of the current room 
+            northeast and southeast rooms to the current room */
+            if (find_room_from_dir(east, "NORTH") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[5]);
+            }
+            if (find_room_from_dir(east, "SOUTH") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[6]);
+            }
+
+        }
+        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "WEST") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempX = posX - map_room_width;
+            DrawRectangle(tempX, posY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[2]);
+
+            room_t *west = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "WEST");
+            /* draw rooms above and below the room that is west of the current room
+            northwest and southwest rooms to the current room */
+            if (find_room_from_dir(west, "NORTH") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[7]);
+            }
+            if (find_room_from_dir(west, "SOUTH") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[8]);
+            }
+        }
+        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "SOUTH") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempY = posY + map_room_height;
+            DrawRectangle(posX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[3]);
+
+            room_t *south = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "SOUTH");
+            /* draw rooms next to the room that is south of the current room
+            southeast and southwest rooms to the current room */
+            if (find_room_from_dir(south, "EAST") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[6]);
+            }
+            if (find_room_from_dir(south, "WEST") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempX = posX - map_room_width;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[8]);
+            }
+        }
+        if (find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "NORTH") != NULL)
+        {
+            int tempY = posY - map_room_height;
+            DrawRectangle(posX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[4]);
+
+            room_t *north = find_room_from_dir(curr_room, "NORTH");
+            /* draw rooms next to the room that is north of the current room
+            northeast and northwest rooms to the current room */
+            if (find_room_from_dir(north, "WEST") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[7]);
+            }
+            if (find_room_from_dir(north, "EAST") != NULL)
+            {
+                int tempX = posX + map_room_width;
+                DrawRectangle(tempX, tempY, map_room_width, map_room_height, colors[5]);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /* draws player position as ball in the middle of map screen and inside current room */
+        DrawCircle(map_topX + map_width/2, map_topY + map_height/2, ball_rad, WHITE);
+
         EndDrawing();
     }
     
     CloseWindow();
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}