diff --git a/Scenes/BattleScene.gd b/Scenes/BattleScene.gd
index 9417253..122dd6b 100644
--- a/Scenes/BattleScene.gd
+++ b/Scenes/BattleScene.gd
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ var player_to_move : bool = false
 var player_original_position : Vector2 = Vector2.ZERO
 var player_movement_range = 5
 
+
+func _ready():
+	# start with the DiceView being selected 
+	$Diceiew.selected = true
+	$CardView.selected = false
+	self.selected = false
+
+
+func set_player_to_move(movement_range : int = 0):
+	player_to_move = true
+	player_movement_range = movement_range
+
+
 func _physics_process(delta):
 	
 	# player should carry on queued movements no matter what
diff --git a/UI/DiceView.gd b/UI/DiceView.gd
index 9b85cc5..08f101e 100644
--- a/UI/DiceView.gd
+++ b/UI/DiceView.gd
@@ -2,10 +2,40 @@ extends Control
 
 const dice = preload("res://UI/Dice.tscn")
 
-var selected : bool = true
+var selected : bool = false
+var selected_dice = null
 
 var current_dice = []
 
+
+func _physics_process(delta):
+	
+	# no keyboard input if not selected  
+	if not selected:
+		selected_dice = null
+		return
+	
+	# if selected dice is null, add a value
+	if not selected_dice:
+		selected_dice = 0
+	
+	# TODO: maybe support actual dicrectional selection
+	# move the selection forward or backward the list depending on input
+	if (Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_up") or 
+		Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_left")):
+			selected_dice += 1
+			if selected_dice <= len(current_dice):
+				selected_dice = 0
+	
+	if (Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_down") or
+		Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_right")):
+			selected_dice -= 1
+			if selected_dice > 0:
+				selected_dice = len(current_dice) -1
+	
+	
+
+
 func roll_dice(specific_value : int = 0):
 	# make a new dice instance and add it to the grid container
 	var new_dice = dice.instance()
diff --git a/UI/DiceView.tscn b/UI/DiceView.tscn
index bb2ded9..880c24e 100644
--- a/UI/DiceView.tscn
+++ b/UI/DiceView.tscn
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=6 format=2]
+[gd_scene load_steps=3 format=2]
 
 [ext_resource path="res://AutoGridContainer - Full Version/AutoGridContainer.tscn" type="PackedScene" id=1]
 [ext_resource path="res://UI/DiceView.gd" type="Script" id=2]
-[ext_resource path="res://UI/Dice.tscn" type="PackedScene" id=3]
-[ext_resource path="res://Assets/Dice/Dice6.png" type="Texture" id=4]
-[ext_resource path="res://Assets/Dice/Dice1.png" type="Texture" id=5]
 
 [node name="DiceView" type="Control"]
 anchor_right = 1.0
@@ -22,19 +19,3 @@ margin_bottom = -30.0
 [node name="AutoGrid" parent="Margin" instance=ExtResource( 1 )]
 margin_right = 1220.0
 margin_bottom = 660.0
-
-[node name="Dice" parent="Margin/AutoGrid" instance=ExtResource( 3 )]
-texture = ExtResource( 5 )
-dice_value = 1
-
-[node name="Dice2" parent="Margin/AutoGrid" instance=ExtResource( 3 )]
-texture = ExtResource( 5 )
-dice_value = 1
-
-[node name="Dice3" parent="Margin/AutoGrid" instance=ExtResource( 3 )]
-texture = ExtResource( 5 )
-dice_value = 1
-
-[node name="Dice4" parent="Margin/AutoGrid" instance=ExtResource( 3 )]
-texture = ExtResource( 4 )
-dice_value = 6