diff --git a/src/game/game.c b/src/game/game.c
index 919bf59..f5bc2b0 100644
--- a/src/game/game.c
+++ b/src/game/game.c
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ void game_update(GameData* game_data, const uint8_t* keys) {
         stop();
     }
 
-    //tmp_set_random(game_data);
-    tmp_set_all(game_data);
+    tmp_set_random(game_data);
+    //tmp_set_all(game_data);
 }
diff --git a/src/game/tetromino/placing.c b/src/game/tetromino/placing.c
index fd77ecf..82e63e5 100644
--- a/src/game/tetromino/placing.c
+++ b/src/game/tetromino/placing.c
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+#include "placing.h"
+
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "../../window/colour.h"
 #include "../game.h"
@@ -34,3 +37,41 @@ void tmp_set_all(GameData* game_data) {
 
     set_shape(game_data->row, TETROMINO_T, COLOUR_MAGENTA, 5, 16);
 }
+
+void tmp_set_random(GameData* game_data) {
+    uint32_t x = rand() % TETROMINO_COUNT;
+    Shape shape = 0;
+    Colour colour = {0};
+    switch (x) {
+    case 0:
+        shape = TETROMINO_I;
+        colour = COLOUR_CYAN;
+        break;
+    case 1:
+        shape = TETROMINO_J;
+        colour = COLOUR_BLUE;
+        break;
+    case 2:
+        shape = TETROMINO_L;
+        colour = COLOUR_ORANGE;
+        break;
+    case 3:
+        shape = TETROMINO_O;
+        colour = COLOUR_YELLOW;
+        break;
+    case 4:
+        shape = TETROMINO_S;
+        colour = COLOUR_RED;
+        break;
+    case 5:
+        shape = TETROMINO_T;
+        colour = COLOUR_MAGENTA;
+        break;
+    case 6:
+        shape = TETROMINO_Z;
+        colour = COLOUR_GREEN;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    set_shape(game_data->row, shape, colour, 1, 1);
+}
diff --git a/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h b/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h
index 2bd6209..0b2613c 100644
--- a/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h
+++ b/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #define SHAPE_WIDTH  4
 #define SHAPE_HEIGHT 4
 
-
+#define TETROMINO_COUNT 7
 typedef uint16_t Shape;
 enum {
     // clang-format off
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8c4ebb0..5710099 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "errors.h"
 #include "game/game.h"
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ static void init(void) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // set a random seed using the system clock
+    srand(time(NULL));
+
     // initialize audio
     // AudioDevice* audio_device = audio_device_init(32000, AUDIO_S16, 1, 4096);
     // AudioData audio1 = audio_load_wav(audio_device, "FILE MANE");