diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index aa8a97d..5886fae 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ BinPackArguments:  true
 # pointer alignment
 # ---------------------------
 DerivePointerAlignment: false
-PointerAlignment: Left
+PointerAlignment: Right
 ReferenceAlignment: Pointer
-QualifierAlignment: Right
+QualifierAlignment: Left
 
 # ---------------------------
 # include settings and sorting
diff --git a/src/game/game.c b/src/game/game.c
index a76d930..0659a53 100644
--- a/src/game/game.c
+++ b/src/game/game.c
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ static struct gamedata dat = {0};
 /* shuffle an array using the Fisher–Yates shuffle algorithm.
  * `nmemb` is the number of members.
  * `membs` is the byte size of each member */
-static void shuffle(void* restrict ptr, size_t nmemb, size_t membs) {
+static void shuffle(void *restrict ptr, size_t nmemb, size_t membs) {
 	u8 dat[membs];
 
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < nmemb; i++) {
 		size_t j = i + rand() % (nmemb - i);
-		void* ptri = (u8*)ptr + i * membs;
-		void* ptrj = (u8*)ptr + j * membs;
+		void *ptri = (u8 *)ptr + i * membs;
+		void *ptrj = (u8 *)ptr + j * membs;
 		memcpy(dat, ptri, membs);
 		memcpy(ptri, ptrj, membs);
 		memcpy(ptrj, dat, membs);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void next_shape(void) {
 	shuffle(dat.pdat.nxt, TETC, sizeof(u8));
 }
 
-struct gamedata* game_init(void) {
+struct gamedata *game_init(void) {
 	srand(time(NULL));
 
 	// populate the data arrays
diff --git a/src/game/game.h b/src/game/game.h
index f4afe93..616ccdc 100644
--- a/src/game/game.h
+++ b/src/game/game.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct pdat {
 /* contains game data that's commonly shared */
 struct gamedata {
 	struct pdat pdat;
-	colour8* rows[ROWS];
+	colour8 *rows[ROWS];
 	u16 pnts;
 };
 
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ struct gamedata {
 /* increments to the next shape, shuffling the next shapes, if there isn't a next shape immediately after the current one. */
 void next_shape(void);
 
-struct gamedata* game_init(void);
+struct gamedata *game_init(void);
 void game_update(int movdat, size_t time);
 void game_free(void);
diff --git a/src/game/tetromino/placing.c b/src/game/tetromino/placing.c
index a9d7dd0..9d35666 100644
--- a/src/game/tetromino/placing.c
+++ b/src/game/tetromino/placing.c
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 #include "shapes.h"
 
 
-static int clear_rows(u8* restrict* restrict rows) {
+static int clear_rows(u8 *restrict *restrict rows) {
 	int count = 0;
-	u8* cache[4]; /* the maximum amount of rows the user can clear at once is four */
+	u8 *cache[4]; /* the maximum amount of rows the user can clear at once is four */
 
 	for (int y = ROWS - 1; y >= 0; y--) {
 		int x = 0;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int clear_rows(u8* restrict* restrict rows) {
 }
 
 /* writes a shape to the screen */
-static void plcmnt_place(u8* restrict const* restrict row, u8 id, i8vec2 pos) {
+static void plcmnt_place(u8 *restrict const *restrict row, u8 id, i8vec2 pos) {
 	u8 colour = colour_from_id(id);
 
 	i8vec2 bpos[4];
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ static void plcmnt_place(u8* restrict const* restrict row, u8 id, i8vec2 pos) {
 	row[bpos[3][VY]][bpos[3][VX]] = colour;
 }
 
-static int plcmnt_valid(u8* restrict const* restrict const rows, i8vec2 pos) {
+static int plcmnt_valid(u8 *restrict const *restrict const rows, i8vec2 pos) {
 	return pos[VX] >= 0 && pos[VX] < COLUMNS &&
 		pos[VY] >= 0 && pos[VY] < ROWS &&
 		!rows[pos[VY]][pos[VX]];
 }
 
-static int plcmnt_intersect(u8* restrict const* restrict const rows, u8 const id, i8vec2 pos) {
+static int plcmnt_intersect(u8 *restrict const *restrict const rows, const u8 id, i8vec2 pos) {
 	i8vec2 bpos[4];
 	shape_getblocks(id, bpos);
 	return !(plcmnt_valid(rows, pos + bpos[0]) &&
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int plcmnt_intersect(u8* restrict const* restrict const rows, u8 const id
 		plcmnt_valid(rows, pos + bpos[3]));
 }
 
-int place_update(struct gamedata* gdat, int movdat) {
+int place_update(struct gamedata *gdat, int movdat) {
 	// store the current index and ID, only changes when placed (which yields no movement) and rotation (which occurs last)
 	int tmp;
 	u8 id = gdat->pdat.cur;
diff --git a/src/game/tetromino/placing.h b/src/game/tetromino/placing.h
index 0ba1152..f8b5409 100644
--- a/src/game/tetromino/placing.h
+++ b/src/game/tetromino/placing.h
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 /* updates the movement of the `pdat` structure, updating the rows when colliding downwards.
  * returns `0` if we successfully updated. Returns 1 if we couldn't update. (e.g. when a next block immediately collides) */
-int place_update(struct gamedata* gdat, int movdat);
+int place_update(struct gamedata *gdat, int movdat);
diff --git a/src/game/tetromino/shapes.c b/src/game/tetromino/shapes.c
index a8c2cb6..3aa0b9e 100644
--- a/src/game/tetromino/shapes.c
+++ b/src/game/tetromino/shapes.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "../../util/vec.h"
 #include "../../error.h"
 
-void shape_getblocks(u8 id, i8vec2* restrict out) {
+void shape_getblocks(u8 id, i8vec2 *restrict out) {
 	struct blockdat {
 		u8 ax : 2, ay : 2;
 		u8 bx : 2, by : 2;
diff --git a/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h b/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h
index cc1aacb..f988cba 100644
--- a/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h
+++ b/src/game/tetromino/shapes.h
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ enum tetromino {
 #define SHAPE_HEIGHT 4
 #define TETC         7
 
-void shape_getblocks(u8 id, i8vec2* out);
+void shape_getblocks(u8 id, i8vec2 *out);
 colour8 colour_from_id(u8 id);
diff --git a/src/game/time.c b/src/game/time.c
index 6b5a9ae..9174b98 100644
--- a/src/game/time.c
+++ b/src/game/time.c
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 #endif
 #if __has_include(<features.h>) && _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199309L
 #include <bits/time.h>
-static void gettime(struct timespec* ts) {
+static void gettime(struct timespec *ts) {
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, ts);
 }
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
 #include <profileapi.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <winnt.h>
-static void gettime(struct timespec* ts) {
+static void gettime(struct timespec *ts) {
 	LARGE_INTEGER cnt, frq;
 	QueryPerformanceCounter(&cnt);
 	QueryPerformanceFrequency(&frq);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ time_t time_pull(void) {
 	return ts.tv_sec * 1000 + ts.tv_nsec / 1000000;
 }
 
-int time_poll(time_t curr, time_t delta, time_t* restrict proj) {
+int time_poll(time_t curr, time_t delta, time_t *restrict proj) {
 	bool tpass = curr >= *proj;
 	*proj += tpass * ((curr + delta) - *proj); // adds 0, or the difference to proj
 	return tpass;
diff --git a/src/game/time.h b/src/game/time.h
index 47d4efd..e1212ea 100644
--- a/src/game/time.h
+++ b/src/game/time.h
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ time_t time_pull(void);
 /* Polls the time whether a given timeout has passed, comparing against `curr` as the current time.
  * if `curr` ≥ `*proj`, `curr` + `delta` is written to `*proj`. `1` is returned.
  * otherwise, we just return `0`. */
-__nonnull((3)) int time_poll(time_t curr, time_t delta, time_t* restrict proj);
+__nonnull((3)) int time_poll(time_t curr, time_t delta, time_t *restrict proj);
diff --git a/src/io/audio.c b/src/io/audio.c
index 72cac5c..2b233f5 100644
--- a/src/io/audio.c
+++ b/src/io/audio.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "../util/types.h"
 
 struct audioplayer {
-	u8 const* buf;
+	const u8 *buf;
 	int len;
 };
 
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ static struct audiodevice {
 
 struct audiodata audio_dat[AUDIO_ID_COUNT] = {0}; // contains pointers to audio buffers.
 
-static char const* const audio_path[AUDIO_ID_COUNT] = {
+static const char *const audio_path[AUDIO_ID_COUNT] = {
 	"korobeiniki.wav",
 	"place.wav",
 };
 
 /* mixes the audio output stream, using the different audio as sources */
-static void audiomixer(void* const userdata, u8* const stream, int const len) {
+static void audiomixer(void *const userdata, u8 *const stream, const int len) {
 	(void)userdata;
 	memset(stream, 0, len); // clear the playing audio
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void audiomixer(void* const userdata, u8* const stream, int const len) {
  * `len` is a pointer to the current size, the new size will be written to this location.
  * returns the pointer to the audio buffer to use, or NULL, when something went wrong.
  * NULL will never be returned after the conversion */
-static u8* audio_cvt(SDL_AudioSpec const* spec, u8* bufptr, unsigned* len) {
+static u8 *audio_cvt(const SDL_AudioSpec *spec, u8 *bufptr, unsigned *len) {
 	if (!bufptr) return NULL;
 
 	// init the converter
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static inline u32 audio_btoms(u32 len) {
 }
 
 /* loads a `struct audiodata` from `fpat` to `out`. */
-static void audio_wav_load(char const* restrict fpat, struct audiodata* restrict out) {
+static void audio_wav_load(const char *restrict fpat, struct audiodata *restrict out) {
 	debug("loading audio file '%s'...", fpat);
 	if (faccess(fpat, FA_R)) {
 		error("audio file either isn't readable or doesn't exist. path: '%s'!", fpat);
@@ -146,5 +146,5 @@ void audio_free(void) {
 	dev = (struct audiodevice){0};
 
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < AUDIO_ID_COUNT; i++)
-		free((void*)audio_dat[i].buf);
+		free((void *)audio_dat[i].buf);
 }
diff --git a/src/io/audio.h b/src/io/audio.h
index 72d54f5..1fd238e 100644
--- a/src/io/audio.h
+++ b/src/io/audio.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define AUDIO_MAX 4 // maximum number of sound effects that are allowed to play at once
 
 struct audiodata {
-	u8 const* buf; // pointer to the audio buffer
+	const u8 *buf; // pointer to the audio buffer
 	u32 len;       // length in bytes of the audio buffer
 	u32 ms;        // length in miliseconds of the audio buffer
 };
diff --git a/src/io/colour/colour32.h b/src/io/colour/colour32.h
index dd2fa1d..e28e298 100644
--- a/src/io/colour/colour32.h
+++ b/src/io/colour/colour32.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ typedef union {
 #define COLOUR32_WHITE   ((colour32){0xFFFFFFFF})
 
 // sets the render colour to a colour32 value
-static inline void set_colour32(SDL_Renderer* const renderer, colour32 const c) {
+static inline void set_colour32(SDL_Renderer *const renderer, const colour32 c) {
 	(void)SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, c.r, c.g, c.b, c.a);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/io/colour/colour8.h b/src/io/colour/colour8.h
index b62ce7a..83d703c 100644
--- a/src/io/colour/colour8.h
+++ b/src/io/colour/colour8.h
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@ typedef uint8_t colour8;
 #define COLOUR8_WHITE   ((colour8)0xFF) // 1111 1111
 
 // gets the red channel in 32 bit colour space
-static inline uint8_t colour8_red32(colour8 const colour) {
+static inline uint8_t colour8_red32(const colour8 colour) {
 	return (colour >> 5) * (255 / 7);
 }
 
 // gets the green channel in 32 bit colour space
-static inline uint8_t colour8_green32(colour8 const colour) {
+static inline uint8_t colour8_green32(const colour8 colour) {
 	return ((colour >> 2) & 7) * (255 / 7);
 }
 
 // gets the blue channel in 32 bit colour space
-static inline uint8_t colour8_blue32(colour8 const colour) {
+static inline uint8_t colour8_blue32(const colour8 colour) {
 	return (colour & 3) * (255 / 3);
 }
 
 // sets the render colour to a colour8 value
-static inline void set_colour8(SDL_Renderer* const renderer, colour8 const c) {
+static inline void set_colour8(SDL_Renderer *const renderer, const colour8 c) {
 	(void)SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, colour8_red32(c), colour8_green32(c), colour8_blue32(c), 0xFF);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/io/render.c b/src/io/render.c
index 1c45e0c..449c324 100644
--- a/src/io/render.c
+++ b/src/io/render.c
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 
 #define COLOUR_SCORE COLOUR32_YELLOW
 
-SDL_Renderer* rend = NULL;
-TTF_Font* font = NULL;
-struct gamedata const* gdat = NULL;
+SDL_Renderer *rend = NULL;
+TTF_Font *font = NULL;
+struct gamedata const *gdat = NULL;
 
-static SDL_Surface* score_surface = NULL;
-static SDL_Texture* score_texture = NULL;
+static SDL_Surface *score_surface = NULL;
+static SDL_Texture *score_texture = NULL;
 
 static inline i32 colpos(uint column) {
 	return column * BLOCK_WIDTH + 1 + TET_PADDING;
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ static void draw_score_text(void) {
 	SDL_RenderCopy(rend, score_texture, NULL, &text_rect);
 }
 
-static inline int draw_block(SDL_Renderer* const renderer, i8vec2 pos) {
-	SDL_Rect const block = {colpos(pos[VX]), rowpos(pos[VY]), BLOCK_WIDTH - 1, BLOCK_HEIGHT - 1};
+static inline int draw_block(SDL_Renderer *const renderer, i8vec2 pos) {
+	const SDL_Rect block = {colpos(pos[VX]), rowpos(pos[VY]), BLOCK_WIDTH - 1, BLOCK_HEIGHT - 1};
 	return SDL_RenderFillRect(renderer, &block);
 }
 
-static void draw_shape(u8 const id, i8vec2 pos) {
+static void draw_shape(const u8 id, i8vec2 pos) {
 	set_colour8(rend, colour_from_id(id));
 	i8vec2 bpos[4];
 	shape_getblocks(id, bpos);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void draw_shape(u8 const id, i8vec2 pos) {
 
 static void render_level(void) {
 	for (int y = 0; y < ROWS; y++) {
-		u8 const* row = gdat->rows[y];
+		const u8 *row = gdat->rows[y];
 
 		for (int x = 0; x < COLUMNS; x++) {
 			if (row[x] != 0) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static void render_level(void) {
 	}
 }
 
-void render_init(SDL_Window* win, struct gamedata const* game_data) {
+void render_init(SDL_Window *win, struct gamedata const *game_data) {
 	rend = SDL_CreateRenderer(win, -1, SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC | SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED);
 	if (rend == NULL) fatal(ERROR_SDL_RENDERING_INIT, "Renderer failed to be created! SDL Error: %s", SDL_GetError());
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void render_update(void) {
 	SDL_RenderClear(rend);
 	set_colour32(rend, COLOUR32_WHITE);
 
-	static SDL_Rect const field_size = {TET_PADDING, TET_PADDING, TET_WIDTH + 1, TET_HEIGHT + 1};
+	static const SDL_Rect field_size = {TET_PADDING, TET_PADDING, TET_WIDTH + 1, TET_HEIGHT + 1};
 	SDL_RenderDrawRect(rend, &field_size);
 
 	if (font) draw_score_text();
diff --git a/src/io/render.h b/src/io/render.h
index a907908..122f5fe 100644
--- a/src/io/render.h
+++ b/src/io/render.h
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 #define BLOCK_WIDTH   (TET_WIDTH / COLUMNS)                  // width of a block
 #define BLOCK_HEIGHT  (TET_HEIGHT / ROWS)                    // height of a block
 
-__nonnull((1, 2)) void render_init(SDL_Window*, struct gamedata const*);
+__nonnull((1, 2)) void render_init(SDL_Window *, struct gamedata const *);
 void render_update(void); // causes a draw to occur, will also determine update rate
 void render_free(void);   // frees the memory allocated to the renderer in render_data
diff --git a/src/io/window.c b/src/io/window.c
index d182eb9..60d5ce4 100644
--- a/src/io/window.c
+++ b/src/io/window.c
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 #include "input.h"
 #include "render.h"
 
-static SDL_Window* win = NULL;
+static SDL_Window *win = NULL;
 static bool close = false;
 
-void window_init(struct gamedata const* gdat) {
+void window_init(struct gamedata const *gdat) {
 	assert(!win && !close);
 	if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_AUDIO) < 0)
 		fatal(ERROR_SDL_INIT, "SDL could not initialize! SDL Error: %s", SDL_GetError());
diff --git a/src/io/window.h b/src/io/window.h
index 40df18b..b67c7da 100644
--- a/src/io/window.h
+++ b/src/io/window.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define SCREEN_WIDTH  ((COLUMNS + 6) * PX_DENS)              // window width
 #define SCREEN_HEIGHT ((COLUMNS) * PX_DENS / COLUMNS * ROWS) // window height
 
-void window_init(struct gamedata const*);
+void window_init(struct gamedata const *);
 void window_open(void);
 void window_close(void);
 void window_free(void);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2bc72a4..a1f74c5 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static void stop(void) {
 }
 
 // entry-point of the application
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	(void)argc, (void)argv;
 	// register stop as exit function
 	atexit(stop);
diff --git a/src/util/compat.h b/src/util/compat.h
index 05edc90..bece763 100644
--- a/src/util/compat.h
+++ b/src/util/compat.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ enum faccess_perms {
 
 /* tests a files access with F_OK, X_OK, R_OK, W_OK OR'd together
    returns 0 upon success. -1 when errno is set and anything else when one or more of the permissions isn't set */
-static inline int faccess(char const* restrict fname, int perms) {
+static inline int faccess(const char *restrict fname, int perms) {
 #if defined __unix__ && _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
 	return access(fname, perms);
 #elif defined _WIN32