diff --git a/src/Bird.java b/src/Bird.java
index c4d196780cb7073a5089aa2f61bb63495015e2b2..15151dfd2317fe46916242a810148a63a179f3ae 100644
--- a/src/Bird.java
+++ b/src/Bird.java
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import bagel.Image;
 
 public class Bird {
     /* positive means moving up, negative means moving down */
-    public double velocity;
-    private static int frameCounterSinceStart = 0;
+    public double velocity = 0;
+    private static int frameCounterSinceStart = 1;
 
     public Image birdWingUp = new Image("res/birdWingUp.png");
     public Image birdWingDown = new Image("res/birdWingDown.png");
 
     public final double acceleration = 0.4;
-    public final double terminalVelocity = 10;
+    public final double terminalVelocity = -10;
 
     public final double x = 200;
     public double y = 350;
diff --git a/src/Pipe.java b/src/Pipe.java
index 3ebc9f053475ea9e161f76cae929103a24fed314..0abe366c921b44919086ffa27713932de393556a 100644
--- a/src/Pipe.java
+++ b/src/Pipe.java
@@ -1,27 +1,43 @@
-import bagel.*;
+import bagel.DrawOptions;
+import bagel.Image;
+import bagel.Window;
+import bagel.util.Point;
+import bagel.util.Rectangle;
 
 public class Pipe {
     private final double velocity = -5;
     private double pos = Window.getWidth(); /* x-coord at spawn */
     private final int pixelGap = 168;
+    public Point centrePipe1, centrePipe2;
 
     /* the higher this value the higher the pipe gap spawns, vice versa */
     private final int initialY = 50; /* y-value of pipe at spawn */
 
-    private Image pipeImage = new Image("res/pipe.png");
+    private Image pipeImage1 = new Image("res/pipe.png");
+    private Image pipeImage2 = new Image("res/pipe.png");
+
+    private Rectangle rectPipe1, rectPipe2;
 
     public void Pipe() {
 
     }
 
-    public void Render() {
+    public void Render(Rectangle bird) {
         /* upside down pipe */
-        this.pipeImage.draw(this.pos, -this.initialY);
+        this.pipeImage1.draw(this.pos, -this.initialY);
+        centrePipe1 = new Point(this.pos, -this.initialY);
+        rectPipe1 = this.pipeImage1.getBoundingBoxAt(centrePipe1);
 
         /* straight up pipe */
         DrawOptions options = new DrawOptions();
-        this.pipeImage.draw(this.pos, Window.getHeight() -this.initialY +this.pixelGap,
+        this.pipeImage2.draw(this.pos, Window.getHeight() -this.initialY +this.pixelGap,
                 options.setRotation(Math.PI));
+        centrePipe2 = new Point(this.pos, Window.getHeight() -this.initialY +this.pixelGap);
+        rectPipe2 = this.pipeImage2.getBoundingBoxAt(centrePipe2);
+
+        if(rectPipe2.intersects(bird)) {
+            System.out.println("COLLISION!\n");
+        }
 
         this.pos += this.velocity;
     }
diff --git a/src/ShadowFlap.java b/src/ShadowFlap.java
index 3ce420b6eb031acfca40b3916ac10b2cffc4ff2b..4f03e4ca23995ba1aff2d5e31a294e4997ce1721 100644
--- a/src/ShadowFlap.java
+++ b/src/ShadowFlap.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import bagel.*;
+import bagel.util.Point;
 
 /**
  * Skeleton Code for SWEN20003 Project 1, Semester 2, 2021
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ public class ShadowFlap extends AbstractGame {
             };
 
             bird.Render();
-            pipe.Render();
+            Point birdPos = new Point(bird.x, bird.y);
+            pipe.Render(bird.birdWingDown.getBoundingBoxAt(birdPos));
         }
         else if (gameState == "outOfBounds") {
             Background.draw(Window.getWidth() / 2.0, Window.getHeight() / 2.0);