diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/Voxelotl/CMakeLists.txt
index daeafa8..a174b68 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ add_executable(Voxelotl MACOSX_BUNDLE
   ChunkMeshGeneration.swift
   CubeMeshBuilder.swift
   ChunkMeshBuilder.swift
+  ChunkID.swift
   World.swift
   Raycast.swift
   Camera.swift
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkGeneration.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkGeneration.swift
index aa9267a..7a9569e 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkGeneration.swift
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkGeneration.swift
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import Foundation
 
 public struct ChunkGeneration {
   private let queue: OperationQueue
-  private let localReadyChunks = ConcurrentDictionary<SIMD3<Int>, Chunk>()
-  private var generatingChunkSet = Set<SIMD3<Int>>()
+  private let localReadyChunks = ConcurrentDictionary<ChunkID, Chunk>()
+  private var generatingChunkSet = Set<ChunkID>()
 
   weak var world: World?
 
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ public struct ChunkGeneration {
     self.generatingChunkSet.removeAll()
   }
 
-  public mutating func generate(chunkID: SIMD3<Int>) {
+  public mutating func generate(chunkID: ChunkID) {
     if generatingChunkSet.insert(chunkID).inserted {
       self.queueGenerateJob(chunkID: chunkID)
     }
   }
 
-  func queueGenerateJob(chunkID: SIMD3<Int>) {
+  func queueGenerateJob(chunkID: ChunkID) {
     self.queue.addOperation {
       guard let world = self.world else {
         return
       }
-      let chunk = world.generateSingleChunkUncommitted(chunkID: chunkID)
+      let chunk = world.generateSingleChunkUncommitted(id: chunkID)
       self.localReadyChunks[chunkID] = chunk
     }
   }
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ public struct ChunkGeneration {
     guard let world = self.world else {
       return
     }
-    let centerChunkID = World.makeID(position: position)
+    let centerChunkID = ChunkID(fromPosition: position)
     let range = -2...2
     for z in range {
       for y in range {
         for x in range {
-          let chunkID = centerChunkID &+ SIMD3(x, y, z)
+          let chunkID = centerChunkID &+ ChunkID(x, y, z)
           if world.getChunk(id: chunkID) == nil {
             self.generate(chunkID: chunkID)
           }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public struct ChunkGeneration {
     }
 
     for (chunkID, chunk) in self.localReadyChunks.take() {
-      world.addChunk(chunkID: chunkID, chunk: chunk)
+      world.addChunk(id: chunkID, chunk: chunk)
       self.generatingChunkSet.remove(chunkID)
     }
   }
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkID.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkID.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e69a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkID.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import simd
+
+public struct ChunkID: Hashable {
+  public let id: SIMD3<Int>
+
+  init(id: SIMD3<Int>) {
+    self.id = id
+  }
+}
+
+public extension ChunkID {
+  @inline(__always) init(_ x: Int, _ y: Int, _ z: Int) { self.id = SIMD3(x, y, z) }
+
+  @inline(__always) init<F: BinaryFloatingPoint>(fromPosition position: SIMD3<F>) {
+    self.init(fromPosition: SIMD3(Int(floor(position.x)), Int(floor(position.y)), Int(floor(position.z))))
+  }
+  @inline(__always) init(fromPosition position: SIMD3<Int>) { self.id = position &>> Chunk.shift }
+
+  @inline(__always) func getPosition() -> SIMD3<Int> { self.id &<< Chunk.shift }
+  @inline(__always) func getPosition(offset: SIMD3<Int>) -> SIMD3<Int> { self.id &<< Chunk.shift &+ offset }
+  @inline(__always) func getFloatPosition() -> SIMD3<Float> { SIMD3<Float>(self.id) * Float(Chunk.size) }
+  @inline(__always) func getFloatPosition(offset: SIMD3<Float>) -> SIMD3<Float> {
+    SIMD3<Float>(self.id) * Float(Chunk.size) + offset
+  }
+
+  @inline(__always) static func &+ (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self { .init(id: lhs.id &+ rhs.id) }
+  @inline(__always) static func &- (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self { .init(id: lhs.id &- rhs.id) }
+}
+
+public extension ChunkID {
+  @inlinable func distance(_ other: Self) -> Float {
+    simd_distance(SIMD3<Float>(self.id), SIMD3<Float>(other.id))
+  }
+}
+
+public extension ChunkID {
+  static var axes: [Self] {
+    [ .X, .Y, .Z ].map { (j: SIMD3<Int>) -> Self in .init(id: j) }
+  }
+}
+
+public extension SIMD3 where Scalar == Int {
+  init(_ chunkID: ChunkID) { self = chunkID.id }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkMeshGeneration.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkMeshGeneration.swift
index a58ccfa..aea1cce 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkMeshGeneration.swift
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/ChunkMeshGeneration.swift
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import Foundation
 
 public struct ChunkMeshGeneration {
   private let queue: OperationQueue
-  private let localReadyMeshes = ConcurrentDictionary<SIMD3<Int>, RendererMesh?>()
+  private let localReadyMeshes = ConcurrentDictionary<ChunkID, RendererMesh?>()
 
   weak var game: Game?
   weak var renderer: Renderer?
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ public struct ChunkMeshGeneration {
     self.queue.qualityOfService = .userInitiated
   }
 
-  public mutating func generate(chunkID: SIMD3<Int>, chunk: Chunk) {
-    self.queueGenerateJob(chunkID: chunkID, chunk: chunk)
+  public mutating func generate(id chunkID: ChunkID, chunk: Chunk) {
+    self.queueGenerateJob(id: chunkID, chunk: chunk)
   }
 
-  func queueGenerateJob(chunkID: SIMD3<Int>, chunk: Chunk) {
+  func queueGenerateJob(id chunkID: ChunkID, chunk: Chunk) {
     self.queue.addOperation {
       guard let game = self.game else {
         return
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/Game.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/Game.swift
index 6b56126..f692d2d 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/Game.swift
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/Game.swift
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
   var projection: matrix_float4x4 = .identity
   var world = World(generator: StandardWorldGenerator())
   var cubeMesh: RendererMesh?
-  var renderChunks = [SIMD3<Int>: RendererMesh?]()
+  var renderChunks = [ChunkID: RendererMesh?]()
   var chunkMeshGeneration: ChunkMeshGeneration!
   var modelBatch: ModelBatch!
 
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
 
     // Regenerate current chunk
     if regenChunk {
-      let chunkID = World.makeID(position: self.player.position)
-      let chunk = self.world.generateSingleChunkUncommitted(chunkID: chunkID)
-      self.world.addChunk(chunkID: chunkID, chunk: chunk)
+      let chunkID = ChunkID(fromPosition: self.player.position)
+      let chunk = self.world.generateSingleChunkUncommitted(id: chunkID)
+      self.world.addChunk(id: chunkID, chunk: chunk)
     }
 
     self.world.generateAdjacentChunksIfNeeded(position: self.player.position)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
 
     // Update chunk meshes if needed
     self.world.handleRenderDamagedChunks { id, chunk in
-      self.chunkMeshGeneration.generate(chunkID: id, chunk: chunk)
+      self.chunkMeshGeneration.generate(id: id, chunk: chunk)
     }
     self.chunkMeshGeneration.acceptReadyMeshes()
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
       if chunk == nil {
         continue
       }
-      let drawPos = SIMD3<Float>(id &<< Chunk.shift)
+      let drawPos = id.getFloatPosition()
       self.modelBatch.draw(.init(mesh: chunk!, material: Self.material), position: drawPos)
     }
 
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/StandardWorldGenerator.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/StandardWorldGenerator.swift
index 9702cef..2742f4a 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/StandardWorldGenerator.swift
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/StandardWorldGenerator.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct StandardWorldGenerator: WorldGenerator {
     self.colorNoise   = .init(random: &random, octaves: 15, frequency: 0.006667, amplitude: 3)
   }
 
-  public func makeChunk(id chunkID: SIMD3<Int>) -> Chunk {
+  public func makeChunk(id chunkID: ChunkID) -> Chunk {
     let blockFunc = { (height: Float, position: SIMD3<Float>) -> BlockType in
 #if true
       let value = height + self.terrainNoise.get(position * SIMD3(1, 2, 1))
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct StandardWorldGenerator: WorldGenerator {
         saturation: 0.47, value: 0.9).linear)
     }
 
-    let chunkOrigin = chunkID &<< Chunk.shift
+    let chunkOrigin = chunkID.getPosition()
     var chunk = Chunk(position: chunkOrigin)
     for z in 0..<Chunk.size {
       for x in 0..<Chunk.size {
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/TerrorTowerGenerator.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/TerrorTowerGenerator.swift
index e96e58e..c921591 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/TerrorTowerGenerator.swift
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/TerrorTowerGenerator.swift
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ struct TerrorTowerGenerator: WorldGenerator {
     self.noise2 = LayeredNoise(random: &random, octaves: 3, frequency: 0.1)
   }
 
-  public func makeChunk(id chunkID: SIMD3<Int>) -> Chunk {
-    let chunkOrigin = chunkID &<< Chunk.shift
+  public func makeChunk(id chunkID: ChunkID) -> Chunk {
+    let chunkOrigin = chunkID.getPosition()
     var chunk = Chunk(position: chunkOrigin)
     chunk.fill(allBy: { position in
       let fpos = SIMD3<Float>(chunkOrigin &+ position)
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/WorldGenerator.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/WorldGenerator.swift
index 232f237..70a7e6e 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/WorldGenerator.swift
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/Generator/WorldGenerator.swift
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 public protocol WorldGenerator {
   mutating func reset(seed: UInt64)
-  func makeChunk(id: SIMD3<Int>) -> Chunk
+  func makeChunk(id: ChunkID) -> Chunk
 }
 
 internal extension RandomProvider where Output == UInt64, Self: RandomSeedable, SeedType == UInt64 {
diff --git a/Sources/Voxelotl/World.swift b/Sources/Voxelotl/World.swift
index 214154c..3594b8b 100644
--- a/Sources/Voxelotl/World.swift
+++ b/Sources/Voxelotl/World.swift
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import Foundation
 
 public class World {
-  public typealias ChunkID = SIMD3<Int>
-  @inline(__always) public static func makeID<F: BinaryFloatingPoint>(position: SIMD3<F>) -> ChunkID {
-    makeID(position: SIMD3(Int(floor(position.x)), Int(floor(position.y)), Int(floor(position.z))))
-  }
-  @inline(__always) public static func makeID(position: SIMD3<Int>) -> ChunkID { position &>> Chunk.shift }
-
   private var _chunks: Dictionary<ChunkID, Chunk>
   private var _chunkDamage: Set<ChunkID>
   private var _generator: any WorldGenerator
@@ -21,24 +15,24 @@ public class World {
   }
 
   func getBlock(at position: SIMD3<Int>) -> Block {
-    return if let chunk = self._chunks[position &>> Chunk.shift] {
+    if let chunk = self._chunks[ChunkID(fromPosition: position)] {
       chunk.getBlock(at: position)
     } else { Block(.air) }
   }
 
   func setBlock(at position: SIMD3<Int>, type: BlockType) {
     // Find the chunk containing the block position
-    let chunkID = position &>> Chunk.shift
+    let chunkID = ChunkID(fromPosition: position)
     if let idx = self._chunks.index(forKey: chunkID) {
       // Set the block and mark the containing chunk for render update
       self._chunks.values[idx].setBlock(at: position, type: type)
       self._chunkDamage.insert(chunkID)
 
       // Mark adjacent chunks for render update when placing along the chunk border
-      let internalPos = position &- chunkID &<< Chunk.shift
+      let internalPos = position &- chunkID.getPosition()
       for (i, ofs) in zip(internalPos.indices, [ SIMD3<Int>.X, .Y, .Z ]) {
         if internalPos[i] == 0 {
-          let id = chunkID &- ofs
+          let id = chunkID &- ChunkID(id: ofs)
           if let other = self._chunks[id],
             // optim: Damage adjacent chunk only if block is touching a solid
             case .solid = other.getBlock(internal: (internalPos &- ofs) & Chunk.mask).type
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ public class World {
             self._chunkDamage.insert(id)
           }
         } else if internalPos[i] == Chunk.size - 1 {
-          let id = chunkID &+ ofs
+          let id = chunkID &+ ChunkID(id: ofs)
           if let other = self._chunks[id],
             // optim: Damage adjacent chunk only if block is touching a solid
             case .solid = other.getBlock(internal: (internalPos &+ ofs) & Chunk.mask).type
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ public class World {
     self._chunks[chunkID]
   }
 
-  public func forEachChunk(_ body: @escaping (_ id: SIMD3<Int>, _ chunk: Chunk) throws -> Void) rethrows {
+  public func forEachChunk(_ body: @escaping (_ id: ChunkID, _ chunk: Chunk) throws -> Void) rethrows {
     for i in self._chunks {
       try body(i.key, i.value)
     }
@@ -80,14 +74,14 @@ public class World {
     for z in 0..<depth {
       for y in 0..<height {
         for x in 0..<width {
-          let chunkID = SIMD3(x, y, z) &- orig
+          let chunkID = ChunkID(id: SIMD3(x, y, z) &- orig)
           self._chunkGeneration.generate(chunkID: chunkID)
         }
       }
     }
   }
 
-  func generateSingleChunkUncommitted(chunkID: SIMD3<Int>) -> Chunk {
+  func generateSingleChunkUncommitted(id chunkID: ChunkID) -> Chunk {
     self._generator.makeChunk(id: chunkID)
   }
 
@@ -95,10 +89,10 @@ public class World {
     self._chunkGeneration.generateAdjacentIfNeeded(position: position)
   }
 
-  public func addChunk(chunkID: ChunkID, chunk: Chunk) {
+  public func addChunk(id chunkID: ChunkID, chunk: Chunk) {
     self._chunks[chunkID] = chunk
     self._chunkDamage.insert(chunkID)
-    for i: ChunkID in [ .X, .Y, .Z ] {
+    for i in ChunkID.axes {
       for otherID in [ chunkID &- i, chunkID &+ i ] {
         if self._chunks.keys.contains(otherID) {
           self._chunkDamage.insert(otherID)