diff --git a/src/main/java/pacmanGame/VisualizerPlainText.java b/src/main/java/pacmanGame/VisualizerPlainText.java
index 893f5e9..17ceb9f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pacmanGame/VisualizerPlainText.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pacmanGame/VisualizerPlainText.java
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ public class VisualizerPlainText implements Visualizer {
 	private String output;
 	public final GameManager gameManager;
 	
+	public HashMap<String, String> sprites = new HashMap<String,String>(){{
+	    this.put("empty", "  ");
+	    this.put("dot", ". ");
+	    this.put("wall", "[]");
+	}};
+	
 	public VisualizerPlainText(GameManager gameManager) {
 		this.gameManager = gameManager;
 	}
@@ -15,9 +21,26 @@ public class VisualizerPlainText implements Visualizer {
 	public Object GetOutput() {
 		return output;
 	}
-
+	
 	@Override
 	public void Update() {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		output = "";
+		Map map = gameManager.map;
+		
+		for(int y = 0; y < map.size.y; y++) {
+			for(int x = 0; x < map.size.x; x++) {
+				Cell cell = map.GetCell(new Vector2(x,y));
+				
+				if (sprites.containsKey(cell.type)) {
+
+					output += sprites.get(cell.type);	
+				}
+				else {
+					System.out.println("unknown type" + cell.type);
+				}
+			}	
+			output += "\n";
+		}
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/pacmanTests/VisualizerPlainTextTest.java b/src/test/java/pacmanTests/VisualizerPlainTextTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d948611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/pacmanTests/VisualizerPlainTextTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package pacmanTests;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import pacmanGame.*;
+
+
+class VisualizerPlainTextTest {
+
+	@Test
+	void VisualizerPlainText_mapCells_areVisualized() {
+		// arrange
+		String[] mapTest = {		
+		"w.w",	
+		"e.e",
+		"w.w"
+		};
+		
+		GameManager gameManager = new GameManager();
+		gameManager.map = new Map(mapTest);
+		VisualizerPlainText vpt = new VisualizerPlainText(gameManager);
+		
+		String expected = ""
+				+ "[]. []\n"
+				+ "  .   \n"
+				+ "[]. []\n";
+		// act
+		vpt.Update();
+		String result = (String)vpt.GetOutput();
+		// assert
+		assertThat(expected).isEqualTo(result);
+	}
+}