diff --git a/nbt/nbt.go b/nbt/nbt.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dec487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbt/nbt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package nbt
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+)
+
+//Tag type IDs
+const (
+	TagEnd byte = iota
+	TagByte
+	TagShort
+	TagInt
+	TagLong
+	TagFloat
+	TagDouble
+	TagByteArray
+	TagString
+	TagList
+	TagCompound
+	TagIntArray
+	TagLongArray
+)
+
+type Decoder struct {
+	r interface {
+		io.ByteReader
+		io.Reader
+	}
+	nameless bool
+}
+
+func NewDecoder(r io.Reader) *Decoder {
+	d := new(Decoder)
+	if br, ok := r.(interface {
+		io.ByteReader
+		io.Reader
+	}); ok {
+		d.r = br
+	} else {
+		d.r = bufio.NewReader(r)
+	}
+	return d
+}
diff --git a/nbt/nbt_test.go b/nbt/nbt_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36982b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbt/nbt_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package nbt
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestUnmarshal_simple(t *testing.T) {
+	var data = []byte{
+		0x0a, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f,
+		0x20, 0x77, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x6c, 0x64, 0x08, 0x00,
+		0x04, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x00, 0x09, 0x42,
+		0x61, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x72, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x61,
+		0x00,
+	}
+
+	var value struct {
+		Name string `nbt:"name"`
+	}
+
+	if err := Unmarshal(data, &value); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if value.Name != "Bananrama" {
+		t.Errorf("Unmarshal NBT fail: get %q, want %q", value.Name, "Bananrama")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnmarshal_string(t *testing.T) {
+	var data = []byte{
+		0x08, 0x00, 0x04, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x00, 0x09,
+		0x42, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x72, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x61,
+	}
+
+	var Name string
+
+	if err := Unmarshal(data, &Name); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if Name != "Bananrama" {
+		t.Errorf("Unmarshal NBT fail: get %q, want %q", Name, "Bananrama")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/nbt/read.go b/nbt/read.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..051dcf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbt/read.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package nbt
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+func Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error {
+	return NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data)).Decode(v)
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) Decode(v interface{}) error {
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+	if val.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+		return errors.New("non-pointer passed to Unmarshal")
+	}
+	return d.unmarshal(val.Elem())
+}
+
+// func (d *Decoder) unmarshalInt(val reflect.Value) error {
+
+// }
+
+func (d *Decoder) unmarshal(val reflect.Value) error {
+	tagType, err := d.r.ReadByte()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var tagName string
+	if !d.nameless { //Read Tag
+		if tagName, err = d.readString(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch tagType {
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown tag 0x%2x", tagType)
+	case TagString:
+		if val.Kind() != reflect.String {
+			return errors.New("cannot unmarshal TAG_String into " + val.Kind().String())
+		}
+
+		s, err := d.readString()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		val.SetString(s)
+	case TagCompound:
+		if val.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+			return errors.New("cannot unmarshal TAG_Compound into " + val.Kind().String())
+		}
+		fmt.Println("TagName:", tagName)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) readNByte(n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
+	buf = make([]byte, n)
+	_, err = d.r.Read(buf) //what happend if (returned n) != (argument n) ?
+	return
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) readInt16() (int16, error) {
+	data, err := d.readNByte(2)
+	return int16(data[0])<<4 | int16(data[1]), err
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) readString() (string, error) {
+	length, err := d.readInt16()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	buf, err := d.readNByte(int(length))
+	return string(buf), err
+}
diff --git a/nbt/typeinfo.go b/nbt/typeinfo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23885bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbt/typeinfo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package nbt
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+type typeInfo struct {
+}
+
+func getTypeInfo(typ reflect.Type) (*typeInfo, error) {
+	tinfo := new(typeInfo)
+	if typ.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+		n := typ.NumField()
+		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+			f := typ.Field(i)
+			if (f.PkgPath != "" && !f.Anonymous) || f.Tag.Get("nbt") == "-" {
+				continue // Private field
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return tinfo, nil
+}