diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9abe104b..63c1b972 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 allprojects {
     group 'org.openrndr.extra'
-    version '0.0.24'
+    version '0.0.25'
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/orx-interval-tree/src/main/kotlin/IntervalTree.kt b/orx-interval-tree/src/main/kotlin/IntervalTree.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9048b34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-interval-tree/src/main/kotlin/IntervalTree.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+class IntervalNode<T>(val center: Double) {
+    val overlapBegin = mutableListOf<Pair<Double, T>>()
+    val overlapEnd = mutableListOf<Pair<Double, T>>()
+
+    var left: IntervalNode<T>? = null
+    var right: IntervalNode<T>? = null
+
+    fun queryPoint(x: Double): MutableList<T> {
+        val results = mutableListOf<T>()
+        queryPoint(x, results)
+        return results
+    }
+
+    private fun queryPoint(x: Double, results: MutableList<T>) {
+        if (x < center) {
+            for ((start, item) in overlapBegin) {
+                if (start <= x) {
+                    results.add(item)
+                } else {
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+            left?.queryPoint(x, results)
+        } else if (x > center) {
+            for ((end, item) in overlapEnd) {
+                if (end > x) {
+                    results.add(item)
+                } else {
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+            right?.queryPoint(x, results)
+        } else if (x == center) {
+            results.addAll(overlapBegin.map { it.second })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+fun <T : Any> buildIntervalTree(items: List<T>, intervalFunction: (T) -> Pair<Double, Double>): IntervalNode<T> {
+    val ranges = items.map { intervalFunction(it) }
+    val center = ranges.sumByDouble { (it.first + it.second) / 2.0 } / ranges.size
+    val node = IntervalNode<T>(center)
+    val leftItems = mutableListOf<T>()
+    val rightItems = mutableListOf<T>()
+    for (item in items) {
+        val interval = intervalFunction(item)
+        if (interval.first <= center && interval.second > center) {
+            node.overlapBegin.add(Pair(interval.first, item))
+            node.overlapEnd.add(Pair(interval.second, item))
+        } else if (interval.second <= center) {
+            leftItems.add(item)
+        } else if (interval.first > center) {
+            rightItems.add(item)
+        }
+    }
+    node.overlapBegin.sortBy { it.first }
+    node.overlapEnd.sortByDescending { it.first }
+
+    if (leftItems.isNotEmpty()) {
+        node.left = buildIntervalTree(leftItems, intervalFunction)
+    }
+    if (rightItems.isNotEmpty()) {
+        node.right = buildIntervalTree(rightItems, intervalFunction)
+    }
+    return node
+}
+
+fun time(f: () -> Unit) {
+    val start = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    f()
+    val end = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    println("that took ${end - start}ms")
+}
+
+fun main() {
+    class Test(val start: Double, val end: Double)
+
+    val items = List(100000) { Test(Math.random(), 1.0 + Math.random()) }
+    val root = buildIntervalTree(items) {
+        Pair(it.start, it.end)
+    }
+
+    time {
+        for (i in 0 until 10000) {
+            val results = items.filter { it.start <= 0.05 && it.end > 0.05 }
+        }
+    }
+
+    time {
+        for (i in 0 until 10000) {
+            root.queryPoint(0.05)
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 4905e364..872af521 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ include 'orx-camera',
         'orx-file-watcher',
         'orx-filter-extension',
         'orx-integral-image',
+        'orx-interval-tree',
         'orx-jumpflood',
         'orx-kdtree',
         'orx-mesh-generators',