diff --git a/computerOpponents.js b/computerOpponents.js
index 3caace6..cd20d1e 100644
--- a/computerOpponents.js
+++ b/computerOpponents.js
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-function copyArray(array) {
-    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(array));
-}
-
 class ComputerOpponent {
     constructor(game, player) {
         this.game = game;
diff --git a/constants.js b/constants.js
index 45f3dfc..71137a9 100644
--- a/constants.js
+++ b/constants.js
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ const playerPaths = {
         [14, 8],
         [14, 7],
         [14, 6],
-        [14, 6],
         [13, 6],
         [12, 6],
         [11, 6],
@@ -275,4 +274,4 @@ const safeTiles = [
     [8, 2],
     [6, 12],
     [12, 8],
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+].concat(Object.values(playerPaths).map(path => path[0]));
diff --git a/game.js b/game.js
index 206ca57..29bc37a 100644
--- a/game.js
+++ b/game.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Game {
         const takenStartPositions = tokens[player].map(token => {
             // TODO: make it not dependent on the translation attribute in the visualization ;_;
             const translation = token.getAttribute('translation').split(' ');
-            return [translation[2], translation[0]];
+            return [parseInt(translation[2]), parseInt(translation[0])];
         });
 
         for (let position of startPositions[player]) {
diff --git a/initTiles.js b/initTiles.js
index 3706986..fd34be9 100644
--- a/initTiles.js
+++ b/initTiles.js
@@ -2,26 +2,26 @@ const B = 'blue';
 const G = 'green';
 const Y = 'yellow';
 const R = 'red';
-const X = '#f6e7db';
-const W = '#e4cab9';
-const Z = '#fff5ec';
-const S = '#ffc181';
+const W = '#e4cab9'; // center
+const X = '#ffd6b1'; // regular tile, alternating - darker
+const Z = '#faf1eb'; // regular tile, alternating - lighter
+const S = '#b1b3ff'; // safe spaces
 
 const tileColors = [
     [B, B, B, B, B, B, X, Z, X, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y],
-    [B, X, X, X, X, B, Z, Y, Y, Y, X, X, X, X, Y],
-    [B, X, B, B, X, B, S, Y, X, Y, X, Y, Y, X, Y],
-    [B, X, B, B, X, B, Z, Y, Z, Y, X, Y, Y, X, Y],
-    [B, X, X, X, X, B, X, Y, X, Y, X, X, X, X, Y],
+    [B, Z, Z, Z, Z, B, Z, Y, Y, Y, Z, Z, Z, Z, Y],
+    [B, Z, B, B, Z, B, S, Y, X, Y, Z, Y, Y, Z, Y],
+    [B, Z, B, B, Z, B, Z, Y, Z, Y, Z, Y, Y, Z, Y],
+    [B, Z, Z, Z, Z, B, X, Y, X, Y, Z, Z, Z, Z, Y],
     [B, B, B, B, B, B, Z, Y, Z, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y],
     [X, B, X, Z, X, Z, W, W, W, Z, X, Z, S, Z, X],
     [Z, B, B, B, B, B, W, W, W, G, G, G, G, G, Z],
     [X, Z, S, Z, X, Z, W, W, W, Z, X, Z, X, G, X],
     [R, R, R, R, R, R, Z, R, Z, G, G, G, G, G, G],
-    [R, X, X, X, X, R, X, R, X, G, X, X, X, X, G],
-    [R, X, R, R, X, R, Z, R, Z, G, X, G, G, X, G],
-    [R, X, R, R, X, R, X, R, S, G, X, G, G, X, G],
-    [R, X, X, X, X, R, R, R, Z, G, X, X, X, X, G],
+    [R, Z, Z, Z, Z, R, X, R, X, G, Z, Z, Z, Z, G],
+    [R, Z, R, R, Z, R, Z, R, Z, G, Z, G, G, Z, G],
+    [R, Z, R, R, Z, R, X, R, S, G, Z, G, G, Z, G],
+    [R, Z, Z, Z, Z, R, R, R, Z, G, Z, Z, Z, Z, G],
     [R, R, R, R, R, R, X, Z, X, G, G, G, G, G, G],
 ];
 
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 1805aba..df7ead0 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ function arraysEqual(a, b) {
     }
 
     return true;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+function copyArray(array) {
+    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(array));
+}