diff --git a/Scripts/Entities/Player.cs b/Scripts/Entities/Player.cs
index ff6fc99..fc57953 100644
--- a/Scripts/Entities/Player.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Entities/Player.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,68 @@ public partial class Player : CharacterBody2D
     [Export] public float SprintAcceleration = 1800.0f; // Slightly faster acceleration when sprinting
     [Export] public float Deceleration = 1200.0f;
     [Export] public float RotationSpeed = 3.0f;
+    [Export] public float MinZoom = 0.5f;
+    [Export] public float MaxZoom = 2.0f;
+    [Export] public float BaseZoomSpeed = 0.1f;
+    [Export] public float MaxZoomSpeed = 0.5f;
+    [Export] public float ZoomAcceleration = 0.05f;
+    [Export] public float ZoomDecay = 0.9f;
+    [Export] public float ZoomSmoothing = 10.0f;
+        
+    private Camera2D _camera;
+    private Vector2 _cameraTargetZoom = Vector2.One;
+    private float _currentZoomSpeed;
+    private int _lastZoomDirection;
+    private double _lastZoomTime;
+
+    public override void _Ready()
+    {
+        _camera = GetNode<Camera2D>("Camera2D");
+        _cameraTargetZoom = _camera.Zoom;
+    }
+    
+    public override void _Input(InputEvent @event)
+    {
+        // Handle mouse wheel zoom
+        if (@event is InputEventMouseButton mouseEvent)
+        {
+            switch (mouseEvent.ButtonIndex)
+            {
+                case MouseButton.WheelDown when mouseEvent.Pressed:
+                    HandleZoomInput(1);
+                    break;
+                case MouseButton.WheelUp when mouseEvent.Pressed:
+                    HandleZoomInput(-1);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private void HandleZoomInput(int direction)
+    {
+        var currentTime = Time.GetTicksMsec();
+        
+        // If same direction as last time, accelerate
+        if (direction == _lastZoomDirection && (currentTime - _lastZoomTime) < 300)
+        {
+            _currentZoomSpeed = Mathf.Min(_currentZoomSpeed + ZoomAcceleration, MaxZoomSpeed);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _currentZoomSpeed = BaseZoomSpeed;
+        }
+        
+        _lastZoomDirection = direction;
+        _lastZoomTime = currentTime;
+        
+        // Apply zoom with current speed
+        var zoomFactor = 1.0f + (_currentZoomSpeed * -direction);
+        _cameraTargetZoom = _camera.Zoom * zoomFactor;
+    
+        // Clamp target zoom
+        _cameraTargetZoom.X = Mathf.Clamp(_cameraTargetZoom.X, MinZoom, MaxZoom);
+        _cameraTargetZoom.Y = Mathf.Clamp(_cameraTargetZoom.Y, MinZoom, MaxZoom);
+    }
 
     public override void _Process(double delta)
     {
@@ -18,6 +80,16 @@ public partial class Player : CharacterBody2D
         var mousePos = GetGlobalMousePosition();
         var direction = GlobalPosition.DirectionTo(mousePos);
         Rotation = direction.Angle();
+        
+        // Smoothly interpolate to target zoom
+        var deltaF = (float)delta;
+        _camera.Zoom = _camera.Zoom.Lerp(_cameraTargetZoom, ZoomSmoothing * deltaF);
+        
+        // Decay zoom speed when not zooming
+        if ((Time.GetTicksMsec() - _lastZoomTime) > 300)
+        {
+            _currentZoomSpeed = Mathf.Max(_currentZoomSpeed * ZoomDecay, BaseZoomSpeed);
+        }
     }
 
     public override void _PhysicsProcess(double delta)
diff --git a/Scripts/System/NaturalResourceGenerator.cs b/Scripts/System/NaturalResourceGenerator.cs
index d7acd03..96df218 100644
--- a/Scripts/System/NaturalResourceGenerator.cs
+++ b/Scripts/System/NaturalResourceGenerator.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public partial class NaturalResourceGenerator : Node2D
 	{
 		// Create a copy of ground tiles for iteration
 		var groundTilesToProcess = new List<Vector2I>(_groundTiles);
-            
+			
 		// Place stone veins
 		foreach (var cell in groundTilesToProcess)
 		{
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public partial class NaturalResourceGenerator : Node2D
 
 		// Create a copy of stone tiles for iteration
 		var stoneTilesToProcess = new List<Vector2I>(_stoneTiles);
-            
+			
 		// Place iron veins within stone
 		foreach (var stoneCell in stoneTilesToProcess)
 		{
diff --git a/project.godot b/project.godot
index e102079..210c7f7 100644
--- a/project.godot
+++ b/project.godot
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ move_sprint={
 "events": [Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":4194325,"key_label":0,"unicode":0,"location":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
 ]
 }
+camera_zoom_in={
+"deadzone": 0.2,
+"events": [Object(InputEventMouseButton,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"button_mask":8,"position":Vector2(437, 34),"global_position":Vector2(456, 130),"factor":0.0300018,"button_index":4,"canceled":false,"pressed":true,"double_click":false,"script":null)
+]
+}
+camera_zoom_out={
+"deadzone": 0.2,
+"events": [Object(InputEventMouseButton,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"button_mask":16,"position":Vector2(583, 50),"global_position":Vector2(602, 146),"factor":0.437677,"button_index":5,"canceled":false,"pressed":true,"double_click":false,"script":null)
+]
+}
 
 [rendering]