diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Streaming/StreamingController.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Streaming/StreamingController.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using AcDream.Core.World;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Streaming;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Called once per frame from <c>GameWindow.OnUpdate</c>. Owns the
+/// <see cref="StreamingRegion"/> and uses delegates into
+/// <see cref="LandblockStreamer"/> so tests can inject fakes. All work
+/// happens on the render thread; the streamer itself is background.
+///
+/// <remarks>
+/// Threading: not thread-safe. All calls must happen on the render thread.
+/// </remarks>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class StreamingController
+{
+    private readonly Action<uint> _enqueueLoad;
+    private readonly Action<uint> _enqueueUnload;
+    private readonly Func<int, IReadOnlyList<LandblockStreamResult>> _drainCompletions;
+    private readonly Action<LoadedLandblock> _applyTerrain;
+    private readonly GpuWorldState _state;
+    private StreamingRegion? _region;
+
+    public int Radius { get; set; }
+    public int MaxCompletionsPerFrame { get; set; } = 4;
+
+    public StreamingController(
+        Action<uint> enqueueLoad,
+        Action<uint> enqueueUnload,
+        Func<int, IReadOnlyList<LandblockStreamResult>> drainCompletions,
+        Action<LoadedLandblock> applyTerrain,
+        GpuWorldState state,
+        int radius)
+    {
+        _enqueueLoad = enqueueLoad;
+        _enqueueUnload = enqueueUnload;
+        _drainCompletions = drainCompletions;
+        _applyTerrain = applyTerrain;
+        _state = state;
+        Radius = radius;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Advance one frame. <paramref name="observerCx"/>/<paramref name="observerCy"/>
+    /// are landblock coordinates (0..255) of the current viewer — the camera
+    /// in offline mode, the server-sent player position in live.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Tick(int observerCx, int observerCy)
+    {
+        // First-tick bootstrap: no region yet, so the whole visible window
+        // is a load diff.
+        if (_region is null)
+        {
+            _region = new StreamingRegion(observerCx, observerCy, Radius);
+            foreach (var id in _region.Visible)
+                _enqueueLoad(id);
+        }
+        else if (_region.CenterX != observerCx || _region.CenterY != observerCy)
+        {
+            var diff = _region.RecenterTo(observerCx, observerCy);
+            foreach (var id in diff.ToLoad) _enqueueLoad(id);
+            foreach (var id in diff.ToUnload) _enqueueUnload(id);
+        }
+
+        // Drain up to N completions per frame so a big diff doesn't spike
+        // GPU upload time. Remaining completions wait for the next frame.
+        var drained = _drainCompletions(MaxCompletionsPerFrame);
+        foreach (var result in drained)
+        {
+            switch (result)
+            {
+                case LandblockStreamResult.Loaded loaded:
+                    _applyTerrain(loaded.Landblock);
+                    _state.AddLandblock(loaded.Landblock);
+                    break;
+                case LandblockStreamResult.Unloaded unloaded:
+                    _state.RemoveLandblock(unloaded.LandblockId);
+                    break;
+                case LandblockStreamResult.Failed failed:
+                    Console.WriteLine(
+                        $"streaming: load failed for 0x{failed.LandblockId:X8}: {failed.Error}");
+                    break;
+                case LandblockStreamResult.WorkerCrashed crashed:
+                    Console.WriteLine(
+                        $"streaming: worker CRASHED: {crashed.Error}");
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Streaming/StreamingControllerTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Streaming/StreamingControllerTests.cs
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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using AcDream.App.Streaming;
+using AcDream.Core.World;
+using DatReaderWriter.DBObjs;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Tests.Streaming;
+
+public class StreamingControllerTests
+{
+    private sealed class FakeStreamer
+    {
+        public List<uint> Loads { get; } = new();
+        public List<uint> Unloads { get; } = new();
+        public Queue<LandblockStreamResult> Pending { get; } = new();
+
+        public void EnqueueLoad(uint id) => Loads.Add(id);
+        public void EnqueueUnload(uint id) => Unloads.Add(id);
+        public IReadOnlyList<LandblockStreamResult> DrainCompletions(int max)
+        {
+            var batch = new List<LandblockStreamResult>();
+            while (batch.Count < max && Pending.Count > 0)
+                batch.Add(Pending.Dequeue());
+            return batch;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FirstTick_EnqueuesWholeVisibleWindow()
+    {
+        var state = new GpuWorldState();
+        var fake = new FakeStreamer();
+        var controller = new StreamingController(
+            enqueueLoad: fake.EnqueueLoad,
+            enqueueUnload: fake.EnqueueUnload,
+            drainCompletions: fake.DrainCompletions,
+            applyTerrain: _ => { },
+            state: state,
+            radius: 2);
+
+        // Center at (50, 50); no landblocks loaded yet.
+        controller.Tick(observerCx: 50, observerCy: 50);
+
+        // 5×5 window = 25 loads enqueued, 0 unloads.
+        Assert.Equal(25, fake.Loads.Count);
+        Assert.Empty(fake.Unloads);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SecondTick_SamePosition_EnqueuesNothing()
+    {
+        var state = new GpuWorldState();
+        var fake = new FakeStreamer();
+        var controller = new StreamingController(
+            fake.EnqueueLoad, fake.EnqueueUnload, fake.DrainCompletions,
+            _ => { }, state, radius: 2);
+
+        controller.Tick(50, 50);
+        fake.Loads.Clear();
+
+        controller.Tick(50, 50);
+
+        Assert.Empty(fake.Loads);
+        Assert.Empty(fake.Unloads);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DrainingLoadedResult_AddsToState()
+    {
+        var state = new GpuWorldState();
+        var fake = new FakeStreamer();
+        var applied = new List<LoadedLandblock>();
+        var controller = new StreamingController(
+            fake.EnqueueLoad, fake.EnqueueUnload, fake.DrainCompletions,
+            applied.Add, state, radius: 2);
+
+        // Note: LoadedLandblock's actual fields are LandblockId, Heightmap,
+        // Entities (positional record). Adjust if the first positional arg
+        // name differs.
+        var lb = new LoadedLandblock(0x32320FFEu, new LandBlock(), System.Array.Empty<WorldEntity>());
+        fake.Pending.Enqueue(new LandblockStreamResult.Loaded(0x32320FFEu, lb));
+
+        controller.Tick(50, 50);
+
+        Assert.Single(applied);
+        Assert.True(state.IsLoaded(0x32320FFEu));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DrainingUnloadedResult_RemovesFromState()
+    {
+        var state = new GpuWorldState();
+        var fake = new FakeStreamer();
+        var controller = new StreamingController(
+            fake.EnqueueLoad, fake.EnqueueUnload, fake.DrainCompletions,
+            _ => { }, state, radius: 2);
+
+        var lb = new LoadedLandblock(0x32320FFEu, new LandBlock(), System.Array.Empty<WorldEntity>());
+        state.AddLandblock(lb);
+        fake.Pending.Enqueue(new LandblockStreamResult.Unloaded(0x32320FFEu));
+
+        controller.Tick(50, 50);
+
+        Assert.False(state.IsLoaded(0x32320FFEu));
+    }
+}