diff --git a/src/play_clj/core.clj b/src/play_clj/core.clj
index b278f66..82b80e5 100644
--- a/src/play_clj/core.clj
+++ b/src/play_clj/core.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   (:import [com.badlogic.gdx Game Gdx Input$Keys Screen]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.graphics Camera Color GL20 OrthographicCamera
             PerspectiveCamera Texture]
-           [com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d Animation SpriteBatch TextureRegion]
+           [com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d Animation BitmapFont SpriteBatch
+            TextureRegion]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.maps MapLayer MapLayers]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.maps.tiled TiledMap TiledMapTileLayer TmxMapLoader]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.maps.tiled.renderers
@@ -12,11 +13,13 @@
             IsometricStaggeredTiledMapRenderer
             IsometricTiledMapRenderer
             OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer]
-           [com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d Actor Stage]))
+           [com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d Actor Stage]
+           [com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui Label Label$LabelStyle]))
 
 (load "core_2d")
 (load "core_global")
 (load "core_render")
+(load "core_ui")
 
 (defn- dummy [& args])
 
@@ -34,24 +37,24 @@
                                (reset! entities)))
         create-renderer-fn! #(swap! screen assoc :renderer (renderer %))
         create-camera-fn! #(swap! screen assoc :camera (camera %))]
-    (proxy [Screen] []
-      (show []
-        (->> (swap! screen assoc
-                    :total-time 0
-                    :delta-time 0
-                    :create-renderer create-renderer-fn!
-                    :create-camera create-camera-fn!)
-             (execute-fn! on-show)))
-      (render [delta-time]
-        (->> (swap! screen (fn [val]
-                             (assoc val
-                                    :total-time (+ (:total-time val) delta-time)
-                                    :delta-time delta-time)))
-             (execute-fn! on-render)))
-      (hide [] (execute-fn! on-hide @screen))
-      (pause [] (execute-fn! on-pause @screen))
-      (resize [w h] (execute-fn! on-resize @screen))
-      (resume [] (execute-fn! on-resume @screen)))))
+    {:show (fn []
+             (->> (swap! screen assoc
+                         :total-time 0
+                         :delta-time 0
+                         :create-renderer create-renderer-fn!
+                         :create-camera create-camera-fn!)
+                  (execute-fn! on-show)))
+     :render (fn [delta-time]
+               (->> (fn [val]
+                      (assoc val
+                             :total-time (+ (:total-time val) delta-time)
+                             :delta-time delta-time))
+                    (swap! screen)
+                    (execute-fn! on-render)))
+     :hide #(execute-fn! on-hide @screen)
+     :pause #(execute-fn! on-pause @screen)
+     :resize #(execute-fn! on-resize @screen)
+     :resume #(execute-fn! on-resume @screen)}))
 
 (defmacro defscreen
   [n & {:keys [] :as options}]
@@ -72,8 +75,17 @@
   `(defonce ~name (defgame* ~options)))
 
 (defn set-screen!
-  [^Game game ^Screen screen]
-  (.setScreen game screen))
+  [^Game game & screens]
+  (let [run-fn! (fn [key & args]
+                  (doseq [screen screens]
+                    (apply (get screen key) args)))]
+    (.setScreen game (proxy [Screen] []
+                       (show [] (run-fn! :show))
+                       (render [delta-time] (run-fn! :render delta-time))
+                       (hide [] (run-fn! :hide))
+                       (pause [] (run-fn! :pause))
+                       (resize [w h] (run-fn! :resize))
+                       (resume [] (run-fn! :resume))))))
 
 (defn create-renderer!
   [{:keys [create-renderer]} & {:keys [] :as args}]
diff --git a/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj b/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj
index 948ef62..9d929eb 100644
--- a/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj
+++ b/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj
@@ -16,17 +16,37 @@
   [{:keys [^Stage renderer]}]
   (.getSpriteBatch renderer))
 
+(defn draw-actor!
+  [^SpriteBatch batch {:keys [^Actor actor] :as entity}]
+  (doseq [[k v] entity]
+    (case k
+      :x (.setX actor v)
+      :y (.setY actor v)
+      :width (.setWidth actor v)
+      :height (.setHeight actor v)
+      nil))
+  (.draw ^Actor actor batch 1))
+
+(defn draw-image!
+  [^SpriteBatch batch {:keys [^TextureRegion image x y width height]}]
+  (.draw batch image (float x) (float y) (float width) (float height)))
+
+(defn draw-entity!
+  [^SpriteBatch batch entity]
+  (cond
+    (:actor entity)
+    (draw-actor! batch entity)
+    (:image entity)
+    (draw-image! batch entity)
+    (isa? (type entity) Actor)
+    (draw-actor! batch {:actor entity})))
+
 (defn draw! [{:keys [renderer] :as screen} entities]
   (assert renderer)
   (let [^SpriteBatch batch (sprite-batch screen)]
     (.begin batch)
-    (doseq [e entities]
-      (cond
-        (map? e)
-        (let [{:keys [^TextureRegion image x y width height]} e]
-          (.draw batch image (float x) (float y) (float width) (float height)))
-        (isa? (type e) Actor)
-        (.draw ^Actor e batch 1)))
+    (doseq [entity entities]
+      (draw-entity! batch entity))
     (.end batch))
   entities)
 
diff --git a/src/play_clj/core_ui.clj b/src/play_clj/core_ui.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3338964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/play_clj/core_ui.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+(in-ns 'play-clj.core)
+
+(defmacro color
+  [& args]
+  `~(if (keyword? (first args))
+      `(Color. ^Color (utils/gdx-static-field :graphics :Color ~(first args)))
+      `(Color. ~@args)))
+
+(defn create-actor
+  [actor]
+  {:actor actor :x 0 :y 0})
+
+(defn label
+  [text color]
+  (create-actor (Label. text (Label$LabelStyle. (BitmapFont.) color))))