diff --git a/src/play_clj/core.clj b/src/play_clj/core.clj
index be8cbd9..491876d 100644
--- a/src/play_clj/core.clj
+++ b/src/play_clj/core.clj
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
             IsometricTiledMapRenderer
             OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d Actor Stage]
-           [com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui Label Label$LabelStyle]))
+           [com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui ButtonGroup CheckBox Dialog
+            ImageButton ImageTextButton Label TextButton TextField]))
 
 (defmulti create-entity class)
 
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@
 (load "core_2d")
 (load "core_deprecated")
 (load "core_global")
+(load "core_interop")
 (load "core_render")
+(load "core_ui")
 
 (defn- dummy [& args])
 
diff --git a/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj b/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj
index 16fefa1..1e784dd 100644
--- a/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj
+++ b/src/play_clj/core_2d.clj
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@
   [img & options]
   `(create-entity (utils/calls! ^TextureRegion (image* ~img) ~@options)))
 
-(defmacro image!
-  [img k & options]
-  `(utils/call! ^TextureRegion (:object ~img) ~k ~@options))
-
 (defmacro animation
   [duration images & args]
   `(Animation. ~duration
diff --git a/src/play_clj/core_interop.clj b/src/play_clj/core_interop.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ffcc3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/play_clj/core_interop.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+(in-ns 'play-clj.core)
+
+; 2d
+
+(defmacro image!
+  [entity k & options]
+  `(utils/call! ^TextureRegion (:object ~entity) ~k ~@options))
+
+; render
+
+(defmacro tiled-map-renderer!
+  [{:keys [renderer]} k & options]
+  `(utils/call! ^BatchTiledMapRenderer ~renderer ~k ~@options))
+
+(defmacro stage!
+  [{:keys [renderer]} k & options]
+  `(utils/call! ^Stage ~renderer ~k ~@options))
+
+(defmacro orthographic-camera!
+  [{:keys [camera]} k & options]
+  `(utils/call! ^OrthographicCamera ~camera ~k ~@options))
+
+(defmacro perspective-camera!
+  [{:keys [camera]} k & options]
+  `(utils/call! ^PerspectiveCamera ~camera ~k ~@options))
+
+; ui
+
diff --git a/src/play_clj/core_ui.clj b/src/play_clj/core_ui.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c94b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/play_clj/core_ui.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+(in-ns 'play-clj.core)
+
+(defmacro bitmap-font
+  [& options]
+  `(BitmapFont. ~@options))
+
+(defmacro style
+  [type & options]
+  `(~(symbol (str utils/gdx-package "scenes.scene2d.ui."
+                  (utils/key->class type) "$"
+                  (utils/key->class type) "Style."))
+     ~@options))
+
+(defn check-box*
+  [^String text arg]
+  (CheckBox. text arg))
+
+(defmacro check-box
+  [text arg & options]
+  `(create-entity (utils/calls! ^CheckBox (check-box* ~text ~arg) ~@options)))
+
+(defn image-button*
+  [arg]
+  (ImageButton. arg))
+
+(defmacro image-button
+  [arg & options]
+  `(create-entity (utils/calls! ^ImageButton (image-button* ~arg) ~@options)))
+
+(defn image-text-button*
+  [^String text arg]
+  (ImageTextButton. text arg))
+
+(defmacro image-text-button
+  [text arg & options]
+  `(create-entity
+     (utils/calls! ^ImageTextButton (image-text-button* ~text ~arg) ~@options)))
+
+(defn label*
+  [^String text arg]
+  (if (isa? (type arg) Color)
+    (Label. text (style :label (bitmap-font) arg))
+    (Label. text arg)))
+
+(defmacro label
+  [text arg & options]
+  `(create-entity (utils/calls! ^Label (label* ~text ~arg) ~@options)))
+
+(defn text-button*
+  [^String text arg]
+  (TextButton. text arg))
+
+(defmacro text-button
+  [text arg & options]
+  `(create-entity
+     (utils/calls! ^TextButton (text-button* ~text ~arg) ~@options)))
+
+(defn text-field*
+  [^String text arg]
+  (TextField. text arg))
+
+(defmacro text-field
+  [text arg & options]
+  `(create-entity (utils/calls! ^TextField (text-field* ~text ~arg) ~@options)))
+
+(defn dialog*
+  [text arg]
+  (Dialog. text arg))
+
+(defmacro dialog
+  [text arg & options]
+  `(create-entity (utils/calls! ^Dialog (dialog* ~text ~arg) ~@options)))
diff --git a/src/play_clj/utils.clj b/src/play_clj/utils.clj
index ae90d19..34e104a 100644
--- a/src/play_clj/utils.clj
+++ b/src/play_clj/utils.clj
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
   (:require [clojure.string :as s])
   (:import [com.badlogic.gdx.utils Array]))
 
+(def ^:const gdx-package "com.badlogic.gdx.")
+
 (defn- split-key
   [key]
   (-> key name (s/split #"-")))
 
 (defn- join-keys
   [keys]
-  (->> keys (map name) (s/join ".") (str "com.badlogic.gdx.")))
+  (->> keys (map name) (s/join ".") (str gdx-package)))
 
 (defn gdx-static-field*
   [args]
@@ -27,6 +29,13 @@
   [a]
   (Array. true (into-array a) 1 (count a)))
 
+(defn key->class
+  [k]
+  (->> (split-key k)
+       (map s/capitalize)
+       (s/join "")
+       symbol))
+
 (defn key->method
   [k]
   (let [parts (split-key k)]