diff --git a/Content/RNR/fonts/comic.ttf b/Content/RNR/fonts/comic.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4bd6c1
Binary files /dev/null and b/Content/RNR/fonts/comic.ttf differ
diff --git a/Content/RNR/textures/placeholder.png b/Content/RNR/textures/placeholder.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd79f3a
Binary files /dev/null and b/Content/RNR/textures/placeholder.png differ
diff --git a/Projects/Client/Common/Source/OgreWidget.cpp b/Projects/Client/Common/Source/OgreWidget.cpp
index 4cc9472..8bbec03 100644
--- a/Projects/Client/Common/Source/OgreWidget.cpp
+++ b/Projects/Client/Common/Source/OgreWidget.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <OGRE/Bites/OgreSGTechniqueResolverListener.h>
 #include <OGRE/OgreDefaultDebugDrawer.h>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreOverlaySystem.h>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreOverlayManager.h>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreFontManager.h>
 
 #ifdef __unix__
 #include <qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h>
@@ -31,11 +34,14 @@ namespace RNR
         Ogre::NameValuePairList options = this->getRenderOptions();
 
         printf("OgreWidget::initializeOgre: initializing render window\n");
+        Ogre::OverlaySystem* ogreOverlay = new Ogre::OverlaySystem();
+
         ogreWindow = ogreRoot->createRenderWindow("GLWidget-RenderWindow", width(), height(), false, &options);
         ogreWindow->setActive(true);
         ogreWindow->setVisible(true);
         ogreWindow->setAutoUpdated(true);
         
+        
         Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingletonPtr()->addResourceLocation("shaders", "FileSystem", Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME);
 
         //Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingletonPtr()->addResourceLocation("../Content/OgrePrivate/RTShaderLib/GLSL/", "FileSystem", Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME); // rtshader path
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ namespace RNR
 
         ogreSceneManager = ogreRoot->createSceneManager();
         ogreSceneManager->setAmbientLight(Ogre::ColourValue(0.2f,0.2f,0.2f));
+        ogreSceneManager->addRenderQueueListener(ogreOverlay);
 
         Ogre::SceneNode* camNode = ogreSceneManager->getRootSceneNode()->createChildSceneNode();
         camNode->setPosition(0, 0, 5);
@@ -74,6 +81,12 @@ namespace RNR
         Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingletonPtr()->addResourceLocation("content", "FileSystem", Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, true);        
         Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingletonPtr()->initialiseAllResourceGroups();
 
+        Ogre::FontPtr pFont = Ogre::FontManager::getSingletonPtr()->create("ComicSans", Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME);
+        pFont->setType(Ogre::FT_TRUETYPE);
+        pFont->setSource("fonts/comic.ttf");
+        pFont->setTrueTypeSize(16);
+        pFont->load();
+        
         ogreSceneManager->setShadowTechnique(Ogre::ShadowTechnique::SHADOWTYPE_STENCIL_ADDITIVE);
         ogreSceneManager->setShadowFarDistance(500.f);
 
@@ -104,15 +117,11 @@ namespace RNR
         this->render_time += ogreRoot->getTimer()->getMilliseconds() / 1000.0;
         ogreRoot->getTimer()->reset();
 
-        RNR::ModelInstance* sel_model = dynamic_cast<RNR::ModelInstance*>(selectedInstance);
-        if(sel_model)
+        if(world->getWorkspace()->getCurrentCamera())
         {
-            Ogre::AxisAlignedBox boundingBox = sel_model->getBoundingBox();
-            if(!boundingBox.isNull() && !boundingBox.isInfinite())
-            {
-                ogreCamera->getParentSceneNode()->setPosition(boundingBox.getCorner(Ogre::AxisAlignedBox::CornerEnum::NEAR_LEFT_TOP) * 1.1);
-                ogreCamera->getParentSceneNode()->lookAt(boundingBox.getCenter(), Ogre::Node::TS_WORLD);
-            }
+            Camera* cam = world->getWorkspace()->getCurrentCamera();
+            ogreCamera->getParentSceneNode()->setPosition(cam->getCFrame().getPosition());
+            ogreCamera->getParentSceneNode()->setOrientation(Ogre::Quaternion(cam->getCFrame().getRotation()));
         }
         
         ogreRoot->renderOneFrame(this->delta);
diff --git a/Projects/Client/Studio/Source/MainWindow.cpp b/Projects/Client/Studio/Source/MainWindow.cpp
index 86d1e2b..1d0128a 100644
--- a/Projects/Client/Studio/Source/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/Projects/Client/Studio/Source/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void MainWindow::recurseTreeAddInstance(QTreeWidgetItem* parent, RNR::Instance*
     for(auto& child : *instance->getChildren())
     {
         QTreeWidgetItem* instance_w = new QTreeWidgetItem();
+
         widgetItemPrepare(instance_w, child);
         instance_w->setText(0, QString(child->getName().c_str()));
         instance_w->setData(0, Qt::UserRole, QVariant::fromValue(child));
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/CMakeLists.txt b/Projects/Engine/CMakeLists.txt
index b59614f..476af75 100644
--- a/Projects/Engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Projects/Engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ add_library(Engine STATIC
     Header/App/GUI/GuiBase3d.hpp
     Header/App/GUI/InstanceAdornment.hpp
     Header/App/GUI/SelectionBox.hpp
+    Header/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.hpp
     Header/App/Humanoid/Humanoid.hpp
     Header/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.hpp
     Header/App/V8/DataModel/ForceField.hpp
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ add_library(Engine STATIC
     Source/App/GUI/GuiBase3d.cpp
     Source/App/GUI/InstanceAdornment.cpp
     Source/App/GUI/SelectionBox.cpp
+    Source/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.cpp
     Source/App/Humanoid/Humanoid.cpp
     Source/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.cpp
     Source/App/V8/DataModel/ForceField.cpp
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Header/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.hpp b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f3f10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <OGRE/Ogre.h>
+
+namespace RNR
+{
+    class TopMenuBar 
+    {
+    public:
+        TopMenuBar();
+    }; 
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.hpp b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.hpp
index 671d0ec..3c741f9 100644
--- a/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.hpp
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <App/V8/Tree/Instance.hpp>
+#include <App/CoordinateFrame.hpp>
 #include <OGRE/Ogre.h>
 
 namespace RNR
@@ -9,9 +10,15 @@ namespace RNR
 
     class Camera : public Instance
     {
+        private:
+            CoordinateFrame m_cframe;
+            virtual void deserializeProperty(char* prop_name, pugi::xml_node prop);
         public:
             Camera();
             ~Camera();
 
+            CoordinateFrame& getCFrame() { return m_cframe; };
+            void setCFrame(CoordinateFrame cframe) { m_cframe = cframe; };
+            bool zoom(float distance);
     };
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.hpp b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.hpp
index d22a507..0780ebb 100644
--- a/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.hpp
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace RNR
         Camera* getCurrentCamera() const;
 	    void setCurrentCamera(Camera *value); 
     private:
+        virtual void deserializeProperty(char* prop_name, pugi::xml_node prop);
         void buildGeomInstance(Instance* instance);
 
         bool m_geomDirty;
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/World/World.hpp b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/World/World.hpp
index 28d9652..a778d25 100644
--- a/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/World/World.hpp
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Header/App/V8/World/World.hpp
@@ -2,21 +2,35 @@
 
 #include <App/V8/Tree/Instance.hpp>
 #include <App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.hpp>
+#include <App/V8/DataModel/Camera.hpp>
+#include <App/GUI/TopMenuBar.hpp>
 #include <OGRE/Ogre.h>
 #include <pugixml.hpp>
+#include <stack>
 
 namespace RNR
 {
+    struct WorldUndeserialized
+    {
+        Instance* instance;
+        pugi::xml_node node;
+    };
+
     class World
     {
         private:
+            std::map<std::string, Instance*> m_refs;
+            std::stack<WorldUndeserialized> m_undeserialized;
             Instance* m_datamodel;
             Workspace* m_workspace;
             Ogre::Root* m_ogreRoot;
             Ogre::SceneManager* m_ogreSceneManager;
+            TopMenuBar* m_tmb;
 
             void xmlAddItem(pugi::xml_node node, Instance* parent);
         public:
+            Instance* getRef(std::string ref) { return m_refs[ref]; }
+
             World(Ogre::Root* ogre, Ogre::SceneManager* ogreScene);
             ~World();
 
@@ -26,6 +40,8 @@ namespace RNR
             double step(float timestep);
             void update();
 
+
+
             Instance* getDatamodel() { return m_datamodel; }
             void setDatamodel(Instance* instance) { m_datamodel = instance; }
             Workspace* getWorkspace() { return m_workspace; }
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Source/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.cpp b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daf8853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/GUI/TopMenuBar.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include <App/GUI/TopMenuBar.hpp>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreOverlayManager.h>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreOverlayContainer.h>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreTextAreaOverlayElement.h>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreFontManager.h>
+#include <OGRE/Overlay/OgreOverlay.h>
+
+namespace RNR
+{
+    TopMenuBar::TopMenuBar()
+    {
+        Ogre::OverlayManager* overlayManager = Ogre::OverlayManager::getSingletonPtr();
+        Ogre::MaterialPtr material = Ogre::MaterialManager::getSingleton().create("Background", "General");
+        material->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->createTextureUnitState("placeholder.png");
+        material->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->getTextureUnitState(0)->setAlphaOperation(Ogre::LBX_MODULATE, Ogre::LBS_MANUAL, Ogre::LBS_CURRENT, 0.5f);
+        material->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->getTextureUnitState(0)->setColourOperationEx(Ogre::LBX_MODULATE, Ogre::LBS_MANUAL, Ogre::LBS_CURRENT, Ogre::ColourValue(1.0, 1.0, 1.0));
+        material->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->setDepthCheckEnabled(false);
+        material->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->setDepthWriteEnabled(false);
+        material->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->setLightingEnabled(false);
+
+        Ogre::OverlayContainer* panel = static_cast<Ogre::OverlayContainer*>(overlayManager->createOverlayElement("Panel", "PanelName"));
+        panel->setMetricsMode(Ogre::GMM_PIXELS);
+        panel->setPosition(0,0);
+        panel->setDimensions(320, 24);
+        panel->setMaterial(material);
+
+        Ogre::TextAreaOverlayElement* textArea = static_cast<Ogre::TextAreaOverlayElement*>(overlayManager->createOverlayElement("TextArea", "TextAreaName"));
+        textArea->setMetricsMode(Ogre::GMM_PIXELS);
+        textArea->setPosition(0, 0);
+        textArea->setDimensions(320, 24);
+        textArea->setCaption("Hello, World!");
+        textArea->setCharHeight(24);
+        textArea->setFontName("ComicSans");
+        textArea->setColour(Ogre::ColourValue(0.f,0.f,0.f));
+
+        Ogre::Overlay* overlay = overlayManager->create("OverlayName");
+        overlay->add2D(panel);
+        overlay->setZOrder(500);
+
+        panel->addChild(textArea);
+
+        overlay->show();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.cpp b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.cpp
index f11c422..9e95c03 100644
--- a/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.cpp
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Camera.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <App/V8/DataModel/Camera.hpp>
+#include <Helpers/XML.hpp>
 
 namespace RNR
 {
@@ -11,4 +12,12 @@ namespace RNR
     {
         //
     }
+
+    void Camera::deserializeProperty(char* prop_name, pugi::xml_node node)
+    {
+        if(prop_name == std::string("CoordinateFrame"))
+        {
+            setCFrame(XML::getCFrame(node));
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.cpp b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.cpp
index 2bbfdb0..334b6b1 100644
--- a/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.cpp
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/DataModel/Workspace.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ namespace RNR
         PartInstance* child_part = dynamic_cast<PartInstance*>(instance);
         if(child_part)
         {
+#define DONT_USE_BRICKCOLOR_MATERIAL
+#ifndef DONT_USE_BRICKCOLOR_MATERIAL
             m_partEntity->setMaterial(BrickColor::material(child_part->getBrickColor()));
+#endif
             m_geom->addEntity(m_partEntity,
                                     child_part->getCFrame().getPosition(), 
                                     Ogre::Quaternion(child_part->getCFrame().getRotation()), 
@@ -66,4 +69,16 @@ namespace RNR
             // TODO: raise propertyChanged and currentCameraChangedSignal
         }
     }
+
+    void Workspace::deserializeProperty(char* prop_name, pugi::xml_node node)
+    {
+        if(prop_name == std::string("CurrentCamera"))
+        {
+            Instance* new_cam = world->getRef(node.text().as_string());
+            if(new_cam)
+                setCurrentCamera((Camera*)new_cam);
+            else
+                printf("Workspace::deserializeProperty: camera ref invalid (%s)\n", node.text().as_string());
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/World/World.cpp b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/World/World.cpp
index 35fec24..85f5195 100644
--- a/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/World/World.cpp
+++ b/Projects/Engine/Source/App/V8/World/World.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace RNR
         m_workspace = new Workspace();
         m_workspace->setParent(m_datamodel);
 
+        m_tmb = new TopMenuBar();
+
         load("/home/caesium/Downloads/Telegram Desktop/Destroy-History-1.rbxl");
     }
 
@@ -38,21 +40,28 @@ namespace RNR
         {
             instance = m_workspace;
         } 
+        else if(class_attr.as_string() == std::string("Camera"))
+        {
+            instance = new Camera();
+        } 
         else if(class_attr.as_string() == std::string("Model")) 
         {
             instance = new ModelInstance();
         } 
         else
         {
-            printf("World::xmlAddItem: adding unknown class\n");
             instance = new Instance();
         }
 
         if(!skip)
         {
-            pugi::xml_node props = node.child("Properties");
-            for(pugi::xml_node prop : props.children())
-                instance->deserializeXmlProperty(prop);
+            pugi::xml_attribute referent = node.attribute("referent");
+            if(!referent.empty())
+                m_refs[referent.as_string()] = instance;
+            WorldUndeserialized s;
+            s.instance = instance;
+            s.node = node;
+            m_undeserialized.push(s);
             instance->setParent(parent);
         }
 
@@ -69,6 +78,8 @@ namespace RNR
 
     void World::load(char* path)
     {
+        m_refs.clear();
+        
         pugi::xml_document rbxl_doc;
         pugi::xml_parse_result result = rbxl_doc.load_file(path);
         if(result)
@@ -80,6 +91,23 @@ namespace RNR
             {
                 xmlAddItem(item, m_datamodel);
             }
+            while(!m_undeserialized.empty())
+            {
+                WorldUndeserialized s = m_undeserialized.top();
+                m_undeserialized.pop();
+
+                pugi::xml_node props = s.node.child("Properties");
+                for(pugi::xml_node prop : props.children())
+                {
+                    s.instance->deserializeXmlProperty(prop);
+                }
+
+                if(s.instance->getClassName() == "Model")
+                {
+                    ModelInstance* m = (ModelInstance*)s.instance;
+                    m->build();
+                }
+            }
         }
         else
         {