diff --git a/assets/config.json b/assets/config.json
index 487730d..981fe8f 100644
--- a/assets/config.json
+++ b/assets/config.json
@@ -83,8 +83,13 @@
       "frame_width": 1920,
       "frame_height": 1080
     },
-    "test_story":
-    {"path": "assets/stories/test_storyboard.png",
+    "intro_story":
+    {"path": "assets/stories/intro_story.png",
+      "frame_width": 1280,
+      "frame_height": 720
+    },
+    "win_story":
+    {"path": "assets/stories/win_story.png",
       "frame_width": 1280,
       "frame_height": 720
     }
@@ -119,6 +124,6 @@
   },
   "game_play": {
     "levels_to_win": 4,
-    "help_text": "WASD moves\nQE rotates\nSpace attacks\nESC close\nRight-Click to heal\nClick on Ladders\nDev Tools:\nP: Debug\nZ: Mind Reader\nN: Next Level\nK: Die\nH/F1: Help\nF5: Screenshot\nReach Level 5 to Win\nAttack to Get Gud\nGet Hit to Get Tuff"
+    "help_text": "WASD moves\nQE rotates\nSpace attacks\nESC close\nRight-Click to heal\nClick on Ladders\nDev Tools:\nP: Debug\nZ: Mind Reader\nN: Next Level\nK: Die\nH/F1: Help\nF5: Screenshot\nExit Level 5 to Win\nAttack to Get Gud\nGet Hit to Get Tuff"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/scenes.json b/assets/scenes.json
index 48a7f78..da7274d 100644
--- a/assets/scenes.json
+++ b/assets/scenes.json
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
   },
   "NEXT_LEVEL": {
     "layout": [
-      "[_|_|_|_|_|_]",
-      "[_|_|_|*%(200,100)buttons|_|_]"
+      "[_]",
+      "[_|_|_|*%(200,100)text|_|_]",
+      "[_|_|_|*%(200,200)buttons|_|_]",
+      "[_]"
     ],
     "background": "next_level_scene",
     "actors": [
@@ -47,22 +49,11 @@
   },
   "STARTING": {
     "layout": [
-      "[_|*%(200, 200)ag_bot|_|=*%(200,100)speech|_|_]",
-      "[_|_|_                 |*%(200,100)buttons|_|_]"
+      "[_|_|_|_|_|_]",
+      "[_|_|_|*%(200,100)buttons|_|_]"
     ],
     "background": "starting_scene",
     "actors": [
-      {
-        "name": "ag_bot",
-        "sprite": "ag_bot",
-        "cell": "ag_bot",
-        "scale_x": 0.65,
-        "scale_y": 0.65,
-        "x": -40,
-        "y": 70,
-        "at_mid": false,
-        "flipped": false
-      }
     ],
     "fixtures": [
     ],
@@ -70,7 +61,6 @@
       "layout": [
         "[_]",
         "[_|=*%(300, 100)Start|_|_|_]",
-        "[_|=*%(300, 100)About|_|_|_]",
         "[_|=*%(300, 100)Quit|_|_|_]",
         "[_]"
       ],
diff --git a/assets/stories.json b/assets/stories.json
index 9f4d7bc..e662743 100644
--- a/assets/stories.json
+++ b/assets/stories.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "intro_story":
     {"_type": "Storyboard",
-      "image": "test_story",
+      "image": "intro_story",
       "audio": "test_story",
       "layout": [
         "[a|b|c1]",
@@ -22,5 +22,19 @@
         ["00:13", "i","shake", "60"],
         ["00:14", "i","bounce", "60"]
       ]
+  },
+  "win_story":
+    {"_type": "Storyboard",
+      "image": "win_story",
+      "audio": "test_story",
+      "layout": [
+        "[a|b|c1]",
+        "[d|e|c2]",
+        "[g|h|i]"
+      ],
+      "beats": [
+        ["00:00", "a","pan", "60"],
+        ["00:01", "b","shake", "30"]
+      ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/stories/intro_story.png b/assets/stories/intro_story.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c049ad
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/stories/intro_story.png differ
diff --git a/assets/stories/win_story.png b/assets/stories/win_story.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c049ad
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/stories/win_story.png differ
diff --git a/src/graphics/scene.cpp b/src/graphics/scene.cpp
index c237d27..cde8434 100644
--- a/src/graphics/scene.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/scene.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace scene {
 
       bool at_mid = config["at_mid"];
 
-      sf::Text text(*$ui.$font, "", 60);
+      sf::Text text(*$gui.$font, "", 60);
 
       return {name, st, anim, cell, {scale_x, scale_y}, {x, y}, at_mid, flipped, nullptr, text};
   }
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ namespace scene {
   void Engine::init() {
     dbc::log($F("initialized scene with background {}", $scene.background));
 
-    $ui.position(SCENE_VIEW_X, SCENE_VIEW_Y, SCENE_VIEW_WIDTH, SCENE_VIEW_HEIGHT);
-    $ui.set<guecs::Background>($ui.MAIN, {$ui.$parser, guecs::THEME.TRANSPARENT});
-    auto& background = $ui.get<guecs::Background>($ui.MAIN);
+    $gui.position(SCENE_VIEW_X, SCENE_VIEW_Y, SCENE_VIEW_WIDTH, SCENE_VIEW_HEIGHT);
+    $gui.set<guecs::Background>($gui.MAIN, {$gui.$parser, guecs::THEME.TRANSPARENT});
+    auto& background = $gui.get<guecs::Background>($gui.MAIN);
     background.set_sprite($scene.background, true);
 
-    $ui.layout($layout);
+    $gui.layout($layout);
 
     for(auto& actor : $actors) {
       actor.pos = position_sprite(actor.st, actor.cell,
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ namespace scene {
       fixture.pos = position_sprite(fixture.st, fixture.cell,
           fixture.scale, fixture.at_mid, fixture.pos.x, fixture.pos.y);
     }
+
+    if($gui.contains("text")) {
+      auto text_id = $gui.entity("text");
+      auto bg_color = guecs::THEME.DARK_DARK;
+      bg_color.a = 100;
+      // BUG: guecs should initialize anything added if it needs it
+      $gui.set<guecs::Rectangle>(text_id, {0, bg_color});
+      $gui.set<guecs::Text>(text_id, {L"", 55});
+    }
+
+    $gui.init();
   }
 
   void Engine::apply_effect(const std::string& actor, const std::string& shader) {
@@ -94,11 +105,11 @@ namespace scene {
   }
 
   bool Engine::mouse(float x, float y, guecs::Modifiers mods) {
-    return $ui.mouse(x, y, mods);
+    return $gui.mouse(x, y, mods);
   }
 
   void Engine::render(sf::RenderTexture& view) {
-    $ui.render(view);
+    $gui.render(view);
 
     for(auto& fixture : $fixtures) {
       view.draw(*fixture.st.sprite, fixture.effect.get());
@@ -110,7 +121,7 @@ namespace scene {
     }
 
     $camera.render(view);
-    if(DEBUG) $ui.debug_layout(view);
+    if(DEBUG) $gui.debug_layout(view);
 
     // BUG: should I do this here or let the caller do it?
     view.display();
@@ -158,7 +169,7 @@ namespace scene {
   }
 
   sf::Vector2f Engine::position_sprite(textures::SpriteTexture& st, const std::string& cell_name, sf::Vector2f scale, bool at_mid, float x_diff, float y_diff) {
-    auto& cell = $ui.cell_for(cell_name);
+    auto& cell = $gui.cell_for(cell_name);
     float x = float(at_mid ? cell.mid_x : cell.x);
     float y = float(at_mid ? cell.mid_y : cell.y);
 
@@ -203,4 +214,11 @@ namespace scene {
   void Engine::reset(sf::RenderTexture& view) {
     $camera.reset(view);
   }
+
+  void Engine::set_text(const std::string& content) {
+    if($gui.contains("text")) {
+      auto el = $gui.get_if<guecs::Text>($gui.entity("text"));
+      el->text->setString(guecs::to_wstring(content));
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/graphics/scene.hpp b/src/graphics/scene.hpp
index d6ad2bd..15d29d3 100644
--- a/src/graphics/scene.hpp
+++ b/src/graphics/scene.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace scene {
 
   struct Engine {
     sf::Clock $clock;
-    guecs::UI $ui;
+    guecs::UI $gui;
     components::AnimatedScene& $scene;
     std::string $layout;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, int> $actor_name_ids;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace scene {
     void attach_text(const std::string& actor, const std::string& text);
 
     nlohmann::json& buttons() { return $scene.buttons; };
-    lel::Cell& button_cell() { return $ui.cell_for("buttons"); }
+    lel::Cell& button_cell() { return $gui.cell_for("buttons"); }
 
     Element config_scene_element(nlohmann::json& config, bool duped);
 
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ namespace scene {
     void zoom(float mid_x, float mid_y, const std::string& style, float scale);
     void reset(sf::RenderTexture& view);
     void set_end_cb(std::function<void()> cb);
+    void set_text(const std::string& content);
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/fsm.cpp b/src/gui/fsm.cpp
index ab7a984..9d67031 100644
--- a/src/gui/fsm.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/fsm.cpp
@@ -592,8 +592,9 @@ namespace gui {
     auto config = settings::get("config");
     size_t levels_to_win = config["game_play"]["levels_to_win"];
 
-    if(level.index <= levels_to_win) {
+    if(level.index < levels_to_win) {
       show_scene("NEXT_LEVEL");
+      $cur_scene->set_text(fmt::format("ENTERING\nLEVEL\n{}", level.index+2));
       state(State::NEXT_LEVEL_SCENE);
     } else {
       show_scene("WIN");
diff --git a/src/gui/scene_ui.cpp b/src/gui/scene_ui.cpp
index baed9af..46e67ed 100644
--- a/src/gui/scene_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/scene_ui.cpp
@@ -29,22 +29,26 @@ namespace gui {
 
     auto& button_cell = $scene.button_cell();
 
-    $ui.position(button_cell.x, button_cell.y, button_cell.w, button_cell.h);
-    $ui.layout(layout);
+    $gui.position(button_cell.x, button_cell.y, button_cell.w, button_cell.h);
+    $gui.layout(layout);
 
-    for(auto& [name, cell] : $ui.cells()) {
-      auto ui_id = $ui.entity(name);
-      $ui.set<guecs::Text>(ui_id, {guecs::to_wstring(name)});
-      $ui.set<guecs::Rectangle>(ui_id, {});
-      $ui.set<guecs::Effect>(ui_id, {});
+    for(auto& [name, cell] : $gui.cells()) {
+      auto ui_id = $gui.entity(name);
+      $gui.set<guecs::Text>(ui_id, {guecs::to_wstring(name)});
+      $gui.set<guecs::Rectangle>(ui_id, {5, guecs::THEME.DARK_MID});
+      $gui.set<guecs::Effect>(ui_id, {});
 
       if(actions.contains(name)) {
         auto event_id = actions[name];
-        $ui.set<guecs::Clickable>(ui_id, guecs::make_action(ui_id, event_id));
+        $gui.set<guecs::Clickable>(ui_id, guecs::make_action(ui_id, event_id));
       }
     }
 
-    $ui.init();
+    $gui.init();
+  }
+
+  void SceneUI::set_text(const std::string& text) {
+    $scene.set_text(text);
   }
 
   void SceneUI::render(sf::RenderTarget &target) {
@@ -52,8 +56,8 @@ namespace gui {
     target.draw($view_sprite);
 
     if(has_buttons) {
-      $ui.render(target);
-      if(DEBUG) $ui.debug_layout(target);
+      $gui.render(target);
+      if(DEBUG) $gui.debug_layout(target);
     }
   }
 
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ namespace gui {
 
   bool SceneUI::mouse(float x, float y, guecs::Modifiers mods) {
     $scene.mouse(x, y, mods);
-    $ui.mouse(x, y, mods);
+    $gui.mouse(x, y, mods);
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/scene_ui.hpp b/src/gui/scene_ui.hpp
index 32bdbb2..2ae6aaf 100644
--- a/src/gui/scene_ui.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/scene_ui.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace gui {
       AnimatedScene $scene_data{load_scene(name)};
       scene::Engine $scene{$scene_data};
       bool has_buttons = false;
-      guecs::UI $ui;
+      guecs::UI $gui;
 
       AnimatedScene load_scene(const std::string& name);
       void create_buttons(nlohmann::json& buttons);
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ namespace gui {
       void render(sf::RenderTarget &target);
       void update();
       bool mouse(float x, float y, guecs::Modifiers mods);
+      void set_text(const std::string& text);
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/status_ui.cpp b/src/gui/status_ui.cpp
index 8d63a0e..d6d133c 100644
--- a/src/gui/status_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/status_ui.cpp
@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ namespace gui {
     for(auto& [name, cell] : $gui.cells()) {
       auto gui_id = $gui.entity(name);
 
-      $gui.set<Text>(gui_id, {guecs::to_wstring(name)});
 
       if(name.starts_with("body_")) {
         auto& cell = $gui.cell_for(name);
         $body_ui.init(cell.x, cell.y, cell.w, cell.h);
       } else {
+        // don't show inventory names
+        if(!name.starts_with("inv")) {
+          $gui.set<Text>(gui_id, {guecs::to_wstring(name)});
+        }
+
         $gui.set<Rectangle>(gui_id, {});
         $gui.set<Clickable>(gui_id, {
             guecs::make_action(gui_id, game::Event::INV_SELECT, {gui_id})