diff --git a/libs/azureiot/test.ts b/libs/azureiot/test.ts
index c1eb9a3b..e52742e9 100644
--- a/libs/azureiot/test.ts
+++ b/libs/azureiot/test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-export interface Secrets {
+interface Secrets {
     connString: string;
     wifi: pxt.StringMap;
 }
 // this is to be overridden in a separate file
-export let secrets: Secrets;
+let secrets: Secrets;
 function test() {
 
     const log = console.log;
diff --git a/libs/color/README.md b/libs/color/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c1ea699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/color/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Colors
+
+Color manipulation
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diff --git a/libs/color/colorbuffer.ts b/libs/color/colorbuffer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b04c26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/color/colorbuffer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+namespace color {
+    export enum ColorBufferLayout {
+        /**
+         * 24bit RGB color
+         */
+        RGB,
+        /**
+         * 32bit RGB color with alpha
+         */
+        ARGB
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A buffer of colors
+     */
+    export class ColorBuffer {
+        layout: ColorBufferLayout;
+        buf: Buffer;
+
+        constructor(buf: Buffer, layout?: ColorBufferLayout) {
+            this.buf = buf;
+            this.layout = layout || ColorBufferLayout.RGB;
+        }
+
+        get stride() {
+            return this.layout == ColorBufferLayout.RGB ? 3 : 4;
+        }
+
+        get length() {
+            return Math.idiv(this.buf.length, this.stride);
+        }
+
+        color(index: number): number {
+            index = index | 0;
+            if (index < 0 || index >= this.length) return -1;
+
+            const s = this.stride;
+            const start = index * s;
+            let c = 0;
+            for (let i = 0; i < s; ++i)
+                c = (c << 8) | (this.buf[start + i] & 0xff);
+            return c;
+        }
+
+        setColor(index: number, color: number) {
+            index = index | 0;
+            if (index < 0 || index >= this.length) return;
+
+            const s = this.stride;
+            const start = index * s;
+            for (let i = s - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+                this.buf[start + i] = color & 0xff;
+                color = color >> 8;
+            }
+        }
+
+        slice(start?: number, length?: number): ColorBuffer {
+            const s = this.stride;
+            return new ColorBuffer(this.buf.slice(start ? start * s : start, length ? length * s : length));
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Writes the content of the src color buffer starting at the start dstOffset in the current buffer
+         * @param dstOffset 
+         * @param src 
+         */
+        write(dstOffset: number, src: ColorBuffer): void {
+            if (this.layout == src.layout) {
+                const d = (dstOffset | 0) * this.stride;
+                this.buf.write(d, src.buf);
+            } else {
+                // different color layout
+                const n = Math.min(src.length, this.length - dstOffset);
+                for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i)
+                    this.setColor(dstOffset + i, src.color(i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts an array of colors into a color buffer
+     */
+    export function createBuffer(colors: number[], layout?: ColorBufferLayout): color.ColorBuffer {
+        const n = colors.length;
+        layout = layout || ColorBufferLayout.RGB;
+        const stride = layout == ColorBufferLayout.RGB ? 3 : 4;
+        const buf = control.createBuffer(n * stride);
+        const p = new ColorBuffer(buf);
+        let k = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+            let color = colors[i];
+            for (let j = stride - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
+                p.buf[k + j] = color & 0xff;
+                color = color >> 8;
+            }
+            k += stride;
+        }
+        return p;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/libs/color/colors.ts b/libs/color/colors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b337b730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/color/colors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/**
+ * Well known colors
+ */
+const enum Colors {
+    //% block=red
+    Red = 0xFF0000,
+    //% block=orange
+    Orange = 0xFF7F00,
+    //% block=yellow
+    Yellow = 0xFFFF00,
+    //% block=green
+    Green = 0x00FF00,
+    //% block=blue
+    Blue = 0x0000FF,
+    //% block=indigo
+    Indigo = 0x4b0082,
+    //% block=violet
+    Violet = 0x8a2be2,
+    //% block=purple
+    Purple = 0xA033E5,
+    //% block=pink
+    Pink = 0xFF007F,
+    //% block=white
+    White = 0xFFFFFF,
+    //% block=black
+    Black = 0x000000
+}
+
+/**
+ * Well known color hues
+ */
+const enum ColorHues {
+    //% block=red
+    Red = 0,
+    //% block=orange
+    Orange = 29,
+    //% block=yellow
+    Yellow = 43,
+    //% block=green
+    Green = 86,
+    //% block=aqua
+    Aqua = 125,
+    //% block=blue
+    Blue = 170,
+    //% block=purple
+    Purple = 191,
+    //% block=magenta
+    Magenta = 213,
+    //% block=pink
+    Pink = 234
+}
+
+/**
+ * Color manipulation
+ */
+//% advanced=1
+namespace color {
+    /**
+ * Converts red, green, blue channels into a RGB color
+ * @param red value of the red channel between 0 and 255. eg: 255
+ * @param green value of the green channel between 0 and 255. eg: 255
+ * @param blue value of the blue channel between 0 and 255. eg: 255
+ */
+    //% blockId="colorsrgb" block="red %red|green %green|blue %blue"
+    //% red.min=0 red.max=255 green.min=0 green.max=255 blue.min=0 blue.max=255
+    //% help="colors/rgb"
+    //% weight=19 blockGap=8
+    //% blockHidden=true
+    export function rgb(red: number, green: number, blue: number): number {
+        return ((red & 0xFF) << 16) | ((green & 0xFF) << 8) | (blue & 0xFF);
+    }
+
+    export function argb(alpha: number, red: number, green: number, blue: number): number {
+        return ((alpha & 0xFF) << 24) | ((red & 0xFF) << 16) | ((green & 0xFF) << 8) | (blue & 0xFF);
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Get the RGB value of a known color
+    */
+    //% blockId=colorscolors block="%color"
+    //% help="colors/well-known"
+    //% shim=TD_ID
+    //% weight=20 blockGap=8
+    //% blockHidden=true
+    export function wellKnown(color: Colors): number {
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert an HSV (hue, saturation, value) color to RGB
+     * @param hue value of the hue channel between 0 and 255. eg: 255
+     * @param sat value of the saturation channel between 0 and 255. eg: 255
+     * @param val value of the value channel between 0 and 255. eg: 255
+     */
+
+    //% blockId="colorshsv" block="hue %hue|sat %sat|val %val"
+    //% hue.min=0 hue.max=255 sat.min=0 sat.max=255 val.min=0 val.max=255
+    //% help="colors/hsv"
+    //% weight=17
+    //% blockHidden=true
+    export function hsv(hue: number, sat: number = 255, val: number = 255): number {
+        let h = (hue % 255) >> 0;
+        if (h < 0) h += 255;
+        // scale down to 0..192
+        h = (h * 192 / 255) >> 0;
+
+        //reference: based on FastLED's hsv2rgb rainbow algorithm [https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED](MIT)
+        let invsat = 255 - sat;
+        let brightness_floor = ((val * invsat) / 255) >> 0;
+        let color_amplitude = val - brightness_floor;
+        let section = (h / 0x40) >> 0; // [0..2]
+        let offset = (h % 0x40) >> 0; // [0..63]
+
+        let rampup = offset;
+        let rampdown = (0x40 - 1) - offset;
+
+        let rampup_amp_adj = ((rampup * color_amplitude) / (255 / 4)) >> 0;
+        let rampdown_amp_adj = ((rampdown * color_amplitude) / (255 / 4)) >> 0;
+
+        let rampup_adj_with_floor = (rampup_amp_adj + brightness_floor);
+        let rampdown_adj_with_floor = (rampdown_amp_adj + brightness_floor);
+
+        let r: number;
+        let g: number;
+        let b: number;
+        if (section) {
+            if (section == 1) {
+                // section 1: 0x40..0x7F
+                r = brightness_floor;
+                g = rampdown_adj_with_floor;
+                b = rampup_adj_with_floor;
+            } else {
+                // section 2; 0x80..0xBF
+                r = rampup_adj_with_floor;
+                g = brightness_floor;
+                b = rampdown_adj_with_floor;
+            }
+        } else {
+            // section 0: 0x00..0x3F
+            r = rampdown_adj_with_floor;
+            g = rampup_adj_with_floor;
+            b = brightness_floor;
+        }
+        return rgb(r, g, b);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fade the color by the brightness
+     * @param color color to fade
+     * @param brightness the amount of brightness to apply to the color, eg: 128
+     */
+    //% blockId="colorsfade" block="fade %color=neopixel_colors|by %brightness"
+    //% brightness.min=0 brightness.max=255
+    //% help="light/fade"
+    //% group="Color" weight=18 blockGap=8
+    //% blockHidden=true
+    export function fade(color: number, brightness: number): number {
+        brightness = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, brightness >> 0));
+        if (brightness < 255) {
+            let red = unpackR(color);
+            let green = unpackG(color);
+            let blue = unpackB(color);
+
+            red = (red * brightness) >> 8;
+            green = (green * brightness) >> 8;
+            blue = (blue * brightness) >> 8;
+
+            color = rgb(red, green, blue);
+        }
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    export function unpackR(rgb: number): number {
+        return (rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
+    }
+    export function unpackG(rgb: number): number {
+        return (rgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
+    }
+    export function unpackB(rgb: number): number {
+        return (rgb >> 0) & 0xFF;
+    }
+
+    export function parseColor(color: string): number {
+        switch (color) {
+            case "RED":
+            case "red":
+                return Colors.Red;
+            case "GREEN":
+            case "green":
+                return Colors.Green;
+            case "BLUE":
+            case "blue":
+                return Colors.Blue;
+            case "WHITE":
+            case "white":
+                return Colors.White;
+            case "ORANGE":
+            case "orange":
+                return Colors.Orange;
+            case "PURPLE":
+            case "purple":
+                return Colors.Purple;
+            case "YELLOW":
+            case "yellow":
+                return Colors.Yellow;
+            case "PINK":
+            case "pink":
+                return Colors.Pink;
+            default:
+                return parseInt(color) || 0;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/color/pxt.json b/libs/color/pxt.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f11c5363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/color/pxt.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "name": "color",
+    "description": "Color manipulation",
+    "files": [
+        "colors.ts",
+        "colorbuffer.ts",
+        "README.md"
+    ],
+    "public": true,
+    "weight": 1,
+    "dependencies": {
+        "core": "file:../core"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/game/game.ts b/libs/game/game.ts
index 978e700b..a0ffc883 100644
--- a/libs/game/game.ts
+++ b/libs/game/game.ts
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ namespace game {
      */
     export function addScenePushHandler(handler: (oldScene: scene.Scene) => void) {
         if (!_scenePushHandlers) _scenePushHandlers = [];
-        _scenePushHandlers.push(handler);
+        if (_scenePushHandlers.indexOf(handler) < 0)
+            _scenePushHandlers.push(handler);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -351,7 +352,8 @@ namespace game {
      */
     export function addScenePopHandler(handler: (oldScene: scene.Scene) => void) {
         if (!_scenePopHandlers) _scenePopHandlers = [];
-        _scenePopHandlers.push(handler);
+        if (_scenePopHandlers.indexOf(handler) < 0)
+            _scenePopHandlers.push(handler);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/libs/light/neopixel.ts b/libs/light/neopixel.ts
index 73ca0a71..e62af9ee 100644
--- a/libs/light/neopixel.ts
+++ b/libs/light/neopixel.ts
@@ -1,55 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * Well known colors
- */
-const enum Colors {
-    //% block=red
-    Red = 0xFF0000,
-    //% block=orange
-    Orange = 0xFF7F00,
-    //% block=yellow
-    Yellow = 0xFFFF00,
-    //% block=green
-    Green = 0x00FF00,
-    //% block=blue
-    Blue = 0x0000FF,
-    //% block=indigo
-    Indigo = 0x4b0082,
-    //% block=violet
-    Violet = 0x8a2be2,
-    //% block=purple
-    Purple = 0xA033E5,
-    //% block=pink
-    Pink = 0xFF007F,
-    //% block=white
-    White = 0xFFFFFF,
-    //% block=black
-    Black = 0x000000
-}
-
-/**
- * Well known color hues
- */
-const enum ColorHues {
-    //% block=red
-    Red = 0,
-    //% block=orange
-    Orange = 29,
-    //% block=yellow
-    Yellow = 43,
-    //% block=green
-    Green = 86,
-    //% block=aqua
-    Aqua = 125,
-    //% block=blue
-    Blue = 170,
-    //% block=purple
-    Purple = 191,
-    //% block=magenta
-    Magenta = 213,
-    //% block=pink
-    Pink = 234
-}
-
 /**
  * Different modes for RGB or RGB+W NeoPixel strips
  */
@@ -195,9 +143,9 @@ namespace light {
         //% advanced=true
         setAll(rgb: number) {
             rgb = rgb | 0;
-            const red = unpackR(rgb);
-            const green = unpackG(rgb);
-            const blue = unpackB(rgb);
+            const red = color.unpackR(rgb);
+            const green = color.unpackG(rgb);
+            const blue = color.unpackB(rgb);
 
             const end = this._start + this._length;
             const stride = this.stride();
@@ -216,12 +164,12 @@ namespace light {
         //% weight=79 blockGap=8
         //% group="More" advanced=true blockHidden=true
         setGradient(startColor: number, endColor: number, easing?: (t: number) => number) {
-            const sr = unpackR(startColor);
-            const sg = unpackG(startColor);
-            const sb = unpackB(startColor);
-            const er = unpackR(endColor);
-            const eg = unpackG(endColor);
-            const eb = unpackB(endColor);
+            const sr = color.unpackR(startColor);
+            const sg = color.unpackG(startColor);
+            const sb = color.unpackB(startColor);
+            const er = color.unpackR(endColor);
+            const eg = color.unpackG(endColor);
+            const eb = color.unpackB(endColor);
 
             const end = this._start + this._length;
             const n1 = this._length - 1;
@@ -299,9 +247,9 @@ namespace light {
         //% help="light/neopixelstrip/set-pixel-color"
         //% weight=79 blockGap=8
         //% group="More" advanced=true
-        setPixelColor(pixeloffset: number, color: number): void {
+        setPixelColor(pixeloffset: number, c: number): void {
             pixeloffset = pixeloffset | 0;
-            color = color | 0;
+            c = c | 0;
 
             if (pixeloffset < 0
                 || pixeloffset >= this._length)
@@ -309,9 +257,9 @@ namespace light {
 
             const stride = this.stride();
             pixeloffset = (pixeloffset + this._start) * stride;
-            const red = unpackR(color);
-            const green = unpackG(color);
-            const blue = unpackB(color);
+            const red = color.unpackR(c);
+            const green = color.unpackG(c);
+            const blue = color.unpackB(c);
             this.setBufferRGB(pixeloffset, red, green, blue)
             this.autoShow();
         }
@@ -353,7 +301,7 @@ namespace light {
                     break;
             }
 
-            return rgb(red, green, blue);
+            return color.rgb(red, green, blue);
         }
 
         /**
@@ -663,7 +611,7 @@ namespace light {
         //% group="Photon" advanced=true
         setPhotonPenHue(hue: number) {
             hue = hue | 0;
-            this.setPhotonPenColor(hsv(hue, 0xff, 0xff));
+            this.setPhotonPenColor(color.hsv(hue, 0xff, 0xff));
         }
 
         //% deprecated=1 blockHidden=1
@@ -821,7 +769,7 @@ namespace light {
                         tempColor += currChar;
 
                     if ((isSpace || i == leds.length) && tempColor) {
-                        this.setPixelColor(pi++, parseColor(tempColor))
+                        this.setPixelColor(pi++, color.parseColor(tempColor))
                         tempColor = "";
                         if (pi == n) {
                             this.show();
@@ -1238,7 +1186,7 @@ namespace light {
     //% help="light/rgb"
     //% group="Color" weight=19 blockGap=8
     export function rgb(red: number, green: number, blue: number): number {
-        return ((red & 0xFF) << 16) | ((green & 0xFF) << 8) | (blue & 0xFF);
+        return color.rgb(red, green, blue);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1252,19 +1200,6 @@ namespace light {
         return color;
     }
 
-    function unpackR(rgb: number): number {
-        let r = (rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
-        return r;
-    }
-    function unpackG(rgb: number): number {
-        let g = (rgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
-        return g;
-    }
-    function unpackB(rgb: number): number {
-        let b = (rgb >> 0) & 0xFF;
-        return b;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Convert an HSV (hue, saturation, value) color to RGB
      * @param hue value of the hue channel between 0 and 255. eg: 255
@@ -1277,53 +1212,11 @@ namespace light {
     //% help="light/hsv"
     //% group="Color" weight=17
     export function hsv(hue: number, sat: number = 255, val: number = 255): number {
-        let h = (hue % 255) >> 0;
-        if (h < 0) h += 255;
-        // scale down to 0..192
-        h = (h * 192 / 255) >> 0;
-
-        //reference: based on FastLED's hsv2rgb rainbow algorithm [https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED](MIT)
-        let invsat = 255 - sat;
-        let brightness_floor = ((val * invsat) / 255) >> 0;
-        let color_amplitude = val - brightness_floor;
-        let section = (h / 0x40) >> 0; // [0..2]
-        let offset = (h % 0x40) >> 0; // [0..63]
-
-        let rampup = offset;
-        let rampdown = (0x40 - 1) - offset;
-
-        let rampup_amp_adj = ((rampup * color_amplitude) / (255 / 4)) >> 0;
-        let rampdown_amp_adj = ((rampdown * color_amplitude) / (255 / 4)) >> 0;
-
-        let rampup_adj_with_floor = (rampup_amp_adj + brightness_floor);
-        let rampdown_adj_with_floor = (rampdown_amp_adj + brightness_floor);
-
-        let r: number;
-        let g: number;
-        let b: number;
-        if (section) {
-            if (section == 1) {
-                // section 1: 0x40..0x7F
-                r = brightness_floor;
-                g = rampdown_adj_with_floor;
-                b = rampup_adj_with_floor;
-            } else {
-                // section 2; 0x80..0xBF
-                r = rampup_adj_with_floor;
-                g = brightness_floor;
-                b = rampdown_adj_with_floor;
-            }
-        } else {
-            // section 0: 0x00..0x3F
-            r = rampdown_adj_with_floor;
-            g = rampup_adj_with_floor;
-            b = brightness_floor;
-        }
-        return rgb(r, g, b);
+        return color.hsv(hue, sat, val);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Fade the color by the brightness
+     * Use color.fade instead
      * @param color color to fade
      * @param brightness the amount of brightness to apply to the color, eg: 128
      */
@@ -1331,52 +1224,9 @@ namespace light {
     //% brightness.min=0 brightness.max=255
     //% help="light/fade"
     //% group="Color" weight=18 blockGap=8
-    //% blockHidden=true
-    export function fade(color: number, brightness: number): number {
-        brightness = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, brightness >> 0));
-        if (brightness < 255) {
-            let red = unpackR(color);
-            let green = unpackG(color);
-            let blue = unpackB(color);
-
-            red = (red * brightness) >> 8;
-            green = (green * brightness) >> 8;
-            blue = (blue * brightness) >> 8;
-
-            color = rgb(red, green, blue);
-        }
-        return color;
-    }
-
-    function parseColor(color: string) {
-        switch (color) {
-            case "RED":
-            case "red":
-                return Colors.Red;
-            case "GREEN":
-            case "green":
-                return Colors.Green;
-            case "BLUE":
-            case "blue":
-                return Colors.Blue;
-            case "WHITE":
-            case "white":
-                return Colors.White;
-            case "ORANGE":
-            case "orange":
-                return Colors.Orange;
-            case "PURPLE":
-            case "purple":
-                return Colors.Purple;
-            case "YELLOW":
-            case "yellow":
-                return Colors.Yellow;
-            case "PINK":
-            case "pink":
-                return Colors.Pink;
-            default:
-                return parseInt(color) || 0;
-        }
+    //% blockHidden=true deprecated
+    export function fade(c: number, brightness: number): number {
+        return color.fade(c, brightness);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1407,7 +1257,7 @@ namespace light {
             let hueOffset = 0;
             return () => {
                 for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-                    strip.setPixelColor(i, hsv(((i * 256) / (n - 1) + hueOffset) % 0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
+                    strip.setPixelColor(i, color.hsv(((i * 256) / (n - 1) + hueOffset) % 0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
                 }
                 hueOffset += Math.ceil(128 / n);
                 if (hueOffset >= 0xff) {
@@ -1447,7 +1297,7 @@ namespace light {
                     step++;
                     for (let i = 0; i < l; i++) {
                         const level = (Math.isin(i + step) * 127) + 128;
-                        strip.setPixelColor(i, rgb(level * this.red / 255, level * this.green / 255, level * this.blue / 255));
+                        strip.setPixelColor(i, color.rgb(level * this.red / 255, level * this.green / 255, level * this.blue / 255));
                     }
                     iteration++;
                     return true;
@@ -1489,7 +1339,7 @@ namespace light {
             return () => {
                 for (let i = 0; i < l; i++) {
                     offsets[i] = (offsets[i] + (step * 2)) % 255
-                    strip.setPixelColor(i, rgb(255 - offsets[i], this.green, this.blue));
+                    strip.setPixelColor(i, color.rgb(255 - offsets[i], this.green, this.blue));
                 }
                 step++;
                 if (step * 2 > 0xff) {
@@ -1510,7 +1360,7 @@ namespace light {
 
         constructor(red: number, green: number, blue: number, delay: number) {
             super();
-            this.rgb = rgb(red, green, blue);
+            this.rgb = color.rgb(red, green, blue);
             this.delay = delay;
         }
 
@@ -1587,7 +1437,7 @@ namespace light {
 
         constructor(red: number, green: number, blue: number, delay: number) {
             super();
-            this.rgb = rgb(red, green, blue);
+            this.rgb = color.rgb(red, green, blue);
             this.delay = delay;
         }
 
diff --git a/libs/light/pxt.json b/libs/light/pxt.json
index 2ea18f8a..5575b44a 100644
--- a/libs/light/pxt.json
+++ b/libs/light/pxt.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "public": true,
     "dependencies": {
         "core": "file:../core",
+        "color": "file:../color",
         "jacdac": "file:../jacdac"
     }
 }
diff --git a/libs/palette/README.md b/libs/palette/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71e2d63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/palette/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Palette
+
+Helpers to manipulate palette in games.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/palette/palette.ts b/libs/palette/palette.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6e006fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/palette/palette.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * Update the current scene palette
+ */
+namespace palette {
+    /**
+     * The default palette buffer for the project
+     */
+    //% whenUsed
+    const defaultPaletteBuffer = hex`__palette`
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a clone of the default palette
+     */
+    export function defaultPalette(): color.ColorBuffer {
+        return new color.ColorBuffer(defaultPaletteBuffer.slice());
+    }
+
+    const FIELD = "__palette";
+    /**
+     * Dynamically set all or part of the game's current palette
+     *
+     * @param palette The colors to set
+     * @param pOffset The offset to start copying from the palette
+     */
+    export function setColors(palette: color.ColorBuffer, pOffset = 0) {
+        const scene = game.currentScene();
+        let userPalette = scene.data[FIELD] as color.ColorBuffer;
+        if (!userPalette)
+            userPalette = scene.data[FIELD] = defaultPalette();
+        userPalette.write(pOffset, palette);
+        image.setPalette(userPalette.buf);
+
+        // make sure to clean up
+        game.addScenePushHandler(scenePush);
+        game.addScenePopHandler(scenePop);
+    }
+
+    function scenePush(scene: scene.Scene) {
+        if (scene.data[FIELD]) {
+            const userPalette = scene.data[FIELD] as color.ColorBuffer;
+            image.setPalette(userPalette.buf);
+        }
+    }
+
+    function scenePop(scene: scene.Scene) {
+        if (scene.data[FIELD]) {
+            scene.data[FIELD] = undefined;
+            image.setPalette(defaultPaletteBuffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset to default palette
+     */
+    export function reset() {
+        const scene = game.currentScene();
+        scene.data[FIELD] = undefined;
+        image.setPalette(defaultPaletteBuffer);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/palette/pxt.json b/libs/palette/pxt.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a9996be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/palette/pxt.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "name": "palette",
+    "description": "Palette manipulations",
+    "files": [
+        "palette.ts",
+        "README.md"
+    ],
+    "testFiles": [
+        "test.ts"
+    ],
+    "public": true,
+    "weight": 10,
+    "dependencies": {
+        "color": "file:../color",
+        "game": "file:../game"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/palette/test.ts b/libs/palette/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08c66887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/palette/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+let mySprite = sprites.create(img`
+0 1 2 3
+4 5 6 7
+8 9 a b
+c d e f
+`.doubled().doubled().doubled().doubled(), SpriteKind.Player)
+
+controller.A.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+    const p = palette.defaultPalette();
+    for (let i = 0; i < p.length; ++i) {
+        p.setColor(i, color.rgb(i * 16, 0, 255 - i * 16));
+    }
+    p.setColor(0, 0)
+    palette.setColors(p)
+})
+
+controller.B.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+    palette.reset()
+})
+
diff --git a/libs/storyboard/README.md b/libs/storyboard/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebde964a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/storyboard/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Storyboard
+
+Orchestrate scenes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/storyboard/loader.ts b/libs/storyboard/loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e79240de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/storyboard/loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+namespace storyboard {
+    function loader(done: () => void) {
+        const font = image.font8;
+        let m = 40;
+        let w = screen.width - 2 * m;
+        let c = 2;
+        let y = screen.height / 2 - c;
+        let x = 0;
+        game.onPaint(function() {
+            screen.printCenter("MakeCode Arcade", y - font.charHeight - c, 1, font);
+            screen.drawRect(m, y, w, 2 * c, 1)
+            screen.fillRect(m, y + 1, x, 2 * c - 2, 3);
+
+            x++;
+            if (x == w) done();
+        })
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Default boot sequence
+     */
+    //% block="loader" fixedInstance whenUsed
+    export const loaderBootSequence = new BootSequence(loader, 0);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/storyboard/pxt.json b/libs/storyboard/pxt.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f1713fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/storyboard/pxt.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "name": "storyboard",
+    "description": "Scene manager",
+    "files": [
+        "storyboard.ts",
+        "loader.ts",
+        "README.md"
+    ],
+    "testFiles": [
+        "test.ts"
+    ],
+    "public": true,
+    "weight": 10,
+    "dependencies": {
+        "game": "file:../game"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/storyboard/storyboard.ts b/libs/storyboard/storyboard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc1ce717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/storyboard/storyboard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/**
+ * A manager of scenes
+ */
+//% icon="\uf009"
+//% weight=87 color="#401255"
+namespace storyboard {
+    export interface FrameOptions {
+        background?: number;
+    }
+
+    export class Frame {
+        start: () => void;
+        options: FrameOptions;
+
+        constructor(start: () => void, options: FrameOptions) {
+            this.start = start;
+            this.options = options || {};
+        }
+    }
+
+    //% fixedInstances
+    export class BootSequence {
+        start: (done: () => void) => void;
+        background: number;
+        constructor(start: (done: () => void) => void, background: number) {
+            this.start = start;
+            this.background = background;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Registers the boot sequence
+         */
+        //% block="storyboard register %boot| boot sequence" blockId=storyboardregister
+        register() {
+            registerBootSequence(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let _boots: BootSequence[];
+    let _scenes: {
+        [index: string]: Frame
+    };
+    let _nav: Frame[];
+
+    function registerBootSequence(boot: BootSequence) {
+        if (!_boots)
+            _boots = [];
+        if (_boots.indexOf(boot) < 0)
+            _boots.push(boot);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a scene
+     * @param name 
+     * @param scene 
+     */
+    export function registerScene(name: string, start: () => void, options?: FrameOptions) {
+        if (!name) return;
+        if (!_scenes) {
+            _scenes = {};
+        }
+        _scenes[name] = new Frame(start, options);
+    }
+
+    function consumeBootSequence() {
+        // run boot sequences if any
+        let boot: BootSequence;
+        while (boot = _boots && _boots.shift()) {
+            game.pushScene();
+            let isDone = false;
+            boot.start(() => isDone = true);
+            pauseUntil(() => isDone);
+            game.popScene();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Starts the story board by running boot sequences then entering a scene
+     * @param name 
+     */
+    //% block="storyboard start at $name" blockId=storyboardstart
+    export function start(name?: string) {
+        consumeBootSequence();
+        // grab the first frame
+        push(name || (_scenes && Object.keys(_scenes)[0]));
+    }
+
+    function isActive(name: string): boolean {
+        const scene = name && _scenes && _scenes[name];
+        return scene && (_nav && _nav.length && _nav[_nav.length - 1] == scene);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Replace the current scene with the given scene
+     * @param name 
+     */
+    //% block="storyboard replace scene $name" blockId=storyboardreplace
+    export function replace(name: string) {
+        if (isActive(name)) return;
+
+        const scene = name && _scenes && _scenes[name];
+        if (!scene) return; // not found
+        
+        if (!_nav) _nav = [];
+        if (_nav.length) {
+            console.log('drop current scene')
+            _nav.pop();
+            game.popScene();
+        }
+        console.log('replace scene')
+        _nav.push(scene);
+        game.pushScene();
+        scene.start();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transition to a registered scene
+     * @param name 
+     */
+    //% block="storyboard push scene $name" blockId=storyboardpush
+    export function push(name: string) {
+        if (isActive(name)) return;
+
+        const scene = name && _scenes && _scenes[name];
+        if (!scene) return; // not found
+
+        if (!_nav) _nav = [];        
+        if (_nav.length) {
+            console.log('drop scene')
+            game.popScene();
+        }
+        console.log(`push ${name}`)
+        _nav.push(scene);
+        game.pushScene();
+        scene.start();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stops the current scene and restart the previous scene
+     */
+    //% block="storyboard pop frame" blockId=storyboardpop
+    export function pop() {
+        const n = _nav && _nav.pop();
+        if (n) {
+            console.log('pop scene')
+            game.popScene();
+        }
+        // restart previous
+        if (_nav && _nav.length) {
+            console.log('restart scene')
+            const sc = _nav[_nav.length - 1];
+            game.pushScene();
+            sc.start();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/storyboard/test.ts b/libs/storyboard/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c274041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/storyboard/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+let mySprite = sprites.create(img`
+    . . . . . . b b b b a a . . . .
+    . . . . b b d d d 3 3 3 a a . .
+    . . . b d d d 3 3 3 3 3 3 a a .
+    . . b d d 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 a .
+    . b 3 d 3 3 3 3 3 b 3 3 3 3 a b
+    . b 3 3 3 3 3 a a 3 3 3 3 3 a b
+    b 3 3 3 3 3 a a 3 3 3 3 d a 4 b
+    b 3 3 3 3 b a 3 3 3 3 3 d a 4 b
+    b 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 d a 4 4 e
+    a 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 d a 4 4 4 e
+    a 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 d d a 4 4 4 e .
+    a a 3 3 3 d d d a a 4 4 4 e e .
+    . e a a a a a a 4 4 4 4 e e . .
+    . . e e b b 4 4 4 4 b e e . . .
+    . . . e e e e e e e e . . . . .
+    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+`, SpriteKind.Player)
+mySprite.x = 10
+controller.moveSprite(mySprite)
+storyboard.loaderBootSequence.register()
+storyboard.registerScene("lemon", function () {
+    let mySprite2 = sprites.create(img`
+        4 4 4 . . 4 4 4 4 4 . . . . . .
+        4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 . . . .
+        b 4 5 5 1 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 . . .
+        . b 5 5 5 5 1 1 5 5 1 1 5 4 . .
+        . b d 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 5 4 .
+        b 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 5 4 .
+        c d 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
+        c d 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 5 4
+        c 4 5 5 5 d 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
+        c 4 d 5 4 5 d 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
+        . c 4 5 5 5 5 d d d 5 5 5 5 5 b
+        . c 4 d 5 4 5 d 4 4 d 5 5 5 4 c
+        . . c 4 4 d 4 4 4 4 4 d d 5 d c
+        . . . c 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
+        . . . . c c b 4 4 4 b b 4 5 4 4
+        . . . . . . c c c c c c b b 4 .
+    `, SpriteKind.Player)
+    mySprite2.y = 20
+    controller.moveSprite(mySprite2)
+    controller.A.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+        storyboard.push("burger");
+    })
+    controller.B.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+        storyboard.pop();
+    })
+})
+storyboard.registerScene("burger", function () {
+    let mySprite3 = sprites.create(img`
+        . . . . c c c b b b b b . . . .
+        . . c c b 4 4 4 4 4 4 b b b . .
+        . c c 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 b c .
+        . e 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 e .
+        e b 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 b c
+        e b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 e
+        e b b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 b e
+        . e b 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 b e .
+        8 7 e e b 4 4 4 4 4 4 b e e 6 8
+        8 7 2 e e e e e e e e e e 2 7 8
+        e 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 c e
+        e c 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 c c e
+        e b e 8 8 c c 8 8 c c c 8 e b e
+        e e b e c c e e e e e c e b e e
+        . e e b b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 e e .
+        . . . c c c c c e e e e e . . .
+    `, SpriteKind.Player)
+    mySprite3.y = 80
+    controller.moveSprite(mySprite3)
+    controller.A.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+        storyboard.replace("lemon");
+    })
+    controller.B.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+        storyboard.pop()
+    })
+})
+controller.A.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+    storyboard.start("lemon")
+})
+controller.B.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
+    storyboard.start("burger")
+})
+
diff --git a/pxtarget.json b/pxtarget.json
index ad252452..1bf00650 100644
--- a/pxtarget.json
+++ b/pxtarget.json
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
         "libs/esp32spi",
         "libs/net",
         "libs/mqtt",
-        "libs/azureiot"
+        "libs/azureiot",
+        "libs/color",
+        "libs/game",
+        "libs/storyboard"
     ]
 }