diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Copyright (c) 2019, Elmārs Āboliņš
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/core/element.lua b/core/element.lua
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+++ b/core/element.lua
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+--[[ Element superclass ]]
+local path = string.sub(..., 1, string.len(...) - string.len(".core.element"))
+local helium = require(path .. ".dummy")
+
+local context = {}
+context.__index = context
+
+local activeContext
+
+function context.new(elem)
+	local ctx = setmetatable({view = elem.view, element = elem}, context)
+
+	return ctx
+end
+
+function context:bubbleUpdate()
+	self.element.settings.pendingUpdate  = true
+	self.element.settings.needsRendering = true
+
+	if self.parentCtx then
+		self.parentCtx:bubbleUpdate()
+	end
+end
+
+function context:set()
+	if activeContext then
+		self.parentCtx = activeContext
+
+		self.absX      = self.parentCtx.absX + self.view.x
+		self.absY      = self.parentCtx.absY + self.view.y
+
+		activeContext  = self
+	else
+		self.absX      = self.view.x
+		self.absY      = self.view.y
+
+		activeContext  = self
+	end
+end
+
+function context:unset()
+	if self.parentCtx then
+		activeContext = self.parentCtx
+	else
+		activeContext = nil
+	end
+end
+
+
+local element = {}
+element.__index = element
+
+setmetatable(element,{
+		__call = function(cls, ...)
+			local self
+			if type(...)=='function' then
+				self = setmetatable({}, element)
+				self.renderer  = ...
+				self.classless = true
+			elseif type(cls)=='table' then
+				self = setmetatable({}, cls)
+				self.classless = false
+			end
+
+			self:new(...)
+
+			return self
+		end
+	})
+
+--Dummy functions
+function element:renderer() print('no renderer') end
+
+function element:updater() end
+
+function element:constructor() end
+
+--Control functions
+--The new function that should be used for element creation
+function element:new()
+	local dimensions
+	--save the parameters
+	self.parameters = {}
+
+	--The element canvas
+	self.canvas = nil
+
+	--Internal settings
+	self.settings = {
+		isSetup              = false,
+		pendingUpdate        = true,
+		needsRendering       = true,
+		calculatedDimensions = true,
+		inserted             = false
+	}
+
+	self.view = {
+		x = 0,
+		y = 0,
+		w = 10,
+		h = 10,
+	}
+
+	if self.classless then
+		self.classlessState = {}
+		self.classlessData  = {}
+	end
+end
+
+--Called once dimensions are validated
+function element:setup()
+	self.state =
+		setmetatable(
+		{},
+		{
+			__index = function(t, index)
+				return self.baseState[index]
+			end,
+			__newindex = function(t, index, val)
+				if self.baseState[index] ~= val then
+					self.baseState[index] = val
+					self.context:bubbleUpdate()
+				end
+			end
+		}
+	)
+
+	self.parameters =
+		setmetatable(
+		{},
+		{
+			__index = function(t, index)
+				return self.baseParams[index] or nil
+			end,
+			__newindex = function(t, index, val)
+				if self.baseParams[index] ~= val then
+					self.baseParams[index] = val
+					self.context:bubbleUpdate()
+				end
+			end
+		}
+	)
+
+	self.canvas = love.graphics.newCanvas(self.view.w, self.view.h)
+
+	self.quad = love.graphics.newQuad(0, 0, self.view.w, self.view.h, self.view.w, self.view.h)
+
+	--Context makes sure element internals don't have to worry about absolute coordinates
+	self.inputContext = helium.input.newContext(self)
+	self.context = context.new(self)
+
+	self.settings.isSetup = true
+
+	--Classless rendering
+	if self.classless then
+		self.classlessData.loadEffect = function (func)
+			if self.classlessData.loadCaptured then
+				return unpack(self.classlessData.loadCaptured)
+			else
+				self.classlessData.loadCaptured = func()
+				if type(self.classlessData.loadCaptured) == 'table' then
+					return unpack(self.classlessData.loadCaptured)
+				elseif self.classlessData.loadCaptured then
+					return self.classlessData.loadCaptured
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
+		self.classlessData.useState = function (initial)
+			self.settings.indice = self.settings.indice + 1
+			local indice         = self.settings.indice
+
+			if self.classlessState[indice] and self.classlessState[indice].state then
+				return self.classlessState[indice].state, self.classlessState[indice].setState
+			else
+				self.classlessState[indice]       = {}
+				self.classlessState[indice].state = initial
+
+				self.classlessState[indice].setState  = function(set)
+					self.classlessState[indice].state = set
+					self.context:bubbleUpdate()
+				end
+				return self.classlessState[indice].state, self.classlessState[indice].setState
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+function element:classlessRender()
+	self.inputContext:set()
+	self.settings.indice = 0
+
+	local denv = getfenv(self.renderer)
+	denv['useState']   = self.classlessData.useState
+	denv['loadEffect'] = self.classlessData.loadEffect
+
+	self.renderer(self.parameters, self.view.w, self.view.h)
+
+	denv['useState']   = nil
+	denv['loadEffect'] = nil
+	self.inputContext:unset()
+end
+
+function element:renderWrapper()
+	local cnvs = love.graphics.getCanvas()
+	love.graphics.setCanvas({self.canvas, stencil = true})
+
+	love.graphics.clear()
+
+	if self.classless and self.parameters then
+		self:classlessRender()
+		self.settings.pendingUpdate = false
+	else
+		self:renderer()
+	end
+
+	love.graphics.setCanvas(cnvs)
+end
+
+function element:externalRender()
+	self.context:set()
+
+	if self.settings.needsRendering then
+		self:renderWrapper()
+		self.settings.needsRendering = false
+	end
+
+	love.graphics.setColor(1,1,1)
+	love.graphics.draw(self.canvas, self.quad, self.view.x, self.view.y)
+
+	self.context:unset()
+end
+
+function element:externalUpdate()
+	if self.settings.pendingUpdate then
+		if self.updater then
+			self:updater()
+		end
+
+		self.settings.needsRendering = true
+		self.settings.pendingUpdate  = false
+	end
+end
+
+--External functions
+--Acts as the entrypoint for beginning rendering
+function element:draw(params, x, y, w, h)
+	self.view.x = x or self.view.x
+	self.view.y = y or self.view.y
+	self.view.w = w or self.view.w
+	self.view.h = h or self.view.h
+
+	if params then
+		if type(params)=='table' and self.baseParams then
+			helium.utils.tableMerge(params, self.parameters)
+		elseif self.baseParams==nil then
+			self.baseParams = params
+		else
+			self.parameters = params
+		end
+
+	end
+
+	if not self.settings.isSetup then
+		self:setup()
+	end
+
+	if activeContext then
+		self:externalRender()
+	elseif not self.settings.inserted then
+		self.settings.inserted = true
+		table.insert(helium.elementBuffer, self)
+	end
+end
+
+function element:undraw()
+	self.settings.remove  = true
+	self.settings.isSetup = false
+end
+
+return element
diff --git a/core/input.lua b/core/input.lua
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+++ b/core/input.lua
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+local path   = string.sub(..., 1, string.len(...) - string.len(".core.input"))
+local helium = require(path .. ".dummy")
+
+local input={
+	eventHandlers = {},
+	subscriptions = {},
+	activeEvents  = {}
+}
+
+local subscription   = {}
+subscription.__index = subscription
+
+local context   = {}
+context.__index = context
+
+local activeContext
+
+--[[Event types
+	###SIMPLE EVENTS###
+	mousepressed,--press started
+	mousereleased,--press released after an event inside started
+
+	mousepressed_outside --mousepressed outside of the subscription
+	mousereleased_outside --mousereleased outside of the subscription
+
+	keypressed,--key pressed
+	keyreleased,--key released
+
+	###COMPLEX EVENTS###
+		dragged,
+		clicked,
+		hover,
+
+
+]]
+function input.newContext(element)
+	local ctx = setmetatable({view = element.view, subs = {}}, context)
+
+	return ctx
+end
+
+function context:set()
+	if activeContext then
+		self.parentCtx = activeContext
+		self.absX      = self.parentCtx.absX + self.view.x
+		self.absY      = self.parentCtx.absY + self.view.y
+		activeContext  = self
+	else
+		self.absX     = self.view.x
+		self.absY     = self.view.y
+		activeContext = self
+	end
+end
+
+function context:unset()
+	if self.parentCtx then
+		activeContext = self.parentCtx
+	else
+		activeContext = nil
+	end
+end
+
+function context:destroy()
+	for i, e in ipairs(self.subs) do
+		self.subs:destroy()
+	end
+end
+
+function subscription.create(x, y, w, h, eventType, callback, doff)
+	local sub
+	if activeContext then
+		sub = setmetatable({
+			x         = activeContext.absX + x,
+			y         = activeContext.absY + y,
+			w         = w,
+			h         = h,
+			eventType = eventType,
+			active    = doff or true,
+			callback  = callback
+		},subscription)
+	else
+		sub = setmetatable({
+			x         = x,
+			y         = y,
+			w         = w,
+			h         = h,
+			eventType = eventType,
+			active    = doff or true,
+			callback  = callback
+		},subscription)
+	end
+
+	if not input.subscriptions[eventType] then
+		input.subscriptions[eventType] = {}
+	end
+
+	table.insert(input.subscriptions[eventType],sub)
+
+	return sub
+end
+
+function subscription:off()
+	self.active = false
+end
+
+function subscription:on()
+	self.active = true
+end
+
+function subscription:destroy()
+	self.destroy = true
+	self.active = false
+end
+
+function subscription:update(x, y, w, h)
+	self.x = x or self.x
+	self.y = y or self.y
+	self.w = w or self.w
+	self.h = h or self.h
+end
+
+function subscription:emit(...)
+	return self.callback(...)
+end
+
+function subscription:checkInside(x, y)
+	if x>self.x and x<self.x+self.w and y>self.y and y<self.y+self.h then
+		return true
+	else
+		return false
+	end
+end
+
+function subscription:checkOutside(x, y)
+	if x>self.x and x<self.x+self.w and y>self.y and y<self.y+self.h then
+		return false
+	else
+		return true
+	end
+end
+
+input.subscribe = function(...)
+	return subscription.create(...)
+end
+
+
+function input.eventHandlers.mousereleased(x, y, btn)
+	local captured = false
+	if input.subscriptions.mousereleased then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.mousereleased) do
+			local succ = sub:checkInside(x, y)
+
+			if  succ and sub.active  then
+				sub:emit(x, y, btn)
+				captured = true
+			end
+
+		end
+	end
+	if input.subscriptions.mousereleased_outside then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.mousereleased_outside) do
+			local succ = sub:checkOutside(x, y)
+
+			if  succ and sub.active  then
+				sub:emit(x, y, btn)
+				captured = true
+			end
+
+		end
+	end
+
+	if input.subscriptions.clicked then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.clicked) do
+			if sub.currentEvent then
+				sub.currentEvent = false
+				captured         = true
+				if sub.cleanUp then
+					sub.cleanUp(x, y, btn)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	return captured
+end
+
+
+function input.eventHandlers.mousepressed(x, y, btn)
+	local captured = false
+	if input.subscriptions.mousepressed then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.mousepressed) do
+			local succ = sub:checkInside(x, y)
+
+			if  succ and sub.active  then
+				sub:emit(x, y, btn)
+				captured = true
+			end
+
+		end
+	end
+	if input.subscriptions.mousepressed_outside then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.mousepressed_outside) do
+			local succ = sub:checkOutside(x, y)
+
+			if succ and sub.active then
+				sub:emit(x, y, btn)
+				captured = true
+			end
+
+		end
+	end
+	if input.subscriptions.clicked then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.clicked) do
+			local succ = sub:checkInside(x, y)
+
+			if succ and sub.active then
+				sub.cleanUp      = sub:emit(x, y, btn)
+				sub.currentEvent = true
+				captured         = true
+			end
+
+		end
+	end
+
+	return captured
+end
+
+function input.eventHandlers.keypressed(btn)
+	local captured = false
+	if input.subscriptions.keypressed then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.keypressed) do
+			if sub.active ==true then
+				sub:emit( btn)
+				captured = true
+			end
+
+		end
+	end
+
+	return captured
+end
+
+function input.eventHandlers.keyreleased(btn)
+	local captured = false
+	if input.subscriptions.keyreleased then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.keyreleased) do
+			if sub.active then
+				sub:emit(btn)
+				captured = true
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	return captured
+end
+
+function input.eventHandlers.mousemoved(x, y)
+	local captured = false
+
+	if input.subscriptions.hover then
+		for index, sub in ipairs(input.subscriptions.hover) do
+			local succ = sub:checkInside(x, y)
+
+			if succ and sub.active and not sub.currentEvent then
+				sub.cleanUp      = sub:emit(x, y)
+				sub.currentEvent = true
+				captured         = true
+			elseif sub.currentEvent and not sub:checkInside(x, y) then
+				sub.currentEvent = false
+				captured         = true
+				if sub.cleanUp then
+					sub.cleanUp(x, y)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	return captured
+end
+
+return input
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diff --git a/dummy.lua b/dummy.lua
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dummy.lua
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+return {}
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diff --git a/helium-draft.pdf b/helium-draft.pdf
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index 0000000..f57cbc0
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diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.lua
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+--[[--------------------------------------------------
+	Helium UI by qfx (qfluxstudios@gmail.com)
+	Copyright (c) 2019 Elmārs Āboliņš
+	gitlab.com/project link here
+----------------------------------------------------]]
+local path = ...
+local helium  = require(path..".dummy")
+helium.utils = require(path..".utils")
+helium.element = require(path..".core.element")
+helium.input = require(path..".core.input")
+helium.elementBuffer = {}
+
+function helium.render()
+	for i, e in ipairs(helium.elementBuffer) do
+		e:externalRender()
+	end
+end
+
+function helium.update()
+	local remove = false
+
+	for i, e in ipairs(helium.elementBuffer) do
+		if e.settings.remove then
+			remove = true
+		else
+			e:externalUpdate()
+		end
+	end
+
+	if remove then
+		helium.utils.ArrayRemove(helium.elementBuffer, function(t, i)
+			--returns false or (true if nil)
+			return (not t[i].settings.remove)
+		end)
+	end
+
+end
+
+--[[
+	A user doesn't have to use this particular love.run
+
+	*.element.bufferUpdate()
+	*.draw()
+
+	Need to be called either through love.update and love.draw respectively
+	or put in to your custom love.run
+
+	And for inputs to work the love.event part needs to look something like this:
+
+	for name, a,b,c,d,e,f in love.event.poll() do
+		if name == "quit" then
+			if not love.quit or not love.quit() then
+				return a
+			end
+		end
+
+		if not(gui.eventHandlers[name]) or not(helium.eventHandlers[name](a, b, c, d, e, f)) then
+			love.handlers[name](a, b, c, d, e, f)
+		end
+	end
+]]
+function love.run()
+
+	if love.math then
+		love.math.setRandomSeed(os.time())
+	end
+
+	if love.load then love.load(arg) end
+
+	-- We don't want the first frame's dt to include time taken by love.load.
+	if love.timer then love.timer.step() end
+
+	local dt = 0
+
+	-- Main loop time.
+	while true do
+		-- Process events.
+		if love.event then
+			love.event.pump()
+			for name, a,b,c,d,e,f in love.event.poll() do
+				if name == "quit" then
+					if not love.quit or not love.quit() then
+						return a
+					end
+				end
+
+				if not(helium.input.eventHandlers[name]) or not(helium.input.eventHandlers[name](a, b, c, d, e, f)) then
+					love.handlers[name](a, b, c, d, e, f)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
+
+		-- Update dt, as we'll be passing it to update
+		if love.timer then
+			love.timer.step()
+			dt = love.timer.getDelta()
+		end
+
+		-- Call update and draw
+		if love.update then love.update(dt) end -- will pass 0 if love.timer is disabled
+		helium.update()
+
+		if love.graphics and love.graphics.isActive() then
+			love.graphics.clear(love.graphics.getBackgroundColor())
+			love.graphics.origin()
+			if love.draw then love.draw() end
+			helium.render()
+			love.graphics.present()
+		end
+
+
+		if love.timer then love.timer.sleep(0.00001) end
+	end
+
+end
+
+return helium
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diff --git a/utils.lua b/utils.lua
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+++ b/utils.lua
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+local utils = {}
+
+function utils.ArrayRemove(t, fnKeep)
+	local j, n = 1, #t;
+
+	for i=1,n do
+		if (fnKeep(t, i, j)) then
+			-- Move i's kept value to j's position, if it's not already there.
+			if (i ~= j) then
+				t[j] = t[i];
+				t[i] = nil;
+			end
+			j = j + 1; -- Increment position of where we'll place the next kept value.
+		else
+			t[i] = nil;
+		end
+	end
+
+	return t;
+end
+
+function utils.tableMerge(t, bt)
+	for i, e in pairs(t) do
+		if e ~= bt[i] then
+			bt[i] = e
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+return utils
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