diff --git a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
index 0cc871d54..df648c290 100644
--- a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
 
     # Unless you specify cache:false, sometimes the browser will use a cached session
     # and players will 'lose' code
-    @session.fetch({cache:false})
     @listenToOnce(@session, 'sync', @onSessionLoaded)
+    session_res = @supermodel.addModelResource(@session, @session.url, {cache:false})
+    session_res.load()
 
     if @opponentSessionID
       @opponentSession = new LevelSession()
       @opponentSession.url = "/db/level_session/#{@opponentSessionID}"
-      @opponentSession.fetch()
       @listenToOnce(@opponentSession, 'sync', @onSessionLoaded)
+      opponentSession_res = @supermodel.addModelResource(@opponentSession, @opponentSession.url)
+      opponentSession_res.load()
 
   sessionsLoaded: ->
     return true if @headless
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
   progress: ->
     return 0 unless @level.loaded
     overallProgress = 0
-    supermodelProgress = @supermodel.progress()
+    supermodelProgress = @supermodel.getProgress()
     overallProgress += supermodelProgress * 0.7
     overallProgress += 0.1 if @sessionsLoaded()
     if @headless
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
       spriteMapProgress = if supermodelProgress is 1 then 0.2 else 0
       spriteMapProgress *= @spriteSheetsBuilt / @spriteSheetsToBuild if @spriteSheetsToBuild
     overallProgress += spriteMapProgress
+
     return overallProgress
 
   notifyProgress: ->
diff --git a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
index 9e2bcd347..a626f9d3e 100644
--- a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
-class SuperModel
+module.exports = class SuperModel extends Backbone.Model
   constructor: ->
     @models = {}
     @collections = {}
     @schemas = {}
-    _.extend(@, Backbone.Events)
 
   populateModel: (model) ->
     @mustPopulate = model
     model.saveBackups = @shouldSaveBackups(model)
-    model.fetch() unless model.loaded or model.loading
-    @listenToOnce(model, 'sync', @modelLoaded) unless model.loaded
-    @listenToOnce(model, 'error', @modelErrored) unless model.loaded
+    # model.fetch() unless model.loaded or model.loading
+    # @listenToOnce(model, 'sync', @modelLoaded) unless model.loaded
+    # @listenToOnce(model, 'error', @modelErrored) unless model.loaded
     url = model.url()
     @models[url] = model unless @models[url]?
     @modelLoaded(model) if model.loaded
 
+    modelRes = @addModelResource(model, url)
+    schema = model.schema()
+    schemaRes = @addModelResource(schema, schema.urlRoot)
+    @schemas[schema.urlRoot] = schema
+    modelRes.addDependency(schemaRes.name)
+
+    modelRes.load()
+
   # replace or overwrite
   shouldLoadReference: (model) -> true
   shouldLoadProjection: (model) -> false
@@ -25,25 +32,8 @@ class SuperModel
     @trigger 'error'
     @removeEventsFromModel(model)
 
-  modelLoaded: (model) ->
-    model.loadSchema()
-    schema = model.schema()
-    unless schema.loaded
-      @schemas[schema.urlRoot] = schema
-      return schema.once('sync', => @modelLoaded(model))
-    refs = model.getReferencedModels(model.attributes, schema.attributes, '/', @shouldLoadProjection)
-    refs = [] unless @mustPopulate is model or @shouldPopulate(model)
-#    console.log 'Loaded', model.get('name')
-    for ref, i in refs when @shouldLoadReference ref
-      ref.saveBackups = @shouldSaveBackups(ref)
-      refURL = ref.url()
-      continue if @models[refURL]
-      @models[refURL] = ref
-      ref.fetch()
-      @listenToOnce(ref, 'sync', @modelLoaded)
-
+  modelLoaded: (model) ->    
     @trigger 'loaded-one', model: model
-    @trigger 'loaded-all' if @finished()
     @removeEventsFromModel(model)
 
   removeEventsFromModel: (model) ->
@@ -96,21 +86,218 @@ class SuperModel
         @addModel(model)
     collection
 
-  progress: ->
-    total = 0
-    loaded = 0
-
-    for model in _.values @models
-      total += 1
-      loaded += 1 if model.loaded
-    for schema in _.values @schemas
-      total += 1
-      loaded += 1 if schema.loaded
-
-    return 1.0 unless total
-    return loaded / total
-
   finished: ->
-    return @progress() == 1.0
+    return ResourceManager.progress == 1.0 or Object.keys(ResourceManager.resources).length == 0
 
-module.exports = SuperModel
+
+  addModelResource: (modelOrCollection, name, fetchOptions, value=1)->
+    @checkName(name)
+    res = new ModelResource(modelOrCollection, name, fetchOptions, value)
+    @storeResource(name, res, value)
+    return res
+
+  addRequestResource: (name, jqxhrOptions, value=1)->
+    @checkName(name)
+    res = new RequestResource(name, jqxhrOptions, value)
+    @storeResource(name, res, value)
+    return res
+
+  addSomethingResource: (name, value=1)->
+    @checkName(name)
+    res = new SomethingResource(name, value)
+    @storeResource(name, res, value)
+    return res
+
+  checkName: (name)->
+    if not name
+      throw new Error('Resource name should not be empty.')
+    if name in ResourceManager.resources
+      throw new Error('Resource name has been used.')
+
+  storeResource: (name, resource, value)->
+    ResourceManager.resources[name] = resource
+    @listenToOnce(resource, 'resource:loaded', @onResourceLoaded)
+    @listenToOnce(resource, 'resource:failed', @onResourceFailed)
+    ResourceManager.denom += value
+
+  loadResources: ()->
+    for name, res of ResourceManager.resources
+      res.load()
+
+  onResourceLoaded: (r)=> 
+    @modelLoaded(r.model)
+    # Check if the model has references
+    if r.constructor.name == 'ModelResource'
+      model = r.model
+      @addModelRefencesToLoad(model)
+      @updateProgress(r)
+    else
+      @updateProgress(r)
+
+  onResourceFailed: (r)=>
+    @modelErrored(r.model)
+
+  addModelRefencesToLoad: (model)->
+    schema = model.schema?()
+    return unless schema
+
+    refs = model.getReferencedModels(model.attributes, schema.attributes, '/', @shouldLoadProjection)
+    refs = [] unless @mustPopulate is model or @shouldPopulate(model)
+
+    for ref, i in refs when @shouldLoadReference ref
+      ref.saveBackups = @shouldSaveBackups(ref)
+      refURL = ref.url()
+
+      continue if @models[refURL]
+
+      @models[refURL] = ref
+      res = @addModelResource(ref, refURL)
+      res.load()
+
+  updateProgress: (r)=>     
+    ResourceManager.num += r.value
+    ResourceManager.progress = ResourceManager.num / ResourceManager.denom
+
+    @trigger('superModel:updateProgress', ResourceManager.progress)
+    @trigger 'loaded-all' if @finished()
+
+  getResource: (name)->
+    return ResourceManager.resources[name]
+
+  getProgress: ()-> return ResourceManager.progress
+
+# Both SuperModel and Resource access this class.
+# Set resources as static so no need to load resources multiple times when more than one view is used.
+class ResourceManager
+  @num = 0
+  @denom = 0
+  @showing = false
+  @progress = 0
+  @resources: {}
+
+class Resource extends Backbone.Model
+  constructor: (name, value=1)->
+    @name = name
+    @value = value
+    @dependencies = []
+    @isLoading = false
+    @isLoaded = false
+    @model = null
+    @loadDeferred = null
+    @value = 1
+
+  addDependency: (name)->
+    depRes = ResourceManager.resources[name]
+    throw new Error('Resource not found') unless depRes
+    return if (depRes.isLoaded or name == @name)
+    @dependencies.push(name)
+
+  markLoaded: ()->
+    @trigger('resource:loaded', @) if not @isLoaded
+    @isLoaded = true
+    @isLoading = false
+
+  markFailed: ()->
+    @trigger('resource:failed', @) if not @isLoaded
+    @isLoaded = false
+    @isLoading = false
+
+  load: ()->
+  isReadyForLoad: ()-> return not (@isloaded and @isLoading)
+  getModel: ()-> @model
+
+class ModelResource extends Resource
+  constructor: (modelOrCollection, name, fetchOptions, value)->
+    super(name, value)
+    @model = modelOrCollection
+    @fetchOptions = fetchOptions
+
+  load: ()->
+    return @loadDeferred.promise() if @isLoading or @isLoaded
+
+    @isLoading = true
+    @loadDeferred = $.Deferred()
+    $.when.apply($, @loadDependencies())
+      .then(@onLoadDependenciesSuccess, @onLoadDependenciesFailed)
+      .always(()=> @isLoading = false)
+
+    return @loadDeferred.promise()
+
+  loadDependencies: ()->
+    promises = []
+
+    for resName in @dependencies
+      dep = ResourceManager.resources[resName]
+      continue if not dep.isReadyForLoad()
+      promises.push(dep.load())
+
+    return promises
+
+  onLoadDependenciesSuccess: ()=>
+    @model.fetch(@fetchOptions)
+
+    @listenToOnce(@model, 'sync', ()=>
+      @markLoaded()
+      @loadDeferred.resolve(@)
+    )
+
+    @listenToOnce(@model, 'error', ()=>
+      @markFailed()
+      @loadDeferred.reject(@)
+    )
+
+  onLoadDependenciesFailed: ()=>
+    @markFailed()
+    @loadDeferred.reject(@)
+
+
+class RequestResource extends Resource
+  constructor: (name, jqxhrOptions, value)->
+    super(name, value)
+    @model = $.ajax(jqxhrOptions)
+    @jqxhrOptions = jqxhrOptions
+    @loadDeferred = @model
+
+  load: ()->
+    return @loadDeferred.promise() if @isLoading or @isLoaded
+
+    @isLoading = true
+    $.when.apply($, @loadDependencies())
+      .then(@onLoadDependenciesSuccess, @onLoadDependenciesFailed)
+      .always(()=> @isLoading = false)
+
+    return @loadDeferred.promise()
+
+  loadDependencies: ()->
+    promises = []
+    for depName in @dependecies
+      dep = ResourceManager.resources[depName]
+      continue if not dep.isReadyForLoad()
+      promises.push(dep.load())
+
+    return promises
+
+  onLoadDependenciesSuccess: ()->
+    @model = $.ajax(@jqxhrOptions)
+    @model.done(()=> @markLoaded()).failed(()=> @markFailed())
+
+  onLoadDependenciesFailed: ()->
+    @markFailed()
+
+
+class SomethingResource extends Resource
+  constructor: (name, value)->
+    super(value)
+    @name = name
+    @loadDeferred = $.Deferred()
+
+  load: ()->
+    return @loadDeferred.promise()
+
+  markLoaded: ()->
+    @loadDeferred.resolve()
+    super()
+
+  markFailed: ()->
+    @loadDeferred.reject()
+    super()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee
index b685d457f..57a233902 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = class EditorLevelView extends View
 
   onLevelLoaded: ->
     @files = new DocumentFiles(@level)
-    @files.fetch()
+    @supermodel.addModelResource(@files, @files.url).load()
 
   onAllLoaded: ->
     @level.unset('nextLevel') if _.isString(@level.get('nextLevel'))
diff --git a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
index 660280e54..7e468741f 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
@@ -56,17 +56,21 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends View
         @insertSubView(new ErrorView())
     )
 
-    @thangType.fetch()
-    @thangType.loadSchema()
+    thang_res = @supermodel.addModelResource(@thangType, 'thang_type')
+    thang_schema_res = @supermodel.addModelResource(@thangType.schema(), 'thang_type_schema')
+    thang_res.addDependency('thang_type_schema')
+
+    thang_res.load()
     @listenToOnce(@thangType.schema(), 'sync', @onThangTypeSync)
     @listenToOnce(@thangType, 'sync', @onThangTypeSync)
+
     @refreshAnimation = _.debounce @refreshAnimation, 500
 
   onThangTypeSync: ->
     return unless @thangType.loaded and ThangType.hasSchema()
     @startsLoading = false
     @files = new DocumentFiles(@thangType)
-    @files.fetch()
+    @supermodel.addModelResource(@files, @files.url).load()
     @render()
 
   getRenderData: (context={}) ->
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
index a6355ec22..c92fc7c39 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
 
   # load progress properties
   loadProgress:
-    num: 0
-    denom: 0
-    showing: false
-    resources: [] # models and collections
-    requests: [] # jqxhr's
-    somethings: [] # everything else
     progress: 0
 
   # Setup, Teardown
@@ -48,6 +42,10 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
     @listenToShortcuts()
     @updateProgressBar = _.debounce @updateProgressBar, 100
     # Backbone.Mediator handles subscription setup/teardown automatically
+
+    @listenToOnce(@supermodel, 'loaded-all', ()=>@onLoaded)
+    @listenToOnce(@supermodel, 'superModel:updateProgress', @updateProgress)
+
     super options
 
   destroy: ->
@@ -87,8 +85,13 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
     super()
     return @template if _.isString(@template)
     @$el.html @template(@getRenderData())
+
+    if not @supermodel.finished()
+      @showLoading()
+    else
+      @hideLoading()
+
     @afterRender()
-    @showLoading() if @loading()
     @$el.i18n()
     @
 
@@ -103,81 +106,18 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
     context
 
   afterRender: ->
-    
-  # Resource and request loading management for any given view
-    
-  addResourceToLoad: (modelOrCollection, name, value=1) ->
-    res = {resource:modelOrCollection, value:value, name:name, loaded: modelOrCollection.loaded}
+    @hideLoading()
 
-    @loadProgress.resources.push res
-    @loadProgress.denom += value
-
-    @listenToOnce modelOrCollection, 'sync', ()=>
-      # Sprite builder only works after rendering, if callback creates sprite, we need to update progress first.
-      res.loaded = true
-      @updateProgress(res)
-
-    @listenTo modelOrCollection, 'error', @onResourceLoadFailed
-    @updateProgress(res)
-    
-  addRequestToLoad: (jqxhr, name, retryFunc, value=1) ->
-    res = {request:jqxhr, value:value, name: name, retryFunc: retryFunc, loaded:false}
-
-    @loadProgress.requests.push res
-    @loadProgress.denom += value
-
-    jqxhr.done ()=>
-      res.loaded = true
-      @updateProgress(res)
-
-    jqxhr.fail ()=>
-      @onRequestLoadFailed(jqxhr)
-
-  addSomethingToLoad: (name, value=1) ->
-    res = {name: name, value: value, loaded: false}
-
-    @loadProgress.somethings.push res
-    @loadProgress.denom += value
-
-    @updateProgress(res)
-
-  somethingLoaded: (name) ->
-    r = _.find @loadProgress.somethings, {name: name}
-    return console.error 'Could not find something called', name if not r
-    r.loaded = true
-    @updateProgress(r)
-
-  loading: ->
-    return false if @loaded
-    for r in @loadProgress.resources
-      return true if not r.resource.loaded
-    for r in @loadProgress.requests
-      return true if not r.request.status
-    for r in @loadProgress.somethings
-      return true if not r.loaded
-    return false
-
-  updateProgress: (r)=>
-    console.debug 'Loaded', r.name, r.loaded
-
-    denom = @loadProgress.denom   
-    @loadProgress.num += r.value if r.loaded
-    num = @loadProgress.num
-    
-    progress = if denom then num / denom else 0
-    # sometimes the denominator isn't known from the outset, so make sure the overall progress only goes up
+  updateProgress: (progress)=>
     @loadProgress.progress = progress if progress > @loadProgress.progress
-    @updateProgressBar()
-
-    if num is denom
-      @onLoaded()
+    @updateProgressBar(progress)
       
-  updateProgressBar: =>
-    prog = "#{parseInt(@loadProgress.progress*100)}%"
+  updateProgressBar: (progress) =>
+    prog = "#{parseInt(progress*100)}%"
     @$el.find('.loading-screen .progress-bar').css('width', prog)
 
   onLoaded: ->
-    @render()
+    #@render()
 
   # Error handling for loading
   
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
index 32da3377e..679e78592 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoadingView extends View
     tip = _.sample(tips)
     $(tip).removeClass('to-remove')
     @$el.find('.to-remove').remove()
+    @hideLoading()
 
   onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: (e) ->
     @progress = e.progress
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoadingView extends View
     _.delay @reallyUnveil, 1000
 
   reallyUnveil: =>
-    return if @destroyed
+    return if @destroyed or @progress < 1
     loadingDetails = @$el.find('.loading-details')
     duration = parseFloat loadingDetails.css 'transition-duration'
     loadingDetails.css 'top', -loadingDetails.outerHeight(true)
diff --git a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
index bd60b867f..a50231a86 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     @listenToOnce(@supermodel, 'error', @onLevelLoadError)
     @saveScreenshot = _.throttle @saveScreenshot, 30000
 
+    @insertSubView @loadingView = new LoadingView {}
     if @isEditorPreview
       f = =>
         @supermodel.shouldSaveBackups = (model) ->
@@ -361,11 +362,11 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
       .css('transform', "rotate(#{@pointerRotation}rad) translate(-3px, #{@pointerRadialDistance}px)")
       .css('top', target_top - 50)
       .css('left', target_left - 50)
-    setTimeout((=>
+    setTimeout(()=>
       @animatePointer()
       clearInterval(@pointerInterval)
       @pointerInterval = setInterval(@animatePointer, 1200)
-    ), 1)
+    , 1)
 
 
   animatePointer: ->