diff --git a/app/application.coffee b/app/application.coffee
index 77c1a568b..ec6580b65 100644
--- a/app/application.coffee
+++ b/app/application.coffee
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ elementAcceptsKeystrokes = (el) ->
   # not radio, checkbox, range, or color
   return (tag is 'textarea' or (tag is 'input' and type in textInputTypes) or el.contentEditable in ["", "true"]) and not (el.readOnly or el.disabled)
 
-COMMON_FILES = ['/images/pages/base/modal_background.png', '/images/level/code_palette_background.png']
+COMMON_FILES = ['/images/pages/base/modal_background.png', '/images/level/code_palette_background.png', '/images/level/popover_background.png', '/images/level/code_editor_background.png']
 preload = (arrayOfImages) ->
   $(arrayOfImages).each ->
     $('<img/>')[0].src = @
diff --git a/app/lib/surface/SpriteBoss.coffee b/app/lib/surface/SpriteBoss.coffee
index b325596f4..df3642e83 100644
--- a/app/lib/surface/SpriteBoss.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/surface/SpriteBoss.coffee
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ module.exports = class SpriteBoss extends CocoClass
     'level-lock-select': 'onSetLockSelect'
     'level:restarted': 'onLevelRestarted'
     'god:new-world-created': 'onNewWorld'
-    'tome:cast-spells': 'onCastSpells'
     'camera:dragged': 'onCameraDragged'
     'sprite:loaded': -> @update(true)
 
@@ -216,9 +215,6 @@ module.exports = class SpriteBoss extends CocoClass
 
   onNewWorld: (e) ->
     @world = @options.world = e.world
-    @play()
-
-  onCastSpells: (e) -> @stop() unless e.preload
 
   play: ->
     sprite.play() for sprite in @spriteArray
diff --git a/app/lib/surface/Surface.coffee b/app/lib/surface/Surface.coffee
index a45fdafec..506626c51 100644
--- a/app/lib/surface/Surface.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/surface/Surface.coffee
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ module.exports = Surface = class Surface extends CocoClass
     'tome:cast-spells': 'onCastSpells'
     'level-set-letterbox': 'onSetLetterbox'
     'application:idle-changed': 'onIdleChanged'
+    'camera:zoom-updated': 'onZoomUpdated'
 
   shortcuts:
     'ctrl+\\, ⌘+\\': 'onToggleDebug'
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ module.exports = Surface = class Surface extends CocoClass
     @stage.enableMouseOver 0
     @canvas.off 'mousewheel', @onMouseWheel
     $(window).off 'resize', @onResize
+    clearTimeout @surfacePauseTimeout if @surfacePauseTimeout
+    clearTimeout @surfaceZoomPauseTimeout if @surfaceZoomPauseTimeout
     super()
 
   setWorld: (@world) ->
@@ -253,6 +256,11 @@ module.exports = Surface = class Surface extends CocoClass
     @cameraBorder.updateBounds @camera.bounds
     @camera.zoomTo target, e.zoom, e.duration  # TODO: SurfaceScriptModule perhaps shouldn't assign e.zoom if not set
 
+  onZoomUpdated: (e) ->
+    if @ended
+      @setPaused false
+      @surfaceZoomPauseTimeout = _.delay (=> @setPaused true), 3000
+
   setDisabled: (@disabled) ->
     @spriteBoss.disabled = @disabled
 
@@ -305,14 +313,10 @@ module.exports = Surface = class Surface extends CocoClass
     )
 
     if @lastFrame < @world.totalFrames and @currentFrame >= @world.totalFrames - 1
-      @spriteBoss.stop()
-      @playbackOverScreen.show()
       @ended = true
       @setPaused true
       Backbone.Mediator.publish 'surface:playback-ended'
     else if @currentFrame < @world.totalFrames and @ended
-      @spriteBoss.play()
-      @playbackOverScreen.hide()
       @ended = false
       @setPaused false
       Backbone.Mediator.publish 'surface:playback-restarted'
@@ -322,20 +326,27 @@ module.exports = Surface = class Surface extends CocoClass
   onIdleChanged: (e) ->
     @setPaused e.idle unless @ended
 
-  setPaused: (to) ->
+  setPaused: (paused) ->
     # We want to be able to essentially stop rendering the surface if it doesn't need to animate anything.
     # If pausing, though, we want to give it enough time to finish any tweens.
     performToggle = =>
-      createjs.Ticker.setFPS if to then 1 else @options.frameRate
-      @surfacePauseInterval = null
-    clearTimeout @surfacePauseInterval if @surfacePauseInterval
-    if to
-      @surfacePauseInterval = _.delay performToggle, 2000
+      createjs.Ticker.setFPS if paused then 1 else @options.frameRate
+      @surfacePauseTimeout = null
+    clearTimeout @surfacePauseTimeout if @surfacePauseTimeout
+    clearTimeout @surfaceZoomPauseTimeout if @surfaceZoomPauseTimeout
+    @surfacePauseTimeout = @surfaceZoomPauseTimeout = null
+    if paused
+      @surfacePauseTimeout = _.delay performToggle, 2000
+      @spriteBoss.stop()
+      @playbackOverScreen.show()
     else
       performToggle()
+      @spriteBoss.play()
+      @playbackOverScreen.hide()
 
   onCastSpells: (e) ->
     return if e.preload
+    @setPaused false if @ended
     @casting = true
     @wasPlayingWhenCastingBegan = @playing
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'level-set-playing', { playing: false }
@@ -350,6 +361,10 @@ module.exports = Surface = class Surface extends CocoClass
   onNewWorld: (event) ->
     return unless event.world.name is @world.name
     @casting = false
+    if @ended and not @wasPlayingWhenCastingBegan
+      @setPaused true
+    else
+      @spriteBoss.play()
 
     # This has a tendency to break scripts that are waiting for playback to change when the level is loaded
     # so only run it after the first world is created.
@@ -408,7 +423,6 @@ module.exports = Surface = class Surface extends CocoClass
     oldHeight = parseInt @canvas.attr('height'), 10
     newWidth = @canvas.width()
     newHeight = @canvas.height()
-    console.log "had size", oldWidth, oldHeight, "moving to", newWidth, newHeight
     @canvas.attr width: newWidth, height: newHeight
     @stage.scaleX *= newWidth / oldWidth
     @stage.scaleY *= newHeight / oldHeight