diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/Game.java b/src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/Game.java
index bc05b17..3e07bea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/Game.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/dvorakmortonxd/Game.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
     private final Timer timer = new Timer(16, this); // 60 FPS
 
     private Font caveat;
-
+    private Font titleCaveat;
     private int level = 1;
     private boolean levelProgress = false; // this is used to make the transition from the main menu to the game level look cool
     private int fadeAnimation = 0;
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
 
     private BufferedImage planetZX311;
     private BufferedImage planetZX311H;
-    private int planetYOffset = 0;
-    private String planetYOffsetDirection = "up"; // this makes the cool floating animation on the main menu
+    private int hoverYOffset = 0;
+    private String hoverDirection = "up"; // this makes the cool floating animation on the main menu
     private int planetX = 450;
     private int planetYPre = 140;
-    private int planetY = planetYPre + planetYOffset /6;
+    private int planetY = planetYPre + hoverYOffset /6;
     private int planetSize = 128*3;
     private Rectangle planetCollision = new Rectangle(planetX, planetY, planetSize, planetSize);
     private boolean hoveringOverPlanet = false;
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
     private boolean hoveringOverPlayButton = false;
     private boolean hoveringOverQuitButton = false;
 
+    private BufferedImage rocket;
+    private int rocketYPre = windowHeight/2-125;
+    private int rocketY = windowHeight/2-125;
     public Game() {
         // sets the window size
         setPreferredSize(new Dimension(windowWidth,windowHeight));
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
         // loads up the fonts
         try {
             caveat = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("assets/CaveatBrush-Regular.ttf"));
+            titleCaveat = caveat.deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 100f);
         } catch (FontFormatException | IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             caveat = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 12);
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
             planetZX311H = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/planet-ZX311_highlighted.png"));
             button = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/button.png"));
             buttonH = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/button_highlighted.png"));
+            rocket = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/rocket.png"));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
@@ -96,21 +101,25 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
 
     @Override
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { // update step
+        Random rand = new Random();
+        starSize = rand.nextInt(2,4);
+
         hoveringOverPlanet = planetCollision.contains(mouseX, mouseY);
         hoveringOverPlayButton = playButtonCollision.contains(mouseX, mouseY);
         hoveringOverQuitButton = quitButtonCollision.contains(mouseX, mouseY);
-        if (planetYOffsetDirection == "up") {
-            planetYOffset++;
-            if (planetYOffset > 90) {
-                planetYOffsetDirection = "down";
+        if (hoverDirection == "up") {
+            hoverYOffset++;
+            if (hoverYOffset > 90) {
+                hoverDirection = "down";
             }
         } else {
-            planetYOffset--;
-            if (planetYOffset <= 0) {
-                planetYOffsetDirection = "up";
+            hoverYOffset--;
+            if (hoverYOffset <= 0) {
+                hoverDirection = "up";
             }
         }
-        planetY = planetYPre + planetYOffset /6;
+        if (level == 1) { planetY = planetYPre + hoverYOffset /6; }
+        if (level == 2) {rocketY = rocketYPre + hoverYOffset /6; }
         repaint(); // triggers render
     }
 
@@ -119,14 +128,12 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
         super.paintComponent(g); // this clears the previous frame
         if (level == 1) {
             g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
-            Random rand = new Random();
             for (int i = 0; i < MENU_STAR_COUNT; i++) { // drawing the stars
-                starSize = rand.nextInt(1,3);
                 g.fillOval(starX[i]-starSize, starY[i]-starSize, starSize, starSize);
             }
 
             g.setColor(Color.GRAY);
-            g.setFont(caveat.deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 100f));
+            g.setFont(titleCaveat);
             g.drawString("Very Cool Space Sim", 72, 100);
 
             if (planetZX311 != null) {
@@ -171,19 +178,19 @@ public class Game extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
         }
         if (level == 2) {
             g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
-            Random rand = new Random();
             for (int i = 0; i < MENU_STAR_COUNT; i++) { // drawing the stars
-                starSize = rand.nextInt(1,8);
                 g.fillOval(starX[i]-starSize, starY[i]-starSize, starSize, starSize);
             }
+            g.drawImage(rocket, windowWidth/2-73, rocketY, 147, 234, this);
+
 
             if (levelProgress) {
                 g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
                 g.fillRect(windowWidth-fadeAnimation, 0, windowWidth, windowHeight);
                 fadeAnimation += 20;
             }
-
         }
+        Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().sync();
     }
 
     @Override