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--- original.js
+++ change.js
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 /**** 
 * Classes
 ****/
+var FlickerText = Container.expand(function () {
+	var self = Container.call(this);
+	self.textObject = null;
+	self.flickerRate = 30;
+	self.visible = true;
+	self.createFlickerText = function (text, options) {
+		self.textObject = new Text2(text, options);
+		self.addChild(self.textObject);
+	};
+	self.update = function () {
+		if (LK.ticks % self.flickerRate === 0) {
+			self.visible = !self.visible;
+		}
+		self.textObject.visible = self.visible;
+	};
+});
 var CrashedLander = Container.expand(function () {
 	var self = Container.call(this);
 	var crashedLanderGraphics = self.createAsset('crashedlander', 'Crashed Lander', 0.5, 0.5);
 	self.destroyAfterOneSecond = function () {
@@ -423,34 +439,37 @@
 platform.x = 1024; // Center horizontally
 platform.y = 2632; // Place at the bottom
 
 // Display start messages
-var leftMessage = new Text2('Left\nThruster', {
+var leftMessage = game.addChild(new FlickerText());
+leftMessage.createFlickerText('Left\nThruster', {
 	size: 100,
 	fill: '#ffffff',
-	align: 'center',
-	alpha: 0.3
+	align: 'center'
 });
+leftMessage.flickerRate = 30;
 leftMessage.anchor.set(0.5, 0.5);
 leftMessage.x = 2048 / 3 / 2;
 leftMessage.y = 1166;
 game.addChild(leftMessage);
-var centerMessage = new Text2('Center\nThruster', {
+var centerMessage = game.addChild(new FlickerText());
+centerMessage.createFlickerText('Center\nThruster', {
 	size: 100,
 	fill: '#ffffff',
-	align: 'center',
-	alpha: 0.3
+	align: 'center'
 });
+centerMessage.flickerRate = 30;
 centerMessage.anchor.set(0.5, 0.5);
 centerMessage.x = 1024;
 centerMessage.y = 1166;
 game.addChild(centerMessage);
-var rightMessage = new Text2('Right\nThruster', {
+var rightMessage = game.addChild(new FlickerText());
+rightMessage.createFlickerText('Right\nThruster', {
 	size: 100,
 	fill: '#ffffff',
-	align: 'center',
-	alpha: 0.3
+	align: 'center'
 });
+rightMessage.flickerRate = 30;
 rightMessage.anchor.set(0.5, 0.5);
 rightMessage.x = 2048 - 2048 / 3 / 2;
 rightMessage.y = 1166;
 game.addChild(rightMessage);
@@ -524,8 +543,15 @@
 		}
 		return;
 	}
 	if (!isGameOver) {
+		// Update all FlickerText instances
+		game.children.filter(function (child) {
+			return child instanceof FlickerText;
+		}).forEach(function (flickerText) {
+			flickerText.update();
+		});
+
 		// Update all asteroids
 		asteroids = game.children.filter(function (child) {
 			return child instanceof Asteroid;
 		});