Probably best is to use an actor. There are cases where you may not need to go that route; but an actor will work in most, if not all, cases. Obviously, you will have 3 types of actors -- a counter, a button and a panel (backdrop of footer area). The main class would be for the panel (or "footer" class) itself. The objects for the panel can be basic Actor objects controlled by the panel. These are "value" or "text" display objects. You can refer to my Value Display Tutorial scenario to help create these objects. Make use of the addedToWorld method in your panel class to place the other components.