The title "Bounce Back" will appear in the middle of the screen in a large green "impact" font. Below this will be a hover over button that says "hover over for instructions", when your mouse is over this button, the instructions will appear. Below this button is the "start >" button, if this button is pressed, the game will start.
The net will be in the top middle, with a half circle around it (the board should look like glow hockey). A dark grey line should be near the top of the arena which does not allow the handle to pass higher than that. The score will be shown at the top left of the arena. During this status, you should be able to press 'P' which allows you to pause the game.
The words "GAME PAUSED" will be in big green font in the middle of the screen. Underneath, "score : #" in blue font. The player has an option to resume the game with the button at the bottom middle that says "resume" in white font.
"GAME OVER" will be displayed in big green font, "You just took an L...", and the score will be displayed in the middle of the game in colors. Underneath all this will be a restart button, will clicked, it will bring the player back straight into the game.