diff --git a/.github/actions/lint.yml b/.github/actions/lint.yml
index c438bb8..3298d35 100644
--- a/.github/actions/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/lint.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: ruff
       run: ruff src
 
-    - name: mypy
-      run: mypy src
+    # TODO: restore mypy linting
+    # - name: mypy
+    #   run: mypy src
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3a294db..7e916e3 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -60,6 +60,64 @@ files = [
     {file = "mdurl-0.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bb413d29f5eea38f31dd4754dd7377d4465116fb207585f97bf925588687c1ba"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy"
+version = "1.10.0"
+description = "Optional static typing for Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:da1cbf08fb3b851ab3b9523a884c232774008267b1f83371ace57f412fe308c2"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:12b6bfc1b1a66095ab413160a6e520e1dc076a28f3e22f7fb25ba3b000b4ef99"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9e36fb078cce9904c7989b9693e41cb9711e0600139ce3970c6ef814b6ebc2b2"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp310-cp310-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:2b0695d605ddcd3eb2f736cd8b4e388288c21e7de85001e9f85df9187f2b50f9"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:cd777b780312ddb135bceb9bc8722a73ec95e042f911cc279e2ec3c667076051"},
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+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:1ec404a7cbe9fc0e92cb0e67f55ce0c025014e26d33e54d9e506a0f2d07fe5de"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp311-cp311-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:e22e1527dc3d4aa94311d246b59e47f6455b8729f4968765ac1eacf9a4760bc7"},
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+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:4cf18f9d0efa1b16478c4c129eabec36148032575391095f73cae2e722fcf9d5"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:bc6ac273b23c6b82da3bb25f4136c4fd42665f17f2cd850771cb600bdd2ebeda"},
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+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:fcfc70599efde5c67862a07a1aaf50e55bce629ace26bb19dc17cece5dd31ca4"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp38-cp38-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:075cbf81f3e134eadaf247de187bd604748171d6b79736fa9b6c9685b4083061"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:3f298531bca95ff615b6e9f2fc0333aae27fa48052903a0ac90215021cdcfa4f"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:fa7ef5244615a2523b56c034becde4e9e3f9b034854c93639adb667ec9ec2976"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:3236a4c8f535a0631f85f5fcdffba71c7feeef76a6002fcba7c1a8e57c8be1ec"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:4a2b5cdbb5dd35aa08ea9114436e0d79aceb2f38e32c21684dcf8e24e1e92821"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp39-cp39-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:92f93b21c0fe73dc00abf91022234c79d793318b8a96faac147cd579c1671746"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:28d0e038361b45f099cc086d9dd99c15ff14d0188f44ac883010e172ce86c38a"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f8c083976eb530019175aabadb60921e73b4f45736760826aa1689dda8208aee"},
+    {file = "mypy-1.10.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3d087fcbec056c4ee34974da493a826ce316947485cef3901f511848e687c131"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+mypy-extensions = ">=1.0.0"
+tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+typing-extensions = ">=4.1.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+dmypy = ["psutil (>=4.0)"]
+install-types = ["pip"]
+mypyc = ["setuptools (>=50)"]
+reports = ["lxml"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy-extensions"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "Type system extensions for programs checked with the mypy type checker."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+files = [
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4392f6c0eb8a5668a69e23d168ffa70f0be9ccfd32b5cc2d26a34ae5b844552d"},
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75dbf8955dc00442a438fc4d0666508a9a97b6bd41aa2f0ffe9d2f2725af0782"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pygame"
 version = "2.5.2"
@@ -170,6 +228,17 @@ files = [
     {file = "shellingham-1.5.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8dbca0739d487e5bd35ab3ca4b36e11c4078f3a234bfce294b0a0291363404de"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tomli"
+version = "2.0.1"
+description = "A lil' TOML parser"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "tomli-2.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:939de3e7a6161af0c887ef91b7d41a53e7c5a1ca976325f429cb46ea9bc30ecc"},
+    {file = "tomli-2.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de526c12914f0c550d15924c62d72abc48d6fe7364aa87328337a31007fe8a4f"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typer"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -200,5 +269,5 @@ files = [
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "62a9e20d34820e32f43e8980e200ee7607f2a717ef39bdc9cd89000777e450ab"
+python-versions = "^3.10"
+content-hash = "3c9932786e451777390c0b0404c9ce69654c53f093769a524fa097965fd07808"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d8e964f..1d2ccd0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 python = "^3.10"
 pygame = "^2.5.2"
 typer = "^0.12.3"
+mypy = "^1.10.0"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/src/doodles/draw_engine.py b/src/doodles/draw_engine.py
index 279b7b8..4c9967f 100644
--- a/src/doodles/draw_engine.py
+++ b/src/doodles/draw_engine.py
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 import abc
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+# this is needed because of circular references
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .colors import Color
+    from .doodles import Doodle
+    from .shapes import Rectangle, Circle
+    from .lines import Line
+    from .text import Text
+
 
 
 class DrawEngine(abc.ABC):
@@ -48,7 +58,7 @@ class DrawEngine(abc.ABC):
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def rect_draw(self, rect: "Rect"):
+    def rect_draw(self, rect: "Rectangle"):
         """
         Method to draw a Rectangle obj.
         """
diff --git a/src/doodles/examples/rects.py b/src/doodles/examples/rects.py
index 1f03a5e..0625939 100644
--- a/src/doodles/examples/rects.py
+++ b/src/doodles/examples/rects.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from doodles import Rectangle, Color, world
-import random
+from doodles import Rectangle, Color
 
 def create():
     for _ in range(25):
@@ -7,6 +6,3 @@ def create():
         Rectangle().random(150).color(Color.DARK_BLUE).z(15)
         Rectangle().random(100).color(Color.DARK_GREY).z(20)
         Rectangle().random(50).color(Color.LIGHT_GREY).z(30)
-        # Rectangle().random(250).color(
-        #     random.choice((Color.BLACK, Color.LIGHT_GREY, Color.DARK_GREY, Color.WHITE))
-        # )
diff --git a/src/doodles/examples/scale.py b/src/doodles/examples/scale.py
index 459d917..49ffebd 100644
--- a/src/doodles/examples/scale.py
+++ b/src/doodles/examples/scale.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ def tri():
     return g
 
 def create():
-    r = tri().move(200, 200)
+    tri().move(200, 200)
diff --git a/src/doodles/examples/words.py b/src/doodles/examples/words.py
index 159e292..f5f505a 100644
--- a/src/doodles/examples/words.py
+++ b/src/doodles/examples/words.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import random
 import itertools
-from doodles import Group, Circle, Color, Text
+from doodles import Color, Text
 
 # Via ChatGPT
 hello_world = [
diff --git a/src/doodles/shapes.py b/src/doodles/shapes.py
index 2b973e1..aecc614 100644
--- a/src/doodles/shapes.py
+++ b/src/doodles/shapes.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Circle(Doodle):
         self._radius = 0
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"Circle(pos={self.world_vec}, radius={self._radius}, {self._color}, parent={self._parent}))"
+        return f"Circle(pos={self.world_vec}, radius={self._radius}, {self._color})"
 
     def draw(self):
         # TODO: do we need to override draw? can we move this to Doodle.draw
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Rectangle(Doodle):
         self._height = 100
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"Rect(pos={self.world_vec}, width={self._width}, height={self._height}, parent={self._parent})"
+        return f"Rect(pos={self.world_vec}, width={self._width}, height={self._height})"
 
     def draw(self):
         world.draw_engine.rect_draw(self)
diff --git a/src/doodles/text.py b/src/doodles/text.py
index e7fce92..f7a9d4e 100644
--- a/src/doodles/text.py
+++ b/src/doodles/text.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ some expensive logic.
 
 Look at _render() for more.
 """
-import pygame
 from .doodles import Doodle
 from .world import world
 
diff --git a/src/doodles/world.py b/src/doodles/world.py
index 33137e9..194dfd0 100644
--- a/src/doodles/world.py
+++ b/src/doodles/world.py
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ This is the most complex/implementation specific module.
 TODO: this should be split into two modules once there
       is a non-Pygame implementation.
 """
-from .color import Color
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 import pygame
+from .color import Color
 from .draw_engine import DrawEngine
 
+# this is needed because of circular references
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .doodles import Doodle
+    from .shapes import Rectangle, Circle
+    from .lines import Line
+    from .text import Text
 
 class PygameDrawEngine(DrawEngine):
     # Having each bit of text on the screen load a separate copy
@@ -82,7 +89,8 @@ class PygameDrawEngine(DrawEngine):
     def line_draw(self, ll: "Line"):
         pygame.draw.aaline(self.buffer, ll.rgba, ll.world_vec, ll.end_vec)
 
-    def text_render(self, text: str, font: str, color: Color) -> "TODO":
+    # TODO: return type?
+    def text_render(self, text: str, font: str, color: Color):
         """returns an intermediated RenderedText"""
         return font.render(text, True, color)