diff --git a/doc/components.md b/doc/components.md
index f15125806..43bc61186 100644
--- a/doc/components.md
+++ b/doc/components.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ component before the next update loop. It will then no longer be rendered or upd
 `game.remove(Component c)` and `component.removeFromParent()` also can be used to remove components
 from its parent.
 
-The `isHUD` variable can be overridden or set to true (defaults to `false`) to make the `FlameGame`
-ignore the `camera` for this element, making it static in relation to the screen that is.
+The `respectCamera` variable can be overridden or set to `false` (defaults to `true`) to make the
+`FlameGame` ignore the `camera` for this component, making it static in relation to the viewport
+that is.
 Do note that this currently only works if the component is added directly to the root `FlameGame`.
 
 The `onRemove` method can be overridden to run code before the component is removed from the game,
diff --git a/doc/other-inputs.md b/doc/other-inputs.md
index bd8aa2d7b..4690c887d 100644
--- a/doc/other-inputs.md
+++ b/doc/other-inputs.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ you handle this through the `button` component.
 
 As the name suggests this button is a hud by default, which means that it will be static on your
 screen even if the camera for the game moves around. You can also use this component as a non-hud by
-setting `hudButtonComponent.isHud = false;`.
+setting `hudButtonComponent.respectCamera = true;`.
 
 If you want to act upon the button being pressed (which would be the common thing to do) you can either pass in
 a callback function as the `onPressed` argument, or you extend the component and override
diff --git a/examples/lib/stories/input/joystick_advanced_example.dart b/examples/lib/stories/input/joystick_advanced_example.dart
index f668836f9..fb8dc4ce9 100644
--- a/examples/lib/stories/input/joystick_advanced_example.dart
+++ b/examples/lib/stories/input/joystick_advanced_example.dart
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ class JoystickAdvancedExample extends FlameGame
     speedText = TextComponent(
       text: 'Speed: 0',
       textRenderer: _regular,
-    )..isHud = true;
+    )..respectCamera = false;
     directionText = TextComponent(
       text: 'Direction: idle',
       textRenderer: _regular,
-    )..isHud = true;
+    )..respectCamera = false;
 
     final speedWithMargin = HudMarginComponent(
       margin: const EdgeInsets.only(
diff --git a/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fcbc2a02..98701ea2d 100644
--- a/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  - Export new effects system
  - Introduce `updateTree` to follow the `renderTree` convention
  - Fix `Parallax.load` with different loading times
+ - `isHud` renamed to `respectCamera`
 
 ## [1.0.0-releasecandidate.18]
  - Forcing portrait and landscape mode is now supported on web
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/component.dart
index 7cf6c251c..d3bf14877 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/component.dart
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ import 'cache/value_cache.dart';
 /// called automatically once the component is added to the component tree in
 /// your game (with `game.add`).
 class Component with Loadable {
-  /// Whether this component is a HUD (Heads-up display) object or not.
+  /// Whether this component should respect the camera or not.
   ///
-  /// HUD objects ignore the FlameGame.camera when rendered (so their position
-  /// coordinates are considered relative to the device screen).
-  bool isHud = false;
+  /// Components that have this property set to false will ignore the
+  /// `FlameGame.camera` when rendered (so their position coordinates are
+  /// considered relative only to the viewport instead).
+  ///
+  /// Do note that this currently only works if the component is added directly
+  /// to the root `FlameGame`.
+  bool respectCamera = true;
 
   /// Whether this component has been prepared and is ready to be added to the
   /// game loop.
@@ -153,7 +157,9 @@ class Component with Loadable {
 
   @protected
   Vector2 eventPosition(PositionInfo info) {
-    return isHud ? info.eventPosition.viewportOnly : info.eventPosition.game;
+    return respectCamera
+        ? info.eventPosition.game
+        : info.eventPosition.viewportOnly;
   }
 
   /// Remove the component from its parent in the next tick.
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/input/hud_margin_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/input/hud_margin_component.dart
index a7be9714c..578ea30bb 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/input/hud_margin_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/input/hud_margin_component.dart
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import '../../../game.dart';
 class HudMarginComponent<T extends FlameGame> extends PositionComponent
     with HasGameRef<T> {
   @override
-  bool isHud = true;
+  bool respectCamera = false;
 
   /// Instead of setting a position of the [HudMarginComponent] a margin
   /// from the edges of the viewport can be used instead.
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera.dart
index a94a58fbf..2817d59a9 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera.dart
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import '../projector.dart';
 ///
 /// Note: in the context of the FlameGame, the camera effectively translates
 /// the position where components are rendered with relation to the Viewport.
-/// Components marked as `isHud = true` are always rendered in screen
+/// Components marked as `respectCamera = false` are always rendered in screen
 /// coordinates, bypassing the camera altogether.
 class Camera extends Projector {
   Camera() : _viewport = DefaultViewport() {
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera_wrapper.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera_wrapper.dart
index 1e415879e..4733f6dca 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera_wrapper.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/camera/camera_wrapper.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+
 import '../../../components.dart';
 import 'camera.dart';
 
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@ import 'camera.dart';
 /// converted into a proper Component in a future release, but until then
 /// using it in any code other than the FlameGame class is unsafe and
 /// not recommended.
+@internal
 class CameraWrapper {
   // TODO(st-pasha): extend from Component
   CameraWrapper(this.camera, this.world);
@@ -19,16 +22,14 @@ class CameraWrapper {
   }
 
   void render(Canvas canvas) {
-    // TODO(st-pasha): it would be easier to keep the world and the
-    // HUD as two separate component trees.
     camera.viewport.render(canvas, (_canvas) {
-      var hasCamera = false; // so we don't apply unecessary transformations
+      var hasCamera = false; // so we don't apply unnecessary transformations
       world.forEach((component) {
-        if (!component.isHud && !hasCamera) {
+        if (component.respectCamera && !hasCamera) {
           canvas.save();
           camera.apply(canvas);
           hasCamera = true;
-        } else if (component.isHud && hasCamera) {
+        } else if (!component.respectCamera && hasCamera) {
           canvas.restore();
           hasCamera = false;
         }
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/flame_game.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/flame_game.dart
index bc35faa83..62a692332 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/flame_game.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/flame_game.dart
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@ class FlameGame extends Component with Game {
     _cameraWrapper = CameraWrapper(camera ?? Camera(), children);
   }
 
+  late final CameraWrapper _cameraWrapper;
+
   /// The camera translates the coordinate space after the viewport is applied.
   Camera get camera => _cameraWrapper.camera;
 
-  // When the Game becomes a Component (#906), this could be added directly
-  // into the component tree.
-  late final CameraWrapper _cameraWrapper;
-
   /// This is overwritten to consider the viewport transformation.
   ///
   /// Which means that this is the logical size of the game screen area as
@@ -64,7 +62,17 @@ class FlameGame extends Component with Game {
   /// interfering with each others rendering.
   @override
   @mustCallSuper
-  void render(Canvas canvas) => _cameraWrapper.render(canvas);
+  void render(Canvas canvas) {
+    if (parent == null) {
+      renderTree(canvas);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void renderTree(Canvas canvas) {
+    // Don't call super.renderTree, since the tree is rendered by the camera
+    _cameraWrapper.render(canvas);
+  }
 
   /// This updates every component in the tree.
   ///
@@ -75,10 +83,11 @@ class FlameGame extends Component with Game {
   @override
   @mustCallSuper
   void update(double dt) {
+    super.update(dt);
+    _cameraWrapper.update(dt);
     if (parent == null) {
       super.updateTree(dt, callOwnUpdate: false);
     }
-    _cameraWrapper.update(dt);
   }
 
   /// This passes the new size along to every component in the tree via their
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart
index 0c298b7d0..73a0e9f42 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ mixin Game on Loadable {
     onAttach();
   }
 
-  /// Called when the game has been attached. This can be overriden
+  /// Called when the game has been attached. This can be overridden
   /// to add logic that requires the game to already be attached
   /// to the widget tree.
   void onAttach() {}
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ mixin Game on Loadable {
   }
 
   /// Called after the game has left the widget tree.
-  /// This can be overriden to add logic that requires the game
+  /// This can be overridden to add logic that requires the game
   /// not be on the flutter widget tree anymore.
   void onDetach() {}
 
@@ -157,12 +157,14 @@ mixin Game on Loadable {
     return _gameRenderBox!.localToGlobal(point.toOffset()).toVector2();
   }
 
-  /// This is the projector used by non-isHUD components.
-  /// This can be overriden on your [Game] implementation.
+  /// This is the projector used by all components that respect the camera
+  /// (`respectCamera = true`).
+  /// This can be overridden on your [Game] implementation.
   Projector projector = IdentityProjector();
 
-  /// This is the projector used by isHUD components.
-  /// This can be overriden on your [Game] implementation.
+  /// This is the projector used by components that don't respect the camera
+  /// (`respectCamera = false`).
+  /// This can be overridden on your [Game] implementation.
   Projector viewportProjector = IdentityProjector();
 
   /// Utility method to load and cache the image for a sprite based on its
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/game/component_rendering_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/game/component_rendering_test.dart
index 283bf24a6..f2b0d98ae 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/game/component_rendering_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/game/component_rendering_test.dart
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 
 class _MyComponent extends Component {
   @override
-  bool isHud;
+  bool respectCamera;
 
-  _MyComponent(int priority, {this.isHud = false}) : super(priority: priority);
+  _MyComponent(int priority, {this.respectCamera = true})
+      : super(priority: priority);
 
   @override
   void render(Canvas canvas) {
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ void main() {
       'only HUD components',
       (game) async {
         await game.ensureAddAll([
-          _MyComponent(4, isHud: true),
-          _MyComponent(1, isHud: true),
-          _MyComponent(2, isHud: true),
+          _MyComponent(4, respectCamera: false),
+          _MyComponent(1, respectCamera: false),
+          _MyComponent(2, respectCamera: false),
         ]);
         final canvas = MockCanvas();
         game.camera.snapTo(Vector2(12.0, 18.0));
@@ -78,9 +79,9 @@ void main() {
         await game.ensureAddAll([
           _MyComponent(4),
           _MyComponent(1),
-          _MyComponent(2, isHud: true),
-          _MyComponent(5, isHud: true),
-          _MyComponent(3, isHud: true),
+          _MyComponent(2, respectCamera: false),
+          _MyComponent(5, respectCamera: false),
+          _MyComponent(3, respectCamera: false),
           _MyComponent(0),
         ]);