diff --git a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/config/instructions.txt b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/config/instructions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..550cd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/config/instructions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Testing Instructions file
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java
index 5e57a21..f52ac41 100644
--- a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java
+++ b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class RPGame {
 	public boolean _movement = true;
 	private int _currentDay;
 	private int _transactionLimit;
+	public boolean _initialGameVariable;
 
 
 	public RPGame(int transactionLimit, int tileSize) {
@@ -63,6 +64,21 @@ public RPGame(int transactionLimit, int tileSize) {
 		buildMerchants();
 		buildPlayer("test", 500);
 		
+		// Initialize the start screen
+		_initialGameVariable = false;
+		
+		try {
+			createStartScreen(this);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		while(_initialGameVariable == false)
+		{
+			System.out.println("In Loop");
+		}
+		
 		// Initialiing Map instance and adding the player and merchants to the map
 		map = new Map(rows, cols);
 		map.initializePlayer(_player, rows/2, cols/2);
@@ -142,7 +158,7 @@ else if (currentMerchant == 3)
 	 */
 	public void buildMerchants()
 	{
-		_merchant1 = new Merchant("Cheap Merchant", 200, merchantInventoryList1, 0);
+		_merchant1 = new Merchant("Cheap Merchant", 300, merchantInventoryList1, 0);
 		_merchant2 = new Merchant("Medium Merchant", 600, merchantInventoryList2, merchantInventoryList1.size());
 		_merchant3 = new Merchant("Expensive Merchant", 1000, merchantInventoryList3, merchantInventoryList1.size()+ merchantInventoryList2.size());
 	    _misc1 = new Merchant(null, 0, miscList, 0);
@@ -208,6 +224,10 @@ public void createTransaction(Player player, Merchant targetMerchant)
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void createStartScreen(RPGame game) throws IOException
+	{
+		StartScreen newStartScreen = new StartScreen(game);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Will refresh number of transactions the Player has available
diff --git a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/model/Player.java b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/model/Player.java
index 4f77878..24a768b 100644
--- a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/model/Player.java
+++ b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/model/Player.java
@@ -141,4 +141,15 @@ public int getPlayerCash()
 	{
 		return _playerCash;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Setter for player name
+	 * 
+	 * @param playerName	Name of the player
+	 */
+	public void setPlayerName(String playerName)
+	{
+		_name = playerName;
+	}
+	
 }
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diff --git a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/StartScreen.java b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/StartScreen.java
index 1e0bf3c..8f933ca 100644
--- a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/StartScreen.java
+++ b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/StartScreen.java
@@ -1,35 +1,30 @@
 package view;
 
 import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.Color;
-import java.awt.GradientPaint;
-import java.awt.Image;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
-import javax.swing.JButton;
-import javax.swing.JFrame;
-import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
 
-public class StartScreen extends JFrame {
+import controller.RPGame;
+import model.Player;
 
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class StartScreen extends JFrame {
 
 	JPanel startMenu = new JPanel();
+	RPGame _master;
 
+	public StartScreen(RPGame master) throws IOException {
 
-
-	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
-		new StartScreen();
-	}
-
-	public StartScreen() throws IOException {
-
+		_master = master;
 		JLabel MainMenuBG = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("src/images/background.jpg"));
 		MainMenuBG.setVisible(true);
 		Image icon, background;
@@ -47,18 +42,30 @@ public StartScreen() throws IOException {
 		JButton start = new JButton("Start");
 		start.setVisible(true);
 
-		start.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){	
+		start.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
+			@Override
+			public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
 				System.out.println("Game started");
+				_master._initialGameVariable = true;
+				exitWindow();
+
 			}
 		});
 
 		JButton instructions = new JButton("Instructions");
 		instructions.setVisible(true);
 
-		instructions.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){	
+		instructions.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
+			@Override
+			public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
 				System.out.println("Instructions opened");
+				ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("Notepad.exe", "src/config/instructions.txt");
+				try {
+					pb.start();
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+					e.printStackTrace();
+				}
 			}
 		});
 
@@ -94,5 +101,9 @@ public BufferedImage loadBackground() throws IOException {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
-
+	
+	public void exitWindow()
+	{
+		this.dispose();
+	}
 }