diff --git a/out/production/final/GameFrame.class b/out/production/final/GameFrame.class
index 324fea9..0280457 100644
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diff --git a/out/production/final/GamePanel.class b/out/production/final/GamePanel.class
index 5a72dbc..0cd9913 100644
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diff --git a/out/production/final/GenericSprite.class b/out/production/final/GenericSprite.class
index 87a5e2d..499fc0c 100644
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diff --git a/out/production/final/Player.class b/out/production/final/Player.class
index aa4c79d..5909082 100644
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diff --git a/src/GameFrame.java b/src/GameFrame.java
index ad7e7ad..c2c9559 100644
--- a/src/GameFrame.java
+++ b/src/GameFrame.java
@@ -8,11 +8,23 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 
 public class GameFrame extends JFrame{
 
-  GamePanel panel;
+  MenuPanel menu;
+  GamePanel game;
+  boolean startGame = false;
 
   public GameFrame(){
-    panel = new GamePanel(); //run GamePanel constructor
-    this.add(panel);
+    menu = new MenuPanel();
+    while (!startGame) {
+      startGame = menu.hasButtonClicked();
+      try {
+        Thread.sleep(10);
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
+    }
+    menu.setVisible(false); // hide menu when game has launched
+    game = new GamePanel(); //run GamePanel constructor
+    this.add(game);
     this.setTitle("GUI is cool!"); //set title for frame
     this.setResizable(false); //frame can't change size
     this.setBackground(Color.white);
diff --git a/src/GamePanel.java b/src/GamePanel.java
index 3b6c3c7..a089809 100644
--- a/src/GamePanel.java
+++ b/src/GamePanel.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
 
   //dimensions of window
-  public static final int GAME_WIDTH = 1536;
-  public static final int GAME_HEIGHT = 768;
+  public static final int GAME_WIDTH = 1200;
+  public static final int GAME_HEIGHT = 600;
 
   public Thread gameThread;
   public Image image;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
   // keeps track of how many ticks has elapsed since last frame change
   public int frameCounter = 0;
 
-  public BufferedImage[][] spriteArray = new BufferedImage[4][11];
+  public BufferedImage[][][] spriteArray = new BufferedImage[2][2][11];
 
   public static ArrayList<Tile>map = new ArrayList<Tile>();
 
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
       try {
         BufferedImage sprite = getImage(String.format("img/walk/p1_walk%s.png", String.format("%1$2s", i+1).replace(' ', '0')));
 
-        spriteArray[1][i] = sprite;
-        spriteArray[3][i] = sprite;
-        spriteArray[0][i] = sprite;
-        spriteArray[2][i] = sprite;
+        spriteArray[1][0][i] = sprite;
+        spriteArray[1][1][i] = sprite;
+        spriteArray[0][0][i] = flipImageHorizontally(sprite);
+        spriteArray[0][1][i] = flipImageHorizontally(sprite);
 
       } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
@@ -170,4 +170,15 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
     return ImageIO.read(new File(imageLocation));
   }
 
+  public BufferedImage flipImageHorizontally(BufferedImage originalImage) {
+    BufferedImage flippedImage = new BufferedImage(originalImage.getWidth(), originalImage.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+    for (int x = 0; x < originalImage.getWidth(); x++) {
+      for (int y = 0; y < originalImage.getHeight(); y++) {
+        // -1 is added to prevent off-by-one errors
+        flippedImage.setRGB(x, y, originalImage.getRGB(originalImage.getWidth()-x-1, y));
+      }
+    }
+    return flippedImage;
+  }
+
 }
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diff --git a/src/GenericSprite.java b/src/GenericSprite.java
index e508a8b..6a7cbae 100644
--- a/src/GenericSprite.java
+++ b/src/GenericSprite.java
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ public class GenericSprite extends Rectangle{
   public void move(){
     y = y + (int)yVelocity;
     x = x + (int)xVelocity;
-    if(rightPressed==true){
+    if(rightPressed){
       xVelocity+=1;
     }
-    if(leftPressed==true) {
+    if(leftPressed) {
       xVelocity -= 1;
     }
     if(upPressed&isGrounded){
diff --git a/src/MenuPanel.java b/src/MenuPanel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72b0a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MenuPanel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class MenuPanel extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
+
+    private Boolean buttonClicked = false;
+    JButton launchGame;
+    Container menuContainer;
+
+    public MenuPanel() {
+        this.setTitle("First");
+        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
+        this.setSize(280, 200);
+        this.setVisible(true);
+
+        launchGame = new JButton("Click");
+        launchGame.addActionListener(this);
+
+        menuContainer = getContentPane();
+        menuContainer.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
+        menuContainer.add(launchGame);
+    }
+
+    public void paint(Graphics g) {
+        super.paint(g);
+        g.drawString("potato", 50, 50);
+    }
+
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
+        buttonClicked = true;
+    }
+
+    public Boolean hasButtonClicked() {
+        return buttonClicked;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Player.java b/src/Player.java
index 96e42dd..cc7565c 100644
--- a/src/Player.java
+++ b/src/Player.java
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ public class Player extends GenericSprite {
   public final int SPEED = 5;
   public static final int PLAYER_WIDTH = 72;
   public static final int PLAYER_HEIGHT = 97;
+  public int lastXDirection, lastYDirection, lastFrame;
   public int upKey, downKey, rightKey, leftKey;
   // sA[0] is -x, -y
   // sA[1] is x, -y
   // sA[2] is -x, y
   // sA[3] is x, y
-  public BufferedImage[][] spriteArray;
-  public Player(int x, int y, int upKey, int downKey, int leftKey, int rightKey, BufferedImage[][] sprites) {
+  public BufferedImage[][][] spriteArray;
+  public Player(int x, int y, int upKey, int downKey, int leftKey, int rightKey, BufferedImage[][][] sprites) {
     super(x, y, PLAYER_HEIGHT, PLAYER_WIDTH);
 
     this.upKey = upKey;
@@ -46,11 +47,14 @@ public class Player extends GenericSprite {
 
   public int draw(Graphics g, int frame) {
     // g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
-    if (xVelocity == 0 && yVelocity == 0) {
-      g.drawImage(spriteArray[1][0], x, y, null);
+    if (!upPressed && !downPressed && !leftPressed && !rightPressed) {
+      g.drawImage(spriteArray[lastXDirection][lastYDirection][lastFrame], x, y, null);
       return 0;
     } else {
-      g.drawImage(spriteArray[(int)(Math.signum(xVelocity)+Math.signum(yVelocity)*2+3)/2][frame], x, y, null);
+      lastXDirection = (int)(Math.signum(xVelocity) + 1) / 2;
+      lastYDirection = (int)(Math.signum(yVelocity) + 1) / 2;
+      lastFrame = frame;
+      g.drawImage(spriteArray[lastXDirection][lastYDirection][frame], x, y, null);
       return 1;
     }
   }