diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4629213..9e969ce 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,10 +1,82 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-  "gitlab.com/stvnliu/ai_game/menu"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/gbin/goncurses"
+	"gitlab.com/stvnliu/ai_game/menu"
+	. "gitlab.com/stvnliu/ai_game/utils/types"
+	// "gitlab.com/stvnliu/ai_game/utils/window_helper"
 )
 
-func main() {
-  menu_items := []string{"New game", "Continue", "Exit"}
-  menu.CreateMenu(menu_items)
+const (
+	INPUT_PROMPT_LENGTH = 40
+	INPUT_PROMPT_HEIGHT = 10
+)
+
+func InputPrompt(scr *Window) string {
+	my, mx := scr.MaxYX()
+	w, err := NewWindow(INPUT_PROMPT_HEIGHT, INPUT_PROMPT_LENGTH, (my/2)-(INPUT_PROMPT_HEIGHT/2), (mx/2)-(INPUT_PROMPT_LENGTH/2))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("Oh no sth went wrong in input!!")
+	}
+	w.Box(0, 0)
+	Echo(true)
+	msg := "Game name: "
+  w.MovePrint(0, 1, " New game information ")
+	w.MovePrint(2, 2, msg)
+	w.Move(2, 2+len(msg))
+	input, err := w.GetString(16) // character input box
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("Oh no sth went wrong in input 2!!")
+	}
+	w.MovePrint(3, 2, input)
+	w.Refresh()
+  Echo(false)
+	for {
+		ch := w.GetChar()
+		switch Key(ch) {
+		case 'q':
+			return input
+		}
+	}
+}
+func NewGame(scr *Window) {
+	//_, _ := scr.MaxYX()
+	game_name := InputPrompt(scr)
+	// create new game state
+	// println("Creating new game %v...", game_name)
+	game := Game{
+		SaveGame:  game_name,
+		LastSaved: time.Now(),
+	}
+	my_npcs := MakeNpcs()
+	game.DataStored.Npcs = my_npcs
+  scr.MovePrintf(1, 2, "Created new game \"%v\"!", game.SaveGame)
+  for i:=0; i<len(game.DataStored.Npcs); i++ {
+    scr.MovePrintf(2+i, 2, "Initialising \"%v\"...", game.DataStored.Npcs[i].Name)
+    scr.MovePrintf(3+i, 2, "Found NPC query string!")
+    scr.Refresh()
+
+  }
+		// println(game.DataStored.Npcs[0].Name)
+}
+func Continue(scr *Window) {
+	// recover state from last save?
+}
+func Exit(scr *Window) {
+	// save game state?
+}
+func main() {
+	scr, err := Init()
+	if err != nil {
+		println("Something went wrong with Ncurses! Aborting!")
+		return
+	}
+	menu_items := []GameMenuItem{
+		{Name: "New game!", Operation: NewGame},
+		{Name: "Continue!", Operation: Continue},
+		{Name: "Exit!", Operation: Exit},
+	}
+	menu.CreateMenu(scr, menu_items)
 }
diff --git a/menu/menu.go b/menu/menu.go
index 51bb89d..8b7ac16 100644
--- a/menu/menu.go
+++ b/menu/menu.go
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package menu
 
 import (
 	. "github.com/gbin/goncurses"
-	"log"
+  . "gitlab.com/stvnliu/ai_game/utils/types"
+	// "log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -10,12 +11,8 @@ const (
 	WIDTH  = 30
 )
 
-func CreateMenu(menu []string) {
+func CreateMenu(stdscr *Window, menu []GameMenuItem) {
 	var active int
-	stdscr, err := Init()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
 	defer End()
 
 	Raw(true)
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ func CreateMenu(menu []string) {
 	y, x := 2, (mx/2)-(WIDTH/2)
 
 	win, _ := NewWindow(HEIGHT, WIDTH, y, x)
-	win.Keypad(true)
+  win.Keypad(true)
 
 	stdscr.Print("Use arrow keys to go up and down, Press enter to select")
 	stdscr.Refresh()
@@ -55,7 +52,8 @@ func CreateMenu(menu []string) {
 		case KEY_RETURN, KEY_ENTER, Key('\r'):
 			stdscr.MovePrintf(my-2, 0, "Choice #%d: %s selected",
 				active,
-				menu[active])
+				menu[active].Name)
+      menu[active].Operation(stdscr)
 			stdscr.ClearToEOL()
 			stdscr.Refresh()
 		default:
@@ -69,16 +67,16 @@ func CreateMenu(menu []string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func printmenu(w *Window, menu []string, active int) {
+func printmenu(w *Window, menu []GameMenuItem, active int) {
 	y, x := 2, 2
 	w.Box(0, 0)
-	for i, s := range menu {
+	for i, item := range menu {
 		if i == active {
 			w.AttrOn(A_REVERSE)
-			w.MovePrint(y+i, x, s)
+			w.MovePrint(y+i, x, item.Name)
 			w.AttrOff(A_REVERSE)
 		} else {
-			w.MovePrint(y+i, x, s)
+			w.MovePrint(y+i, x, item.Name)
 		}
 	}
 	w.Refresh()
diff --git a/mknpcs.go b/mknpcs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dd24c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mknpcs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+  . "gitlab.com/stvnliu/ai_game/utils/types"
+)
+
+func MakeNpcs() []Npc {
+  npcs := []Npc {}
+  helper01 := Npc{
+		Name: "Helper01_NPC",
+		Ai: NpcAi{
+			PromptCharacterString: "You are a new helper assisting new players of a role-playing game set in $SCENE$, in a village called $VILLAGE$. With the information immediately preceeding, output only what you would say to a new player who just arrived in the village to provide helpful guidance.",
+			QueryFromTableName:    "helper",
+		},
+	}
+  npcs = append(npcs, helper01)
+  return npcs
+}
diff --git a/utils/types/menus.go b/utils/types/menus.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62288d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/types/menus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+  . "github.com/gbin/goncurses"
+)
+
+type GameMenuItem struct {
+  Name string
+  Operation func(*Window)
+}
diff --git a/utils/types/npcs.go b/utils/types/npcs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00230d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/types/npcs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package types
+
+type NpcAi struct {
+	PromptCharacterString string
+	QueryFromTableName    string
+}
+type Npc struct {
+	Name string
+	Ai   NpcAi
+}
+
+
diff --git a/utils/types/types.go b/utils/types/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea8cbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/types/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package types
+
+import "time"
+
+
+type Data struct {
+  Npcs []Npc
+}
+type Game struct {
+  SaveGame string 
+  LastSaved time.Time 
+  DataStored Data
+}
+
+func (game Game) NewGame(game_name string, data Data) Game {
+  game.SaveGame = game_name
+  game.LastSaved = time.Now()
+  game.DataStored = data
+  return game
+}
diff --git a/utils/window_helper.go b/utils/window_helper.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b11bd02..0000000
--- a/utils/window_helper.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package window
-import (
-  . "github.com/gbin/goncurses"
-)
-func createWindow(scr Screen) Window {}
-}
diff --git a/utils/window_helper/window_helper.go b/utils/window_helper/window_helper.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb06c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/window_helper/window_helper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package window_helper
+import (
+  . "github.com/gbin/goncurses"
+)
+
+func CreateMenu(win *Window, menu_string []string) {
+  x, y := 2, 2 
+  win.Clear()
+  win.Box(0, 0)
+  for i, str := range menu_string {
+    win.MovePrint(y+i, x, str)
+  }
+}