diff --git a/game/assets/logos/game-logo.png b/game/assets/logos/game-logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f734b3
Binary files /dev/null and b/game/assets/logos/game-logo.png differ
diff --git a/game/src/lib.rs b/game/src/lib.rs
index c79bc08..c042bdc 100644
--- a/game/src/lib.rs
+++ b/game/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,10 +75,15 @@ use raylib::prelude::*;
 use tracing::{error, info};
 use utilities::discord::DiscordConfig;
 
-use crate::{context::GameContext, discord_rpc::{maybe_set_discord_presence, try_connect_to_local_discord}, scenes::{Scenes, build_screen_state_machine}, utilities::shaders::{
+use crate::{
+    context::GameContext,
+    discord_rpc::{maybe_set_discord_presence, try_connect_to_local_discord},
+    scenes::{build_screen_state_machine, Scenes},
+    utilities::shaders::{
         shader::ShaderWrapper,
         util::{dynamic_screen_texture::DynScreenTexture, render_texture::render_to_texture},
-    }};
+    },
+};
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate thiserror;
@@ -124,10 +129,6 @@ pub async fn game_begin(game_config: &GameConfig) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::err
     .await
     .unwrap();
 
-    // Get the main state machine
-    let mut game_state_machine = build_screen_state_machine().unwrap();
-    game_state_machine.force_change_state(Scenes::LoadingScreen).unwrap();
-
     let context;
     let raylib_thread;
     {
@@ -149,6 +150,14 @@ pub async fn game_begin(game_config: &GameConfig) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::err
         context = Box::new(GameContext::new(RefCell::new(rl.into())));
     }
 
+    // Get the main state machine
+    info!("Setting up the scene management state machine");
+    let mut game_state_machine =
+        build_screen_state_machine(&context.renderer.borrow_mut(), &raylib_thread).unwrap();
+    game_state_machine
+        .force_change_state(Scenes::LoadingScreen)
+        .unwrap();
+
     // Create a dynamic texture to draw to for processing by shaders
     info!("Allocating a SNOWZ7Zresizable texture for the screen");
     let mut dynamic_texture =
diff --git a/game/src/scenes/loading_screen.rs b/game/src/scenes/loading_screen.rs
index b37711e..2b9c925 100644
--- a/game/src/scenes/loading_screen.rs
+++ b/game/src/scenes/loading_screen.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use dirty_fsm::{Action, ActionFlag};
+use raylib::RaylibThread;
 
-use crate::{context::GameContext, utilities::render_layer::ScreenSpaceRender};
+use crate::{
+    context::GameContext,
+    utilities::{non_ref_raylib::HackedRaylibHandle, render_layer::ScreenSpaceRender},
+};
 
 use super::{Scenes, ScreenError};
 use tracing::{debug, info, trace};
@@ -16,7 +20,13 @@ pub struct LoadingScreen {
 
 impl LoadingScreen {
     /// Construct a new `LoadingScreen`
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
+    pub fn new(raylib_handle: &HackedRaylibHandle, thread: &RaylibThread) -> Self {
+
+        // Load the game logo asset
+        // TODO: in-memory texture loading
+        // raylib_handle.load_texture_from_image(, image)
+
+
         Self {
             start_timestamp: None,
         }
@@ -78,8 +88,5 @@ impl ScreenSpaceRender for LoadingScreen {
 
         // Calculate the loading screen fade in/out value
         // This makes the loading screen fade in/out over the duration of the loading screen
-
-
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/game/src/scenes/mod.rs b/game/src/scenes/mod.rs
index c4f3252..a4d84a3 100644
--- a/game/src/scenes/mod.rs
+++ b/game/src/scenes/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use dirty_fsm::StateMachine;
-use crate::context::GameContext;
+use raylib::RaylibThread;
+use crate::{context::GameContext, utilities::non_ref_raylib::HackedRaylibHandle};
 use self::{fsm_error_screen::FsmErrorScreen, loading_screen::LoadingScreen};
 
 pub mod fsm_error_screen;
@@ -18,13 +19,13 @@ pub enum Scenes {
 pub enum ScreenError {}
 
 /// Build the state machine for all scenes
-pub fn build_screen_state_machine() -> Result<
+pub fn build_screen_state_machine(raylib_handle: &HackedRaylibHandle, thread: &RaylibThread) -> Result<
     // StateMachine<Scenes, ScreenError, RefCell<(NonRefDrawHandle, Rc<RefCell<GameContext>>)>>,
     StateMachine<Scenes, ScreenError, GameContext>,
     ScreenError,
 > {
     let mut machine = StateMachine::new();
     machine.add_action(Scenes::FsmErrorScreen, FsmErrorScreen::new())?;
-    machine.add_action(Scenes::LoadingScreen, LoadingScreen::new())?;
+    machine.add_action(Scenes::LoadingScreen, LoadingScreen::new(raylib_handle, thread))?;
     Ok(machine)
 }