Good - you might want to try out showing the instructions in a Pane() and the then they close the pane to play the game. Provide a little menu or info icon that will let the player see the instructions again if they need to. You are very careful that you tell people what to do, but that clutters the work visually. So separate out the instructions rather than include them all the time. Another option, some times, is to fade the instructions out after 4 or 5 seconds depending on how much there is. But in this case, probably putting them in an intro pane would be best. That way you can also provide a logo for the game, and when you clear the pane, you can start any backing sounds.