diff --git a/play.py b/play.py
index 211efcd..aa4c79e 100644
--- a/play.py
+++ b/play.py
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ from termios import tcflush, TCIFLUSH
 import time, sys, os
 os.environ["TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL"] = "3"
 
+def splash():
+    print("0) New Game\n1) Load Game\n")
+    choice = get_num_options(2)
+
+    if choice == 1:
+        return "load"
+    else:
+        return "new"
+
 def select_game():
     with open(YAML_FILE, 'r') as stream:
         data = yaml.safe_load(stream)
@@ -84,14 +93,25 @@ def play_aidungeon_2():
             del story_manager.story
 
         print("\n\n")
-        context, prompt = select_game()
-        console_print(instructions())
-        print("\nGenerating story...")
 
-        story_manager.start_new_story(prompt, context=context, upload_story=upload_story)
+        splash_choice = splash()
+
+        if splash_choice == "new":
+            print("\n\n")
+            context, prompt = select_game()
+            console_print(instructions())
+            print("\nGenerating story...")
+
+            story_manager.start_new_story(prompt, context=context, upload_story=upload_story)
+            print("\n")
+            console_print(str(story_manager.story))
+
+        else:
+            load_ID = input("What is the ID of the saved game? ")
+            result = story_manager.load_new_story(load_ID)
+            print("\nLoading Game...\n")
+            print(result)
 
-        print("\n")
-        console_print(str(story_manager.story))
         while True:
             tcflush(sys.stdin, TCIFLUSH)
             action = input("> ")
@@ -209,4 +229,3 @@ def play_aidungeon_2():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     play_aidungeon_2()
-
diff --git a/story/story_manager.py b/story/story_manager.py
index 5cbca84..0f35b15 100644
--- a/story/story_manager.py
+++ b/story/story_manager.py
@@ -152,13 +152,28 @@ class StoryManager():
     def __init__(self, generator):
         self.generator = generator
         self.story = None
-        
+
     def start_new_story(self, story_prompt, context="", game_state=None, upload_story=False):
         block = self.generator.generate(context + story_prompt)
         block = cut_trailing_sentence(block)
         self.story = Story(context + story_prompt + block, context=context, game_state=game_state, upload_story=upload_story)
         return self.story
-    
+
+    def load_new_story(self, story_id):
+        file_name = "story" + story_id + ".json"
+        cmd = "gsutil cp gs://aidungeonstories/" + file_name + " ."
+        os.system(cmd)
+        exists = os.path.isfile(file_name)
+
+        if exists:
+            with open(file_name, 'r') as fp:
+                game = json.load(fp)
+            self.story = Story("")
+            self.story.init_from_dict(game)
+            return str(self.story)
+        else:
+            return "Error: save not found."
+
     def load_story(self, story, from_json=False):
         if from_json:
             self.story = Story("")
@@ -281,4 +296,4 @@ class ConstrainedStoryManager(StoryManager):
 
         action_result = phrase + " " + self.generator.generate(prompt + " " + phrase, options)
         action, result = split_first_sentence(action_result)
-        return action, result
\ No newline at end of file
+        return action, result