diff --git a/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf b/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf
index 3edc0f81..6ccc7ad9 100644
--- a/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf
+++ b/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ namespace IDE
         public PropertiesPanel mPropertiesPanel;
         public Font mTinyCodeFont ~ delete _;
         public Font mCodeFont ~ delete _;
-        public Font mLargeFont ~ delete _;
 		protected bool mInitialized;
 		public bool mConfig_NoIR;
 		public bool mFailed;
@@ -1440,10 +1439,16 @@ namespace IDE
 							continue;
 						if (tabWidget.mContent is DisassemblyPanel)
 							continue;
+						if (tabWidget.mContent is WelcomePanel)
+							continue;
 					}
 
                     using (data.CreateObject())
                     {
+						var panel = tabWidget.mContent as Panel;
+						if (!panel.WantsSerialization)
+							continue;
+
 						if (tabWidget.mIsActive)
 							data.Add("Active", true);
 
@@ -1454,7 +1459,7 @@ namespace IDE
 						{
 							watchPanel.Serialize(data, serializeDocs);
 						}
-                        else if (var panel = tabWidget.mContent as Panel)
+                        else if (panel != null)
                         {
                             panel.Serialize(data);
                         }
@@ -9982,6 +9987,14 @@ namespace IDE
 			ShowPanel(mOutputPanel, false);
 			UpdateRecentFileMenuItems();
 			ShowStartupFile();
+
+			if (mIsFirstRun)
+			{
+				WelcomePanel welcomePanel = new .();
+				TabbedView tabbedView = GetDefaultDocumentTabbedView();
+				let tabButton = SetupTab(tabbedView, "Welcome", 0, welcomePanel, true);
+				tabButton.Activate();
+			}
         }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/IDE/src/ui/AutoComplete.bf b/IDE/src/ui/AutoComplete.bf
index 637da70a..397ce29a 100644
--- a/IDE/src/ui/AutoComplete.bf
+++ b/IDE/src/ui/AutoComplete.bf
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ namespace IDE.ui
 				if ((mWidgetWindow == null) || (mWidgetWindow.mRootWidget != this))
 					return; // We're being replaced as root
 
+				if (let widgetWindow = window as WidgetWindow)
+				{
+					if (widgetWindow.mRootWidget is DarkTooltipContainer)
+						return;
+				}
+
                 if ((!mIgnoreMove) && (mWidgetWindow != null) && (!mWidgetWindow.mHasClosed))
                     mAutoComplete.Close();
             }
@@ -2016,6 +2022,9 @@ namespace IDE.ui
 
 			if (!mClosed)
 			{
+				if ((DarkTooltipManager.sTooltip != null) && (!DarkTooltipManager.sTooltip.mRequireMouseInside))
+					DarkTooltipManager.CloseTooltip();
+
 				if (IsInPanel())
 				{
 					gApp.mAutoCompletePanel.Unbind(this);
diff --git a/IDE/src/ui/NewProjectDialog.bf b/IDE/src/ui/NewProjectDialog.bf
index 359373f5..e0ba5817 100644
--- a/IDE/src/ui/NewProjectDialog.bf
+++ b/IDE/src/ui/NewProjectDialog.bf
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ namespace IDE.ui
 			// If we don't yet have a workspace then create one now...
 			if (!app.mWorkspace.IsInitialized)
 			{
+				DeleteAndNullify!(app.mWorkspace.mDir);
 				app.mWorkspace.mDir = new String(projDirectory);
 				app.mWorkspace.mName = new String(projName);
 				
diff --git a/IDE/src/ui/Panel.bf b/IDE/src/ui/Panel.bf
index 6ff48c5e..a3009610 100644
--- a/IDE/src/ui/Panel.bf
+++ b/IDE/src/ui/Panel.bf
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ namespace IDE.ui
 			}
 		}
 
+		public virtual bool WantsSerialization
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
         public override void GotFocus()
         {
             base.GotFocus();
diff --git a/IDE/src/ui/WelcomePanel.bf b/IDE/src/ui/WelcomePanel.bf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce3715b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IDE/src/ui/WelcomePanel.bf
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+using Beefy.gfx;
+using Beefy.theme.dark;
+using System;
+using Beefy.widgets;
+
+namespace IDE.ui
+{
+	class WelcomePanel : Panel
+	{
+		class SampleButton : Widget
+		{
+			public Image mImage;
+			public String mLabel ~ delete _;
+			public Font mFont;
+			public String mPath ~ delete _;
+
+			public override void Draw(Graphics g)
+			{
+				using (g.PushColor(mMouseOver ? 0xFFFFFFFF : 0x80FFFFFF))
+					using (g.PushScale(DarkTheme.sScale, DarkTheme.sScale))
+						g.Draw(mImage);
+
+				g.SetFont(mFont);
+				g.DrawString(mLabel, 0, GS!(240), .Centered, mWidth);
+			}
+
+			public override void MouseEnter()
+			{
+				base.MouseEnter();
+				gApp.SetCursor(.Hand);
+			}
+
+			public override void MouseLeave()
+			{
+				base.MouseLeave();
+				gApp.SetCursor(.Pointer);
+			}
+
+			public override void MouseClicked(float x, float y, int32 btn)
+			{
+				base.MouseClicked(x, y, btn);
+
+				gApp.[Friend]mDeferredOpen = .Workspace;
+				String.NewOrSet!(gApp.[Friend]mDeferredOpenFileName, mPath);
+			}
+		}
+
+		Font mLargeFont ~ delete _;
+		Font mMedFont ~ delete _;
+		Image mSampleImg0 ~ delete _;
+		Image mSampleImg1 ~ delete _;
+		SampleButton mSampleBtn0;
+		SampleButton mSampleBtn1;
+
+		public override bool WantsSerialization
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public this()
+		{
+			mSampleImg0 = Image.LoadFromFile(scope String()..AppendF(@"{}\images\welcome_sample0.png", gApp.mInstallDir));
+			mSampleImg1 = Image.LoadFromFile(scope String()..AppendF(@"{}\images\welcome_sample1.png", gApp.mInstallDir));
+
+			mSampleBtn0 = new .();
+			mSampleBtn0.mPath = new String()..AppendF(@"\beef_website\Samples\SpaceGame\BeefSpace.toml");
+			mSampleBtn0.mLabel = new String("Space Game");
+			mSampleBtn0.mImage = mSampleImg0;
+			AddWidget(mSampleBtn0);
+
+			mSampleBtn1 = new .();
+			mSampleBtn1.mPath = new String()..AppendF(@"\beef_website\Samples\HelloWorld\BeefSpace.toml");
+			mSampleBtn1.mLabel = new String("Hello World");
+			mSampleBtn1.mImage = mSampleImg1;
+			AddWidget(mSampleBtn1);
+		}
+
+		public override void RehupScale(float oldScale, float newScale)
+		{
+			base.RehupScale(oldScale, newScale);
+
+			DeleteAndNullify!(mLargeFont);
+			DeleteAndNullify!(mMedFont);
+		}
+
+		public override void DrawAll(Graphics g)
+		{
+			if (mLargeFont == null)
+				mLargeFont = new Font()..Load("Segoe UI Bold", 60.0f * DarkTheme.sScale); //8.8
+			if (mMedFont == null)
+				mMedFont = new Font()..Load("Segoe UI Bold", 24.0f * DarkTheme.sScale); //8.8
+			mSampleBtn0.mFont = mMedFont;
+			mSampleBtn1.mFont = mMedFont;
+
+			base.DrawAll(g);
+		}
+
+		public override void Draw(Graphics g)
+		{
+			g.SetFont(mLargeFont);
+			using (g.PushColor(0xFFE0E0FF))
+				g.DrawString("Welcome to Beef", 0, GS!(48), .Centered, mWidth);
+
+			g.SetFont(mMedFont);
+			g.DrawString("Click on a sample projects below\nor\nCreate a project from the File menu", GS!(32), GS!(148), .Centered, mWidth - GS!(64));
+		}
+
+		public override void Update()
+		{
+			base.Update();
+
+			mSampleBtn0.Resize(mWidth / 2 - GS!(32 + 320), GS!(300), GS!(320), GS!(240));
+			mSampleBtn1.Resize(mWidth / 2 + GS!(32), GS!(300), GS!(320), GS!(240));
+		}
+	}
+}