diff --git a/app/controllers/HomeController.scala b/app/controllers/HomeController.scala
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+++ b/app/controllers/HomeController.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package controllers
+
+import play.api.mvc._
+
+import javax.inject._
+
+/**
+ * This controller creates an `Action` to handle HTTP requests to the
+ * application's home page.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class HomeController @Inject()(val controllerComponents: ControllerComponents) extends BaseController {
+
+  /**
+   * Create an Action to render an HTML page.
+   *
+   * The configuration in the `routes` file means that this method
+   * will be called when the application receives a `GET` request with
+   * a path of `/`.
+   */
+  def index(): Action[AnyContent] = Action { implicit request: Request[AnyContent] =>
+    Ok(views.html.index())
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/app/views/index.scala.html b/app/views/index.scala.html
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+++ b/app/views/index.scala.html
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+@()
+
+@main("Welcome to Play") {
+    <h1>Welcome to Play</h1>
+}
diff --git a/conf/routes b/conf/routes
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--- a/conf/routes
+++ b/conf/routes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+GET     /                           controllers.HomeController.index()
 GET     /game                       controllers.GameController.index()
 GET     /bricks                     controllers.GameController.getBricks()