diff --git a/Shared/SneakGame.cs b/Shared/SneakGame.cs
index cce78a6..99c5b28 100644
--- a/Shared/SneakGame.cs
+++ b/Shared/SneakGame.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace SemiColinGames {
   public class SneakGame : Game {
+    const int TARGET_FPS = 60;
+    const double TARGET_FRAME_TIME = 1.0 / TARGET_FPS;
+
     readonly GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;
     RenderTarget2D renderTarget;
 
@@ -19,6 +22,12 @@ namespace SemiColinGames {
     readonly History<Input> input = new History<Input>(2);
 
     readonly FpsCounter fpsCounter = new FpsCounter();
+    readonly Timer updateTimer = new Timer(TARGET_FRAME_TIME / 2.0, "UpdateTimer");
+    readonly Timer drawTimer = new Timer(TARGET_FRAME_TIME / 2.0, "DrawTimer");
+    // Draw() needs to be called without IsRunningSlowly this many times before we actually
+    // attempt to draw the scene. This is a workaround for the fact that otherwise the first few
+    // frames can be really slow to draw.
+    int framesToSuppress = 2;
     Texture2D grasslandBg1;
     Texture2D grasslandBg2;
 
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ namespace SemiColinGames {
         GraphicsProfile = GraphicsProfile.HiDef
       };
       IsFixedTimeStep = true;
-      TargetElapsedTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.0 / 60);
+      TargetElapsedTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(TARGET_FRAME_TIME);
       IsMouseVisible = true;
       Content.RootDirectory = "Content";
     }
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ namespace SemiColinGames {
 
     // Updates the game world.
     protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime) {
+      updateTimer.Start();
       input.Add(new Input(GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One), Keyboard.GetState()));
 
       if (input[0].Exit) {
@@ -97,10 +107,17 @@ namespace SemiColinGames {
       }
 
       base.Update(gameTime);
+      updateTimer.Stop();
     }
 
     // Called when the game should draw itself.
     protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime) {
+      drawTimer.Start();
+
+      if (framesToSuppress > 0 && !gameTime.IsRunningSlowly) {
+        framesToSuppress--;
+      }
+
       // We need to update the FPS counter in Draw() since Update() might get called more
       // frequently, especially when gameTime.IsRunningSlowly.
       fpsCounter.Update();
@@ -140,20 +157,23 @@ namespace SemiColinGames {
 
       // Draw RenderTarget to screen.
       GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTarget(null);
-      GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.Black);
-      spriteBatch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.Immediate, BlendState.AlphaBlend,
-            SamplerState.PointClamp, DepthStencilState.Default,
-            RasterizerState.CullNone);
-      Rectangle drawRect = new Rectangle(
-        0, 0, GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width, GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Height);
-      spriteBatch.Draw(renderTarget, drawRect, Color.White);
-
-      // Draw debug toasts.
-      Debug.DrawToasts(spriteBatch, font);
-
-      spriteBatch.End();
+      GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.CornflowerBlue);
+      if (framesToSuppress == 0) {
+        spriteBatch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.Immediate, BlendState.AlphaBlend,
+              SamplerState.PointClamp, DepthStencilState.Default,
+              RasterizerState.CullNone);
+        Rectangle drawRect = new Rectangle(
+          0, 0, GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width, GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Height);
+        spriteBatch.Draw(renderTarget, drawRect, Color.White);
+
+        // Draw debug toasts.
+        Debug.DrawToasts(spriteBatch, font);
+
+        spriteBatch.End();
+      }
 
       base.Draw(gameTime);
+      drawTimer.Stop();
     }
   }
 }