diff --git a/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m b/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m
index 948dd70..94c455c 100644
--- a/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m
+++ b/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m
@@ -11,8 +11,87 @@
 int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
     @autoreleasepool {
         
-        // code goes here...
-
+        printf("Let's play Hangman \n \n");
+        
+        char myWord[] = "anatomy";
+        //        char userWord[ ] = "_______\n";
+        char userLetter;
+        
+        int numChances = 5;
+        int guessCorrect = 0;
+        
+        int lengthOfWord = 7 ;
+        int userGuess[7] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
+        int i = 0;
+        char usedLetter[256];
+        int trackingLetters=0;
+        
+        for (int j = 0; j < 256; j++) {
+            usedLetter[j] = '\0';
+        }
+        
+        while (guessCorrect < lengthOfWord) {
+            printf("\n\nGuess a letter \n");
+            scanf("%c*c", &userLetter);
+            fpurge(stdin);
+            int counter =0;
+            
+            int checker =0;
+            for(int j= 0; j<256; j++){
+                if(usedLetter[j]!='\0' && usedLetter[j]==userLetter){
+                    checker=1;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if(checker==1){
+                continue;
+            }
+            usedLetter[trackingLetters]=userLetter;
+            //compare the user's guess to the letters in my word
+            for (i = 0; i < lengthOfWord; i++) {
+                if (userLetter == myWord[i]) {
+                    userGuess[i] = 1;
+                    counter =1;
+                    guessCorrect++;
+                    
+                }
+                
+            } //end of for loop
+            
+            if (counter==1){
+                printf("Great, that letter is in the word \n");
+            }
+            if (counter==0){
+                numChances--;
+                printf("You guessed wrong\n");
+            }
+            if(numChances==0){
+                //              printf("You Lose HAHA\n");
+                break;
+            }
+            //print the player's progress
+            for (i = 0; i < lengthOfWord; i++) {
+                if (userGuess[i] == 1) {
+                    printf("%c ", myWord[i]);
+                } else {
+                    printf("_ ");
+                }
+                
+                //check if the player won
+                //                if (userLetter == myWord[i]) {
+                //                    userGuess[i] = 1; //this will change the correct guess to the correct letter in the userWord
+                //                    guessCorrect++; //this increases the userGuess count to let the program know that the user is guessing correctly and will decide whether or not the for loop continues --did the user win or lose
+                //                }
+            }
+            trackingLetters++;
+        }
+        //place results after the end of the while loop
+        if (numChances == 0) {
+            printf("\n Bummer, you didn't guess the word \n");
+        } else {
+            printf("\n Check you out! You guessed the right word", myWord);
+        }
+        
     }
     return 0;
 }