diff --git a/PigLatin/PigLatin.cs b/PigLatin/PigLatin.cs
index 702647dd..ee556947 100644
--- a/PigLatin/PigLatin.cs
+++ b/PigLatin/PigLatin.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ class Program
         public static void Main()
         {
             // your code goes here
-
+            String userInput = "";
+            Console.WriteLine("Enter a word:")
+            Console.ReadLine();
             // leave this command at the end so your program does not close automatically
             Console.ReadLine();
         }
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ public static void Main()
         public static string TranslateWord(string word)
         {
             // your code goes here
+            userInput = Console.ReadLine();
             return word;
         }
     }
diff --git a/TextGame/Program.cs b/TextGame/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb04b169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TextGame/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace TextGame
+{
+
+    class Program
+    {
+
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+            Console.WriteLine("Welcome to the cavern of secrets!");
+            Console.WriteLine("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+            Thread.Sleep(1000);
+            Console.WriteLine("You enter a dark cavern out of curiosity. It is dark and you can only make out a small stick on the floor.");
+            Console.WriteLine("Do you take it? [y/n]: ");
+            string ch1 = Console.ReadLine();
+            string ch2 = Console.ReadLine();
+            string ch3 = Console.ReadLine();
+
+            int stick = 0;
+            if (ch1 == "y")
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("You have taken the stick!");
+                Thread.Sleep(2000);
+                stick = 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("You did not take the stick");
+                stick = 0;
+                Console.WriteLine("As you proceed further into the cave, you see a small glowing object");
+
+            }
+            if (ch2 == "y")
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("You approach the object...");
+                Thread.Sleep(2000);
+                Console.WriteLine("As you draw closer, you begin to make out the object as an eye!");
+                Thread.Sleep(2000);
+                Console.WriteLine("The eye belongs to a giant spider!");
+                Console.WriteLine("Do you try to fight it? [Y/N]");
+            }
+            if (ch3 == "y")
+            {
+                if (stick == 1)
+                    Console.WriteLine("You only have a stick to fight with!");
+                Console.WriteLine("You quickly jab the spider in it's eye and gain an advantage");
+                Thread.Sleep(2000);
+                Console.WriteLine("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+                Console.WriteLine("                  Fighting...                   ");
+                Console.WriteLine("   YOU MUST HIT ABOVE A 5 TO KILL THE SPIDER    ");
+                Console.WriteLine("IF THE SPIDER HITS HIGHER THAN YOU, YOU WILL DIE");
+                Console.WriteLine("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+                Thread.Sleep(2000);
+                // Random randomNub = new Random();
+                // int fdmg1 = Random.Next(3, 11);
+                // int edmg1 = Random.Next(1, 6); 
+                //the random number gen will not display properly- im getting an error message
+                Console.WriteLine("you hit a");
+                Console.WriteLine("the spider hits a");
+                Thread.Sleep(2000);
+            }
+        
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/TextGame/textgame.csproj b/TextGame/textgame.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23df6047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TextGame/textgame.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/Week1-Practice/Program.cs b/Week1-Practice/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5903523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Week1-Practice/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Week1_Practice
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            int input1 = 0;
+            int input2 = 0;
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Give me a number between 0 and 100:");
+            input1 = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
+            Console.WriteLine("Give me another number between 0 and 100:");
+            input2 = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
+
+            Console.WriteLine(input1 + input2);
+
+            int yardLength = 0;
+            int inchLength = 0;
+            Console.WriteLine("Give me a number of yards?");
+            yardLength = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
+            inchLength = (yardLength * 36);
+
+            Console.WriteLine("You have {0} inches!", inchLength);
+
+            bool people = true;
+            bool f = false;
+            decimal numb = 0.0M;
+
+
+            string firstName = "DeMarco";
+            string lastName = "Spears";
+            int age = 27;
+            string job = "Client Support Agent";
+            string favoriteBand = "Beetles";
+            string favoriteSportsTeam = "Golden State Warriors";
+
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Give me a decimal number?");
+            numb = Convert.ToDecimal(Console.ReadLine());
+            Console.WriteLine(numb * numb);
+            Console.WriteLine("I love sports my favorite team is the {0}", favoriteSportsTeam);
+            Console.WriteLine("My birthday is on the forth of July, I'm {0} years old!", age);
+            Console.WriteLine("My favorite band of all time is the {0}!", favoriteBand);
+            Console.WriteLine("I work at Dell as a {0}!", job);
+
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Week1-Practice/Week1-Practice.csproj b/Week1-Practice/Week1-Practice.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8c2678e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Week1-Practice/Week1-Practice.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>Week1_Practice</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>