diff --git a/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m b/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m
index 948dd70..1366612 100644
--- a/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m
+++ b/HangPerson/HangPerson/main.m
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //
 //  main.m
-//  HangPerson
+//  hangMan-homework
 //
-//  Created by Michael Kavouras on 6/15/15.
-//  Copyright (c) 2015 Mike Kavouras. All rights reserved.
+//  Created by Kaira Villanueva on 6/16/15.
+//  Copyright (c) 2015 apps. All rights reserved.
 //
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@@ -11,8 +11,178 @@
 int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
     @autoreleasepool {
         
-        // code goes here...
-
+        // ** prints out different levels
+        printf("////*** HANGMAN ***////");
+        printf("\n\nAre you ready to play?\n");
+        printf("\n '1' for Level 1 -- UNLOCKED");
+        printf("\n '2' for Level 2 -- LOCKED");
+        printf("\n '3' for Level 3 -- LOCKED");
+        printf("\n '4' for Level 4 -- LOCKED");
+        printf("\n '5' for Level 5 -- LOCKED\n");
+        printf("\nENTER: ");
+        
+        // ** asks the user for a level
+        int levelSelect;
+        scanf("%d", &levelSelect);
+        
+        if(levelSelect == 1){
+            
+            // LEVEL 1
+            
+            
+            printf("\nYOU HAVE CHOSEN LEVEL 1");
+            printf("\n\nHINT: ADJECTIVE");
+            
+            char levelOne[6] = { 'h', 'a', 'p', 'p', 'y', '\0'};
+            char empty[6];
+            char levelOneMatch[6];
+            char levelOneGuesses[100];
+            int count;
+            count = sizeof(levelOne)/sizeof(char);
+            
+            // VARAIBLES
+            
+            int tries = 0;
+            int maxTries = 7;
+            int match = 0;
+            int counterWrong = 0;
+            char *s; // same char 2x
+            BOOL gameOver = NO;
+            
+            // START GAME
+            
+            while (!gameOver){
+                
+                // ** asks for user input
+                printf("\n\nENTER LETTER: ");
+                char guessLetter;
+                scanf(" %c", &guessLetter);
+                char emptyTwo[100];
+                printf("LETTER ENTERED: ");
+                
+                
+                // ** converts uppercase letter to lower case
+                char c;
+                c = guessLetter;
+                if (isupper(c)) c=tolower(c);
+                
+                
+                // ** checks if player guessed the same char twice
+                if (!(memchr(levelOne, c, sizeof(levelOne)))){
+                    printf("WRONG GUESS!\n");
+                    counterWrong++;
+                    switch (counterWrong) {
+                        case 1:
+                            printf(" _________     \n");
+                            printf("\n");
+                            break;
+                        case 2:
+                            printf(" _________     \n");
+                            printf("|         |    \n");
+                            printf("\n");
+                            break;
+                        case 3:
+                            printf(" _________     \n");
+                            printf("|         |    \n");
+                            printf("|         0    \n");
+                            printf("\n");
+                            break;
+                        case 4:
+                            printf(" _________     \n");
+                            printf("|         |    \n");
+                            printf("|         0    \n");
+                            printf("|        /|\\  \n");
+                            printf("\n");
+                            break;
+                        case 5:
+                            printf(" _________     \n");
+                            printf("|         |    \n");
+                            printf("|         0    \n");
+                            printf("|        /|\\  \n");
+                            printf("|        / \\  \n");
+                            printf("\n");
+                            break;
+                        case 6:
+                            printf(" _________     \n");
+                            printf("|         |    \n");
+                            printf("|         0    \n");
+                            printf("|        /|\\  \n");
+                            printf("|        / \\  \n");
+                            printf("|              \n");
+                            printf("\n");
+                            break;
+                        case 7:
+                            printf(" _________     \n");
+                            printf("|         |    \n");
+                            printf("|         0    \n");
+                            printf("|        /|\\  \n");
+                            printf("|        / \\  \n");
+                            printf("|              \n");
+                            printf("|              \n");
+                            printf("\n");
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            printf("...");
+                    }
+                }
+                
+                
+                // ** checks for the correct match
+                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++){
+                    if (c == levelOne[i]){
+                        //printf("There is a match!\n");
+                        //printf("Guess: %c matches %c \n", c, levelOne[i]);
+                        match++;
+                        //printf("match number: %d", match);
+                        levelOneMatch[i] = c;
+                        tries--;
+                    }
+                }
+                
+                
+                // ** prints out the correct matches
+                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++){
+                    printf("%c ", levelOneMatch[i]);
+                }
+                
+                
+                // ** checks if player guessed the same char twice
+                levelOneGuesses[tries] = c;
+                s = strstr(levelOneGuesses, &c);
+                if (s != NULL){
+                    printf("You already guessed this letter!\nPlease pick another letter.\n");
+                }
+                
+                
+                // ** increases the count for tries
+                tries++;
+                printf("\n\nYou have %d tries left\n", maxTries - tries);
+                
+                
+                
+                // ** checks to see if the user's array matches the OG word's array
+                if ( levelOneMatch[0] == levelOne[0] && levelOneMatch[1] == levelOne[1] && levelOneMatch[2] == levelOne[2] && levelOneMatch[3] == levelOne[3] && levelOneMatch[4] == levelOne[4] && levelOneMatch[5] == levelOne[5] ){
+                    printf("\nYOU WON!\n%s", levelOneMatch);
+                }
+                
+                
+                // ** this is the game state that puts the player into game over if exceeded tries
+                if (tries == maxTries){
+                    gameOver = YES;
+                    printf(" _________     \n");
+                    printf("|         |    \n");
+                    printf("|         0    \n");
+                    printf("|        /|\\  \n");
+                    printf("|        / \\  \n");
+                    printf("|              \n");
+                    printf("|              \n");
+                    printf("|  GAME OVER!  \n");
+                }
+                
+            } // while loop game end
+            
+        } // level select 1 end
+        
     }
     return 0;
 }