diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index e2d0297..f7eb733 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -1 +1,370 @@
-// Please implement exercise logic here
+// boardSize has to be an even number
+const boardSize = 4;
+const board = [];
+let firstCard = null;
+let firstCardElement;
+let deck;
+// Set the interval between clicks
+let canClick = true;
+// Create a div element for game instructions
+const gameInfo = document.createElement('div');
+
+
+// game play logic
+// player 1 turn, if both cards match, player points =+ 1
+// else, player 2 turn,player points =+ 1
+
+const squareClick = (messageBoard, cardElement, column, row) => {
+  console.log(cardElement);
+  if (canClick === false) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (canClick === true) {
+    canClick = false;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      canClick = true;
+    }, 800);
+  }
+
+  // first card is console logged, to track what was the first card.
+  console.log('FIRST CARD DOM ELEMENT', firstCard);
+  console.log('BOARD CLICKED CARD', board[column][row]);
+  // to store clicked card.
+  const clickedCard = board[column][row];
+  // the user already clicked on this square, to avoid 2 entries on same square
+
+  if (cardElement.innerText !== '') {
+    return;
+  }
+  // Choose 2nd card
+  // If havent click first card, you want to click first card
+  if (firstCard === null) {
+    console.log('choose 2nd cards');
+    // store first card as clicked card in line 45
+    firstCard = clickedCard;
+    // turn this card over
+     cardElement.classList.add('card');
+    cardElement.innerText = `${firstCard.name}${firstCard.suitSymbol}`;
+        messageBoard.innerText = 'click on another square';
+    // hold onto this for later when it may not match
+    firstCardElement = cardElement; }
+
+  // or else second players turn
+  else {
+    console.log('second players turn');
+    // IF IT IS A MATCH
+    if (
+      clickedCard.name === firstCard.name
+        && clickedCard.suit === firstCard.suit
+    ) {
+      
+      console.log('match');
+       // display match message
+      messageBoard.innerText = 'it\'s a match!';
+      // turn this card over
+      cardElement.classList.add('card');
+      cardElement.innerText = `${clickedCard.name}${clickedCard.suitSymbol}`;
+      firstCardElement = null;
+      firstCard = null;
+
+      // IF IT IS NOT A MATCH (Check if point is scored)
+    } else {
+      console.log('NOT a match')
+       cardElement.classList.add('card');
+      messageBoard.innerText = 'Cards do not match, try again';
+      cardElement.innerText = `${clickedCard.name}${clickedCard.suitSymbol}`;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        firstCardElement.innerText = '';
+        firstCardElement.className = 'square';
+        cardElement.innerText = '';
+        cardElement.className = 'square';
+      }, 1000);
+
+      console.log('NOT a match');
+
+      // turn both cards back over after 3 seconds
+      // removing innerText and changing the css class back to square, returns it to it's original state
+      // reset the first card
+      firstCard = null;
+    } } };
+// Game Initialisation
+
+// create all the board elements that will go on the screen
+// return the built board
+const buildBoardElements = (board) => {
+  // create the element that everything will go inside of
+  const boardElement = document.createElement('div');
+  // give it a class for CSS purposes
+  boardElement.classList.add('board');
+
+  // create the div where messages will be shown to the user
+  const messageBoard = document.createElement('div');
+  messageBoard.classList.add('messages');
+  messageBoard.innerText = 'click on a square';
+  boardElement.appendChild(messageBoard);
+
+  // use the board data structure we passed in to create the correct size board
+  for (let i = 0; i < board.length; i += 1) {
+    // make a var for just this row of cards
+    const row = board[i];
+
+    // make an element for this row of cards
+    const rowElement = document.createElement('div');
+    rowElement.classList.add('row');
+
+    // make all the squares for this row
+    for (let j = 0; j < row.length; j += 1) {
+      // create the square element
+      const square = document.createElement('div');
+      // set a class for CSS purposes
+      square.classList.add('square');
+
+      // set the click event
+      // eslint-disable-next-line
+      square.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
+        // we will want to pass in the card element so
+        // that we can change how it looks on screen, i.e.,
+        // "turn the card over"
+        squareClick(messageBoard,event.currentTarget, i, j);
+      });
+      rowElement.appendChild(square);
+    }
+    boardElement.appendChild(rowElement);
+  }
+
+  return boardElement;
+};
+const makeDeck = (cardAmount) => {
+  // create the empty deck at the beginning
+  const newDeck = [];
+  const suits = ['hearts', 'diamonds', 'clubs', 'spades'];
+
+  for (let suitIndex = 0; suitIndex < suits.length; suitIndex += 1) {
+    // make a variable of the current suit
+
+    // Store the current suit in a variable
+    const currentSuit = suits[suitIndex];
+    let currentSymbol;
+    let currentColour = 'red';
+
+    if (currentSuit === 'hearts') {
+      currentSymbol = '❤️';
+    } else if (currentSuit === 'diamonds') {
+      currentSymbol = '♦️';
+    } else if (currentSuit === 'clubs') {
+      currentSymbol = '♣️';
+      currentColour = 'black';
+    } else if (currentSuit === 'spades') {
+      currentSymbol = '♠️';
+      currentColour = 'black';
+    }
+
+    // loop to create all cards in this suit
+    // rank 1-13
+    for (let rankCounter = 1; rankCounter <= 13; rankCounter += 1) {
+      // Convert rankCounter to string
+      let cardName = `${rankCounter}`;
+
+      // 1, 11, 12 ,13
+      if (cardName === '1') {
+        cardName = 'A';
+      } else if (cardName === '11') {
+        cardName = 'J';
+      } else if (cardName === '12') {
+        cardName = 'Q';
+      } else if (cardName === '13') {
+        cardName = 'K';
+      }
+
+      // make a single card object variable
+      const card = {
+        name: cardName,
+        suit: currentSuit,
+        rank: rankCounter,
+        suitSymbol: currentSymbol,
+        colour: currentColour,
+      };
+      // add the card to the deck
+      newDeck.push(card); // add double the cards to the deck
+      newDeck.push(card);
+    }
+  }
+  return newDeck;
+};
+// Get a random index ranging from 0 (inclusive) to max (exclusive).
+const getRandomIndex = (max) => Math.floor(Math.random() * max);
+
+const shuffleCards = (cards) => {
+  // Loop over the card deck array once
+  for (let currentIndex = 0; currentIndex < cards.length; currentIndex += 1) {
+    // Select a random index in the deck
+    const randomIndex = getRandomIndex(cards.length);
+    // Select the card that corresponds to randomIndex
+    const randomCard = cards[randomIndex];
+    // Select the card that corresponds to currentIndex
+    const currentCard = cards[currentIndex];
+    // Swap positions of randomCard and currentCard in the deck
+    cards[currentIndex] = randomCard;
+    cards[randomIndex] = currentCard;
+  }
+  // Return the shuffled deck
+  return cards;
+};
+const createCard = (cardInfo) => {
+  const suit = document.createElement('div');
+  suit.classList.add('suit');
+  suit.innerText = cardInfo.suitSymbol;
+
+  const name = document.createElement('div');
+  name.classList.add(cardInfo.displayName, cardInfo.colour);
+  name.innerText = '3';
+
+  const card = document.createElement('div');
+  card.classList.add('card');
+
+  card.appendChild(name);
+  card.appendChild(suit);
+
+  return card;
+};
+
+// Create a helper function for output to abstract complexity
+// of DOM manipulation away from game logic
+
+//Timer
+const buildTimerElements = (messageBoard) => {
+  let ref;
+  let minutes = 0;
+  let seconds = 10;
+  let canStart = true;
+
+  const startTimer = () => {
+    const delayInMilliseconds = 1000;
+    if (canStart === false) {
+      //nothing happens
+      return;
+    }
+  if (canClick === true) {
+    canClick = false;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      canClick = true;
+    }, 1000);}
+
+    messageBoard.innerText = 'click on a square';
+    // enabling the squares to be clicked here
+
+    ref = setInterval(() => {
+      display.innerHTML = `${minutes} minutes ${seconds} seconds`;
+      if (seconds === 0) {
+        minutes -= 1;
+        seconds = 60;
+      }
+
+      if (minutes < 0) {
+        clearInterval(ref);
+        canStart = true;
+        canClick = false;
+        messageBoard.innerHTML = 'Times up! click the reset button to restart';
+      }
+
+      seconds -= 1;
+    }, delayInMilliseconds);
+
+    // this is to prevent user from clicking on the start button multiple times
+    canStart = false;
+  };
+
+  const stopTimer = () => {
+    clearInterval(ref);
+    canStart = true;
+    // prevents user from clicking on the squares when timer is paused
+    canClick = false;
+    messageBoard.innerText = 'click start to resume game';
+  };
+
+  const resetTimer = () => {
+    minutes = 0;
+    seconds = 10;
+    canStart = true;
+    canClick = true;
+    display.innerHTML = `${minutes} minutes ${seconds} seconds`;
+    messageBoard.innerHTML = 'click start to begin';
+  };
+
+  // build the container where all the timer elements will go in
+  const timerContainer = document.createElement('div');
+  timerContainer.classList.add('timer-container');
+
+  // the timer's display and the container which it will go in
+  const timerTop = document.createElement('div');
+  timerContainer.appendChild(timerTop);
+  const display = document.createElement('div');
+  display.classList.add('timer-display');
+  display.innerHTML = `${minutes} minutes ${seconds} seconds`;
+  timerTop.appendChild(display);
+
+  // the timer's buttons and the container which it will go in
+  const timerBottom = document.createElement('div');
+  timerContainer.appendChild(timerBottom);
+  const startButton = document.createElement('button');
+  startButton.classList.add('btn');
+  startButton.innerText = 'START';
+  // start button functionality to be initialised here
+  startButton.addEventListener('click', startTimer);
+  timerBottom.appendChild(startButton);
+  const stopButton = document.createElement('button');
+  stopButton.classList.add('btn');
+  stopButton.innerText = 'STOP';
+  // stop button functionality to be initialised here
+  stopButton.addEventListener('click', stopTimer);
+  timerBottom.appendChild(stopButton);
+  const resetButton = document.createElement('button');
+  resetButton.classList.add('btn');
+  resetButton.innerText = 'RESET';
+  // reset button functionality to be initialised here
+  resetButton.addEventListener('click', resetTimer);
+  timerBottom.appendChild(resetButton);
+
+  return timerContainer;
+};
+
+const initGame = () => {
+// Gameinfo div
+  gameInfo.innerText = 'Welcome to MATCH GAME! In this game the user turns cards over one at a time to find matching pairs of cards. Click the respective buttons to draw cards, ';
+  document.body.appendChild(gameInfo);
+
+  // create this special deck by getting the doubled cards and
+  // making a smaller array that is (boardSize squared) number of cards
+  const doubleDeck = makeDeck();
+  const deckSubset = doubleDeck.slice(0, boardSize * boardSize);
+  deck = shuffleCards(deckSubset);
+
+  // deal the cards out to the board data structure
+  for (let i = 0; i < boardSize; i += 1) {
+    board.push([]);
+    for (let j = 0; j < boardSize; j += 1) {
+      board[i].push(deck.pop());
+    }
+  }
+    // create the div where messages will be shown to the user
+  const messageBoard = document.createElement('div');
+  messageBoard.classList.add('messages');
+  messageBoard.innerText = 'click start to begin';
+  document.body.appendChild(messageBoard);
+
+  // messageBoard is passed into builBoardElements and buildTimerElements
+  // so that it can be accessed within those functions
+  const boardEl = buildBoardElements(board);
+  document.body.appendChild(boardEl);
+
+  const timerEl = buildTimerElements(messageBoard);
+  document.body.appendChild(timerEl);
+};
+  
+
+initGame();
+
+// git add (script.js)
+// git commit -m (comment of what changes you added)
+// add the new changes to github, git push origin master
+// $ git push
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 04e7110..7ef4c57 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -1,3 +1,51 @@
 body {
   background-color: pink;
 }
+
+.square {
+  padding: 10px;
+  margin: 10px;
+  background-color: white;
+  display: inline-block;
+  height: 70px;
+  width: 70px;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  vertical-align: top;
+}
+
+.card {
+  margin: 10px;
+  padding: 10px;
+  font-size: 30px;
+  background-color: grey;
+  width: 70px;
+  height: 70px;
+  text-align: center;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  display: inline-block;
+}
+
+.suit {
+  margin: 5px;
+  font-size: 20px;
+}
+
+.name {
+  margin: 5px;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-family: sans-serif;
+}
+
+.red {
+  color: red;
+}
+
+.black {
+  color: black;
+}
+
+.messages {
+  width: 450px;
+  text-align: center;
+}