diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a173085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.ccls-cache
diff --git a/day01/day1Part1 b/day01/day1Part1
index 359c320..4ecfc0b 100755
Binary files a/day01/day1Part1 and b/day01/day1Part1 differ
diff --git a/day01/day1Part1.cpp b/day01/day1Part1.cpp
index b7f6d29..74bb0a3 100644
--- a/day01/day1Part1.cpp
+++ b/day01/day1Part1.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ int main(void)
     {
         if (lastValue != 0)
         {
+            return 1;
             if (lastValue < currentValue) decreaseCount++;
         }
         lastValue = currentValue;
diff --git a/day01/day1Part2 b/day01/day1Part2
index b9cf014..490c652 100755
Binary files a/day01/day1Part2 and b/day01/day1Part2 differ
diff --git a/day01/day1Part2.cpp b/day01/day1Part2.cpp
index 3fe2c93..86fd3fa 100644
--- a/day01/day1Part2.cpp
+++ b/day01/day1Part2.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int main(void)
         sum1 = lastValue + middleValue + currentValue;
         if (lastValue != 0)
         {
-            if (sum2 != 0 && sum2 < sum1) 
+            if (sum2 != 0 && sum2 < sum1)
             {
                 //cout << "*++*\t";
                 decreaseCount++;
diff --git a/day15/day15Part1.cpp b/day15/day15Part1.cpp
index 7bff7a5..916875f 100644
--- a/day15/day15Part1.cpp
+++ b/day15/day15Part1.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// The A* implementation used in this code is 
+// a modified form of Dijkstra's Algorithm, as
+// see on the YouTube channel "Friendly Developer"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -5,30 +8,63 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <sstream>
 
+#define INF 10
+
 using namespace std;
 
 int main(void)
 {
-    int lineLength = 0;
-    int pathCost = 0;
-    bool firstLine = true;
-    vector<int> map;
-    int tempInt = 0;
-    string rawInput;
-    ifstream readFile ("data/input.txt", ios::in);
-    while(getline(readFile, rawInput))
+    int arrayXsize, arrayYsize;
+    bool finalCode = false;
+    if (!finalCode)
     {
-        if(firstLine)
+        arrayXsize = 10;
+        arrayYsize = 10;
+    }
+    if (finalCode)
+    {
+        arrayXsize = 100;
+        arrayYsize = 100;
+    }
+    int map[arrayYsize][arrayXsize];
+    int distMap[arrayYsize][arrayXsize] = {INF};
+    int remainingMap[arrayYsize][arrayXsize];
+    for (int i = 0; i < arrayYsize; i++)
+    {
+        for (int j = 0; j < arrayXsize; j++)
         {
-            lineLength = rawInput.size();
-            firstLine = false;
-        }
-        for(int i = 0; i < rawInput.size(); i++)
-        {
-            tempInt = rawInput[i]-'0';
-            map.push_back(tempInt);
+            //shrink xSize and ySize properly, using manhattan dist.
+            remainingMap[i][j] = ((arrayXsize - 1) - j) + 
+                                 ((arrayYsize - 1) - i);
         }
     }
-    cout << lineLength;
+    vector<pair<int,int>> pathThruMap;
+    int lineLength = 0;
+    int pathCost = 0;
+    int xIndex = 0;
+    int yIndex = 0;
+    int tempInt = 0;
+    string rawInput;
+    ifstream readFile ("data/testInput.txt", ios::in);
+
+    while(getline(readFile, rawInput))
+    {
+        for(int xIndex = 0; 
+                xIndex < rawInput.size(); 
+                xIndex++)
+        {
+            tempInt = rawInput[xIndex]-'0';
+            map[yIndex][xIndex] = tempInt;
+        }
+        yIndex++;
+    }
+
+    // Pairs are basically coordinates
+    pair<int, int> vectorAddPair;
+    // Pairs are initialized as (note namespace);
+    vectorAddPair = make_pair(0,0);
+    // add pair to vector
+    pathThruMap.push_back(vectorAddPair);
+
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/testProject/Header/Pathing.h b/testProject/Header/Pathing.h
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..06a1393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testProject/Header/Pathing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef PATHING_H
+#define PATHING_H
+
+class Pathing
+{
+public:
+int Month(int num);
+
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/testProject/Source/Pathing.cpp b/testProject/Source/Pathing.cpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ac3ecfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testProject/Source/Pathing.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "../Header/Pathing.h"
+
+int Pathing::Month(int num)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/testProject/Source/main.cpp b/testProject/Source/main.cpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..883fdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testProject/Source/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include "../Header/Pathing.h"
+
+int main()
+{
+   Pathing path;
+
+   path.Month(2);
+}