diff --git a/16-dead-fun.py b/16-dead-fun.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/clean_input.py b/clean_input.py
index 563d8d3..5fb84bf 100644
--- a/clean_input.py
+++ b/clean_input.py
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
-"""clean_input"""
\ No newline at end of file
+"""clean_input"""
+
+
+#message needs to be a string that is printed for user instruction. options is a list of viable inputs
+def io(message: str, options: list) -> str: 
+    while True: 
+        try:
+            i = str(input(message))
+
+        except (ValueError, NameError):
+            print("Eingabe nicht gültig, bitte wiederhole deine Eingabe.")
+
+        if i in options:
+            return i 
+            break
+        else:
+            print('Noch nicht ganz richtig. Hast du deine Auswahl auch richtig geschrieben?')
+
+
diff --git a/game.py b/game.py
index 7655ca1..e834557 100644
--- a/game.py
+++ b/game.py
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-"""game"""
\ No newline at end of file
+"""game"""
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+
+"this a test string"
+>>>>>>> 24652a721a76c0cced661a371e8b624bab716262