diff --git a/game.c b/game.c
index 803301f..21ee85c 100644
--- a/game.c
+++ b/game.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "game.h"
-#include <time.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -13,5 +12,77 @@
 // Creates the word salad by placing words randomly and filling empty spaces
 int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen, const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount)
 {
+    // 0. Grundlegende Validierung der Parameter (nur bei echten Fehlern -1)
+    if (salad == NULL || words == NULL || searchFieldLen == 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
+    // 1. Spielfeld mit EMPTY_CHAR (0) initialisieren
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++) {
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++) {
+            salad[i][j] = EMPTY_CHAR;
+        }
+    }
+
+    int placedWordsCount = 0;
+
+    // 2. Jedes Wort der Liste einzeln im Spielfeld platzieren
+    for (unsigned int w = 0; w < wordCount; w++) {
+        const char *word = words[w];
+        unsigned int len = strlen(word);
+
+        if (len == 0 || len > searchFieldLen) {
+            continue; // Zu lange Wörter überspringen
+        }
+
+        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < MAX_RAND_TRIES_PER_WORD; attempt++) {
+            int direction = rand() % 2; // 0 = Horizontal, 1 = Vertikal
+
+            unsigned int startRow = 0;
+            unsigned int startCol = 0;
+
+            if (direction == 0) { // Horizontal
+                startRow = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+                startCol = rand() % (searchFieldLen - len + 1);
+            } else { // Vertikal
+                startRow = rand() % (searchFieldLen - len + 1);
+                startCol = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+            }
+
+            // Kollisionsprüfung
+            int collision = 0;
+            for (unsigned int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                unsigned int currRow = (direction == 0) ? startRow : (startRow + i);
+                unsigned int currCol = (direction == 0) ? (startCol + i) : startCol;
+
+                char currentCell = salad[currRow][currCol];
+                if (currentCell != EMPTY_CHAR && currentCell != word[i]) {
+                    collision = 1;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Wenn keine Kollision vorliegt, eintragen
+            if (!collision) {
+                for (unsigned int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                    unsigned int currRow = (direction == 0) ? startRow : (startRow + i);
+                    unsigned int currCol = (direction == 0) ? (startCol + i) : startCol;
+                    salad[currRow][currCol] = word[i];
+                }
+                placedWordsCount++;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // 3. Übrige leere Felder mit zufälligen Buchstaben füllen
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++) {
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++) {
+            if (salad[i][j] == EMPTY_CHAR) {
+                salad[i][j] = 'A' + (rand() % 26);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return placedWordsCount;
 }
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index ed77805..15b0944 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,28 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    const char *delim = ", ; \n\t";
+    char buffer[MAX_WORD_LEN * MAX_WORD_LEN];
+    int i = 0; // Wort-Zähler
 
+    // Prüfen, ob das Lesen erfolgreich war (EOF oder Fehler abfangen)
+    while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), file) != NULL && i<maxWordCount) { 
+    
+
+        char *wordbuffer = strtok(buffer, delim);
+
+        while (wordbuffer != NULL && i<maxWordCount) {
+            // snprintf ist quasi strncpy nur mit \0 und sicher
+            snprintf(words[i], MAX_WORD_LEN, "%s", wordbuffer);
+
+            for (int j=0; words[i][j] != '\0'; j++) {
+                words[i][j] = toupper((unsigned char)words[i][j]);
+            }
+        
+
+        wordbuffer = strtok(NULL, delim);
+        i++;
+        }
+    }
+    return i;
 }
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diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 03da755..ac53761 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "input.h"
 #include "game.h"
 #include "graphicalGame.h"
+#include <time.h>
 
 #define MAX_NUMBER_OF_WORDS 100
 #define SALAD_SIZE 20
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int exitCode = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    srand(time(NULL));
 
     // Check if the correct number of arguments is provided
     if(argc != 2)
@@ -36,6 +38,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             // Create the word salad by placing words into grid
             placedWords = createWordSalad(wordSalad, SALAD_SIZE, words, wordCount);
 
+            if (placedWords == wordCount)
+            {
+                startGame(wordSalad, SALAD_SIZE, words, wordCount, 100);
+            } else {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Es konnten nicht alle Wörter platziert werden :(\n");
+                exitCode = EXIT_FAILURE;
+            }
+            
+
             // TODO:
             // Check if all words were successfully placed
             // Start the game if successful
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 285abb8..2dcff90 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -44,20 +44,17 @@ codefolder = .
 # Direkt einen bauen
 # -------------------------------
 
-wordsalad: main.o $(BINARIES)/libwordsalad.a graphicalGame.o $(BINARIES)/libraylib.a
+wordsalad: main.o game.o input.o graphicalGame.o $(BINARIES)/libraylib.a
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o wordsalad main.o input.o game.o graphicalGame.o $(BINARIES)/libraylib.a $(LDFLAGS)
 
-libwordsalad: game.o input.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o libwordsalad game.o input.o
-
 main.o: $(codefolder)/main.c
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(codefolder)/main.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(codefolder)/main.c -o main.o
 
 input.o: $(codefolder)/input.c
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(codefolder)/input.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(codefolder)/input.c -o input.o
 
 game.o: $(codefolder)/game.c
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(codefolder)/game.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(codefolder)/game.c -o game.o
 
 graphicalGame.o: $(codefolder)/graphicalGame.c
 	$(CC) -I$(raylibfolder) -c $(CFLAGS) $(codefolder)/graphicalGame.c
diff --git a/words.txt b/words.txt
index 31ee099..ddb8b1f 100644
--- a/words.txt
+++ b/words.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Yeti,Nessie Werwolf; Vampir
 Monster
 Hydra;Frankenstein
 Dracula;KingKong;Gremlin;Kobold,Hexe;Poltergeist
-Gespenst, Oger
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+Gespenst, Oger, Alex, Lorenz, Claire
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