diff --git a/input_test/02.txt b/input_test/02.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..295c36d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/input_test/02.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Game 1: 3 blue, 4 red; 1 red, 2 green, 6 blue; 2 green
+Game 2: 1 blue, 2 green; 3 green, 4 blue, 1 red; 1 green, 1 blue
+Game 3: 8 green, 6 blue, 20 red; 5 blue, 4 red, 13 green; 5 green, 1 red
+Game 4: 1 green, 3 red, 6 blue; 3 green, 6 red; 3 green, 15 blue, 14 red
+Game 5: 6 red, 1 blue, 3 green; 2 blue, 1 red, 2 green
diff --git a/src/day02.clj b/src/day02.clj
index fd28acd..9f28250 100644
--- a/src/day02.clj
+++ b/src/day02.clj
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "Day 02 funtions"
   (:require
    [utils]
-   [clojure.string]))
+   [clojure.string :as str]))
 
-(def contents ":: String" (utils/read-file "01" false))
-(def lines ":: Vector of String" (clojure.string/split-lines contents))
+(def contents ":: String" (utils/read-file "02" true))
+(def lines ":: Vector of String" (str/split-lines contents))
 
 ; cubes: red, green, blue
 ; the Elf will reach into the bag, grab a handful of random cubes,
@@ -19,10 +19,47 @@
 ; Determine which games would have been possible if the bag had been loaded
 ; with only 12 red cubes, 13 green cubes, and 14 blue cubes
 
+; " 3 blue, 4 red" -> {:blue 3 :red 4}
+(defn parse-single-game
+  ":: String -> {:blue Int :red Int :green Int}"
+  [input]
+  ; colors-string :: Vector of "<number> <color>"
+  (let [colors-string (map str/trim (str/split input #","))]
+    (reduce (fn [acc next-color]
+              ; parse the number and color
+              (let [space-idx (.indexOf next-color " ")
+                    amount-str (.substring next-color 0 space-idx)
+                    amount (Integer/parseInt amount-str)
+                    color (.substring next-color (inc space-idx) (count next-color))
+                    color-keyword (case color
+                                    "red" :red
+                                    "blue" :blue
+                                    "green" :green
+                                    (throw (RuntimeException. (str "color not found: " color))))]
+                    ; append to the map
+                (assoc acc color-keyword amount)))
+            {}
+            colors-string)))
+
+(defn parse-game
+  ":: String -> {:id Int :games Vector of {:red Int :green Int :blue Int}}
+
+  Parses a game string into a map with its contents."
+  [game-string]
+  (let [game-id-start 5
+        game-id-end (.indexOf game-string ":")
+        game-id-str (.substring game-string game-id-start game-id-end)
+        game-id (Integer/parseInt game-id-str)
+        game-rest (.substring game-string (inc game-id-end) (count game-string))
+        game-sections (str/split game-rest #";")
+        game-sections-vec (map parse-single-game game-sections)]
+    {:id game-id :games game-sections-vec}))
+
 (defn part1
   ":: () -> String"
   []
-  "")
+  (let [count  (map parse-game lines)]
+    (str "count: " count)))
 
 (defn part2
   ":: () -> String"