diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
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+source <(direnv stdlib)
+
+export WORKSPACE_EXT_ROOT_PATH="$HOME/@Dev/MakecodeArcade/@Extensions/@Daddy/"
+export REPOS_ROOT_PATH="$HOME/@Dev/MakecodeArcade/@Extensions/@Daddy/@Repos/"
+export WORKSPACE_PATH="$HOME/@Dev/MakecodeArcade/@Extensions/@Daddy/switchcase/"
+export REPO_PATH="$HOME/@Dev/MakecodeArcade/@Extensions/@Daddy/@Repos/makecode-ext-switchcase/"
+
+export EDITOR="code"
+
+export REPO_REMOTE_URL="https://github.com/seriussoft/makecode-ext-switchcase.git"
+export REPO_BRANCH_DEV="dev"
+export REPO_BRANCH_DEV_LOCAL="dev-local-rpi400"
+
+# 
+# Functions
+# 
+
+# TODO: Create a localized shortcut for copyWSToRepo() and copyRepoToWS() that doesn't need any arguments
+
+# Copy over code FROM workspace-directory [--ws] TO local-repo-directory [--repo]
+copyWSToRepo() {
+
+  use_default_dirs_if_empty=0
+  use_default_dirs_only=0
+  same_directories_provided=0
+  run_simulation_without_sideeffects=0
+
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      --help|-help|-h)
+        #echo "copyWSToRepo [--ws|-ws|w] {workspace_directory} [--repo|-repo|-r] {local_repo_directory} [--default|-default|-d] (will use the default values found int $WORKSPACE_DIR and $LOCAL_REPO_DIR) [--help|-help|-h] # Help flag forces an exit without running any of the script"
+        # FULL MANPAGES/Documentation on how to use this function and its flags properly printed to screen with the following function call...
+        showHelp_copyWSandRepo "copyWSToRepo"
+        return
+        ;;
+      --ws|-ws|-w)
+        workspace_dir="$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      --repo|-repo|-r)
+        repo_dir="$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      --default|-default|-d)
+        use_default_dirs_if_empty=1
+        shift
+        ;;
+      --ignoreargs|-ignoreargs|-i)
+        use_default_dirs_only=1
+        shift
+        ;;
+      --same|-same|-s)
+        echo "Because you provided the --same flag (or derivative variant), no destructive or side-effect-producing code will be run. Instead, you will see what WOULD have run had you provided both directories and appropriate flags --ws && --repo..."
+        same_directories_provided=1
+        run_simulation_without_sideeffects=1
+        ;;
+      *)
+        # invalid flag or argument; let's just shift the args[] and move on
+        shift
+        ;; 
+    esac
+  done
+  
+  # indicates how many (0, 1, or 2) of the two directories are empty BEFORE all other flags are checked
+  empty_count_prework=0
+  # indicates how many (0, 1, or 2) of the two directories are empty AFTER all flags are checked
+  empty_count_postwork=0
+  # indicates no value was provided for ws if value > 0
+  ws_empty=0
+  # indicates no value was provided for repo if value > 0
+  repo_empty=0
+  # indicates EITHER --default OR --ignoreargs if value > 0
+  using_defaults=0
+  
+  # indicate that any or non of the default flags (--default or --ignoreargs) were provided
+  if [ $use_default_dirs_if_empty -gt 0 ] || [ $use_default_dirs_only -gt 0 ]; then
+    using_defaults=1
+  fi
+
+  # if BOTH directories are empty, run through logic checks so we can determine whether to simulate, run, or error out...
+  if [ -z "$workspace_dir" ] && [ -z "$repo_dir" ]; then
+    empty_count_prework=2
+    ws_empty=1
+    repo_empty=1
+    # if NOT using_defaults, then empty_count_postwork is 2, just like $empty_count_prework, else 0
+    if [ $using_defaults -lt 1 ]; then
+      empty_count_postwork=2
+    fi
+  # if ONLY $workspace_dir is empty, run through logic checks so we can determine whether to simulate, run, or error out...
+  elif [ -z "$workspace_dir" ]; then
+    empty_count_prework=1
+    ws_empty=1
+    # if NOT using_defaults, then empty_count_postwork is 1, just like $empty_count_prework, else 0
+    if [ $using_defaults -lt 1 ]; then
+      empty_count_postwork=1
+    fi
+  # if ONLY $repo_dir is empty, run through logic checks so we can determine whether to simulate, run, or error out...
+  elif [ -z "$repo_dir" ]; then
+    # just the $repo_dir is empty, but we need to check if either of the default flag are checked
+    empty_count_prework=1
+    repo_empty=1
+    # if NOT using_defaults, then empty_count_postwork is 1, just like $empty_count_prework, else 0
+    if [ $using_defaults -lt 1 ]; then
+      empty_count_postwork=1
+    fi
+  else
+    # all values are provided, no more logic needs to be run so far...
+    echo ""
+  fi
+  
+  # assign the default value if no value is provided and you supplied the default flag: [-d|--default|-default]
+  if [ $use_default_dirs_if_empty -gt 0 ]; then
+    workspace_dir=${workspace_dir:-$WORKSPACE_PATH}
+    repo_dir=${repo_dir:-$REPO_PATH}
+  fi
+
+  # overrides all situations, except [--same|-same|-s], so it needs to be after $use_default_dirs_if_empty - this depends on [-i|--ignoreargs|-ignoreargs]
+  if [ $use_default_dirs_only -gt 0 ]; then
+    workspace_dir=$WORKSPACE_PATH
+    repo_dir=$REPO_PATH
+  fi
+  
+  # lets run a simulation of what WOULD have been executed had we NOT provided the --same|-same|-s flag
+  if [ $run_simulation_without_sideeffects -gt 0 ]; then
+    # need to finish out the logic for the following variables:
+    # TODO: Handle logic for $empty_count_prework - this may have originally been intended for custom logic within $use_default_dirs_if_empty or $use_default_dirs_only
+    # TODO: Handle logic for $empty_count_postwork - this may have originally been intended for custom logic with the error handler, and the $using_defaults variable
+    # TODO: Handle logic for $ws_empty - this was intended for governing which of the directories took priority and which one to NOT default a value to from the directories...
+    # TODO: Handle logic for $repo_empty - see the entry for $ws_empty; this is a pair with $ws_empty so far as HOW the logic works...
+    # TODO: Handle logic for $using_defaults - related to the $empty_count_prework and $empty_count_postwork entries above and the logic related to the $use_default_dirs_if_empty and $use_default_dirs_only variables...
+
+    # print out the call that would have run if the [--same|-same|-s] flag was NOT enabled. This is as far as the simulation can go today...
+    echo "cp -a \"${workspace_dir}/.\" \"$repo_dir/\""
+    # not an error, so return like normal to prevent confusion surrounding 
+    return
+  fi
+  
+  # backup to keep from odd behavior or wonky/confusing error messages
+  if [ -z "$workspace_dir" ] || [ -z "$repo_dir" ]; then
+    echo -e "Error: workspace_directory and local_repo_directory MUST be specified. \nIf you want to use the default directories for this project, then you need to use the [-d|--default|-default] flag or the [-i|--ignoreargs|-ignoreargs] flag AND to assign them to the proper local shared variables at the top of our '.envrc' file and activate it with 'direnv allow'. \nFor more information, use the '-h' flag when running this function."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  cp -a "${workspace_dir}/." "$repo_dir/"
+}
+
+# TODO: Once copyWSToRepo is completed, copy code over to this method and update the simulation, error, and cp execution code and save.
+# Copy over code FROM local-repo-directory [--repo] TO workspace-directory --ws
+copyRepoToWS() {
+
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      --help|-help|-h)
+        echo "copyRepoToWS [--ws|-ws|w] {workspace_directory} [--repo|-repo|-r] {local_repo_directory} [--help|-help|-h] # Help flag forces an exit without running any of the script"
+        return
+        ;;
+      --ws|-ws|-w)
+        workspace_dir="$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      --repo|-repo|-r)
+        repo_dir="$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+
+  cp -a "${repo_dir}/." "${workspace_dir}/"
+}
+
+
+# Perform the traditional git-add-*, git-commit-with-msg and git-push. $1 will auto pull the text you provide in `gitpush "This is my commit message"`
+gitpush() {
+  git add .
+  git commit -m "$1"
+  git push
+}
+
+# > git clone https://github.com/seriussoft/makecode-ext-switchcase.git
+# > cd makecode-ext-switchcase
+# 
+# > git checkout dev
+# > git add .
+# > git commit -m "Merge and promote current code from rpi400"
+# > git push origin dev-local-rpi400
+
+# Perform the traditional git-checkout
+gitcheck() {
+  
+  repo=""
+  repo_given=false
+  branch_remote=""
+  branch_remote_given=false
+  branch_local=""
+  branch_local_given=false
+  
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+      -help|--help|-h)
+        echo "gitcheck [--repo|-repo|-r] {repo_url} [--branch|-branch|-b] {remote_branch to check out and default local_branch if no local_branch is supplied} [--localbranch|-localbranch|-l] {local_branch to use with checked out repository} [--help|-help|-h] # Help flag forces an exit without running any of the script"
+        return
+        ;;
+      -repo|--repo|-r)
+        repo="$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      -branch|--branch|-b)
+        branch_remote="$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      -local|--localbranch|-l)
+        branch_local="$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if [ -z "$branch_remote" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Missing Remote Branch"
+  fi
+  
+  if [ -z "$branch_local" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Missing Local Branch"
+  fi
+  
+  if [ -z "$repo" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Missing Repo"
+  fi
+
+  git checkout -b "${repo}"
+
+}
+
+
+
+# you need to provide the name of the function (either 'copyWSToRepo' or 'copyRepoToWS')
+showHelp_copyWSandRepo() {
+  $funcName=$1
+  if [ -z $funcName ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Cannot provide the correct output without a proper function name added as an argument after your function call to showFunc_copyWSandRepo"
+  fi
+
+  # echo -e "copyWSToRepo [--help|-help|-h] [--ws|-ws|-w] {workspace_dir} [--repo|-repo|-r] {local_repo_dir} [--default|-default|-d] [--ignoreargs|-ignoreargs|-i] [--same|-same|-s]\n"
+  echo -e "$funcName [--help|-help|-h] [--ws|-ws|-w] {workspace_dir} [--repo|-repo|-r] {local_repo_dir} [--default|-default|-d] [--ignoreargs|-ignoreargs|-i] [--same|-same|-s]\n"
+
+  printf "%-25s %s\n" "--help|-help|-h" "Show help and exit safely"
+  printf "%-25s %s\n" "--ws|-ws|-w {workspace-dir}" "Workspace directory \(required unless --default or --ignoreargs\)"
+  printf "%-25s %s\n" "--repo|-repo|-r {local-repo-dir}" "Local repo directory \(required unless --default or --ignoreargs\)"
+  printf "%-25s %s\n" "--default|-default|-d" "Use default values if missing/empty"
+  printf "%-25s %s\n" "--ignoreargs|-ignoreargs|-i" "Always use default values, ignore other args"
+  printf "%-25s %s\n" "--same|-same|-s" "Skip copy if workspace and repo are the same"
+
+  echo -e "\nSYNTAX & DETAILS:\n"
+
+  printf "%-25s %s\n\n" "--help|-help|-h" \
+    "Stops execution safely and returns help information specific to this function call and its flags."
+
+  printf "%-25s %s\n\n" "--ws|-ws|-w {workspace-dir}" \
+    "Specifies your workspace directory. Required unless --default or --ignoreargs is used. If not provided or empty, the function errors."
+
+  printf "%-25s %s\n\n" "--repo|-repo|-r {local-repo-dir}" \
+    "Specifies your local repo directory. Required unless --default or --ignoreargs is used. If not provided or empty, the function errors."
+
+  printf "%-25s %s\n\n" "--default|-default|-d" \
+    "Uses default values for missing or empty directory arguments. Does not override provided values unless they are empty."
+
+  printf "%-25s %s\n\n" "--ignoreargs|-ignoreargs|-i" \
+    "Forces use of default values, ignoring any other directory arguments. Overrides --default."
+
+  printf "%-25s %s\n\n" "--same|-same|-s" \
+    "Skips the copy operation if workspace and repo are the same. Overrides other directory flags."
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/makecode.yml b/.github/workflows/makecode.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/makecode.yml
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+name: MakeCode Build
+on:
+  push:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - run: npx makecode
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# MakeCode
+built
+node_modules
+yotta_modules
+yotta_targets
+pxt_modules
+.pxt
+_site
+*.db
+*.tgz
+.header.json
+.simstate.json
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diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
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+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"arrowParens":"avoid","semi":false,"tabWidth":4}
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diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
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index 0000000..416fdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "ms-edu.pxt-vscode-web"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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index 0000000..c7a2e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+    "editor.formatOnType": true,
+    "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
+    "files.watcherExclude": {
+        "**/.git/objects/**": true,
+        "**/built/**": true,
+        "**/node_modules/**": true,
+        "**/yotta_modules/**": true,
+        "**/yotta_targets": true,
+        "**/pxt_modules/**": true,
+        "**/.pxt/**": true
+    },
+    "files.associations": {
+        "*.blocks": "html",
+        "*.jres": "json"
+    },
+    "search.exclude": {
+        "**/built": true,
+        "**/node_modules": true,
+        "**/yotta_modules": true,
+        "**/yotta_targets": true,
+        "**/pxt_modules": true,
+        "**/.pxt": true
+    },
+    "files.exclude": {
+        "**/pxt_modules": true,
+        "**/.pxt": true,
+        "**/mkc.json": true
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/case.ts b/case.ts
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+++ b/case.ts
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+
+
+
+namespace switchCase {
+
+    /**
+     * Case Block Container
+     */
+    //% block="case $match"
+    //% blockId=switchcase_case_block
+    //% group="Control"
+    //% weight=90
+    //% draggableParameters
+    //% draggableStatement=true
+    export function caseBlock(match: any): void {
+        //Placeholder for CodeGen
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
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index 0000000..3a4b3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.ts
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+/**
+ * This is the main file for your project.
+ *
+ * Create images, tilemaps, animations, and songs using the
+ * asset explorer in VS Code. You can reference those assets
+ * using the tagged templates on the assets namespace:
+ *
+ *     assets.image`myImageName`
+ *     assets.tilemap`myTilemapName`
+ *     assets.tile`myTileName`
+ *     assets.animation`myAnimationName`
+ *     assets.song`mySongName`
+ *
+ * New to MakeCode Arcade? Try creating a new project using one
+ * of the templates to learn about Sprites, Tilemaps, Animations,
+ * and more! Or check out the reference docs here:
+ *
+ * https://arcade.makecode.com/reference
+ */
+
+game.onUpdate(() => {
+    // Code in this function will run once per frame. MakeCode
+    // Arcade games run at 30 FPS
+});
diff --git a/mkc.json b/mkc.json
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index 0000000..4e64c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "targetWebsite": "https://arcade.makecode.com/",
+    "links": {}
+}
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diff --git a/pxt.json b/pxt.json
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index 0000000..7b683b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pxt.json
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+{
+    "name": "SwitchCase"
+    , "version": "0.0.0"
+    , "description": "Adds a switch-case block for MakeCode Arcade"
+    , "files": [
+        "main.ts"
+        , "switch.ts"
+        , "case.ts"
+    ],
+    " public": true
+    , "supportedTargets": [
+        "arcade"
+    ]
+    , "dependencies": {
+        "device": "*"
+    }
+    , "testDependencies": {}
+}
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diff --git a/switch.ts b/switch.ts
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+++ b/switch.ts
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+
+
+
+namespace switchCase {
+
+    /**
+     * Switch Block Container
+     */
+    //% block="switch $value"
+    //% blockId=switchcase_switch_block
+    //% group="Control"
+    //% weight=100
+    //% draggableParameters
+    export function switchBlock(value: any): void {
+        //this is jut a container; actual logic is in codegen
+        //Placeholder for CodeGen
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Case Block Container
+     */
+    /**********************
+    //% block="case $match"
+    //% blockId=switchcase_case_block
+    //% group="Control"
+    //% weight=90
+    //% draggableParameters
+    //% draggableStatement=true
+    export function caseBlock(match: any): void {
+        //Placeholder for CodeGen
+    }
+    *********************/
+
+    /**
+     * Default-Case Block Container
+     */
+    //% block="default case"
+    //% blockId=switchcase_default_case_block
+    //% group="Control"
+    //% weight=80
+    //% draggableStatement=true
+    export function defaultCaseBlock(): void {
+        //Placeholder for CodeGen
+    }
+
+    
+}
+
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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index 0000000..1f12644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "ES5",
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "outDir": "built",
+        "rootDir": "."
+    },
+    "include": [
+        "**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "exclude": [
+        "built/**",
+        "pxt_modules/**/*test.ts"
+    ]
+}
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