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+title: "Hexcubic"
+date: 2018-4-12
+categories:
+  - projects
+description: A website to write in the cipher Hexcubic
+author: Bonney
+author-image: https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/23468221?s=400&u=3b35746a4c32d31795c47e2312f6130bbcdc10e7&v=4
+author-bio: Third Year Chemistry Major at Rochester Insitutue of Technology
+github: https://github.com/mjb4611
+---
+
+# Background: Creating a Cipher
+Last November I was doodling some hexagons in my notebook, as a chemist might do, and I took notice that all it takes is three lines to transform a hexagon into a cube.
+Another detail to note is that there are only two types of cubes you can make, which one can denote as the up and down position.
+These details are very convient if you wanted to make a cipher based of off hexagons.
+At this point I abandanded paying attention to my class altogether, and determined to develope a neat cipher instead.
+
+![alt text](https://www.truthcontrol.com/files/truthcontrol/images/3644.gif)
+
+### The basic concept is simple, each letter/number is coded into two hexagons, determined by three details:
+
+* The first hexagon is either _Up_, _Down_, or _Empty_.
+* The sides are numbered one through six, starting at the upper right side of the Hexagon.
+* The second hexagon is attached at one of theses sides in either the _Up_ or _Down_ positions.
+
+This allows for 36 unique combinations which conviently equals the twenty-six letters of the alphabet
+and the ten basic numeric digits. 
+From there I developed a series of rules that allowed one to form words and sentences, which you can find 
+[here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN5Qt6NdEn-Z8dyewqb9rwUd-WkOTAah/view?usp=sharing) for your own enjoyment. 
+I aptly named this cipher **Hexcubic**.
+
+# Project: Developing a Website
+It a certian amount of effort and the abiliity to draw numerous hexagons that are relatively the same
+size to write in Hexcubic. 
+Why not then, have a convient webapp that allowed writing in Hexcubic quick and easy.
+Except for not being well versed in computing, having no knowledge on website development,
+and being overall unsure on where to star- I was ready to go!
+
+### The Challenges
+* Learning how to run React(after deciding Flask wasn't the right direction)
+* Becoming familir in Javascript
+* Implementing a Hexagon Grid(with a little [help](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-hexgrid).)
+* Translating how to write in Hexcubic to actualization
+
+### The Results
+By simply dragging a dropping the appropiate hexagons, you can easily write a few words in Hexcubic.
+![alt text](https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/30656948_10204319285458120_7639113495060938752_n.png?_nc_cat=0&oh=0c3141e124ad491defef5fdf2bef9e3e&oe=5B6BBAE2)
+
+### The Future
+The idea of implementing something that allows someone to translate from words into Hexcubic(or to decipher words from Hexcubic) is both exciting 
+and a daunting task.
+Hexcubic is a visual two-dimensional cipher, and I'm unfamiliar with the process of encoding and translating ciphers. 
+However, as I expand my knowledge in computing, this is a goal I'll continously work towards.