Elizabeth has created another game to add to her portfolio. This one is called The Cat Dimension and was inspired by Victoria our cat who features in the game. She did this for her EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) for school and it’s worth half an A-level. She started work on it last September and will hand in the game and report at the end of this week with a presentation due in April.
It has been a mammoth undertaking. They say students should spend about 120 hours on the EPQ but I think Elizabeth has spent a lot more than this. It was her choice to create a game which in hindsight was very ambitious. One of her favourite games – Silk Song – was 7 years in the making. For a 16-year-old with only 6 months and on her own she did amazingly well. She coded it with C# in Unity and drew all the graphics herself on a tablet. She is very anti-AI so did not use it for anything.
For her report she has to gather feedback from users so please give her game a try. You can download it at – https://elizabethhhhhh.itch.io/the-cat-dimension -and there’s a form to complete for feedback.
I am not going to lie: it is a very difficult game but maybe that’s because I’m 50. Perhaps teenagers will find it less challenging than I did.
In other news I finished my one month of no sugar. I’m not sure where I’ll go now but I’ll allow myself celebratory treats every now and again and I’ll also allow dried fruit in moderation. But everything else about the change I’d like to retain as much as possible as I think it’s doable. I found a very yummy 100% dark chocolate with almonds and another with orange that satisfy my chocolate cravings.
On Friday night we had purple potatoes with a yummy roasted cauliflower and bean dish in a peanut sauce. Purple potatoes don’t taste very different to white ones but are meant to be better for you. I will definitely get them again.
It has been a frustrating weekend of attempted pigeon rescue again but with no luck. Ben and I went to the shopping mall yesterday and today. We only met one pigeon: a very tough and wary fellow I’ve named Stumpy because he’s missing a foot. He looks like he’s been around the block a few times and was too fast and clever for me. There was string wrapped about both legs so I’d love to help him but he’s too wary. I watched him deliberately fly into the mall through the door then go straight for Muffin Break, clean up all the crumbs off the floor before taking off again. He knew exactly what he was doing, how to get in and out, and where to go for the good pickings. I guess that’s how you survive in a tough world if you’re born a pigeon.
We went to Union Street also to see if there were any pigeons needing string removed there but they all looked pretty good and even ate from my hand. This flock is less wary. I think someone else must feed them. And yes, the old lady with the grey hair is me! This is what happens when you reach 50 and don’t dye your hair. I call it the badger look.
And here’s a lovely little robin I caught on the bird camera.
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