{"id":13988,"date":"2020-04-07T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=13988"},"modified":"2020-04-07T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:30:00","slug":"keeping-their-minds-active-fletchers-lake-boys-getting-slimey-making-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=13988","title":{"rendered":"Keeping their minds active: Fletchers Lake boys getting “slimey” making video game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FLETCHERS LAKE:<\/strong>  Two young boys from Fletchers Lake have found a creative way to keep their minds thinking while schools out due to the State of Emergency as a result of COVID19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rowan Williamson and Austin Wright, who both attend Grade 6 in Holland Road School in Fletchers Lake, have been busy working on making a video game they hope to have available for others to play it shortly. The game is called \u201cInfectious Slime\u201d.  The two youngsters are collaborating over FaceTime video and email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Austin is the graphics designer for the game, while Rowan is the one piecing it together with the computer code.  Both have been busy testing and testing it to ensure it works. They have had some hiccups in building the game, like anything with technology it\u2019s bound to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe play a lot of video games,\u201d said Austin, who admitted he\u2019s learning as he goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe combined our favourite games and put them in one,\u201d added Rowan, who\u2019s favourite video game is Minecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rowan said a game called Terraria, was some of his inspiration for the game, and for Austin it was Flame Ranger and Mario Bros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why decided the game would be called Infectious Slime,\u201d said Austin, 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game starts off with the user being a little slime, and you can collect coins and there will be enemies that are red. It\u2019s like Mario Bros. game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rowan took coding through a program called \u2018Code Ninjas.\u2019 He explained why he took the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have always wanted to be able to code and do a video game,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where you learn how to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two said building the video game has made the time pass by quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s making the time go by fast because it\u2019s so time consuming,\u201d the two said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both said the COVID19 pandemic is the right time to create it; if there was school, they wouldn\u2019t have the time to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin said the video game will be available to play on computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not sure about tablets and phones just yet, but we might be able to do that,\u201d said Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rowan, 11, said it\u2019s been super fun to create the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of stressful sometimes because I\u2019ve had the title screen of the game delete two times and I had to rebuild it,\u201d he said. \u201cI also had the slime do an issue, and when I came back the file wouldn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two hope this leads to more games in their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just did this game for fun and want to see how it turns out,\u201d said Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to make more games because it\u2019s so fun,\u201d added Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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