{"id":231,"date":"2024-04-13T11:26:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T10:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=231"},"modified":"2024-04-13T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T10:27:07","slug":"adventure-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week&#8217;s activity was to create a platformer game using the PowerPoint as a guide to create said game. I followed the steps and had ideas to expand the game by including features such as spikes, attaching the camera to the player and a lives system. 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