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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Warden’s Projects
The Warden’s Project requires Fourth Form pupils to work on a piece of independent
research to present to an invited audience. The reports and pictures below relate to the
most recent presentation evening in March.
Game On
By Sanders Lau
My first few ideas for my Warden’s
Project were to build a garden shed, or
to create a tic-tac-toe or Mastermind
game, but they didn’t feel very original.
I finally settled on a project to create a
videogame incorporating trajectory. My
plan was to create a 2D game featuring
a tank which could fire bullets; on firing,
a graph would plot the trajectory of the
bullet. I decided to include a 3D model
to challenge myself further and to
make the game more interesting.
My biggest challenge was that I had
very little experience in the software so
I was starting from scratch. I began by
making a simple game (using tutorials
of course!) consisting of a ball rolling
on a plane. This may seem simple, but
it was an essential learning experience.
It taught me how to add terrain to my
own game, and how to import the tank.
Next, I wrote scripts to enable the tank,
turret and barrel to move. I eventually
completed the 3D and 2D elements of
the project after around 30 hours’ work.
I asked my House year group and my
Housemaster Mr Roche for feedback
on how the game could be improved
and I look forward to working on their
suggestions. This project was good fun -
I really enjoyed it, although it was very
difficult at the start. Once I got the hang
of things and started to understand the
software, it became easier.
Aleksander Majsterek (
Maidwell Hall
) explains
the science behind his near-silent DIY water-
cooled computer
Joyce Yao (
YK Pao School, Shanghai
) talks to the
Warden about the Wildlife Foundation she established
Curtain Up
By Tom Glover
When I began thinking about my Warden’s
Project, I had a number of different ideas, but I
eventually settled on the idea of writing a song.
It took two weeks to complete, and I was so
pleased with it that I wanted to develop it in
some way; I decided to feature it in a play.
Let’s
Dance
is about nine teenage students who love
to dance together as a group. They must work
together to split time between schoolwork
and dance to do well.
One of my challenges was the structure.
Since I have never written a play before, it
was quite hard. I looked at various different
websites for advice, as well as asking my
English teacher, Mr Muir, for some tips – he
was a huge help. The first two weeks were the
hardest, getting scenes one to six completed.
I made a lot of changes to it as well. I couldn’t
decide how many scenes I should feature, so
I went to see my Drama teacher, Miss Clark,
for advice. I was very pleased with the finished
piece. My former Stagecoach principal, Alison
Bullman, who critiqued it, said she was greatly
impressed and told me that she could imagine
it being performed at Stagecoach, which made
me very happy.
Benjy Bailey (
Cheam
) with his project exploring new anchor technology
Sanders was previously at Renaissance
College, Hong Kong.
Tom was previously at Fulham Prep.