Week 38: European Parliament Role Play Game 🎲🇪🇺

This week was packed with studying 📚, but I also came up with some fresh game ideas 👾✨

• Digital board game 🎮 — I’m planning to use ChatGPT as a helper and build it in p5.js. It’ll be my Digital Graphics & Sounds homework, and maybe even my next game jam entry.
• Pixel art maker 🟦 — I stumbled upon pixelIt, a JS library that turns images into pixel art. Super fun for quick retro vibes!

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On Friday, I joined the European Parliament Role Play Game as part of my Digital Learning Game course.

The vibe was like The Sims, but with politics — you play as a European Parliament member from one of four parties: Tradition, Solidarity, Liberty, or Ecology 🏛️.

The game revolved around two hot issues:

1. 💧 Water infrastructure — building systems, hiring researchers, and raising fees to fund it.
2. 💳 Implanting ID chips — justified as “for security reasons.”

I went with the water issue. At first, I got a proposal of €50M and no agency support. My party wanted more, so we rejected it.

Then came a twist — an earthquake hit 🌍⚡ and all decisions had to be voted on again!

In the end, every proposal passed ✅, which felt like a rare win in politics.

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Overall, it was a surprisingly engaging way to mix learning and play — and maybe even sparked some inspiration for my own game projects 🎮💡