Today was the first real hit of the impending winter. Yesterday we had a pleasant 22.3°C in Sydney. Overnight a cold change came through from the south, bringing chilly air and cold rain. We only reached 15.8°C, and much of the day was hovering closer to 12°C.
This morning I did lesson 4 in the current game design course, and all three students showed up today. We developed the idea we had last time for a game based around a ninja grandma. I presented an idea I had for a worker placement mechanic to train your ninjas in Grandma’s ninja academy castle, perhaps followed by a battle for supremacy. They all liked that, so that’s the basic mechanic we’re going to start with. I need to put a draft game together in the next few days and post it for them to playtest before next Sunday.
After the lesson, I tried to go for a run. I looked outside and it was sunny, so I opened the windows for some fresh air and went out. I got about 100 metres down the road and saw the speed and dark grey shade of the clouds coming in, and decided to abort and run straight home. It was a good decision, because within 5 minutes the rain was coming down, and I’d shut the windows to prevent it coming in. I did manage to go for a run later in the afternoon, when the rain had passed.
Another thing I need to do in the next few days is marking of the university Data Engineering reports for the first assignment – the planning report for the student team experimental projects. I need to get this done quickly so they can use feedback for the follow-up experimental report, due in two weeks. So I’m going to be busy for the next few days!
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Your weather seems to have a lot in common with my previous home, South Florida, where you can go from “bright and sunny” to “torrential downpour” in about 60 seconds.
Yeah, Sydney is a lot like that sometimes. We get quite a few small but intense rainstorms.