I used this binder to write adventure stories during 4th and 5th grade at my school. I was always a very creative person, and this outlet allowed me to create my own expansive, elaborate world that people could explore. As I continued to learn and explore, I got into Dungeons and Dragons and created more worlds, leading campaigns of my own based on my worlds. Eventually, I realized that my newest world wasn’t fit well for a D&D campaign, but instead a video game. I had been into coding and game design for a few years at the time and started taking classes with game engines, originally with Unity but later with Unreal Engine. I have been doing game design for six years now and plan to major in it in college, and this is all thanks to this binder and the stories I wrote in it years and years ago. 

– Madelyn Smith

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