King’s College and Preparatory School has its very own game maker.
Fourteen-year-old Jaren de Villiers recently put his creativity to the test, creating his very own card game, Cosmic Clash.
According to Jaren, the card game which has power-up and character cards, requires players to strategically defeat all of their opponents’ cards by attacking them while they do the same.
He added that the idea for the game came about when he realised that trading cards such as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! became expensive. “I thought ‘why don’t I make my own?’ I worked on them for about two months and I got inspiration from people on YouTube, who also make their own games,” he said.
Today Jaren’s family and friends all love playing the game – he was even beaten by his mother during one round.
“My family and I even hosted a tournament where the winner got the most powerful card ever: Dimension Defence Force. Everyone loves it, my sister even thinks I cheat.”
When he is not playing his own card game, the Grade 8 learner can be found enjoying other card games such as Pokémon, Star Wars and Yu-Gi-Oh!, and sometimes even chess, checkers and Monopoly.
“I find it very entertaining to have limited resources and use them strategically while trying to guess my opponent’s strategy.”
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