Historcle is a game inspired by wordle (https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html) where the player tries to guess a secret historical figure.

How to play

There is a secret historical figure, and the player will guess historical figures. For each guess, the system will output

• How many kilometers apart they were born

• How many years apart they were born

• What tags/categories they shared (on Wikipedia)

Example Game

Technical Architecture

The main technical backbone of this project was DBpedia https://www.dbpedia.org/ which is like a database for Wikipedia.

The most frustrating part was the real knowledge has holes, incomplete data, inconsistent data formats. It's not neat like a created database. For example, sometimes the place of birth is a location and sometimes it's a string (in the case of a string, we cannot compute the distance between two figures).

Also, the DBPedia SPARQL instance is very slow. I don't blame DBPedia for this, as it's hard to optimise, but I had to break down my large queries into many smaller queries so the player didn't think the game was broken.

Sharing Link

Code (free and open-source): https://github.com/AtticusKuhn/historcle

Play the game: https://atticuskuhn.github.io/historcle/

Contact Methods

• Email : atticusmkuhn@gmail.com

• Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/atticus-kuhn-a15170230

• Github : https://github.com/AtticusKuhn

• Personal Website : https://atticusmkuhn.com

• Resume/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p_L5sRoABajctOMQ1i2EmR0CEDOkb5FFOz1UZLV9mms/edit?usp=sharing

In my second year of Cambridge, I completed a group project where we made a game called "Factory Reset" in UEFN (Unreal Editor for Fortnite) using the Verse programming language.

Gameplay and Genre

A puzzle game where players manipulate the game world by collecting 'floppy disks' representing saved states – position, object references, and even points in time. Think Portal meets Baba is You, but with state itself as a manipulable object.

Technical Architecture

The most interesting aspect of the game was that it was written in Verse, which is Epic Game's new programming language. Verse is a functional and object-oriented language.

UEFN handled a lot of the 3d physics for us, but the build times were frustratingly slow.

Demo

Play the game at (requires FortNite): https://www.fortnite.com/@checkpoints/0653-7115-6439?lang=en-US

Watch the video demo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nB9TJ1mhnERHwbuRvHwtPzFOttJXJyFU/view?usp=sharing

Collaborators

This project was done in collaboration with

• Sami Abobaker

• Bruce Chen

• Cameron Fox

• Jameson Liu

• Stefan Piscu!

At Cambridge, the Michealmas term for 2023 starts on October 4 2023, and ends on December 2 2023.

International Student Welcome (ISW) offers friendship and support for international students new to Cambridge. It is hosted by friendly students and residents who already know Cambridge and are willing to answer small (and big) questions that aren't always easy to figure on your own.

Website here: http://cucgs.soc.srcf.net/isw/

2023 ISW Events

DONE Walk to Grantchester

Grantchester is a village to the south of Cambridge and the walk is a chance to enjoy the scenery along the river Cam.

If you'd like to have cream tea at the Orchard Tea Garden in Grantchester (where the walk stops before returning to Cambrige), please bring some money for the cream tea.

Time: Saturday 30th September, 10 am - 2 pm.

Location: Meeting point TBC.

DONE International Welcome Dinner for Undergraduates

Dinner for international undergraduate students, organised by the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union. Sign up here.

Time: Monday 2nd October, 7 pm

Meet on the banks. Organized by TSCU.

Sunday 1st October - Respect Workshops (COMPULSORY) https://signup.com/go/LZbcvoK

Organizer Name: Naomi Vince Organizer Email: nv330@cam.ac.uk

About

The freshers' fair is for freshers to meet. It is hosted by Cambridge.

URL

Learn more at https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/freshers/freshersfair/

Blog Post

There is a blog post at

What to expect from Freshers' Fair 2023🎪

With the Freshers' Fair less than two weeks away, we've put together a blog post to help you navigate your way around the Fair and start to get excited about the societies, clubs and brands that will be attending! https://ow.ly/hQTt50POfWG Whether you’re a new student coming to Cambridge for the first time, or a returning student deep into your studies, hundreds of societies, commercial and University stalls (and lots of freebies!) will be present for you to explore.

Friday 6th October - Cake with the President https://signup.com/go/zOecREf You do not need to sign up to attend - this is merely to get an idea of numbers so I know how much cake to buy!