Week 11 - Project

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Sadly, this week was a bit of a non-week again. As I mentioned in my tutorials post for week 10, I was hoping to change the timer from seconds only to minutes and seconds. I was determined to just edit the code as best I could after watching three different tutorials, but they just kept showing me errors. However, because the timer is the first thing I did, I knew where it was and how it was fitting in with the rest of my scripts. I didn't want to get rid of it because if I did, it could mess something up or the new one may not work. As I've said before, because I haven't got a great grip on C#, I also know that I'd have no idea how to fix something or to tweak things to suit what I have already.


(flaticon.com, sad face icon)


I did, however, get to edit my questions which is a huge part of the game. I went through several recipes for Whiskey Old Fashioned drinks and tried to throw in obvious false answers, false answers that have to be thought about and obviously true answers. I have linked the recipes I used below. I also asked a few people these questions separately - some who would be fans of cocktails and others who wouldn't have an idea. I got mixed results ie. varied scores, which is important to me because that means the game isn't impossible but also is challenging. 

This was actually a struggle for me to do because I couldn't, for the life of me, find the section to write the questions. Since I had done it last week with placeholder questions, nothing jumped out. It was tucked away but I did get it to work, thankfully. 





Recipe resources:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/old-fashioned
https://www.liquor.com/recipes/bourbon-old-fashioned/
https://www.thespruceeats.com/old-fashioned-cocktail-recipe-and-history-759328
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018343-old-fashioned


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