TONIGHT’S JACKPOT
FROZEN TREAT IN 15 MINUTES ICE-CREAM MAKER NOT NEEDED {page 36}
$10
AND … CUT COX, ANISTON FRENEMIES? DISH {page 35}
TORONTO
Weekend, June 3-5, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Girl, 5, creates a hit Toronto girl’s game idea goes viral on the Internet Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure played more than 150,000 times by gamers around the world in just a week
JIM WILKES/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Toronto’s Cassie Creighton might be the toast of the online gaming world, but you would never know it at first blush. After climbing from under a coffee table in her dad’s Spadina Avenue office, she declares: “Almost everybody in the whole world likes my game.” Overstated? Perhaps. But you can excuse her enthusiasm. She’s just five years old. Cassie is the inspiration, artist and voice behind Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure, an online game created by her father that has gone viral on the Internet. Ryan Creighton, 33, game creator and founder of Untold Entertainment, took Cassie to a two-day “game jam” a few weeks ago to challenge hundreds of other game makers in a time-limited effort to create a new game. Inspired by Cassie’s drawing of ponycorns and what a little girl named Sissy might have to do to capture five different coloured ones, they worked through the weekend to make the game a reality. Cassie coloured for six hours,
Cassie Creighton, 5, uses a mouse to navigate her online game. She’s the inspiration, artist and voice behind Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure (inset), which is the toast of the online gaming world.
Hockey
Can GTA support 2nd team? Panel backs Coun. Josh Colle’s push to woo NHL Woodbine touted as good location {page 2}
Capt. Kirk’s afraid Shatner not crazy about space flight {page 10}
Second day of battles taped dialogue for a few more, and joined her younger sister, Izzy, 2, in making music for the background. On his company’s website, Creighton asks gamers to
donate to Cassie’s education fund. It’s already garnered more than $2,000. The game can be played free online. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Pakistan complains NATO failing to stop flow of militants from Afghanistan {page 12}