Thanks for the suggesting.

She likes Roblox, but I haven’t check out the build tools at all.

And yeah…the monetization is…troubling.

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll do some reading on it. Never worked with Lua before. Maybe Dad gets to learn too!

Thanks so much for the thoughtful reply. I’ll do some reading on those.

QBasic - what a blast from the past! I also started on basic. My favorite was a “snake” game I had made.

That’s pretty cool. Definitely going to dig into that. I didn’t realize how well developed it was.

a supply of chemical ice packs could work as a short term/emergency response. Use them to survive short term (hours/days) while you leave the area / get the power restored / AC fixed / or the heat breaks?

They have a shelf life, but it’s 1-2 years, so you would have to stay on top of expiration.

If your willing to home brew a solution, check out the esphome project. It’s very easy to implement and runs on very inexpensive esp32 boards.

I’ve got something similar, but less ambitious running at my place (temp only). It’s been solid for about 6 months now.

I haven’t had the heart to delete it yet, but I’m also pretty much done with Reddit.

I checked it out on desktop today. Top 8 hits in 4 of my favorite subs were busted bot reposts. It was a short visit.