November Game: 

Cozy Preparations

🧠 Overview

Cozy Preparations is a gentle, autumn-themed interactive game that invites players to help friendly characters prepare for everyday activities. Through short, engaging challenges, players practice organizing tasks, remembering important items, deciding what to do first, and adapting when plans change. With four cozy scenarios, optional hints, and encouraging feedback, the game offers a relaxed way to engage cognitive skills without timers, penalties, or pressure to achieve a perfect score.

🎯 Purpose

The purpose of Cozy Preparations is to provide an enjoyable, low-pressure activity that engages cognitive skills associated with everyday planning and decision-making. The game encourages players to explore different solutions, consider priorities, follow logical sequences, and adjust plans when circumstances change.

It also aims to make cognitive engagement accessible and enjoyable for people of different ages and abilities, including individuals living with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND).

💙 Benefits of This Game

• Planning & organization: Players decide which tasks to complete and what needs attention first.

• Memory: Players consider what items or tasks need to be remembered.

• Sequencing: Players identify a sensible order for completing everyday activities.

• Cognitive flexibility: Players explore alternatives when plans change.

• Decision-making: Players evaluate choices and select a reasonable next step.

• Problem-solving: Players work through everyday situations using clues and practical reasoning.

• Attention & prioritization: Players identify relevant information and distinguish important tasks from optional ones.

🎮 How It Works

1. Choose a scenario. Explore four autumn-inspired situations, each with its own collection of challenges.

2. Select your difficulty. Pick Cozy, Crisp, or Frosty.

3. Work through the puzzles. Read each challenge and choose the answer you think works best.

4. Use hints when needed. If you get stuck, a hint can help you think through the challenge.

5. Keep exploring! Complete as many challenges as you like, at your own pace.

⚙️ Difficulty Levels:

There are three difficulty levels to explore. Each level offers a different degree of challenge, so you can choose what feels right for you.

• Cozy – A gentle starting point. Enjoy straightforward challenges that let you get familiar with the scenarios and puzzles.

• Crisp – Ready for a little more? This level introduces trickier choices, more details to consider, and challenges that require a bit more thought.

• Frosty – Looking for an extra challenge? Take on more complex puzzles that ask you to remember details, consider different possibilities, and work through less obvious solutions.

You can choose the level that suits you best. There's no requirement to complete them in order!

🏆 Scoring System:

This isn't a traditional points-based game. Instead, think of it as an opportunity to track your own personal best!

You can use the number of challenges you complete, the difficulty levels you explore, or the scenarios you finish as your own progress markers.

Want to challenge yourself? Try a different difficulty level, revisit a scenario, or see how many puzzles you can complete in one sitting.

Your personal best is yours to define! There's no leaderboard, no competition, and no pressure to beat anyone else's results.

Play the Game! 🏁