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       I'm Jason T Jackson, one of the scenic painters for Plays in the Park in Edison, NJ.  Thank you for visiting this page.  In May 2021, I earned a BA in Game Development and thought it would be a fun idea to add an interactive element for our audiences to engage with for our 60th season.  

What started as a gag of imitating real-life "Donkey Kong" on account   my painter's attire (resembling a likeness to Super Mario) and, for having a bunch of barrels on hand for stage scenery, I put myself to work on putting myself and one of our head carpenters, into a fully interactive Donkey Kong clone.  We posed for photos to be inserted as well as took photos of the barrels we had painted. 

I then thought it could be even more fun to create a game based on our first show as a new addition to the Plays-in-the-Park experience.  I kept the Donkey Kong theme and, since "Something Rotten" main protagonists are brothers, it seemed obvious to title as such.  The goal became to create a simple game that reflects the ideas of the show without spoiling too much about the plot.  

 I'm so excited to share this creation with you and I hope you'll enjoy it.  Thank you for supporting Plays in the Park and have a wonderful summer!