Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience the city as a raccoon, wreaking havoc and being enamored with garbage? Well, a new video game created by a Toronto-based filmmaker lets you do just that. The game, ‘Trash Panda,’ was officially released on Nov. 15 and is now available for sale.

“I started developing it over the last couple of years,” Jason Leaver said in an interview on Wednesday morning with Newstalk 1010. “I thought it would take six months, but you know, I was new to this hobby that gained development. And now I’ve got this game that’s set in Toronto – like literally Toronto.”

The video game was born out of pandemic-induced curiosity. Leaver, a filmmaker by trade, said that he began to dabble in coding amid the 2021 lockdown.

Later that year, the game quickly went into its beta testing stage.

“The internet kind of named the game,” he said. “It started off where I was just experimenting, I had a bunch of assets for making video games, I was just playing around, you know I had this raccoon this animated raccoon, I had this garbage bin, I thought ‘alright, can I put these two together?’ and I started messing about, and next thing I know I had something that kind of resembled a game and threw it online, and people really liked it and said ‘I want to play this trash panda game,’ and I was like ‘oh, oh, there’s the title.’”

The object of the game is to make “the biggest mess you can,” while roaming the streets of Toronto as a raccoon. Right now, there are four neighbourhoods you can explore: Algonquin Island, Cabbagetown, the Beach, Swansea and the Water Treatment Plant. Leaver said that he’d like to add at least two more neighbourhoods, and is looking to the community for suggestions.

Instead of progressing through the game in traditional levels, ‘Trash Panda’ is divided up by neighbourhoods.

Leaver says that overall, it is a relatively simple game. He’s gotten a lot of feedback from players who have said he’s “got the right mood” with the game, whereas when children play it, they take it very seriously leaving no bin unturned.

However, raccoons have been increasingly violent in Toronto since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Torontonians were warned to avoid raccoons at all costs following a surge in attacks by the animals in 2021, and increased rates of rabies in the animals.

While adorable to some, there’s no doubt that raccoons are safest – and less bothersome – when making virtual messes online, like in the ‘Trash Panda’ video game.

“I think Toronto loves a game like this,” said Leaver.

The game is available on Steam for $9.99. More information about the game can be found here.

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UPDATE: Microsoft has announced the first wave of games coming to Game Pass in December, verifying the leak detailed below.

ORIGINAL STORY: Reliable PlayStation Plus leaker billbil-kun has this time revealed the next batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass, as well as two new games coming to the Game Pass Core library.

Game Pass saw the surprise additions of Remnant: From The Ashes and Remnant 2 overnight. Following those releases, 10 more games are due during the first half of December, starting with SteamWorld Build on December 1, according to billbil-kun’s report on Dealabs.

Here’s the lineup:

• Remnant 2 (Cloud, Console and PC): Already available
• Remnant: From The Ashes (Cloud, Console and PC): Already available
• SteamWorld Build (Cloud, Console and PC): Available Day One from December 1
• Far Cry 6 (Cloud, Console and PC)
• World War Z: Aftermath (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Goat Simulator 3 (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Against the Storm (PC)
• Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Tin Hearts (Cloud, Console and PC)
• While the Iron’s Hot (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition (Cloud, Console and PC)

The headline here is perhaps Far Cry 6, although Goat Simulator 3 and Rise of the Tomb Raider also catch the eye.

Meanwhile, billbil-kun revealed two new Game Pass Core titles, both of which arrive in December. They are Chivalry 2 and Totally Reliable Delivery Service.

Microsoft is expected to make an announcement soon.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

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The Whitewater Sno-Goers Snowmobile Club received the 2023 Warden’s Community Service Award in the Not-for-Profit Category. Taking part in the award presentation during the November 29 session of County Council (from left) were Councillor Dave Bennett, Township of Horton; Derek Chapman, financial coordinator and Trevor Stokes, vice-president, Whitewater Sno-Goers; County of Renfrew Warden Peter Emon; Councillor Michael Donohue, Township of Admaston/Bromley and Councillor Neil Nicholson, Township of Whitewater Region. 

RELEASE DATE:

November 29, 2023

The County of Renfrew presented the 2023 Warden’s Community Service Awards, honouring two individuals and a not-for-profit organization, at the November 29, 2023 session of County Council. These awards are a meaningful way to recognize and thank the recipients for their numerous community contributions.

The recipients of the individual awards were Wanda Hilts of Laurentian Valley, nominated by Kathy Frederick and Clair Cox of Laurentian Hills, nominated by Bruce Boucher and the Whitewater Sno-Goers Snowmobile Club, nominated by Derek Chapman, was recognized in the not-for-profit category.

For the past four decades, Ms. Hilts has made substantial contributions through the Alice and Fraser Recreation Centre. She was instrumental in the revival of the Laurentian Valley Alice in Winterland Carnival and assisted with the creation of the Laurentian Valley Fall Flavours Festival.

Wanda Hilts of Laurentian Valley received the 2023 Warden’s Community Service Award in the Individual Category. Taking part in the award presentation during the November 29 session of County Council (from left) were Laurentian Valley 50+ Fit and Feisty executive members Kathy Frederick, Simone Burger, Cindy Schultz, Wanda Hilts and Bev Veaudry, Renfrew County Warden Peter Emon, Fit and Feisty executive members Bruce Mitton, Colleen Schutt, Randy Kitchen and Councillor Keith Watt of Laurentian Valley Township. 

Her most recent endeavour was the creation of the Laurentian Valley 50+ Fit and Feisty group. This program offers daily low cost or free physical activity opportunities for Renfrew County residents aged 50-plus. In its first year, the group already has 315 members. This latest initiative addresses a gap in the rural area for organized physical activities for people over 50. The group’s aim is the offer physical activity, travel culture and entertainment and offer activities to build social connections, such as the coffee connect with guest speakers on a wide range of topics.

Mr. Cox has dedicated nearly 50 years to volunteering in his community, including nearly four decades with the North Renfrew Snowmobile Association. Over the years he held many positions within the club, but most notably the grooming coordinator. In this role he has calmly led a group of 17 volunteer groomer operators. The consummate community orientated volunteer, Clair not only promotes volunteerism within the group through coordination, training and scheduling, but also by simply providing a stellar example for the rest of the organization to emulate. 

Clair Cox of Laurentian Hills received the 2023 Warden’s Community Service Award in the Individual Category. Taking part in the award presentation during the November 29 session of County Council (from left) were Heather Cox, Clair Cox, County of Renfrew Warden Peter Emon, nominator Bruce Boucher, Rosalee Boucher and Councillor Ann Giardini, Township of Laurentian Hills. 

Whitewater Sno-Goers Snowmobile Club, which was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in July 1990, maintains nearly 250 kilometres of trails across four townships – Whitewater Region, Horton, Admaston/Bromley and McNab/Braeside. The Club operate two groomers with an average volunteer commitment of 770 hours annually, which assists the growth of local winter tourism.

In 2022, a volunteer began focusing grant applications and was able to secure funding to build a trail side warmup shack and a new paved ramp in Renfrew for snowmobiles/groomer to drive across O’Brien Road and not damage the millennium walking trail. The club also secured funding for a second warmup shack in Beachburg.

Following the presentation of the awards, Renfrew County Warden Peter Emon congratulated the recipients and thanked them for their numerous contributions and dedication to improving and strengthening the quality of life we all enjoy within the County of Renfrew.

“We are appreciative to the nominators for bringing these individuals and organizations to our attention,” he said. “The recipients have donated countless hours to the benefit of others in the community and they are very deserving of this recognition. We are very fortunate to have them working with us and for us on different initiatives across Renfrew County,” he said.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Kelley              Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk                    613-735-7288

Tina Peplinskie        Media Relations Coordinator                             613-735-7288        

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