Girl Creates Game About Disease

On Friday, April 24 in Aptos, California a young girl changed the technological world in a most interesting sort of way. The girl had a rare disease known as histiocytosis which is an excessive number of white blood cells. It can attack the liver, bones, central nervous system, muscles and more and is very deadly. Sofia Wardle suffered most of her young life in the hospital while battling this disease but, before she passed away, she and her father wanted to design a maze that presented users with a sense of understanding about this hard to cure disease. It is called "SofiaMaze" and according to her is, "made up of pictures that take you on a journey that starts at my home in Aptos." The game interacts with people and educates them about the disease. It also raises money for for further research on histiocytosis. The objective of the online game is to arrive at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital while also making frequent stops at Sofia's favorite places along the Santa Cruz County.


Sofia assisted in making color schemes and fonts and by creating catchy logos. Although Sofia tragically passed away, her father continued to add to the interactive computer game and says, "she wanted to make sure no one else was going through what she was going through....so I thought I could make a difference for her and other kids who are diagnosed with it every year."

Her father released the game the day that Sofia would have turned eight years old and he is proud to know that he is educating the world about something so tragic that will also honor Sofia for many many years to come.