Describe a time when you needed to use your imagination - IELTS Speaking Part 2

This is not only one time, but a thing that I did

when I was in 5th grade.

To give you a little background, back when I was in elementary school, I did not get to play any video games because my mom considered video games and comic books to be useless distractions and therefore, she only allowed me to play chess and

. But then at school, almost all of my classmates had like the Playstation, and they would all gather during break time to chat about the games that they played so I felt really left behind and left out 

And back then, there weren’t any video game streamers or playthroughs.  So what I did was, I would go on to YouTube, watch a lot of video game

and note down the parts that I liked from each game, and from those notes, I created an entire video game for myself. I crafted characters in my head, Then I went on to make up the game’s different of the adventure, even different .. And then one day, I joined in one of those , and told my friends about my video game. Of course I did not tell them it was all in my head, in fact, I told them that my game is only in its trial stage and isn't officially sold on the market yet. They ate up everything, and they loved the stories so much that from then on, every , all the boys would gather at my table to hear my in the game. This went on for nearly a whole school year, and when it reached the point where I ran out of inspiration, I just told them that I accidentally spilled milk on my console and it .

In hindsight, I think that event has awakened the

in me, but until now, none of them really questioned me about this mysterious video game, so maybe they forgot about it, or they knew but still let it slide, or maybe they had all lied to me about something as well. Either way, it was still a great memory for me, and I think it’s all that matters.