High-Level Project Summary
The problem statement that we’ve chosen is: Commoners are unaware of exceptional space explorations. With the help of theme On the Way to sun, we tried to trace the impeccable journey of the first fastest humanmade satellite which recently was closest to the sun. With the help our app cum game, the learning is made fun yet insightful. The user doesn’t need to know jargons of space science or engineering. The instructions manual helps them propel through the app and games for concise information and deep thinking. Our app cum game enables an individual to learn and explore these missions and aims to imbibe the knowledge collected for a very long duration.
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has "touched" the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.
But the question is, why did we make this app?
Sadly but practically, not many people know about the exceptional space endeveur.This is where we come to the rescue, we have developed an interactive app integrated game the "Sun Shot" which helps the user learn everything about the expedition of the Parker Solar Probe built by NASA. From the very begining where the rocket launch to the point where it "touches" the sun.
But you might be wondering, what makes this app cum game so unique and better than rest?
Our app will give you first-person-perspective, where the user get to experience the unimagenable voyage of their lifetime from the comfort of thir couch.
In this app-cum-game your challenge is to successfully launch Parker solar probe to space and uncover the mysteries of sun. Not only this but our user gets to absorb and retain interesting information about the probe. On this mission you will get to travel to the sun alongside the probe.
Not just the sun's atmosphere the probe will also explore the secrets of Earth's twin venus.
In our app we have tried to make graphics as simple as possible that our user won't get overloaded by the stimuli. But at the same time our game is quite astounding to look at.
We have segregated the whole expedition of the probe into multiple levels which includes the language so simple to understand that anyone with it your younger brother or elder grandpa will have fun and insightful experience in our app cum game.
The fact that all physical phenomena and technoglogies have been explained with easy-to-understand analogy makes it even more intriguing.
The app has numerous gameplays as well to make the process of learning more interactive and fun.These interactive games also help the user to better absorb and retain the information learnt so far.
But don't get disheartened when your mission gets failed as you learn from your mistakes better.
"Failure is another stepping stone to greatness." ― Oprah Winfrey
Space Agency Data
To depict the journey of Parker Solar Probe mission incredibly, the data and information provided by NASA was used. NASA has specific pages dedicated to cover the different legs of this mission. The detailed information on CORONA, Alfven critical surface, etc helped us to be cognizant about this majestic space expedition which brought us closer to the sun.
Links of websites :
-https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt
-http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfvén_surface
The project is highly inspired by the links mentioned above as they have a clear and understandable description of the mission.The visuals of the game were taken from the the links mentioned above.
Hackathon Journey
This is my team’s debut in NASA Space Apps Challenge and what a first time! We immensely enjoyed the whole process. Trying to build an app cum game isn’t painless, but not impossible either. In this journey we learnt about how to pitch our idea or solution. We faced setbacks while trouble shooting the errors in our code but thanks to the great teamwork, we tackled everything effortlessly. Not many people in the globe are aware of most of the Space expeditions like Parker Solar Probes’ journey to the Sun. In order to educate them in a fun and interactive way, we came up with this idea. Our approach in developing this app was to incorporate maximum information and present it to the user in an attractive way. Lastly, we’d like to thank NASA and partnering space agencies for this wonderful opportunity and wholesome experience.
References
links:
-https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt
--https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt
-https://developer.android.com
Tools
-VSDC
-Procreate
-imovie
-Adobe Photoshop
-Adobe illustrator
-JAVA
-Android studio
Sample code:
package com.example.sunshot;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
import com.example.sunshot.next_level.Level_0;
public class Splash_screen extends AppCompatActivity {
Animation anim, down;
ImageView sun,shot;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash_screen);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageview);
Glide.with(this).load(R.raw.splash).into(imageView);
sun = findViewById(R.id.sun);
shot = findViewById(R.id.shot);
anim = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(),
R.anim.anim);
down = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(),
R.anim.down);
sun.startAnimation(anim);
shot.startAnimation(down);
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
Intent intent = new Intent(Splash_screen.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
}
}, 4000);
}
}
IMAGES:
Tags
#game #smartlearning #parkersolarprobe #sun #hackathon