High-Level Project Summary
HELLO SUNSHINE, An app that is about the journey of PARKER SOLAR PROBE in a game way. The game's targeted audiences are 5 to 10 years old children. But as we have to know about the sun before making something that it should touch, we add some information and made it in a playful way so that audiences can see and learn both.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
HELLO SUNSHINE-What exactly does it do? How does it work?
The splash screen will start as launching the rocket making it intriguing for kids. Then we will show some short details about what this app is going to be and small details about when and how the solar probes made this history. Participants can skip the details if they want. That will bring them directly to the main GAME LEVEL UI.
The app is consist of 3 levels(the next level is inaccessible till you finish the current one).
3 LEVELS:
LEVEL 1- Knowing about the SUN
LEVEL 2 - Making the Spacecraft and launching it.
Level 3 - Struggles in SPACE
LEVEL 4 - Finally touch the sun and send the photo.
Level 1-Knowing about the sun!
In level this level there will be a short description of the sun. There is a button that will take it to tell them some interesting facts and then this will take them to a QUIZ!
This level's main target is to give as much information about the sun to the young stars especially those who still wonder WHAT IS SUN? and HOW DOES IT GLOW?
That's why the short quiz section is Given!
Level 2-Making the spacecraft!
The App's main theme is SUN and The spacecraft that touched its atmosphere; the Parker Solar Probe. So After knowing details about the sun the second theme is BUILDING the SPACECRAFT. So, we tried to find a simple but funny way to express how the Probe will be made. WE MADE A SMALL JIGSAW PUZZLE GAME!
and finally launching the PARKER SOLAR PROBE!
Level 3-Struggles of Space!
After Launching, the Solar probe faced many challenges like solar dusts, storms. It even defended the high temperature of the upper atmosphere of the sun, CORONA. and successfully sent signals and information. To Visualize this we created a simple journey to the Sun game to give youngsters the info about it just didn't fly and went.
What benefits does it have?
The benefit of our application is to offer children that gaming can also give you the knowledge and much more information in a very easy way instead of puzzling their minds with lots of hard and tough words. We want young children to be curious about space and spacecraft.
What do you hope to achieve?
Our main purpose was to make it interesting to our children and young people. Even though touching the sun is a very complex thing to understand but it's very easy when you make it in your imagination and Imagination is always the first step of innovation.
What tools, coding languages, hardware, or software did you use to develop your project?
We mostly used ADOBE XD to create our prototype. For vector images we used Adobe Illustrator as we had to make t interesting and it was impossible without some fun illustrations. We have vastly used www.freepik.com for templates and resources.
Project link:
https://xd.adobe.com/view/44ce27a0-02a3-43bc-a24e-9318b7706d57-119d/?fullscreen
Space Agency Data
We have used most data from NASA's Given resources especially given for this challenge. The Details about the sun is mostly made from the given data from NASA's Website.
We even Linked one of the NASA's websites for the facts of SUN to be used in our app.
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/
Furthermore, We have also tried to follow and gather information from NASA's official youtube channel.
Finally We would like to thank you Upklyak for his amazing free vector contribution that helped us to creat the visualization
https://www.freepik.com/author/upklyak
Hackathon Journey
It was an amazing journey! This is our first journey with the space app challenge. This experience is very beautiful. All the people are very supportive. Our mentors were very helpful and all the time they cared for and guided us. We learn many new things like the Sun's atmosphere, the nature of the sun, details about the Parker solar probe, its structure, and many more things. We found a new family here and all the thank goes to the NASA space apps challenge organizer.
First thing first, Our team was very dedicated, and always someone was there for another one. We faced all the challenges together. We like to thank our mentors because they were very helpful and whenever we were in need of instructions they guided us like friends.
At the end of the journey, we can say that we are now more skilled at teamwork and patience when any tough challenge is coming.
References
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/sun/
https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2021/12/11/solar-tour-pit-stop-9-the-solar-wind/
https://www.freepik.com/author/upklyak
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/colorful-space-elements-set_9587491.htm#query=solar%20system&position=12&from_view=search
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/cartoon-solar-system-scientific-concept_9587505.htm#query=solar%20system&position=1&from_view=search
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/game-level-golden-badges-with-rating-stars_27103754.htm#query=game%20levels%20vectors&position=1&from_view=search
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/rocket-concept-illustration_8960515.htm#page=2&query=Lonching%20rocket%20illustration&position=3&from_view=search&track=ais
Tags
#Sun #Game #ParkerSOlarProbe #Spacecraft #HelloSunshine