PSTU_CURIOSITY

https://www.coregames.com/games/8816a1bf74484d95be5eb6c93676aa9c

https://youtu.be/oNPcBOM7TeY

What exactly does it do?

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We Build A SPACE BIOLOGICAL SUPER HERO game named THE OPPORTUNITY.

How does it work?

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In 2120 our mother earth is infected by a virus named "BEHEMOTH" due to natural pollution. Every problem comes with a solution and brings a new superhero. Here we have our superhero GUPPY. He is a scientist who wants to save the world.

He took all the unaffected people from earth to mars. He builds a gym and a research center inside the spacecraft. He trains people to overcome the health issues caused by gravity.

Guppy can go out for one hour in a day with a limited amount of oxygen to collect some samples to make food and medicines from those samples in the research center.

With every successful collection, he will earn some points and if he stays more than one hour or oxygen ends, he will die.

What benefits does it have?

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Our goal is to make the world a better place. It’s a game made for children to encourage them to save nature. Another goal is to make them excited about astronauts and space.

Here we also add problem-solving tasks with excitement. 

What do you hope to achieve? 

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We hope that our children will build their minds to solve problems in the future in all circumstances. They will feel like a superhero who could save the world and people. This will help our children to be good at helping people in the future. 

What tools, coding languages, hardware, or software did you use to develop your project?

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We used CORE an UNREAL ENGINE 4-based solution to develop our game.

We used ADOBE XD to demonstrate our game. We used Filmora, and Canva to edit and make our video.

Our Main Idea Of The Game:

Our project is a game named The Opportunity

It falls under the Build A Space Biology Superhero category.

Picture:1- Our Category - Build A SPACE BIOLOGY SUPERHERO

Reason for choosing

Our children should know about Biological Problems. They also need to know about the problems astronauts face in space and spacecraft. We made a superhero for them to tell the story in an exciting gaming manner for them.

Using NASA Data For the problem

We used the environment information along with the images of NASA about space and their spacecraft.

We mostly used Mars information.

Our Solution

Our main targeted solution is the game opportunity. Here is the main story structure of it with levels:

STORY

In the year 2120, the earth becomes too poisonous for human beings.

The scientists detected a new virus because of this pollution. Scientists have named the virus “Behemoth”. If the unaffected people are in touch with the affected person, they will become monsters. Guppy and other scientists decided to transfer those who are unaffected to another livable planet. 

Picture:2- "Behemoth" Virus Detected On Earth Due To Pollution

Game Play on Earth:

Here comes a problem with a game twist. Gamers have to solve problems to take the people in a manner to their weight and health condition to spacecraft. We will pre-define a weight limit and health condition percentage for taking them into a spaceship. 

Picture:3- The Start Panel Of The Opportunity Game

Picture:4- Health Checking for boarding on spacecraft

Picture:5- Health Checking Ongoing

Picture:6- Health Checking Passed

The Journey Starts:

Guppy with the unaffected people starts their journey in the SP1e4 spacecraft. They couldn't take enough food and essentials due to lack of time.

They feel lonely and exhausted from the long journey.

Some of them died on the way. The rest of them survived till the end to a new life on a new planet.

Picture:7- Starting Journey Towards Mars

Picture:8- Reach The Destination Mars

In spacecraft, there is a research center, a gym, and so on. Guppy and other survivors land on the new planet but they start to face many problems like oxygen, gravity, radiation, temperature problem, pressure effect, food shortage, health issues, and many more. 

  Picture: 9 - Setup A Gym To Train People For Gravity Change

Picture:10- Guppy Started His Research With Collected Samples

People lost their families and friends in the pandemic situation. The gravity along with the environment affects their body organs. They are getting mentally disabled to function. 

In the first Level

Guppy starts his activities to survive on the new planet. The user of this game will take control of the Guppy and think of himself as Guppy.

Guppy searches the surroundings of this new planet to find samples that can be converted into food and medicine in the laboratory. So, Guppy begins his research before the food is finished.

Guppy has a limitation on how often he may leave the spacecraft to collect samples and explore planets.

For each successful sample collection, he will earn points.

For a day, he will have availability of oxygen that he may utilize for an hour. As a result, he must return to the spaceship before time runs out. Otherwise, he will die. 

In further level

Guppy decided to look for another planet where humans can survive and so again starts his journey to other planets.

Level

Guppy’s journey starts on earth, then moves to mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and other planets to look for habitable places for humankind

Our Innovative thought in this game

In our days of research, we didn’t find any game like this. Our idea is to make our children aware of global warming and environmental change.

We tried to give them a look at how the world will be in the near future if we don’t save nature now. Then we tried to give them the feel of an astronaut who is also a scientist. This will also make them problem solvers in real life.

Goal and Impact:

Our goal is to make the world a better place. It’s a game made for children to encourage them to save nature. Another goal is to make them excited about astronauts and space.

Here we also add problem-solving tasks with excitement.

In this way, they will build their minds to solve problems in the future in all circumstances. They will feel like a superhero who could save the world and people. This will help our children to be good at helping people in the future.

Future Scope:

We made a possibility to make this game in virtual reality also. To give the children the actual feel of space travel and solving problems there.

Used Software:

• Adobe XD
• Canva
• Audacity
• Filmora
• Core

YOUTUBE LINK: 240 Sec Video

https://youtu.be/xqbeoPdwRNE

Play Game Online:

https://www.coregames.com/games/8816a1bf74484d95be5eb6c93676aa9c

Adobe XD File:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SkHgJ2hbxS71Ls6_bzWvAYsdVqaLhj4S/view?usp=sharing

Thank you.

We used the environment information along with the images of NASA about space and their spacecraft.

We mostly used Mars information.

• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/in-depth/
• https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/index.html
• https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/overview/
• https://mars.nasa.gov/#mars_exploration_program/3

How would you describe your Space Apps experience?

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This is first experience for me and my team. We the only one team from my university ever. So, I was anxious in the beginning. As being a team lead in such competition there was so much pressure on me as well as my team. Then I just go with the flow. I get back to my work with my teams.

What did you learn?

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t’s a 36h new experience to work in a room from different types of people around the country for the same goal. It gives us a co working and participating working experience before joining to any commercial company workspace.

 What inspired your team to choose this challenge?

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Ourfirst priority was to make a game to solve problems, in our opinion it’s the best way to connect and educate our child. We all know the natural changes happing and it’s curse on us. So, we just want to send message to our future leaders about that. 

Also, we want to make them excited about astronauts and space. In the game they will solve problems which will help them to solve problems in their real life. Kids can easily connect them with a superhero. So, we made a superhero for them

What was your approach to developing this project?

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• Idea generate
• Idea documentation
• Research to implement the idea
• Implementation in game in an exciting way
• Modification and optimization

How did your team resolve setbacks and challenges?

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Our first challenge was to make the game and idea more child friendly. We always try to deliver our message in a fun and exiting way. Where our children could easily connect them to the superhero character. 

Is there anyone you'd like to thank and why?

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First we want to thank the almighty who brings us here in the competition. Then i must say about our helpful mentors who helped us a lot in every problem we faced.

Lastly we would like to thank NASA and BASIS for arranging this HACKATHON.

Websites For Resources:

• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/in-depth/
• ·https://www.freepik.com/
• https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/space-medicine/concerns.asp
• Mars environment , surface element and atmosphere :
• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/in-depth/
• Nasa image :
• https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/index.html
• Mars spacecraft :
• https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/overview/
• Why mars?
• https://mars.nasa.gov/#mars_exploration_program/3
• About mars: https://mars.nasa.gov/#red_planet/2
• Astrobiology: https://mars.nasa.gov/#red_planet/4
• Past present and future: https://mars.nasa.gov/#red_planet/5
• About mars rock : https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-samples/

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