High-Level Project Summary
The project consists of a learning video game oriented to the James Webb telescope, where the user will have the challenge of capturing celestial objects with the James Webb simulator, in such a way as to carry out space and planetary explorations, while on screen they will have information information about the capacity of the telescope. In this way we meet the challenge of generating learning in a fun, simple and practical way.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
James Estelar is a video game aimed at children and adolescents and whose objective is for children to learn in an interactive and fun way. It features three galaxies and three planets in each galaxy where the player must explore and search for traces of life on the different planets.
In the development of the game, Gdevelop 5 was used as a graphic engine, Krita for the realization of animations. Canva photo editor was also used.
Space Agency Data
Most of the images from the James Webb telescope and infographics made by NASA with data obtained were used, which are the points to look for. The dissemination of this information was the main motivation for which this project was carried out.
Hackathon Journey
It was a unique experience, where we were able to learn various technological advances that NASA had, in the case of the James Webb telescope. One of the sources of inspiration that led us to carry out the project was video games such as galaga and the Roman Space Observer game. The team focused on how to capture everything we can do and discover with James Webb and make it understandable for children and adolescents who will play the video game. The biggest difficulty we faced was the short time we had to make the demo, but thanks to the contribution of each member we were able to face and complete this project with flying colors. I would like to thank all the members of the team who contributed their efforts to this project so that it could be completed.
References
1- Canva.com
2- https://www.pngwing.com/es/free-png-xomhw
3- https://www.pngwing.com/es/free-png-nezoi
Tags
#software, ·#JamesWebb, #videogame, #astronomy