High-Level Project Summary
Our project is a game that teaches people about the James Webb space telescope. The game will teach people about it by comparing the Webb telescope and Hubble. We will show the players the photos that each of the telescopes took. We will also explain their capabilities by explaining the telescope's components. The game will show the players the journey of the project team. Also, we noticed that many people were only amazed by the photos the telescope took and did not try to learn about the telescope. So, our purpose is to make people aware of the telescope and its capabilities. The game will also have an excellent interactive learning experience for the younger age group.
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Detailed Project Description
THE GAME AND THE STORY
It is a game that talks about how the main character, which we chose to be one of the team members who made the telescope, got a letter from her/his boss saying that the earth is in danger and she/he should go in a mission to collect the telescope's components. So the player will go to different and unknown planets and places in the game at every level so that we can show some information about those planets for the player to get to know them. During the game, the player will face and fight some aliens and robots and collect the telescope's components. After each level, the game will explain the importance of each part the player collected and how it contributed to operating the telescope. Every level will have different levels of difficulty. For instance, the robots will need more bullets to be eliminated, the player's health will be lower, and the number of robots will increase. After finishing all the levels, we will explain the difference between Hubble and Webb telescopes and tell the players about the main character's story.
THE GAME'S IMPACT AND GOALS
We developed this game in order to spread awareness about the telescope and help everyone learn about it. Our game is designed for different ages as we simplified everything about the telescope for young people to understand. Additionally, our game mixes fun and science not to make young players get bored with the game and to make them play and learn about the telescope simultaneously. We also believe that learning more about the telescope is essential as it will help us know the secrets our universe hides behind it.
OUR VISION
We look forward to improving the game by adding new levels with new missions, different planets with different gravity ratios, VR mode, more challenging levels, making our own character, add more telescopes/rockets. add more scenes, sound system, and information about James web space telescope.
In this game, we didn't put the full version because of the time, But we are ready and excited to make it better and better
Space Agency Data
In our project, we used plenty of sources, But the primary source is NASA agency data.
We read about every single component of the James Webb space telescope. NASA resources are very accurate and helpful. Without NASA data, we wouldn’t make our game like this.
We also watched documentaries from NASA and real engineering.
We used this data to inform people about the components of the telescope and its capabilities.
Hackathon Journey
NASA space apps is a fantastic competition that combines working hard and gaining an unforgettable experience.
And being a part of this event helped us meet many new like-minded people with whom we can share knowledge and encourage each other to work harder and harder.
“not knowing“ is the motto that inspires us to choose this challenge and inform people about this amazing telescope through an interactive and entertaining game, so this was our setback.
So we resolved it by reading a lot about every component in the telescope and how to make a game that a person plays more than once.
Eventually, we want to thank every person who helped us with anything tools, advice, or opinions.
And we are grateful for this remarkable opportunity and local leads.
References
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/index.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/instruments/index.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/instruments/nircam.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/instruments/nirspec.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/instruments/miri.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/instruments/fgs.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/bus.html
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/comparisonWebbVsHubble.html
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/observatory/index.html
- https://youtu.be/7nT7JGZMbtM
- https://youtu.be/9fOsQ-BtWIs
- http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/nircam/
- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/eris/in-depth/
- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/hypothetical-planet-x/in-depth/#:~:text=This%20hypothetical%20Neptune%2Dsized%20planet,Sun%20on%20average%20than%20Neptune.
- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/overview/
Tags
#space #astronomy #James_webb_space_telescope #JWST #Game_development