Abyza

AbyTwink

High-Level Project Summary

I developed a Web application. It solves the problem by having a gamified presentation of data about stellar variations. It is important because this kind of information is not in the standard curriculum for students. The gamified version can make learners become more engaged.

Link to Final Project

https://abyza.github.io/abyTwink/

Link to Project "Demo"

https://youtu.be/0UxaXr4Os7Y

Detailed Project Description

It has a star creator wherein the appearance of the star changes depending on the temperature and luminance. It also shows an example of reasons why stars twinkle using the star you created as a sample. It works by engaging users by making them interact and explore. Benefits users since they would learn new pieces of information. I hope to spread information about the stellar variation in all age groups. I used Unity a game engine in creating the application. It is coded in c# and unity converts it into a web application and coding language that works on it. I used my personal computer that I use for games and school. I also used Github to publish the application online.

Space Agency Data

I have used the information on the challenge video as well as public information that came from NASA missions. I visited sites that are managed by NASA and sites that information from NASA.

Hackathon Journey

It was hectic since we only have 1 day to make everything. I learned more skills about the programming software/language that I used. I also learned a lot about stellar variation. I was inspired because I never once thought about why the stars twinkle and when I did research and realized "oh that makes sense". I did research bout the topic and then conceptualized how I am going to build the application and then do it. I just push through it because if I give up I would miss the opportunity.