High-Level Project Summary
NullTerra has developed a card based strategy game which incorporates space exploration and knowledge gaining experience designed with kids aging between 6-15 in mind. Children at this stage are more curious than people in any other stages of life. Therefore, we hope that this game can help them in learning more about astronomy, and how space agencies launch their space vehicles. This card-based game also allows the players to strategize their approach to their mission with resource limitations in mind which allows the player to be efficient and conscious in their resource management. They can also learn about Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome in this game.
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Detailed Project Description
This card based strategy game allows players to learn about the historical space missions in our solar system and even future space missions.
This strategy game benefits the player by gaining knowledge on the space missions that have been planned and occured, where the mission has been to and so on. Players will also have to be efficient in their resource management in order to complete their missions. In addition, there are many obstacles and problems that may occur in outer space, hence players will learn to prepare for the worst case scenarios and solve the problems they face during their missions. This card based strategy game hopes to achieve the renewed excitement in space travel and space exploration among younger generations, allowing the players to develop problem solving skills in a high paced environment Tools that we have used to create this card based strategy game are Adobe Illustrator for the board, and Canva for the cards.
Space Agency Data
For this project, we mainly obtain data from NASA’s official site. Useful information provided by NASA such as the objective of each space mission really help us in designing mission tasks. While exploring through the data, we also learned interesting space phenomena like magnetosphere and blackhole which are then implemented into the game as wildcards. All images used in the game design are officially released by NASA.
Hackathon Journey
Our Space Apps experience is very interesting. To compete in a virtual environment means having a meeting anytime along the weekend. We tried our best to come up with an idea for this challenge on the first day, and started working on it straight away. We picked this challenge because our skillset is still not sufficient to tackle other challenges, and the virtual environment did restrict us from choosing other challenges. We approached the challenge by thinking if we were a kid what would attract our interest. We had a conclusion that a turn-based card strategy game would definitely interest us. We then incorporated the theme into the game by thinking of how we would present the space theme to the players. We have referred to multiple card and board games such as CashFlows, Monopoly Deals, and Scrabble in general while creating our own game. When we were met with a challenge, we discussed it in our chat. If that doesn’t solve it, or it is hard to convey the message in the chat, we would then initiate a meeting to discuss together. We learnt that in order to complete any challenges in the competition, we must have teamwork and sufficient planning in order to complete it efficiently and on-time.
References
References (in APA format):
Missions:
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. NASA. Retrieved from https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
BepiColombo. Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved from https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=BEPICLMBO.
Venera 8. Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved from https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-021A.
Juno - Mission to Jupiter. NASA. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html.
Overview | Cassini – NASA Solar System Exploration. NASA Solar System Exploration. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/.
Voyager - The Interstellar Mission. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar-mission/.
Artemis Program. NASA. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram.
Mars Pathfinder | Missions – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/pathfinder/.
Exploring the Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche. NASA. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/exploring-the-metal-rich-asteroid-psyche.
Parker Solar Probe. NASA. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe.
WildCards:
Magnetospheres | Science Mission Directorate. Science.nasa.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/focus-areas/magnetosphere-ionosphere#:~:text=A%20magnetosphere%20is%20the%20region,by%20the%20planet%27s%20magnetic%20field.&text=The%20magnetosphere%20shields%20our%20home,particles%20streaming%20off%20the%20sun.
Black Holes | Science Mission Directorate. Science.nasa.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/black-holes.
Images:
NASA. Solar Electric Propulsion [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/solar_electric_propulsion_0.jpg.
NASA. A Space Parachute [Image]. Retrieved from https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/24989_PIA23916-800.jpg.
NASA. Navigation System [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nicerclose2.jpg.
NASA. Permanent Multipurpose Module [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sts-133_iss-26_permanent_multipurpose_module.jpg.
All Things Nuclear. Soyuz Body [Image]. Retrieved from https://allthingsnuclear.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1200px-Soyuz_rocket_assembly-1024x667.jpg.
NASA. Mars Lunar Lander [Image]. Retrieved from https://mars.nasa.gov/imgs/mars2020/mars2020-sky-crane.jpg.
NASA. Solar Panel [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s118e07242.jpg.
NASA. Crew [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50594074423_d5f6ad2d8c_k.jpg.
NASA. Communication Satellite [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/untitled-1-04.png.
NASA. Mastcam-Z [Image]. Retrieved from https://mars.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/8663_PIA23316-annotated-16-800w.jpg.
NASA. BepiColombo [Image]. Retrieved from https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/bepicolombo.jpg.
NASA. Venera 8 [Image]. Retrieved from https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/venera8_desc_module_vsm.jpg.
NASA. Perseverance Rover [Image]. Retrieved from https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26246/explore-with-perseverance-experience/.
NASA. Juno Spacecraft [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/ksc-2011-4633orig.jpg.
NASA. Cassini-Huygens Space Mission [Image]. Retrieved from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/content_pages/main_images/1552_40_CGF_STILL_00022_1600.jpg.
NASA. Image of Voyager [Image]. Retrieved from https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/images/galleries/images-of-voyager/spacecraft_profile.jpg.
NASA. Artemis III Space Module [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/artemis_iii_orion_weld_maf.jpg.
NASA. Pathfinder mission [Image]. Retrieved from https://mars.nasa.gov/system/content_pages/main_images/384_pathfinder.jpg.
NASA. Psyche Mission [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24472-psyche-asteroid-illustration-16_0.jpg.
NASA. Parker Solar Probe [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/43548048542_294abcc0f2_o.jpg.
Tags
#CardGame #2021BestBoardGame #StrategyGame #BepiColombo #ArtemisIII #Cassini #NASA #Voyager #Juno #NullTerra
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