High-Level Project Summary
Our team developed an educational card game that meshes science and storytelling with the goal of educating game players about real world space entities. We designed game mechanics, card types and interactions, built a prototype, and played through several iterations of the game. Our final project is a ready kit that can be turned into a game that is fun and easy to play and can illustrate the fascinating, scary, and amazing corners of the universe.
Link to Project "Demo"
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
Our team developed an educational card game that meshes science and storytelling with the goal of educating game players about real world space entities. We designed game mechanics, card types and interactions, built a prototype, and played through several iterations of the game. Our final project is a ready kit that can be turned into a game that is fun and easy to play and can illustrate the fascinating, scary, and amazing corners of the universe.
Space Agency Data
We used elements of the following in our game design:
- https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/galaxy-of-horrors/
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Archaeology_Anthropology_and_Interstellar_Communication_TAGGED.pdf
- https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/
- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-is-taking-a-new-look-at-searching-for-life-beyond-earth
- https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/technosignatures-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence/
- https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/earth-size-habitable-zone-planet-found-hidden-in-early-nasa-kepler-data
- Images from:
- https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/g22130573/space-objects-ranked-by-how-cool-they-sound/
- https://unsplash.com/
Hackathon Journey
It was fun and entertaining. Special thanks to the Team Jupiter Four members, Tyrance Billingsley II, Black Tech Street, NASA, and Chief of Staff NASA Johnson Space Center Monica Foley for providing inspiration, support, and for always reaching for the stars!
References
We used elements of the following in our game design:
- https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/galaxy-of-horrors/
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Archaeology_Anthropology_and_Interstellar_Communication_TAGGED.pdf
- https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/
- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-is-taking-a-new-look-at-searching-for-life-beyond-earth
- https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/technosignatures-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence/
- https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/earth-size-habitable-zone-planet-found-hidden-in-early-nasa-kepler-data
- Images from:
- https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/g22130573/space-objects-ranked-by-how-cool-they-sound/
- https://unsplash.com/
Tags
#cards #scifi #fantasy #cardgame