Cat Crossing

game map with quiz prompt
quiz prompt questions
quiz prompt questions part 2

Inspiration

We believe much of the gender disparity within computer science is due to the lack of encouragement and support girls receive when pursuing tech-related interests at a young age. As a solution, we have created an engaging and appealing educational game that helps young girls explore their interest in computer science.

What it does

Our project also provides an alternative to traditional STEM education. The game follows a cat sprite, which the player can control anywhere within the map using keyboard inputs. Upon interacting with a sign sprite (bridge in the map), the player will be prompted to answer an educational question with 4 possible interactive answer buttons.

How we built it

We built our game using Godot. We started by downloading an open-source game asset pack and creating the game world. We used Godot features such as TileMap for the background, KinematicBody for the character, and CanvasLayer for pop-up features like the Pause Menu and Quiz Prompts.

Challenges we ran into

Getting pop-ups like the Pause Menu and Quiz Prompts to appear & disappear correctly
Adding Quiz Prompt pop-ups and linking buttons to their respective choices

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We successfully debugged the Pause Menu to have functional buttons for resuming and restarting the game! Additionally, we managed to make the bridges in our game trigger events that displayed pop-ups for quiz questions when a collision occurs between the player sprite and the bridge area.