Team Members: Karan Pandey (35777846) Amrit Dutta (95674610) Alexander Yong (17349481) Jones Cardoso (36088391)
In this software, we created a GUI using C++ in Visual Studio to create a user-friendly algorithm that helps spacecraft pilots find the best possible route for the spaceship while considering survival and efficiency. This program operates by taking user input regarding oxygen and fuel levels and their depletion rate, to calculate how long before the ship's oxygen and fuel run out. Then the program presents a main screen featuring the top three closest planets that can be reached within the available time. On top of that, a featured planet can be selected where detailed information about the planet is displayed. In the event of fuel depletion, the software issues an emergency alert and initiates a call for assistance from the nearest spacecraft.
As first-year engineering students, his program was fairly challenging for us as none of us had any experience with C++. Most members in our group do have experience with Python and Java, which helped us out in creating a GUI. We wanted to write a program in C++ because we wanted to learn more about the program as we are currently taking it as a course (APSC 177) this semester. We also wanted to experiment and create a GUI to see what it's all about. We found out that we could use Visual Code to create a C++ GUI which gave us some troubles at first as the software’s installation and setup process was confusing. However, we managed to learn and fix our problems with YouTube videos and managed to learn how to make a complete GUI.
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