Defensive Math

2020 has effected all of us in detrimental ways. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic schools went virtual. We aim to bridge the learning gap caused by lack of education through educational video games.

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Inspiration

Due the Covid-19 Pandemic, millions of students have had education go virtual. Because of this there have been significant learning Now we probably spent more time going through different ideas, languages, iterations, even finishing multiple programs that we didn’t use. For example we spent the entire first day creating a website using AI to find whether people are wearing masks or not, but then we found the most optimal way to bright the learning gap especially younger kids affected by the pandemic the most which was by using an educational video game.

What it does

It is a website that outputs math problems every single time the creeps(opponent) make it to the end goal in tower defense.

How we built it

We used GitHub code initially however modified it and using JS and CSS we were able to program the tower defense game and once finished with that we tried implementing it to make it display math problems every time the user did bad in the game and lost a life to the creeps.

Challenges we ran into

There were lots of challenges we ran into. Mainly that the time zones didn't really match up and we had less time to brainstorm. We also had tons of different errors and as beginners to CSS we had to watch lots of tutorial videos to get a good grasp of what was going on.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud that we were able to learn more CSS and accomplish this device because we think it has market potential and if given to even just our friends siblings or cousins who love playing tower defense it could make a real world impact.

What we learned

We learned lots of CSS, but more importantly that no matter the conditions its always worth giving something a try. At first we weren't sure about this entire hackathon thing, but it turned out being really fun and we'll definitely attend more in the future.

What's next for Defensive Math

I think we can connect it online and make it a multiplayer game or just make the functionality better and more intuitive and fun, the possibilities are endless!

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