Eco Guardian

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  Collapse End

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  Positive End

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  Beggining of the journey

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  GamePlay

Inspiration

Climate change and environmental degradation are often discussed in abstract terms, making it difficult for people—especially young audiences—to understand the real impact of everyday choices.

Eco Guardian was inspired by the idea that games can transform awareness into action by allowing players to experience the consequences of pollution, deforestation, and sustainable practices in real time.

What it does

Eco Guardian is a fast-paced, endless-runner style game where players take on the role of an environmental protector. As the player runs:

• Collecting trees reduces pollution and clears the environment
• Hitting pollution-causing obstacles increases emissions and fog
• Visual fog dynamically represents environmental damage
• Pollution level and score provide real-time feedback The game ends with a reflection screen that encourages players to think about how their in-game decisions relate to real-world sustainability.

How we built it

Eco Guardian was built using Python and Pygame.

Challenges we ran into

One of the biggest challenges was balancing gameplay with fairness, and Ensuring jumps and ducks felt natural

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Delivering a complete, polished experience within the hackathon timeframe

What we learned

How to design fair collision systems in 2D games

What's next for Eco Guardian

Tracking long-term impact through player statistics and achievements

Built With

• pygame
• python