Inspiration
We as high school students and college students in South Florida are living in a critical time period where we are constantly being reminded that the earth around us is in need of help. There are fires happening in the Everglades, with ashes reaching our school and covering our cars, reminding us of the crisis. Additionally, hearing there are other issues in other communities, such as the Ganges River in India, from school that are affecting the health of those in their community worsens our anxiety.. It's overwhelming. Us, as teenagers, want to know there's a solution and that we're able to give it.
What it does
In a classroom setting or home school setting, children and teenagers will play with the app working on missions to complete the ultimate Eco-Quest: Saving the world from environmental destruction. They start at the main screen and get introduced to an alien friend name Tomy! Tomy presents the missions that are available for the user to explore (such as the Ganges River in India and its concerning amount of water pollution). They learn about the issue through Tomy and go back in time to see how the problem started. Then, they see solutions for the future and see the results.
How we built it
We used pygame to build the full stack of our project. We also used Canva to develop visuals and designs for the user interfaces and settings.
Challenges we ran into
Getting the project done in time was a huge challenge for us.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of each team member's creativity that shined out through every aspect of this project. We also were very proud of the fact we were able to incorporate our project to the theme "Past, Present, and Future."
What we learned
We learned about the issue in the Ganges River at a deeper level as we did research. Also, we learned how to program buttons ad animate them in pygame. Additionally, we learned how to communicate well with eachother as a team and not get tired of each other.
What's next for Envine: Ultimate Eco-Quest
We would love to add more missions that would allow the user to explore other aspects of the global environmental crisis, not just water pollution. Such as digitally exploring the Amazon in Brazil.
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