Space Search

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  Title Page

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  Loading Screen

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  Core Game Loop

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  Credits Page

Inspiration

After looking at some public data sets, we stumbled upon the NASA image API. We talked about word games and originally thought of trying to do a crossword puzzle with image hints. However we later settled on taking inspiration from a different word game that gives you a hint and a letter bank that you use to make the word.

What it does

Space Search is a word game that displays an Image of something space related and gives the user a bank of letters they can use to guess what the word is.

How we built it

We built Space Search in Android Studio, that app makes API calls to the NASA image database. We used Java as our programming language in Android Studio.

Challenges we ran into

Both of us are fairly new to Android Studio. Being so new, we weren't aware of best practices or the different ways to do one thing. We started out in a complex premade environment and trying to get it to work with our goals didn't work, so we had to refactor a large part of the project before finishing.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We think the app looks pretty good, even if its missing some features we would have liked to add.

What we learned

How to use Android Studio a little better, and how to make API calls in Android Studio.

What's next for Space Search

We have to Iron out obtaining images from the NASA database probably using filters. We also want to implement a hint system that helps the user to find the specified word, even if they don't actually know it. This would make the game less about prior knowledge, and more of a learning experience. Further leaning in to this concept of learning, we would also like to have a caption appear (from the NASA gallery) upon getting a word correct, so that the user can find out more about the image they solved. Ultimately, each of the pictures they've solved, along with the caption, would be stored locally in their gallery tab, for ready-access.

Additional Info

One of our two developers is a first-time hacker, we do not know if that makes us eligible for the First Time Hacker Award

Built With

• android-studio
• java
• xml